Does God Want Us to Be Poor in Spirit?
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- Does God really want believers to be 'poor in spirit?' There are many that teach, yes, in fact he does.
But this beatitude from the Sermon on the Mount is about the Kingdom of Heaven, and those who would enter into it; not the Kingdom of God in which are believers are in.
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Thank you so much for your videos. I have been a Christian for over 50 years, but I feel I truly understand now. You are a gift from God.
You sir ... speak to me. God bless.
another GREAT LESSON!!!!! how i miss the churches like this!!
The phrase "poor in spirit" does refer to spiritual poverty, but spiritual poverty means to acknowledge our need for God and to grow in that dependence. It means to have humility (opposite of satan's sin: pride). Without humility, no one will be spiritually able to receive salvation. So it still stands today that all must become poor in spirit as the prerequisite for everything else that is truly from God. It's not about having a buddhist approach or being psychologically broken or about being a worthless "nothing-worm."
So from that perspective, it applies to everyone, as does the rest of the sermon on the mount.
I welcome you stretching me though, and I will pray for more understanding, wisdom, and truth as I ponder these things. Love and appreciate you. Thanks. ❤️
Amen 🙏
Do you have any bible passages you can give me that suggest poor means spiritual poverty? Like a biblical precedent? I believe what you are referring to as spiritual poverty is in fact meekness covered in Matt 5:5
@@jeffreyjohnston2445 sure thing.
I believe poor in spirit directly references or mirrors something in Isaiah. In addition, there was a common idiom in Aramaic referenced that described a person so desirous to know God that material things lost their value. Here's some parallels for you:
Isaiah 66:2
....But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
2 Chronicles 34:27-28
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.
Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Psalm 138:6
For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.
@@bethezebra those passages describe meekness of spirit more fittingly than poor in spirit.
And that Aramaic idiom, there is a difference between material and spiritual you are not recognising. If you are willing to be materially poor in order to know God more or better, how does that make you spiritually poor? The opposite must be true.
Haha, you said ," christains we're taught to be meek to inherit the earth, " then the thing about the church needing to rule it right now. Not a way for meekness" it's like it's a contradiction unless taught right. I CANNOT help but start laughing when you said "If you don't understand this, you ll en up teaching Buddist theology. Spot on
Love the teaching there brother in Christ.
Amen brother, You my friend have just delivered a solid message and I receive it
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Can't wait to see the big square building that Jesus is going to put on the cartoon ball😂
We can not work our way into heaven people but through Christ Jesus yes for Jesus our Christ will Save us . Read his Word and fall in Love with our God who is JESUS our Daddy the very CHRIST men and brethren. 💔✝️❤️🩹👍A New heart he gives to all he has called and chosen for his name sake that we might know him and the word might was written in the Word because NO ONE PUT UP WITH SO MUCH HELL AS HE WENT THROUGH TO SAVE US ALL THAT I CAN TELL YOU FOR A SURITY. 💖✌️
Great teaching. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing this bible study
Another great teaching as always! Very much enjoy these videos you make! Could listen to your teachings on the Bible for hours! Praise Jesus
A thinking man's pastor, thank you brother.
Hallelujah Praise Jesus Christ almighty name ❤.
Stopped by to be inlightened / never disappointed.
Meek means self control over your body and mind soul and always be in God's grace means have the holy spirit in you 🙏
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just found your channel and will check into it further. have you done a video explaining the different interpretations according to the upper and lower case spellings in the Bible ie god, God, GOD, lord, Lord, LORD, Lord God, Lord GOD, etc? thanks
I am messiah to the ungodly.
As I see it, being poor in spirit is the ultimate key to joy, peace, and fellowship with God, on earth as well as in heaven! It simply means that we have nothing in ourselves of spiritual worth, we are constantly dependent on God's grace and guidance in everything we do. -- The expression "kingdom of heaven" (actually "heavens", plural in original text) is a Jewish way of saying the "kingdom of God", as Jews want to avoid mentioning God out or reverence to his holy name. This expression is only used in Matthew, which is written primarily for Jews. Making a disticntion between the two expressions only leads to confusion.
It makes sense, as Jesus did not tell His disciples to heal people and say the kingdom of God is come near.
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Jesus was preaching the Beautitudes in His home synagogue when the rabbis threw him out.
Give what you want in return to people .
FOR IT IS WRITTEN,…………..HE THAT HATH THE SON HATH LIFE ; AND HE THAT HATH NOT THE SON OF GOD HATH NOT LIFE . 1 JOHN 5 : 12 KJV ❤
Psalm 72:12-13
He delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no helper. He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the needy.
