Matthew 5:3
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Matthew 5:3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
This is a gracious beginning to our Saviour’s discourse, "Blessed are the poor." None ever considered the poor as Jesus did, but here he is speaking of a poverty of spirit, a lowliness of heart, an absence of self-esteem. Where that kind of spirit is found, it is sweet poverty: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."