Sermon on the Mount – I
Blessed
are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew
5:3
1.
What
might be the significance of “poor” in “the poor in spirit”?
2.
What
does this kind of poverty say about us?
3.
Why
should one feel impoverished in the spiritual sense?
4.
The
antithesis of “poor in spirit” is what? Please explain.
5.
How
would a person be living if they were not “poor in spirit”?
6.
How
can a child of God be “poor in spirit” and yet spiritually rich? (Consider 2
Corinthians 8:9)
7.
Of
what value is “the kingdom of heaven”? (Matthew 13:44-46)
8.
What
does “the kingdom of heaven” afford the child of God that makes being
“poor in spirit” worthwhile?
9.
What
do you most appreciate about being a citizen in the kingdom of heaven?
10.
How
can a person become “poor in spirit”?