n Blessed are the meek…Matthew 5:5
n What Meekness Does Not Mean
n Not Weakness
n Not Impotence
n Not Cowardice
n Not Lack of Conviction
n Not Being Humanly Nice
n Not Lacking Earthly Possessions
n How is Meekness Used in the OT?
n Everlasting Life Belongs to the Meek not the Proud (Ps 22:26)
n God Identifies With the Meek (Ps 25:9)
n The Meek are God’s Kind of People (Ps 147:6)
n The Meek Know Greater Joy (Is 29:19)
n How is Meek Used in the NT?
n Meekness is to Characterize Our:
n Walk (Eph 4:1-2)
n Talk (Titus 3:2)
n Adornment (Col 3:12)
n Who Were Referred to as Meek in Scripture?
n Abraham (Gen 13)
n Joseph (Gen 42)
n Moses (Num 12:3)
n David (1 Sam 26)
n Jesus (2 Cor 10:1; Matt 21:5)
n What Does Meekness Mean?
n Meek (Praos) Means Mild, Gentle, & Soft
n Used in Greek of a Horse Saddle-Tamed
n Meekness is Power Under Control
n To Rule the Spirit (Prov 16:32)
n Patient Endurance of Injury
n The Opposite of Violence & Vengeance
n Meekness is Power Used Only in the Defense of God (Matt 11:29)
n Meekness Brings Happiness Because We are Approved
n The Unhappy & Unblessed are the:
n Arrogant, Self-Sufficient, Self-Righteous, & Proud
n How Will We Know When We Are Meek?
n Do We Exhibit Self-Control?
n Do We Always Respond Humbly and Obediently to the Word of God?
n Do We Always Make Peace? (Eph 4:2)
n Do We Receive Criticism Well & Love the People Who Give It
nDo We Give Instruction With Humbleness?
n What is the Result of Being Meek?
n For they shall inherit the earth
n they shall-Pronoun Meaning They Only
n Inherit-Means to Receive an Allotted Portion
n Ours Now in Escrow, Future Actual