BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
WHY DID JESUS STARTED TO TELL THE 10 BEATITUDES WITH THIS PHRASE in v.3 AS THE VERY FIRST ONE??? 3 "BLESSED are the POOR in SPIRIT , FOR THEIRS is THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. "poor" explains a "NEEDY" "POOR IN SPIRIT" means, "NEEDING OF GOD". When we need GOD, HE understands that we are BELIEVING HIM, we TRUSTING HIM and we are SURRENDERING ourselves unto HIM, and we often tell HIM > "LORD, I NEED YOU". That's how the " POOR in SPIRIT" means. 😇👍🙏. Therefore, this is very important to GOD knowing that we NEED HIM! And if we are needing HIM, we are BLESSED! > BECAUSE GOD IS WITH US, and we belong to HIS KINGDOM. HIS KINGDOM is "ours". ---------------The Beatitudes------------- 1 And seeing the multitudes , He went up on a mountain , and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them , saying: 3 "BLESSED ...