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The New Man is very special in all of their attitudes and spiritual works. They came to the Lord as those who are poor in spirit. Mt. 5:3 Without Him, or a working knowledge of things spiritual in their lives. Real poverty is not to be found in temporal things. To be without Christ is to be wretchedly poor in spirit. The richest of the world live without joy or happiness unless they know Christ as the savior. Real life is not to be found in possessions. Luke 12:15 Spiritual blessings, physical blessings, manifold blessings are to be found in the realm of the Spirit. It begins with a recognition by the individual of their condition of spiritual poverty. Followed by a desire to find that missing element in their lives. Imagine being offered the kingdom of God. Those who respond to that gnawing hunger within find it fulfilled with deep satisfaction in the Lord Jesus. Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Jer. 29:13 He is not a God afar off, but is nigh to us.
The poor in spirit have a great reward. They are promised the kingdom of God. It is our inheritance. Therefore we are exhorted to seek first the kingdom of God. Mt. 6:33 Persistently placing the Lord first in our lives will benefit now and in eternity. The kingdom of God is revealed in various ways. It is an eternal kingdom which has always been in existence. The ministry of the Lord Jesus brought the kingdom to light. Jesus proclaimed that the kingdom was at hand. Mark 1:15 Jesus said, that deliverance from demonic powers was evidence of the presence of the kingdom of God. Luke 11:20 When the sick are healed it is because they have found themselves in the presence of the kingdom. Luke 10:9.
The kingdom of God has a great future, for it is eternal. As of now, it is within those who have been born as citizens of heaven. Consider the words of the Lord Jesus, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. John 3:5 Very explicit, very understandable words. This is the key to the kingdom. Certainly if one has been born from above, then the kingdom of God is made manifest in them. Luke 17:21 The kingdom of God, present, in the Millennium, or in the New Heavens and New Earth will never be desecrated by any act of unrighteousness. The unrighteous cannot inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 6:9. (123006).