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Meekness follows poverty of spirit andsorrow for sin

It is most natural that a personwho realizes he is spiritually poorand who mourns over his pitiful

state should be emptied of prideand self-centeredness.

There is no more a defiant spiritbut a willing and humble spirit and

he is ready to be led by our LordJesus.

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Meekness - a difficult word to define

This word encompasses manythings but most people imagineit to be a weakness.

It has been confused with

being indecisive, wishy-washyand timid and who is unsure ofhimself.

All these unfortunately arenot what this word mean.

On the contrary this word is apositive word and associatedwith inner strength.

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Moses - the meekest man on earth

Numbers 12:3

His meekness isdemonstrated by thefact that he would

rather have Goddestroyed him thanfor him to destroy hispeople on account of

their sins.

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Greek word for meek

Praus - Greek

It has many meanings.

It means the masteryof ones anger andpassion

Proverbs 16:32 -Hethat is slow to anger isbetter than the

mighty; and he thatrule his spirit betterthan he who conquer acity.

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Other meaning for Praus

It is used to describean animal which hasbeen tamed and

domesticated andwhich has becomesubject to control.

It is no longer wild andcan be rode on and putto good use.

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The meek man does feel anger but ...

For the right reason In the right manner

At the right moment

For the right length of time

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Righteous anger of the meek man

When anger is for our ownsake, it is often wrong.

When anger is for thesake of others, it is often

right. Though Jesus was never

angry at the insults hurledat him, He was angry when

He saw the poor pilgrimsbeing exploited by moneychangers in the temple.

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The power of the meek man

The meek man has theability to bearreproaches and slightswith moderation and does

not embark on revengequickly.

He is not easily provokedto anger but is free frombitterness andcontentiousness, havingtranquility and stabilityof spirit.

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The meek man and others

The meek man sees himselfand all others as under God.

Since he is poor in spirit, hedoes not think more highly of

himself that he ought to andtherefore he relates well toothers.

Most of us are too concerned

with justifying ourselvesrather than edifying others.

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The problem of pride and self-centeredness

Most people tend to assume without thinking that he isthe center of the universe or that others are simplypawns in a chess game.

Hence he relates poorly to the 6 billion others, themajority of whom also unfortunately labour under thesame delusion.

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Ellen Whites comments on meekness(Mount of Blessings p.15,16)

Human nature is everstruggling for expression ofself, or pride, or love ofsupremacy.But when Self is

yield to the disposal of theHoly Spirit, then we are notanxious to have the highestplace. We have no ambition

to crowd and elbowourselves into noticebut wefeel our highest place is atthe feet of the Saviour.

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I did it

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It is the love of self thatdestroys our peace. Whileself is all alive, we stand

ready continually to guard itfrom mortification andinsult; butwhen we are dead,and our life is hid with Christin God, we shall not take

neglects or slights to heart.We shall be deaf to reproachand blind to scorn and insult.

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Two important facts about Praus

It is the virtue of the man whoacts with gentleness when he hasin his power to act with sternseverity.

He treats that someone who hasbeen very mean to him withkindness (which he does notdeserve).

This Greek word is associatedwith strength rather thanweakness, fear or indifference -it is the gentleness of strength.

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1 Peter 3:4 -A meek spiritis in the sight of God ofgreat value.

1 Timothy 6:11 -Aim atmeekness.

Galatians 5:23- Meeknessis one of the fruits of theHoly Spirit.

Meekness spoken of in the Bible as acardinal Christian virtue

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Matthew 26:39 Like Jesus, the meek man

will pray like him,Not as Iwill but as Thou will, Lord

Self is totally gone in hisprayer.

Prayer of the meek man

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In our world, it is thestrong and self-assertiveones who rule the earth.

But in the world madenew, the last shall be thefirst and the first shallbe the last.

Matthew 23:12- Jesussays that those who

humbled themselves nowwill eventually be exalted. The new earth will be

given to the meek not theself-assertive ones.

The meek shall inherit the earth

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