The Poor in Spirit

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Outline

Hook: What makes for a happy, successful life?

I. THE BEAUTY OF HUMILITY
“God creates out of nothing. Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him.” – Martin Luther

II. THE DEADLY SIN OF PRIDE
“Pride is the cosmic put-on. The fantasy that we can make it as little gods.” – Lewis Smedes

III. THE KINGDOM COME
"The gospel of the kingdom is that no one is beyond beatitude.” – Dallas Willard

Takeaway: "We will empty ourselves of pride so we can be filled with God's Spirit." - Eugene Peterson

Resources

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Cost of Discipleship
• Sinclair Ferguson, The Sermon on the Mount
• Tim Keller, Blessed Self-forgetfulness
• Peter Kreeft, Back to Virtue
• Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy