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~cMatthew 5:5~N ~r~KBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.~N~k
The meek are ~g~Fnot~N weak or cowardly. |Psalm 37:11| Loymeyer says that they
are those who ~R~Ibend their wills and set aside their own notions as they stand
before the greatness and grace of God.~N A sense of ~M~Ihumble trust~N is their manner
of life. Arrogance of spirit would be short lived in the life of this person.
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~bMeekness is not a natural quality, a natural dispositon.~N ~W~I~FApart from
Christ we cannot be meek~N. The prophet Jeremiah was almost like a boiling
cauldron, and yet he was still meek. The apostle Paul was a genius with
an extraordinary personlity and a strong character. Yet in Christ he was
utterly meek. Meekness is something ~gproduced by the Spirit of God.~N
Meekness is not indolence, or flabbiness. It is not necessarily the
"easy going" personality. It is not necessarily "niceness". Some people are
naturally nice. ~M~I~FBut one dog is nicer than another!~N
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Meekness is ~W~Inot a spirit of compromise~N in which there is ~r"peace at any
price"~N. No, meekness is ~G~Icompatable with great strength, great authority~N. The
meek person is willing to die for the truth if necessary. Martyrs were ~R~Imeek
but never weak~N.
~G~I~KMeekness is not merely an outward manner but it is also an inward spirit.
It is a controlling of the lips and mouth and hand and foot in accordance with
the movement of the Holy Spirit in the heart of the Christian.~N~k
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What then is meekness? Jones says it is essentially a true view of
oneself, expressing itself in atitude and conduct with respect to others.
~R~IA person can never be meek without being poor in spirit~N. We cannot become
meek without seeing ourself as a sinner.
~G~IThe meek person is not proud of himself and does not glory in himself. He
does not boast of himself. He does not assert his personality. He does not
take his rights as claims. He does not demand anything for himself because
of his position, his priviledges, his possessions, his status in life.~N
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The meek person is like the man in Phillipians 2: ~R~I"Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus."~N Christ did not assert that right to
equality with God. ~gThat is the point to which the Christian is heading by being
meek.~N
The meek man is not sensitive about himself. He is always not watching
out for his own interests. He is not always on the defensive. We know this but
~cin our fallen sinful nature we have a great sensitivity about ourself~N. We in our
Christian meekness are not to spend our lives watching ourselves and worrying
what other people say. We in meekness no longer are to protect ourself by
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assuming a position in our heart of being defensive. This does not
mean that we do not physically defend ourself or our family. That would be
a sinful neglect. But there is to be ~R~I~Fno offensive nature to our defense.~N
~mWe are not to pity ourself or feel sorry for ourself~N. You come to realize
that nobody can untimately spiritually harm you. John Bynyan said, ~W~I"He that is
down need fear no fall."~N
~c~KThe meek person is amazed that God loves him despite his sinfullness and
sent Christ Jesus to save him from himself.~N~k
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~G~IMosesf was called the ~G~Imeekest of men~N |Num.12:3| not on account of his
timidity, but ~rbecause of his awareness of his own limitations and his con-
sequent dependence on God. It is such people that will inherit the earth.~N
To whom does the earth really belong? Jesus says it belongs to the meek
who are willing to lose all for the kingdom. ~M~I"This paradox belongs to the
larger teaching which sees that one lives by dying, receives by giving, and is
first precisely when willing to be last. "~N
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Jesus was ~M~Imild, gentle, and lowly.~N He had a ~M~Iquite spirit.~N Jesus
was the most ~M~Iapproachable~N person who ever lived. There was an absence of
a ~R~Ispirit of retaliation, of having our own back or seeing that the other
person pays for it.~N He was ~M~Ipatient and longsuffering,~N especially when
suffering unjustly.
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Hear the scripture: ~R~I~K"For one is approved if, mindful of God, he
endures pain while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it, when you do
wrong and are beaten for it you take it patiently? But when you do right
and suffer for it you take it patiently, you have God's approval. For to this
you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving an
example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin; no
guile was found on his lips. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return;
when he suffered, he did not threaten; |Isa. 53:12| but he trusted
him who judges justly. He bore our sins in his body on the tree,
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that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness. By his wounds
you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now
returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of you souls."~N~k
|1 Pet. 5:4| |John 10:11,14| |Heb. 13:20|
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Jones says that we are to ~rleave ourselves, our rights, our cause, our
whole future--in the hands of God, and especially so if we feel we are
suffering unjustly.~N We have nothing to do. We leave ourselves and our cause
and our rights and everything with God seeking to maintain a quite spirit in
our soul.
~G~I~SThe meek shall inherit the earth in this life by being always satisfied.
The meek person is one because of Christ is always content. All things are yours
if you are truely meek.~N~s
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We shall never make ourselves meek ~W~Iapart from the work of Christ in our
heart. It is not someting that we do. It is a special character produced by the
Holy Spirit.~N
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