Psalm 102:17
He regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.
Psalm 109:31
He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from those who condemn his soul to death.
Proverbs 22:22-23
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
Psalm 12:5
Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise, says the Lord; I will place him in the safety for which he longs.
Micah 7:8-9
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the Lordbecause I have sinned against him, until he pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his vindication.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
James 4:6
He gives more grace. Therefore it says, God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Proverbs 18:12
Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
Proverbs 15:33
The fear of the Lord is instruction in wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
Revelation 14:7
Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.
Psalm 146:5-6
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever;
Psalm 106:1
Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Matthew 5:3 The poor in spirit are those who take no thought for how they will be fed (6:31), because they cannot provide for themselves, since they did not take the mark of the beast (Revelation 13:16-17). Today, those, not providing for their families, are worse than an infidel and have denied the faith (I Timothy 5:8). Also today we are not poor in spirit because we have the Holy spirit.
So russell brand makes a big spectacle of his baptism before and after is he baptized or did he just get a little wet
I am trying to buy your book, Eight Kingdoms. Amazon is sold out and don’t know if they will get any more. Where can I get it?
What’s the name of the book you held up, and where do I go to buy it? Thanks!
The book is Eight Kingdoms. It’s available at nogreaterjoy.org
Up till now I could not follow the differences. This time you explained it in a way that registers. I've never heard this viewpoint before. So basically the thousand year reign is the kingdom of heaven. I'm interested in more.
@lightning9279 Mike will continue to teach through the differences in the kingdoms. He does have a playlist with several hours of teaching, it is worth checking out: ua-cam.com/play/PLORHHqiEWKiOOqbM51eBypavfop_rjX5f.html
I feel the same way I just couldn’t grasp the concept until Mr. Pearl explained it.
Does God want ua to be poor financially? How do I pursue money without loving it?
So that was pre crucifixion, pre res.
Why did you quit in chapter 8 of Romans? Do you plan on ever going back and finishing the rest of Romans in your book?
which book?
Mike has done a whole video series on Romans. If you want to see that it is on the Door channel.
Blessed ARE the poor in spirit which is a state of being and not one to want to be in. Make sense people?
God purifies you by suffering and in the end you should have wisdom from suffering. You would now the difference between good and evil.
After the millennium we will reside on earth. Everyone who thinks he will spend eternity in heaven is mistaken because Jesus will rule and reign on the new earth in the Holy city
It is interesting that so many people down through the years got the meaning of the Bible wrong. Different denominations were formed, different ways of worship and our country was formed by splitting away. This is truly a confused world on religion. This World is controlled by the devil and that is plane to see. I pray that all might come to a correct interpretation of the Bible .
That’s a great prayer to pray! We are indeed living in satan’s world 2 Corinthians 4:4. So when in doubt concentrate on the Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. We can all be sure of that. God bless you and your family.
No God does not want us to be poor in spirit you're welcome
I prefer the Kingdom of heaven in heaven with God along with our new glorified bodies...forever and ever ❤ ✝️ 🙏
Think about what you are doing like judge's scared live and learned from god and sold him out that is the same thing in selling what god has tote you and worked with you and the you learn from him for free and you turn around and sell what you have learned from God. Same on you repent sell all you made off my lord and give it back to his people and maybe you might be saved maybe up to Jesus christ.
Its highly likely you are saved if you die professing Jesus Christ.
Repent give all you made off my lord give it to the poor serve them and don't ever do that again or you have got your reward now how would you like if god sold you his books like the Bible.
just so you can relax some of your misplaced anger all the money made from the sales of the books goes not to Mr Pearl but pays for evangelism not his personal gain. hope this makes you feel better. Blessings
Ralph, you have commented multiple times that Mike should sell his possessions and give the proceeds to the poor. Have you done that yourself? If you believe that others should do so, then lead by example.
@@manofgodatlargeTell it like it is!!
Would you please use some proper punctuation? Very hard to understand, much less read, what you have written!!!
He who doesn't hate his life is not separate from the world and its earthly splendor. - Jesus
BTW, try to find this saying in a bible. It's been removed.
Michael I love everything you do. So much so, that I recently bought 7 of your Eight Kingdoms books and gave them to the pastor and church committee of my local congregation(Ind. Baptist). So I fully understand difference between the two kingdoms to the point where I want my church to understand as well. I am writing though, to say “however!” I am not convinced that “Blessed are the poor in spirit” means there are poor in spirit in the Kingdom of Heaven. I believe it means the poor in the Kingdom Heaven are blessed in spirit! I have yet to have someone lever me out of my foxhole on this point so will take on all comers! My wife, an expert with her phone, has not proved me wrong yet since watching this video! God bless you and your ministry at NGJ!
