Blessed are the Meek (Chantilly)

What is Meekness?

Matthew 5:5 CSB – Blessed are the humble [meek], for they will inherit the earth.

Galatians 2:20 CSB – I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Acts 26:14 CSB – Jesus said, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

Galatians 2:20 CSB – I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.

Examples of Meekness

Abraham

Genesis 13:8-9, 13-15 CSB – So Abram said to Lot, “Please, let’s not have quarreling between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, since we are relatives. ⁹ Isn’t the whole land before you? Separate from me: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

“Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west, ¹⁵ for I will give you and your offspring^[c] forever all the land that you see.

Joseph

Esther

Esther 4:16c CSB – I will go to the king even if it is against the law. If I perish, I perish.”

Jesus

Matthew 11:29 CSB – Jesus, ..learn from Me, because I am lowly and humble in heart,

Matthew 28:18 CSB – All authority on heaven and earth has been given to Me…

Philippians 2:5-8 CSB – Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus,

⁶ who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be exploited.
⁷ Instead he emptied himself
by assuming the form of a servant,
taking on the likeness of humanity.
And when he had come as a man,
⁸ he humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

Meekness Practiced

Meekness in our attitude toward God’s Word

James 1:19ff CSB – My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

…ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent, humbly [meekly] receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Meekness In Suffering

Hebrews 12:5-7, 11 CSB – My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly
or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
⁶ for the Lord disciplines the one he loves
and punishes every son he receives.

Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons.

¹¹ No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Meekness with our resources

2 Corinthians 8:9 CSB – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

The Promise: The Meek Inherit the Earth

Psalm 37:9 CSB – evildoers will be destroyed,
but those who put their hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

Psalm 37:10,11 CSB – 

A little while, and the wicked person will be no more;…
¹¹ But the humble will inherit the land
and will enjoy abundant prosperity.

Philippians 2:6-11 CSB – [Jesus] who, existing in the form of God,
did not consider equality with God
as something to be exploited.
⁷ Instead he emptied himself
by assuming the form of a servant,
taking on the likeness of humanity.
And when he had come as a man,
⁸ he humbled himself by becoming obedient
to the point of death—
even to death on a cross.

⁹ For this reason God highly exalted him
and gave him the name
that is above every name,
¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus
every knee will bow—
in heaven and on earth
and under the earth—
¹¹ and every tongue will confess
that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.

2 Corinthians 8:9 CSB – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich, for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Philippians 4:19 CSB – And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.