Matthew 5:3 - Spiritual Bankruptcy

The Bible Study with Steven Lawson

OnePassion Ministries

Christianity, Romans, Expository Preaching, Religion & Spirituality, Jesus, Reformed Christianity, Bible, Christ

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Bible study podcast, Dr. Steven Lawson guides us through a profound exploration of the Beatitudes, focusing on the significance of spiritual poverty as the gateway to the kingdom of heaven. Drawing from Matthew chapter 5, Dr. Lawson delves into the first Beatitude, emphasizing the paradox that true spiritual richness comes from recognizing our own spiritual bankruptcy. He illustrates this through a detailed analysis of the Sermon on the Mount, highlighting how Jesus Christ overturns worldly values to establish the foundational principles of His kingdom. Through prayer, scripture reading, and insightful commentary, Dr. Lawson invites listeners to reflect on their own spiritual condition, encouraging a heart posture of humility and dependence on God. This episode not only deepens our understanding of the Beatitudes but also challenges us to embrace spiritual poverty as the starting point of a transformative journey with God.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bible Study. I'm Stephen Lawson, president of One Passion Ministries.
0:07.0	And each week I will teach verse by verse through the passage of scripture so that you can better understand the word of God
0:14.2	and put it into practice in your life. Join me now as we look together into this
0:18.9	section of the Bible. I'm gonna begin in word of prayer. We're going to dive right into this and hopefully
0:28.5	we'll have time for questions at the end. I love the questions so please don't hesitate to raise the questions.
0:35.0	So let's go to the Lord in prayer. Father as we now begin this study this
0:39.9	morning we ask that you be our teacher by the Holy Spirit that you would open our eyes
0:49.7	open our hearts to the truth that is recorded for us in the sermon on the mount and I
0:56.8	pray that you will bring about a great alteration within our soul that you would sanctify us and conform us yet
1:06.2	further to the image of Christ. So bless now this study used me as simply a
1:12.4	tool an instrument, may you be the true teacher in Christ's
1:17.1	name, amen.
1:18.1	Well I do, but I can't I think my accounts run out.
1:25.0	So we're in Matthew chapter 5.
1:31.0	Matthew chapter 5 and today we're going to be looking at verse 3. The title of this is Spiritual Bankruptcy.
1:37.0	And every one of you needs to declare Spiritual Bankruptcy.
1:42.0	So I want to begin by reading, I want to start
1:46.8	in verse three and I want to read each of these be attitudes but we're only going
1:51.2	to look at verse three.
1:55.0	Blessed are the poor and spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2:01.3	Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
2:05.0	Blessed are the gentle for they shall inherit the earth.
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