Best Sermon Ever - Poor in Spirit

Centerpointe Church sermon - February 26, 2017
Pastor Chad Gibbons teaches on Jesus' Sermon on the Mount - The Best Sermon Ever. This week we look at the first beatitude: Blessed are the poor in spirit.

[JustAnotherChannel]

Thank you! Great sermon. The Sermon on the Mount is the core of Jesus’ message to us. Many people don’t understand it. You are explaining it very very well. Thank you. 😊

[krstanley]

I think it takes more "strength" to ask for help; because it takes strength to admit your weak. (Or to be honest, and humble)

[CATALINAG]

❤💕❤️🎼🙏🏼⚓️BEAUTIFUL SERMON!!! 🙏🏼🎼🎼🎼🎼🙋🏻‍♀️

[thegman]

I like the introduction and it helped me as I am preparing a series of messages from the same text. But I was blown away that he insulted the church the congregation by explaining to the visitors that he has to break down everything in real simple terms because his church doesn't get it! wow.

[krstanley]

We have a Wii.

I totally get what he said about that.😆

But if he was talking about any other video game... 😶

[jamesking]

I think he couldve went more into what " Blessed " means in greek. Blessed in the greek conveys more then our english word. That we simply take as to mean Favor. But it actually expresses more then Favor . but also conveys inner Happiness ( joy) and inner peace+ God's favor by right relationship to him. Blessed comes from the word Makarios in Greek. Its a inner happiness that isnt dependant on our mood or circumstances...which is where we get or word Happy from (Hap) but is Ruled or based on a unchanging object of faith( God)
Also Poor has the idea of " to crouch down or cowering" adam and eve hid or cowered from the presence of God after eat the forbidden fruit. So to be poor in spirt would speak more the just acts of sin but more or natures or inner self. That we from our inner being have nothing to offer. We are depraved spiritual for obeying, we are weak, do to a warpped nature the gravites toward act's of sin... I think the sermon on the mount speaks of what it is to be Born again( anew) born from above...remember Jesus told Nicodemus that he could see and then enter into the Kingdom of God unless hes born from above. " again in greek has 3 meanings . 1. Reform or to do something over- to repeat. 2.from Above or or anew -from a differant source. 3. It can mean " from the beginning". Its being infused with the Zoe ( life) of God. And its not a one time thing, its continued thing. A way of some helpful points to consider.