 To be poor in spirit means that you understand three things. Number one, that you understand that you are bankrupt before God. Totally and completely bankrupt. There's nothing that you can look into yourself and say, well, Lord, I did this, I did that, I did the other. There's no way to commend yourself to God because you're poor in spirit. You're bankrupt before God. And a poor in spirit person understands that. He's humble and he's repentant. Why? Because I'm bankrupt before God.