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Winter A • 2010-2011
Jesus’ Beatitudes are statements of blessing upon persons
who struggle.
Matthew and Luke differ in the way these
statements...
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©2010 by Morehouse education resources • all rights reserved • www.
livingthegoodnews.
coM • 1-800-242-1918
Winter A • 2010-2011
Jesus’ Beatitudes are statements of blessing upon persons
who struggle.
Matthew and Luke differ in the way these
statements were remembered and passed along to Jesus’
followers.
Luke’s conditions are objective and external
(the poor), where Matthew’s conditions are essentially
internal (the poor in spirit).
For this discussion, we’re
using Matthew’s version.
Since each person struggles with
something, we claim that these statements are relevant to
all human beings.
The Poor in Spirit
There are many ways to be poor and the gospel urges us to
minister to all of them.
Matthew’s ‘poor in spirit’ isn’t just
about financial need; it’s about lacking the vital principle
(spirit) that gives life.
But he doesn’t mean dead people!
How would we describe someone whose energy and
optimism is gone? These are the poor in spirit.
That
poverty can be found many situati
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