MEEKNESS: Two RoadsSignpost #3

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Matthew 7:13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it."

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Matthew 7:14 "But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."

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Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

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What meekness doesn't mean.

What is meekness?

What is the opposite of meekness. " ___-ness"

me

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What does a lack of meekness look like?

• Has to be seen as right• The critical; "Judge and jury" • Has to be in "control" • Defensive; the "need" to defend

self• The person is easily offended

Meekness of Jesus

Matthew 11:29 "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls."

Meekness of Jesus

John 19:7 The Jews insisted, "We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God." 8 When Pilate heard this, he was even more afraid,

Meekness of Jesus

9 and he went back inside the palace. "Where do you come from?" he asked Jesus, but Jesus gave him no answer.

Meekness of Jesus

10 "Do you refuse to speak to me?" Pilate said. "Don't you realize I have power either to free you or to crucify you?"

Meekness of Jesus

11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin."

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

Numbers 12:1 Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his...wife, for he had married a Cushite.

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

2 "Has the LORD spoken only through Moses?" they asked. "Hasn't he also spoken through us?" And the LORD heard this.

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

6 he said, …"When a prophet of the LORD is among you, I reveal myself to him in visions, I speak to him in dreams.

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

7 But this is not true of my servant Moses; he's faithful in all my house. 8 With him I speak face to face…

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" 9 The anger of the LORD burned against them, and he left them.

destruction

When meekness is absent: seeds of ___________.

10 When the cloud lifted from above the Tent, there stood Miriam--leprous, like snow.

destruction

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

1 Samuel 24:4 (David's) men said, "This is the day the Lord spoke of when he said to you, 'I will give your enemy into your hands for you to deal with as you wish.'

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

"Then David crept up unnoticed and cut off a corner of Saul's robe.

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

6 He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord's anointed, or lift my hand against him; for he is the anointed of the Lord."

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

7 With these words David rebuked his men and did not allow them to attack Saul….

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

8 Then David went out of the cave and called Saul, "My lord the king!" When Saul looked behind him, David bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

9 He said to Saul, "Why do you listen when men say, 'David is bent on harming you'? 10 This day you have seen with your own eyes how the Lord delivered you into my hands in the cave.

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

…I said, 'I will not lift my hand against my master, because he is the Lord's anointed.'

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

11 See, my father, look at this piece of your robe in my hand! I cut off the corner of your robe but did not kill you. Now understand and recognize that I am not guilty of wrongdoing or rebellion….

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

12 May the Lord judge between you and me. And may the Lord avenge the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you.

David, a picture of the power of meekness.

15 May the Lord be our judge and decide between us. May he consider my cause and uphold it....'

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

… inherit in this world…

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

… inherit in the next world…2 Timothy 2:12… if we endure, we will also reign with him.

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

Romans 8:17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

THE MEEK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

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