Poor in Spirit

Matthew 5:3-6
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

1. Poor in Spirit - theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
a. Heaven has no peers in its presence.
b. The poor in Spirit have learned to esteem others better than themselves and so they make more withdrawls than deposits in their interactions with others.
c. Each of us have a spirit that chases after the highest commodities, reaches for the wealth of itself, and strives not to be poor but rich in the estimation of others.
d. A discipline in spirit modifies those ambitions and refocuses the motives of its economy striving to be poor rather than enter the rat race of self promotion.
e. To be poor in spirit is to allow the Holy Spirit to show you a realistic picture of yourself. When looking into the mirror of God's righteousness visions of our wickedness bury our pride.
f. Honest viewings of self make being poor in spirit a realistic goal.
i. Three hindrances to being poor in spirit.
1.Comparative attitude
2.Critical ambitions
3.Conflicting affirmations
ii. Three helps to being poor in spirit.
1.Crushed aptitude
2.Crucified aspirations
3.Constant appreciation
iii. The pursuit of happiness actually begins with a pursuit to be poor in spirit.
g. Theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
i. Present tense
ii. The rights and privileges of divine royalty are afforded to those who are poor in spirit.
iii. Only those who understand their human right has no right to the kingdom are allowed to posses the kingdom.
iv. This is the ultimate prize for any mortal - to poses the kingdom of Heaven.