Blessed are the Meek | Gray Strickland

If the Beatitudes were counter-cultural then, they are even more so now.

The Beatitudes are a better way to live and love for us and others.

Matthew 5:14-16 NIV

14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:5 NIV

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

"meek" - deficient in spirit and courage

Meek and __________

πραΰς - praus 

Understanding Meekness

- appropriate anger

- training an animal

- chosen humility

The good life belongs to those who humbly place themselves under God's authority in order to live according to His plan and purpose.

Luke 22:42 NIV

42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”

Matthew 27:39-42 NIV

39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41 In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 42 “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! He’s the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.

Freedom!

Matthew 5:5 NIV

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

Meekness brings freedom.

Freedom is not the absence of authority; it is humbly submitting to the right authority.

James 1:25 NIV

25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.