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Blago siromašnima duhom, jer je njihovo carstvo nebesko;
Explanation of Matthew 5:3
Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff
The “poor” or “needy” in the Bible represent those who know very little about spiritual things, but want to learn.
“Spirit” represents our mind when we are receiving true ideas from the Lord.
A “kingdom” represents the doctrines or beliefs of a church.
This verse, then, says that those who know little, but are willing to learn directly from the Lord, will end up with the knowledge and wisdom of angels.
To be “blessed,” meanwhile, means being receptive to the Lord’s love and teaching.
Bottom line: We can learn many things from many sources, and it's valid to do that. But if we
want to learn about the Lord and spiritual things, we need to learn from the Lord
and from the Bible.
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John 15:1-6
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"I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
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Every branch in me that doesn't bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
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You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
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Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can't bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
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I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
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If a man doesn't remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
