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Originally Posted by Splendour
What does it mean to be "poor in spirit"....Is everyone poor in spirit or do we have to read some significance into that phrase? Charles G. Finney says to be poor in spirt is to realize our spiritual state but can't it be a stand alone statement without any other action taken?
Jesus said in Matt. 5:3: 3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Is it a stand alone verse or do we have to extrapolate from it like Finney did?
Meek in spirit is the actual word that should be here, not poor, the meek will be in the kingdom of heaven, because you have to be RECEPTIVE to God and Gods word and Gods men to even get born again.
Meek, means basically receptive in your heart to the point of believingly acting on what you have heard, in this case God and his word.....