Do I want to learn more of how to live as a Christian, though I have studied the Bible for years and, perhaps, even attended Bible College or seminary? Do I insist on my own "rights" when under pressure to do so? Do I refuse to retaliate against those who do wrong to me and speak evil of me? Do I accept responsibilities of service regardless how small, seemingly insignificant, and unrewarded without complaint or inward resentment? Do I receive criticism well and love the people who give it?

1. “Blessed are the Meek”
3rd in a series of studies on the
Sermon on the Mount

3. PEACE (eirene; shalom)LOVE
JOY
PEACE
LONGSUFFERING
/ PATIENCE
GENTLENESS
GOODNESS
FAITH
SELF-CONTROL /
TEMPERANCE
MEEKNESS

4. Poor in Spirit
Mourn
Meek
Hunger for Righteousness
Merciful
Pure in Heart
Peacemakers
Persecuted for Righteousness
Christian Maturity

5. True or False

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1 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on
a mountain, and when He was seated His
disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened
His mouth and taught them, saying:

7. 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.”
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8. 7 32
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4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they
shall be comforted.”

9. 7 32
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5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth.”

10. Defined:
"mild of temper; not
easily provoked,
irritated; forbearing"

11. Defined:
πραότης [praotes] = strength
controlled to serve
Greek:
Used to describe the soothing effects of a
medicine, a gentle breeze, or a colt that
had been broken and domesticated
Meekness is best defined as strength under
control; discipline; gentleness

12. Defined:
πραότης [praotes] = strength
controlled to serve
Greek:
“Poor in Spirit”“Meekness”
focuses on
God's holiness
the root word (praos) is the same
focuses on
my sinfulness

13. A young soldier during the Peloponnesian Wars wrote to
his fiancée about a gift he had for her. It was a white
stallion, "the most magnificent animal I have ever seen.
He responds obediently to the slightest command. He
allows his master to direct him to his full potential." And
then he wrote, "He is a meek horse."
Described:

14. • Meekness is not insisting on our own rights
when under pressure to do so.
• Meekness is refusing to retaliate against
those who do wrong to us or speak wrong
of us.
• Meekness is knowing our own size when
we are given a place of responsibility and
importance.

15. “The meek man is not a human
mouse afflicted with a sense of his
own inferiority. Rather he may be in
his moral life as bold as a lion and as
strong as Samson; but he has
stopped being fooled about himself.
He has accepted God’s estimate of
his own life. He knows he is as weakA. W. Tozer
and helpless as God declared him to be, but
paradoxically, he knows at the same time that
he is in the sight of God of more importance
than angels. In himself, nothing; in God,
everything. That is his motto.”

16. Saint Francis
of Assisi
1181/1182 – October 3, 1226
“…His most holy eyes have not
found among sinners any smaller
man, nor any more insignificant
and sinful, therefore, He chose me
to accomplish the marvelous
works which God has undertaken.
He chose me because He could
find none more worthless, and He
wished to confound the nobility
and grandeur, the strength, the
beauty and the learning of this
world.”

17. In Moses:
Numbers 12:1–3 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses
because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he
had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 And they said, Hath the LORD
indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?
And the LORD heard it. 3 (Now the man Moses was very meek,
above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

18. In Jesus:
Matthew 21:5 Tell
ye the daughter of
Zion, Behold, your
King comes unto
you, meek, and
sitting upon an
ass, and a colt the
foal of an ass.

19. For Salvation (Psalm 149:4):
Psalm 149:4 “The LORD takes pleasure in His
people; He will beautify the meek with
salvation.
Isaiah 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is
upon Me, because the Lord hath anointed Me
to preach good tidings unto the meek . . .”

20. For Salvation (Psalm 149:4):
James 1:21 “. . . receive with meekness the
engrafted word, which is able to save your
souls.”

21. For Salvation (Psalm 149:4):
Zephaniah 2:3 “Seek the Lord,
all ye meek of the earth, who
have kept His ordinances; seek
righteousness, seek meekness;
it may be ye shall be hidden in
the day of the Lord’s anger.”

