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The Poor in Spirit Inherit the Kingdom, October 21
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
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Christ longed to fill the world with a peace and joy that would be a
similitude of that found in the heavenly world.... From His divine lips there
fell with fullness and abundant assurance the benedictions that showed
Him to be the fountain of all goodness, and that it was His prerogative to
bless and impress the minds of all present. He was engaged in His peculiar,
sacred province, and the treasures of eternity were at His command. In
the disposal of them He knew no control. It was no robbery with Him to
act in the office of God. In His blessings He embraced those who were
to compose His kingdom in this world. He had brought into the world
every blessing essential to the happiness and joy of every soul, and before
that vast assembly He presented the riches of the grace of heaven, the
accumulated treasures of the eternal, everlasting Father....
He specifies those who shall become heirs of God and joint-heirs with
Himself. He proclaims publicly His choice of subjects, and assigns them
their place in His service as united with Himself. Those who possess the
character specified, will share with Him in the blessing and the glory and
the honor that will ever come to Him
He who feels whole, who thinks that he is reasonably good, and is
contented with his condition, does not seek to become a partaker of the
grace and righteousness of Christ. Pride feels no need, and so it closes the
heart against Christ and the infinite blessings He came to give. There is
no room for Jesus in the heart of such a person.... Those who know that
they cannot possibly save themselves, or of themselves do any righteous
action, are the ones who appreciate the help that Christ can bestow. They
are the poor in spirit, whom He declares to be blessed
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Manuscript 118, 1905
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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 19
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