{"id":656,"date":"2012-11-02T13:26:21","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T13:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2012-11-13T03:51:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T03:51:18","slug":"4-the-poor-in-spirit-mt-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/sermon-on-the-mount\/matthew-5\/4-the-poor-in-spirit-mt-53\/","title":{"rendered":"4. The Poor in Spirit (Mt. 5:3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

OUTLINE FOR THE DAY:<\/strong><\/p>

1. Defining the \"Kingdom of God\"<\/p>

2. The Meaning of \"Blessed\"<\/p>

3. Why \"Poor is Spirit?\"<\/p>

 <\/p>

THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING INTO GOD'S KINGDOM<\/strong><\/p>

\"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.<\/strong> <\/strong>But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it (Mt. 7:13-14).<\/strong><\/p>

He said to them, \"Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because MANY, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to\" (Luke 13:24).<\/strong><\/p>

QUESTION:<\/strong> Why won't 'many' be able to enter, why won't they be able to get into the kingdom of God?<\/p>

Jesus begins to answer that question in the first beatitude.<\/p> Read more [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OUTLINE FOR THE DAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Defining the “Kingdom of God”<\/p>\n

2. The Meaning of “Blessed”<\/p>\n

3. Why “Poor is Spirit?”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING INTO GOD’S KINGDOM<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.<\/strong> <\/strong>But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it (Mt. 7:13-14).<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because MANY, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to” (Luke 13:24).<\/strong><\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/strong> Why won’t ‘many’ be able to enter, why won’t they be able to get into the kingdom of God?<\/p>\n

Jesus begins to answer that question in the first beatitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-matthew-5"],"yoast_head":"\n4. The Poor in Spirit (Mt. 5:3) - Bible Lessons from Jeff Gulleson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffgulleson.com\/bible-studies\/sermon-on-the-mount\/matthew-5\/4-the-poor-in-spirit-mt-53\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4. 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