The Spirit of Meekness

Why did Jesus

single out
meekness in His
longest
recorded
sermon? What
does it really
mean to be
meek?

Meng Choo
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“The Presence of God Ministries

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The Spirit of Meekness

Why did Jesus

single out
meekness in His
longest
recorded
sermon? What
does it really
mean to be
meek?

Meng Choo
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 Table of Contents

Strategy for Winning…6

Hopeful Endurance…10

Commitment to Submission…14

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 Strategy for Winning

In reading the Sermon on the

Mount, have you ever come across
the verse, "The meek will inherit
the earth?” (Matthew 5) Why did
Jesus single out meekness in His
longest recorded sermon? What
does it really mean to be meek?

First, we need to realize that Jesus

was not a weakling. He is not
calling for an army of wimps and
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when He says the meek will inherit
the earth, we must seek to
understanding what meekness
means.

To be meek, it does not mean that

a person is weak. If you
remember, Jesus was meek when
He took out a whip and drove the
moneychangers from the temple,
just as He was meek when He stood

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before Pilate and refused to utter a
word to save Himself.

When Jesus said that the meek

would inherit the earth, He was
actually telling us His master
strategy for winning the war
against the enemy.

God is going to utterly defeat

Satan, and He is going to do it with
individuals who move in the

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opposite spirit to the forces of
darkness.

We are going to win the victory,

but only as we discern what the
enemy is doing and do the opposite
thing in the power of the Holy
Spirit.

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 Hopeful Endurance

Meekness is therefore an active and

deliberate acceptance of
undesirable circumstances that are
wisely seen by the individual as
only part of a larger picture.

Meekness is not a resignation to

fate, a passive and reluctant
submission to events, for there is
little virtue in such a response.
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Nevertheless, since the two
responses—resignation and
meekness—are externally often
indistinguishable, it is easy to see
how what was once perceived as a
virtue has become a defect in
contemporary society.

The patient and hopeful

endurance of undesirable
circumstances identifies the person
as externally vulnerable and weak
but inwardly resilient and strong.
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Meekness does not identify the
weak but more precisely the strong
that have been placed in a position
of weakness where they persevere
without giving up.

The use of the Greek word when

applied to animals makes this
clear, for it means "tame" when
applied to wild animals.

In other words, such animals have

not lost their strength but have
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learned to control the destructive
instincts that prevent them from
living in harmony with others.

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 Commitment to Submission

Therefore, it is quite appropriate

for all people, from the poor to
ancient Near Eastern kings, to
describe their submission to God by
the term "meek" (Moses in Num
12:3).

On the other hand, this quality by

definition cannot be predicated of
God, and therefore constitutes one
of the attributes of creatures that
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they do not share with their
Creator.

Nevertheless, in the incarnation

Jesus is freely described as
meek, a commitment of His
submission to suffering and to the
will of the Father.

(Matt 11:29; 21:5; 2 Cor 10:1).

Sadly, today's church leaders lack

the virtue of meekness in their
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character. If we are to inherit the
earth, as Jesus said, let us ask God
for meekness in character.

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NOTES:

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