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Bible Questions Answered:
“What
does it mean to be needy in spirit?...”
Bobby/
Monroe, Louisiana U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
“How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Matthew
5:3 ERV
“Great
blessings belong to those who know they are spiritually in need.
God’s kingdom belongs to them.
Verse Explained:
Matthew
5:3 GNT
“Happy
are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven
belongs to them!
Matthew
5:3 GW
“Blessed
are those who recognize they are spiritually helpless. The kingdom of
heaven belongs to them.
Being "poor in spirit, speaks of knowing ones great spiritual
need and so living in humility, before The Lord, is needed.
Humility
Before The Lord:
II
Samuel 22:28 NLT
You
rescue the humble, but your eyes watch the proud and humiliate them.
Psalm
51:15-17 KJV
15 O
Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou
delightest not in burnt offering.
17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah
6:1-5 KJV
1 In
the year that king Uzziah died I saw also The Lord sitting upon a
throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple.
2
Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he
covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain
he did fly.
3
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is The Lord
Of Hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory.
4
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and
the house was filled with smoke.
5
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips:
for mine eyes have seen The King, The Lord Of Hosts.
Isaiah
55:1-3 KJV
1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath
no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without
money and without price.
2
Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your
labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto Me, and
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in
fatness.
3
Incline your ear, and come unto Me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure
mercies of David.
Isaiah
57:15 KJV
For
thus saith The High And Lofty One That Inhabiteth Eternity, Whose
Name Is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that
is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah
61:1 KJV
The
Spirit Of The Lord God is upon Me; because The Lord hath anointed Me
to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent Me to bind up the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening
of the prison to them that are bound;
Isaiah
64:6 KJV
But
we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like
the wind, have taken us away.
Isaiah
66:1,2 KJV
1
Thus saith The Lord, The heaven is My throne, and the earth is My
footstool: where is the house that ye build unto Me? and where is the
place of My rest?
2
For all those things hath Mine hand made, and all those things have
been, saith The Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that
is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My Word.
Matthew
5:5 NLT
God
blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth.
Matthew
11:28-30 KJV
28
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
29
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Matthew
18:4 KJV
Whosoever
therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Luke
4:18 KJV
The
Spirit Of The Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach
The Gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to
preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke
5:8 KJV
When
Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from
me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Luke
6:20 KJV
And
He lifted up His eyes on His disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor:
for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke
18:9-14 KJV
9
And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and despised others:
10
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the
other a publican.
11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee,
that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even as this publican.
12 I
fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful
to me a sinner.
14 I
tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
James
4:6 KJV
But
He giveth more grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud,
but giveth grace unto the humble.
I
Peter 5:5 KJV
Likewise,
ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be
subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Is
Thy Heart Right With God?
Have thy affections been nailed to the cross?
Is thy heart right with God?
Dost thou count all things for Jesus but loss?
Is thy heart right with God?
Chorus:
Is thy heart right with God,
Washed in the crimson flood,
Cleansed and made holy, humble and lowly,
Right in the sight of God?
Hast thou dominion o’er self and o’er sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Over all evil without and within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Is there no more condemnation for sin?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does Jesus rule in the temple within?
Is thy heart right with God?
Are all thy pow’rs under Jesus’ control?
Is thy heart right with God?
Does He each moment abide in thy soul?
Is thy heart right with God?
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
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Prayer:
John 6:37,40,47 KJV
37 “...him that cometh to Me I
will in no wise cast out.”
40 And this is the will of Him that
sent Me, that every one which seeth The Son, and believeth on Him,
may have everlasting Life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
