The Blessed Life: Meek
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“Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Introduction
Introduction
Beatitudes are essentially the reversal of the world’s standards
“Cause-and-effect” relationship
Ultimately, this is nothing less than the portrait and Christ’s own life (11:29, 12:15-21, 21:5)
Psalm 37:9 (NASB95PARA)
For evildoers will be cut off, but those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
Psalm 37:11 (NASB95PARA)
But the humble will inherit the land and will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.
Blessed
Blessed
Blessed, makarios (μακάριος)
“to regard someone as happy or fortunate in view of favorable circumstances”
Meek
Meek
most translations use “gentle” or “meek”, but can mean gentle, meek, mild, kind, forgiving, or showing loving self-restraint
Moses, David, and Jesus are all noted in Scripture as meek
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short or quick-tempered
not hot-tempered or sulky
returning evil for evil
powerless
quite the opposite, the meek are powerful
unfeeling or uncaring
not a feminine quality
Moses, David, Jesus
Restraint and humility are at the root of meekness
they restrain their anger
they demonstrate a humility that results from a spiritual renewal, from a relationship with God
The meek person knows the right things to be angry about, how long, and how passionately without losing one’s temper and injuring friend or foe
Meekness is a certain kind of power
resists pressures (racism, materialism, violence, etc) and yields to others
shows humility toward others as gentle, non-assertive, non-violent
accepts God’s dealings without complaint
accepts man’s opposition, insults, etc as result of corruption of sin in this world
Inherit the earth
Inherit the earth
OT theme of inheriting the (Promised) land
“posses” both eschatologically and presently, not as in the planet, government, or wealth in its current form
think “new heavens and new earth”
God will vindicate the meed and give them an honorable position they did not aggressively seek for themselves
Conclusion
Conclusion
the godless promote self-assertion; Christianity favors self-abasement