Just a thought on the side of understanding put because iam coming b4 each Blessed are they or at the end of each put For iam coming that's the way I understood what Michael was saying, but I get what u mean as well both being essentially right. God bless you and your family
@@trevoromalley9226 thanks.
He who doesn't hate his life is not separate from the world and its earthly splendor. - Jesus
BTW, try to find this saying in a bible. It's been removed.
@@johnjeffreys6440 If that saying is not in any bible perhaps you may be better off sticking with the bible itself. John 12:25 “He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” I much prefer this statement from our Christ and can be sure it is true.
@@jeffreyjohnston2445 if it was removed, that doesn’t mean it’s not biblical and important
When we see the book of James chapter 5 verse 7 come to pass which is the holy Spirit poured out on all mankind which should be this summer buckle up my friend's because we are about to make like a banana and split and that is the truth
Haahaa amen praise Jesus I love this saying ❤
Why this summer?
Since the end of the 7 year tribulation is 2031 and the middle of the tribulation is 2,028 the perfect number divider that would have to put it this summer but I don't know why that is this summer I'm just glad that it is
@@daringlover8689Oh here we go again!!!! Playing numbers for God’s return. Look, I look for His return as well, but attempting to nail a time down? No, the Bible declares we will know the times and the seasons and we are certainly there, but to say He will return in the summer? Not even close to scriptural exegesis!
So you're saying the great tribulation started this year?
“do you know you’re saved so that if you were to die right now, heaven would be absolutely certain for you?” this “all-important” question is designed to bait Catholics into an ambush, when I speak at conferences around the country, I often ask the attendees how many have been asked that question by a fundamentalist or evangelical: usually, over half of my Catholic audience raises a hand, if the Catholic responds as any good Catholic would be declaring he cannot-apart from special revelation from god-have metaphysical or absolute certainty concerning his salvation, the Protestant then springs his biblical trap,1 john 5:13, “I write this to you who believe in the name of the son of god, that you may know that you have eternal life,” next he tells the Catholic that if he will but “confess with his lips that Jesus is lord and believe in his heart that god raised him from the dead, he will be saved” Romans 10:9-10, all we need to do is confess Jesus as lord, and salvation is assured, we can know it with certainty, salvation is guaranteed regardless of anything we may do or not do in the future, what a deal ! well, here are the Catholic two steps response, number 1, the Greek word for knowledge ( Greek eideitei ),in 1 John 5:13, does not necessarily equate to absolute certainty, we used the verb know the same way in English, for example, I may say I know I am going to get an A on my Greek exam tomorrow, does that mean i have metaphysical certainty of this? not at all, what i mean and what the verb know can be used to indicate is that i have confidence that i will get an A on my test tomorrow because i have studied the material thoroughly and i know it well, the context of 1 John makes it abundantly clear that this is how “knowledge” is being used in 1 John 5:13, in the next two verses, John draws a parallel between certainty we have concerning our salvation and the certainty we have when we petition god in prayer: “and this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us, and if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the request made of him,” does this mean we have obsolete certainty we will receive what we ask for when we make a request of god in prayer? Obviously not ! John says we can have “confidence,” but not absolute certainty, we cannot always know with strict certainty that our request is truly “according to his will,” moreover, psalm 66:18, informs us, “if I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the lord would not have listened,” and 1 John 3:22, says,”we receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him,” can we always be certain we have not “cherished iniquity” in our hearts, or that we have not done anything that may have displeased the lord? number 2, our salvation is contingent upon many things according to the Bible, this indicates the certainty of our salvation is not absolute, just a few examples include 1 John 1:8-9, “if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness,” the text says we will be forgiven if, thus, the sobering truth is: unconfessed sin will not be forgiven, and the Bible is very clear that no sin can enter into heaven, see Hebrew 1:13, revelation 21:8-9, 27, I have heard it said that if is “the biggest little word” in the English dictionary, well, scripture has a lots ifs, John, for example, also says, “let what you heard from the beginning abide in you, if what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you will abide in the son and in the father, and this is what he has promised us, eternal life” 1 John 2:24-25, this passage is plain, our eternal life is contingent upon our choosing to abide in god, can we choose the opposite? Absolutely ! John goes on to explain: “no one who abides in him sins, no one who sins has either seen him or known him, little children, let no one deceive you, he who does right is righteous, as he is righteous, he who commits sin….” 