22. For Sanctification (James 1:21, 26; 3:13):
Colossians 3:12 “Put on, therefore, as the
elect of God, holy and beloved, tender
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering.”
Titus 3:2 “To speak evil
of no man, to be no
brawlers, but gentle,
showing all meekness
unto all men.”

23. 2 Corinthians 3:5–6 “Not
that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think of anything
as being from ourselves, but
our sufficiency is from God, 6
who also made us sufficient
as ministers of the new
covenant . . .”
For Service:

24. In Fellowship
Ephesians 4:1–2 I, therefore, the prisoner of the
Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling
with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness
and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with
one another in love,

25. In Restoring a Fallen Brother
Galatians 6:1 “Brethren, if a man be overtaken
in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such an
one in the spirit of meekness, considering
thyself, lest thou also be tempted.”

26. In Speaking those in Authority
Titus 3:1-2 Remind them to be subject to rulers
and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every
good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to be
peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all
men.

27. Jude 8–9 Likewise also these dreamers defile
the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of
dignitaries. 9 Yet Michael the archangel, in
contending with the devil, when he disputed
about the body of Moses, dared not bring
against him a reviling accusation, but said,
“The Lord rebuke you!”
In Speaking those in Authority

28. In Instructing those who Oppose
II Timothy 2:24, 25 “The servant of the Lord
must not strive, but be gentle unto all men, apt
to teach, patient, in meekness, instructing
those that oppose him, if God, perhaps, will
give them repentance to the acknowledging of
the Truth.”

29. In Evangelism
I Pet. 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in
your hearts, and be ready always to give an
answer (apologia) to every man that asketh
you a reason of the hope that is in you,
with meekness and fear.”

30. Hebrew: ‫י‬ ֵ‫ר‬ְ‫שׁ‬ַ‫א‬ (ʾašrê) = “deeply happy or
blessed”
Greek: µακάριοι (makarios) = root – “great”
“happy, blissful, fortunate”

31. I Pt. 5:6,7 “Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that He may
exalt you in due time”
Jas. 4:10 “Humble yourselves in the sight of
the Lord, and He shall lift you up.”

32. Hebrew:
Mt. 5:5 “Blessed are the meek; for they
shall inherit the earth.”
Mt. 23:12 “Whosoever shall exalt himself
shall be abased; and he that shall humble
himself shall be exalted.”

33. Mt. 11:28-30 “Come unto Me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and
learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart, and ye shall find rest unto your
souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden
is light.”

34. Salvation in Christ: “Come unto Me”
come = invitation found more
than 500 times in the
Bible (Gen. 7:1; Rev.
22:17; Isa. 1:18)
labor = works of the flesh to the
point of exhaustion (Isa.
55:2)
rest = release from burdens

35. Study of Christ: “Learn of Me”
(Mt 11:28-30)
(‫ָה‬‫ו‬ָ‫נ‬ֲ‫̀[ ע‬anawah] = “suffering,” “oppressed,”
“afflicted”
Mt. 21:5 “Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh
unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt, the foal of
an ass.”
Isa. 53:7 “He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He
opened not His mouth; He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not
His mouth.”

36. Study of Christ: “Learn of Me”
(Mt 11:28-30)
Mt. 20:17-28 ". . . it shall not be so among you,
but whosoever will be great among you, let
him be your minister, and whosoever will be
great among you, let him be your servant . . .
The Son of Man came . . . to minister, and to
give His life . . ."

37. For Service: In Instructing those who
Oppose (2 Tim. 2:24,25)
Jas. 3:13 “Who is a wise
man and endued with
knowledge among you?
Let him show out of a
good life his works with
meekness of wisdom.”

38. “Take My yoke upon you . . .
. . . For My yoke is easy”

39. LOVE
JOY
PEACE
LONGSUFFERING
/ PATIENCE
GENTLENESS
GOODNESS
FAITH
SELF-CONTROL /
TEMPERANCE
MEEKNESS

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