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Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit (Matthew 5:3)

The beatitudes describe the characteristics of people who belong to the kingdom of heaven. This begins the most countercultural sermon one could probably imagine. The characteristics that are described in the Sermon on the Mount are not characteristics anyone in the world would believe would make you successful, joyful, or blessed.

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