In the beatitudes ( Matthew 5:3-10 ) Jesus teaches about the values that will make the people blessed, or in this context, experience a Godly happiness. These are things that should be present in the life of a believer. Over time the beatitudes has become something that many people know on face value, but if we go deeper, we see that this sermon has so much to teach us about what God expects and what it means to be a true representative of the Lord. We will use the next few weeks to look at each of and we should ask ourselves whether we see any of these virtues in our selves The Poor In Spirit ( Matthew 5:3 ) The Original Greek word for poor was pto chos which means to be reduced to begging. It means you are destitute and lacking in everything. The poor in spirit are those who after hearing the word, come to the realisation that they are in desperate need of God. They are lacking spiritually, nothing in their life reflects him, they have no connection or relationship with him wha
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9