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INTRODUCTION
Its important to keep reminding us that it is not good enough to live out many of the beatitudes.
The beatitudes are not like a credit score.
If you are living out 7 of the 8 beatitudes that is a excellent score; 5-6 is a good score; 3-4 fair; or 2 and lower poor score.
This was never the plan that Jesus had when He preached these beatitudes.
Each of these beatitudes should be lived out in every Christian.
The truth is there is no reason we should not be able to live out all the beatitudes.
After all, we have God living is us and empowering us.
Why?
Why is not it good enough for us to live out many but not all of the beatitudes?
Two answers:
Our comparison is not man but God.
It is important that we follow Godly men as in the case of Paul -Paul, on many occasions told his disciples to follow him, he wanted to be an example to his followers-but our comparison is with God, not Godly men!
Although I follow many of the same principles in my ministry as does my pastor, my comparison is not with his ministry but this Book!
One day I will have to give an account before God, not based upon Brother Head’s ministry but this Book!
The principles of discipleship demand us to live out all the beatitudes. he discipleship process is a missing element in our churches.
We tend to view discipleship in a one-hour Bible study once a week.
Yet, this view contradicts completely the Biblical context of discipleship.
Discipleship is about us giving our lives for others in such a way that they can understand the commands of Jesus by viewing our lives.
The beatitudes we do not live out, may never be lived out in the lives of our students.
We may produce a generation of unhealthy Christians because we were unwilling to surrender ourselves to be the beatitudes.
To this point in our study we have examined two beatitudes:
This is the foundational beatitude.
This is salvation.
No one can be saved until they are broken by their sin spiritually.
Several years back I worked with a Mormon.
Before converting to mormonism, he was as alcoholic.
His alcoholism was the prime-motivator that moved him to desire more from himself and convert to mormonism.
This is not what os meant by “poor in spirit.”
The “poor in spirit” understands that alcoholism is a manifestation of the disease.
The disease is a sinful nature and understanding this leaves people without strength, incapable of doing anything good.
Mourning is to be broken over sin.
Today we are more invested in not offending our feelings or emotions or sense of right and wrong or convictions that we no longer mourn over offending God or His word!
The benefit of mourning is being comforted by God.
How does mourning over our sin move God in comforting us? .
Never just read over the phrase “if we confess our sins” believing it is a simple process.
Before we can get to the point of confessing sins we must have a poor in spirit and mournful attitude over the sin.
The word “confess” means to agree with God; that He is right and we are wrong.
There are two ways in which I confess I am wrong and someone else is right:
Out of anger or frustration.
I come to the realization that I am wrong but I am not happy with being wrong.
I would rather be right and the other person wrong.
This confession is not what John mentions in .
Out of brokenness and sorrow.
I come to realize that I am wrong, and this realization breaks me and causes me to mourn over sinning against my Lord and Savior.
I willfully, confess that He is right and I am wrong.
Along, with a desire to be in the right path as opposed to the wrong path.
This produces a divine comfort because Jesus “is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
This evening our focus is the third beatitude -
For many this is the hardest to live out and understand
Complexity
We need to
On one hand, here is what we know of Jesus:
He is meek, lowly and gentle.
Yet, on the other hand, here is what else we know about Jesus:
How do we reconcile these seeming contradictions?
In the vocabulary of the ancient Greek language, the meek person was not passive or easily pushed around.
The main idea behind the word “meek” was strength under control, like a strong stallion that was trained to do the job instead of running wild.
Whenever the situation was about false accusations against Him, He was meek and lowly
Whenever the situation was about false accusations against Him, He was meek and lowly
Whenever the situation was about false accusations against Him, He was meek and lowly
Therefore, whenever it was about ministry, truth or the Lord’s House He was not meek and lowly; either was He arrogant but authoritative.
Whenever the situation was about false accusations against Him, He was meek and lowly
However, whenever it was about ministry, truth or the Lord’s House He was not meek and lowly; either was He arrogant but authoritative.
Barclay: Thus a meek individual is one who is angry on the right occasion with the right people at the right moment for the right length of time.
Stated another way, meekness is "anger under control" but not just any kind of anger.
Meekness is always the mean between excessive anger and excessive angerlessness.
The man who is meek is able to balance his anger.
Since a meek man is not a self-centered man, the anger is not about that which happens to him but is rather a righteous anger at what is wrongly done to others.
(See the examples of Moses and Jesus in this discussion)
To put that in another way, the man who is praus is the man who is kindled by indignation at the wrongs and the sufferings of others, but is never moved to anger by the wrongs and the insults he himself has to bear.
So, then, the man who is (as in the Authorized Version), meek is the man who is always angry at the right time but never angry at the wrong time.
When I was a kid I use to watch the old black-and-white Superman television show; and even as a child, I knew that - whatever else Clark Kent was - he certainly wasn't "weak".
He perhaps presented himself as a 'weakling'; but that was just to hide his real identity - just like anyone who had x-ray vision obviously didn't really need glasses!
Sure; he'd behave 'meek and mild-mannered' in front of Lois and Jimmy and Mr. White; and he would never use his great powers to serve his own interests.
But all the kids knew that, as soon as anyone was in trouble, he'd jump out the window and fly to their rescue!
The lesson for us is:
The lesson for us is:
The lesson for us is:
When opposition, insults and provocation come our way, we should be meek.
But, when the argument is about truth (not about us bur God’s word) or ministry we must be soldiers.
CONTEXT - PERSPECTIVE
To be meek requires an inward change - Therefore Meekness is an outgrowth of a divine nature.
Consider how hard it is to be meek:
In April 2004 President Bush gave a press conference.
One of the last questions asked was:
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President.
In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa.
In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa.
You've looked back before 9-11 for what mistakes might have been made.
After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have learned from it?
You've looked back before 9-11 for what mistakes might have been made.
After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have learned from it?
BUSH: I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.
BUSH: I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.
John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could've done it better this way or that way.
You know, I just -- I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet.
John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could've done it better this way or that way.
You know, I just -- I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet.
President Bush went on the justify his war with Iraq.
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