Emphasis Preaching Journal
Jesus' Be Attitudes are helpful...
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Jesus' "Be Attitudes" are helpful truths for people seeking a greater, deeper spirituality. The first axiom, "Blessed are the poor in spirit," has profound implications and might be translated to mean the following: The poor in spirit are blessed for the kingdom of God is theirs. Poorness of spirit must not be confused with poverty of spirit. Here poor means an openness, a barrenness, a wantonness poised to seek and receive the fullness and totality of God. The empty cup is "poor." It seeks the presence of living water to fill its open space.