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Meditations on Meekness - Part 5

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So the main point I want to make is that meekness is missional. Paul lists seven virtues in chapter 3 and verses 1 and 2. Notice the last one, “to show perfect courtesy”. The Greek says, endeiknymenous prauteta ...

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Meditations on Meekness - Part 4

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Meek people are teachable people. They welcome God's Word. That word, "receive" means "welcome". To receive is an intellectual exercise in that it means to understand and apprehend what is being taught in the Word....

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Meditations on Meekness - Part 3

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In our meditations on meekness we would do well to seek to understand that phrase, "the meekness of wisdom". What does it mean?...

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Meditations on Meekness - Part 2

Blog - Meekness: Trust in the Lord

Psalm 37 is perhaps the best place to look for a biblical definition of meekness. In fact the Beatitude in Matthew 5:5 is taken directly from that Psalm and verse 11. The wording is virtually parallel. Further on in verse 22 we read, "For those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land". In other words the blessed man inherits the land just as the meek man does. So, bless...

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Meditations on Meekness - Part 1

Blog - Trust in the Lord

The beginning of true meekness is that we trust in the Lord not ourselves. That's the only way meekness can be produced. Apart from faith it is impossible. That's one of the reasons God presents us with difficult circumstances ...

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