Poverty, spiritual

The lack of spiritual riches and gifts is seen by Scripture as an especially distressing cause of poverty. Awareness of spiritual poverty leads to a turning towards God in order to receive the riches he graciously offers through the gospel.

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The ungodly are spiritually poor They lack faith Mt 13:58 They lack understanding Pr 10:21; Is 5:13; Is 56:10–11; Je 5:4; Ho 4:6; 1 Ti 6:5 They lack God Eph 2:12 They lack eternal life Mt 16:26; Lk 12:20–21; Lk 16:22–23; Jas 5:1–6 They lack knowledge of their spiritual poverty Re 3:17 Spiritual poverty…