The Sermon on the Mount

Meekness

How to see the Bible

Every single book in the Bible was written FOR us for application and understanding, but none of them were written TO us.

Every book in the Bible is a personal letter, a history book, or writing by a Prophet or an Apostle to a particular people at a particular time and for a particular reason.

To put it another way, we are reading other people’s mail.

Whenever someone today says, “Here’s what this Scripture means to me”, we should be the first to say, “It doesn’t matter what it means to you. It only matters what it meant to the original audience.” That is where we find out what the Bible truly means. Only after we do that can we then apply it to ourselves.

Meekness

5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Mt 5:5.

11 But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Ps 37:11.

3 Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Nu 12:3.

• The Greek word for meek, is praus, and was used to refer to domesticated animals. The word does not refer to a wild, unruly animal; it refers to a strong and powerful horse or an ox that was trained and disciplined so that it could be controlled by a human.

• The word meek used in Matthew 5:5 refers to a strong person who is under control—in essence a Holy Spirit led or controlled person. A meek person is a man or woman of God whose strength is controlled by the Lord. He or she is controlled by the Lord in thought, word, will, emotion, and action. The meek man is one who submits, not to his own will or to the will of the world, but to the great and gracious will of God.

• A meek person is the one who by faith sees God as great, and himself as nothing. And because of that, he submits to the righteous will of this great God.

The word meek takes us into humility but lets analyze futher Moses case.

God comes down to describe why Moses is the most meekest man in the earth at that time.

God describes there relationship first – Its amazing that God doesn’t describe the way Moses was this deliverer but he makes mention of the intimacy of the relationship.

God says to them Listen to my words- God comes to Moses defense in His meekness.

He described his relationship with Prophets and Moses

One is based on visions and dreams – the other is based on Faithfulness in God’s House

His relationship is based on a face to face relationship.

Faithfulness is the characteristic of meekness

Faithfulness is seen as an attribute of God - And because God Himself is faithful, so are all His works faithful (and just, Ps. 111:7). His works are done in faithfulness

9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Co 1:8–9.

We know God is Faithful and that is His character and nature.

Faithfulness is worked out through a process of patience.

5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Heb 3:5–6.

If we search the Scriptures to find people that God used mightily you will see a common denominator in all of their lives – they were people that were proven faithful. Here are just a few examples: • Abraham proved himself faithful when he was willing to offer God his only son. • Noah proved himself faithful when he continued to seek God, even though he was surrounded by a world of heathens. • David proved himself faithful while he was a shepherd boy and protected his sheep from a lion and a bear. • Elisha proved himself faithful to serve Elijah for many years before he received his anointing. And the list could go on.

For they shall inherit the earth.

10 and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,

and they shall reign on the earth

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), Re 5:10.