What does it mean to be poor in spirit? | Matthew 5:3

Some propose that Jesus is speaking of financial poverty, that He is advocating being poor so that riches and possession don’t come between us and God. While it is true that Jesus elsewhere warned against seeking riches (Matthew 6:24), that wasn’t Jesus’ point in Matthew 5:3. Jesus is speaking of being “poor in spirit”; i.e., being “spiritually poor.”  In the beatitudes, Jesus is concerned with spiritual realities, not material possessions. Join me today and listen to more details of what it is like to be poor in spirit.