1 John 3:6-9, on the surface, this text seems odd, we have already heard John say that everyone who is born of god does sin, indeed, “all”sin, yet, here he says those who are born of god do not sin, is John contradicting himself? No, John makes a distinction between mortal and venial sins in this same epistle, in 1 John 5:16-17, John gives us remarkably plain definitions of both mortal and venial sins, “if any one sees his brother committing what is not a mortal sin, he will ask, and god will him give him life for those who sin is not a mortal, there is sin which is mortal…all wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal, in this context, we can reasonably conclude the one who is born of god does not commit mortal sin, if he were to do so, he would be “cut off” from the body of Christ and would need to be restored via confession to a state of grace ( cf. Galatians 5:4, Ephesians 3:3-6, John 20:21-23 ), three more texts about the contingency of salvation bolster argument, 1 Corinthians 15:1-2, now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preach to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved, if you hold it fast-unless you believed in vain, ( see also Matthew 24:44-51, Luke 12:41-46, Romans 11:12, Hebrew 3:6, 14, revelation 2:10, 25-26; 3:1-5, 22:18-19, for many more “ifs” and contingency clause.), Colossians 1:22-23, and you, who once were estranged and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him, provided that you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel which you heard, 2 Peter 2:20-22, for if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge the knowledge of our lord and savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first . . . It has happened to them according to the true proverb, the dog turns back to his own vomit, and the sow is washed only to wallow in the mire, the evangelical counter, in response the Protestant apologist will sometimes say these texts do not indicate one who was truly saved could actually lose his salvation, the one who, in the end, did not continue with the lord, never really knew the lord in the first place, he only knew about the lord, but this line of reasoning does not hold up under scrutiny, 2 Peter 2, the Greek word used for knowledge is “epignosei” this word means “knowledge” but it denotes an experiential knowledge, this text is very clear that the persons referred to have “escaped the pollution of the world” through this “experiential knowledge” of Jesus, only a personal relationship with Jesus can have this effect, merely knowing about Jesus cannot do that, moreover, the image Peter uses in verse 22 is of the sow having been washed in water, water is the symbol Peter uses for baptism in 1 Peter 3:20-21, the connection seems obvious, the sow female pig-which had been cleansed represents a person cleansed from sin, the sow returning to the mud represents the Christian returning to sin, when seen in the fuller context of 2 Peter, this point becomes unmistakable, in 2 Peter 1:2-4, Peter begins with a description of Christians: may grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge ( epignosei, experiential knowledge once again ) of god and of Jesus our lord, his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge ( epignosei ) of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature, one cannot help but see the parallels between these two texts, the same Greek words, epignosei, apophugentes,”having escaped from,” and a form of kosmos or “world,” are used to describe what Christians have been freed from, as well as to describe the one who then goes back to his old ways and ends up worse than he was before he ever knew Jesus, these are just a few texts among the scores we could examine, but the bottom line is scripture is crystal-clear on this point, once saved does not mean always saved, in Matthew 6:15, Jesus tells us that “if you do not forgive men their trespasses,” neither will your father forgive your trespasses,” it does not matter how “born again” one may be or how many experiences one has had, if he does not forgive others, he will not forgiven, according to the text, and remember-as we have seen, no sin can enter into heaven ( cf. Hebrew 1:13, revelation 21:27 ),further, the Bible says we can “fall from grace” Galatians 5:1-5, Hebrew 12:14-16, be “cut off” from the vine from which we receive divine life John 15:1-6, romans 11:18-22, have our names removed from the lamb’s book of life, revelation 22:19, and it assures us over and over again that if we commit certain sins and we do not repent of them, we will not go to heaven ( cf.1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Galatians 5:19, Ephesians 5:3-5, revelation 21:6-8 ).
This is what a Religious nut sounds like, you are a danger to all lost people, you are a blind man leading the blind straight to hell.
Mike covers all that on one of his cd’s I can’t remember what it’s called, something like sanctification of the believer. Should be on the NGJ website.
Would you sell that computer? Or how about donate some of those acres of land to us homeless believers who are made this way by our Lord...
Sounds serious. Where are you located? Where should I mail the check? How much should I write the check for? and whose name would you like to receive the funds?
Jesus Christ was sent to the house of Israel. Jews under the law. Apostle Paul was sent to us Gentiles. Different gospel between the two.
God is nothing but disappointment. Period.