“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Christ crowns His sermon with blessings because He came to bless us, and His pronouncement makes us truly blessed. The world is wrong about happiness: it calls the rich and powerful blessed, but He calls the poor in spirit blessed instead, overturning every carnal notion of what makes a man happy.
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Commenting on Matthew 5:3-12
Verse 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit. The word blessed means happy, referring to that which produces felicity, from whatever quarter it may come. Poor in spirit. Luke says simply, blessed are THE poor. It has been disputed whether Christ meant the poor in reference to the things of this life, or the humble. The gospel is said to be preached to the poor, .
Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (a) Under the name of poverty are meant all the miseries, that are joined with poverty. (b) Whose minds and spirits are brought under control, and tamed, and obey God.