First Church Charlotte

May 31, 2020, | Pastor Nathan Elms So much pain and hate in the world right now. The tragedies and injustices that have happened recently are heart-breaking. There is a brokenness to humankind. It isn’t new. It is as old as history. It’s as old as Eden. Oldest Human Corpse Was a Murder Victim In a world that spills the blood of the innocent, it's easy to despair. But it is a broken world that Jesus came to save. We must understand brokenness as a spiritual principle, not simply an emotional reality. Brokenness does not mean, as some think, having a gloomy countenance or being morbidly introspective. Nor can it be equated simply with deep emotional experiences. Brokenness is not a feeling; rather, it is a choice, an act of the will.  Brokenness is a lifestyle of agreeing with God about the true condition of our heart and life… To be poor in spirit means to acknowledge your spiritual bankruptcy, to acknowledge that you are in need of God. The broken man or woman is more conscious of the corruption in his own b