By
Pastor E.A. Adeboye
MEMORIZE; “God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John4:24)
Read: Mathew 13:5-6
Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit: For There Is The Kingdom Of Heaven”
(Mathew 5:3). The beatitudes present powerful foundation truths every heaven-bound believer must not toy with. To be ‘poor’ suggest a lack or deficiency in something. The one who is impoverished in healthy is sick.
The financially poor in health will be in pursuit of healing. The one who is financially poor will most likely be found in a prosperity-preaching church because he needs money.
A man who is poor in spirit will be in pursuit of spiritual things. It is what you seek you are likely to find, especially when you seek it correctly. If you seek spiritual things you will likely find it.
Why did Jesus say those seeking spiritual things are blessed? It is because God himself is a spirit. John 4:24 says, “God is a spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth”. Also Hebrew 12:19 says God is the father of spirits (Jn 3:5-6).
Today, the term “born again” has almost lost it meaning. Just anything can now be born again. We now have born again gangsters, prostitutes, rebel and even politicians.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says to be born again, you must make Jesus Christ you’re dwelling place and become a brand new creature.
Your old sinful life-style must go and a life-style of holiness must replace it. Without this, their is no true born again experience. John 3:5-6 says if you are still seeking the things of the flesh, you are yet in the flesh.
Those in the flesh will be preoccupied with how they dress, what they we wear and how to make dressing impressions. But those in the spirit want to please God.
If you are remembered by your dressing, you have lost God’s glory. When God’s glory is upon you, nobody will notice what you wear because your face will radiate his glory. Are you born again? How are you known?
I was born in new.j I received the baptism of water. and baptism of the holy spirit, there is not longtemps.je would proceed with the holy spirit and out of poverty
I’ve been longing for the Holy Spirit for over twenty years. Pray for me please.
How i long to always feel the presence of GOD and always seek things of the spirit.
Without appearing to be contentious I clicked on to this site to find the meaning of ‘being born-again’ do you know what it actually means to be ‘born again’? Jesus said “go into the world and make disciples”. Thank you for your consideration. William 05/07/2010
being born again means to me,a changed life i must learn how to live a godly life like a child learns how to walk,talk, and treat people they come in contact with,i do this by studying gods word,also being around others that have given their life to JESUS.