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 Heavenly Father, we come to these Beatitudes with the recognition that they are beyond our reach.

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 Apart from Christ, on our own, in our own strength and in our own righteousness, these Beatitudes are beyond our reach.

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 So Lord, we ask that you would fill us more and more with your Holy Spirit.

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 That by him we might live more and more in light of our union with Christ and commune with him.

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 So we bear the fruit of the Spirit, one of which is meekness.

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 That we might receive your word.

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 Lord, give us this morning ears to hear, hearts to receive.

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 That we might receive with meekness the implanted word, the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And that it might bear fruit in our lives.

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 Save those who are lost.

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 Mature your saints.

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 Make them more like your Son, Jesus Father.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand to honor God's word as I read from Matthew chapter 5 verses 1 to 12.

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 Seeing the crowd, he went up on the mountain.

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 And when he sat down, his disciples came to him.

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 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

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 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

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 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.

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 For so they persecuted the prophets who are before you.

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 This is God's holy, authoritative word.

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 He made this here.

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 From between 1760 and the early 1900s, what we call, what the history books call, the age of imperialism,

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 when the industrializing nations of Europe colonized and annexed many parts of the world, including the notorious scramble for Africa.

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 And that doesn't seem like such a distant future nowadays when Russia threatens to gobble up Ukraine and China threatens to gobble up Taiwan.

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 And whether, however seriously, even our own president talks about buying greenland.

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 Right.

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 It seems when we look around at our world that the lands, the world, they belong to people who are aggressive, people who are powerful, people who are forceful, people who have military might.

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 And this seems to be the case, not only in the geopolitical realm, but also in academia, in the media, in the public squares, the internet, social media.

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 The people who seem to own the world are people who seem self-assured and aggressive.

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 People who stand up for themselves and demand their rights.

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 People who assert themselves and express themselves into more and more territory and influence.

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 But Jesus' third, the attitude turns all of that on its head.

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 He says in verse five,

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 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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 Who possesses and inherits the world?

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 Not the proud, not the conquerors, but the meek.

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 Happy are the meek.

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 That's another way you can translate that.

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 Blessed are the meek.

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 Happy are the meek.

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 For they shall inherit the earth.

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 First, we're going to look at the character of the meek.

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 Second, we're going to look at the examples of the meek.

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 And then third, we're going to look at the inheritance of the meek as we talk about this verse.

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 It's fitting first as we look at verse five,

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 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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 To go to the Old Testament to learn the meaning of meekness,

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 because that verse is alluding to Psalm 37, verse 11,

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 which says,

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 But the meek shall inherit the land.

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 And the Hebrew word for meek is actually the same word for poor

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 that we talked about last week with the first two Beatitudes.

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 Beatitude number one was,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit.

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 And so that word has a range of meanings.

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 It can mean poor, humble, afflicted.

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 Those who are poor in spirit, as we talked about last week,

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 are spiritual beggars.

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 People who recognize their own need for God.

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 People who recognize that they are cripples in need of a crutch.

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 Sick.

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 People who recognize their sickness and recognize their need for a doctor.

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 When we recognize our own poverty of spirit,

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 we can't help but mourn.

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 And it's only those who are poor in spirit and therefore mourn

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 that can be meek, as we talk about in verse.

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 Five.

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 Psalm 37 describes something that meekness does,

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 and then it describes something that meekness does not do.

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 What does meekness do?

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 According to verse 2 and verse 5 of Psalm 37,

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 you're actually, you're welcome to turn there with me

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 because I'm going to park there for a little bit.

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 Psalm 37, verse 2 and verse 5,

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 it says,

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 Trust in the Lord.

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 Commit your way to the Lord.

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 Trust in Him and He will act.

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 To trust someone is to rely on someone.

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 To place your security and your confidence in another person.

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 It comes from a root word that means to fall to the ground.

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 Because when you fall prostrate on the ground,

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 it's the exact opposite of a fighting posture.

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 Ready to pounce and ready to strike,

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 ready to defend yourself.

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 When you're on the ground, there's nothing you can do.

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 You're helpless.

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 You have placed yourself in the trust of someone else.

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 In the confidence and security of someone else.

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 That's what it means to trust God.

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 To place yourself completely at His mercy.

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 Instead of keeping your guard up and fending for yourself,

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 it means to entrust yourself to God,

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 knowing that He will act on your behalf.

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 So it means to trust Him.

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 It's related to the word commit in verse 5.

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 Commit your way to the Lord.

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 That's a translation of a Hebrew word

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 that literally means to roll something away.

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 To commit your way to the Lord means to roll your fears,

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 to roll your distress,

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 and to roll your concerns and needs all over to God.

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 Say, here you go, God.

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 This is beyond my pay grade.

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 I can't deal with this.

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 Here you go, God.

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 Rolling it over to God.

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 It's a form of relinquishment,

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 surrendering of control.

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 Sometimes when we pray to God

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 or commit our way to Him,

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 we treat it like a game of paddle ball.

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 I don't know if you guys have played paddle ball before.

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 Some of my kids came back with a paddle ball

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 from a birthday party favor.

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 It's like a wooden racket paddle

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 with a ball,

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 but the ball is attached to it

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 by this stretchy string.

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 So it's a one-player game

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 and you're trying to hit the ball

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 as many times as you can.

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 It just keeps coming back to you.

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 And I think sometimes

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 when we commit our way to God,

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 when we try to trust in Him

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 or pray to Him,

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 we treat it like a game of paddle ball.

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 Instead of actually rolling things over to Him,

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 it's like, boom,

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 and then it comes right back.

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 Instead of rolling it over to Him,

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 we say, well, here, God.

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 Take it.

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 And then you just never let go of it.

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 You keep holding on to it.

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 It's like a botched baton exchange

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 in a track and field race or something

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 because you keep holding on to the baton.

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 But to truly trust in the Lord

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 is to roll over our way to Him.

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 The meek are not self-sufficient people.

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 They recognize that God is sufficient.

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 The meek are not,

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 I'll do it all by myself,

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 the people.

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 They ask God to act

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 and they roll over their concerns to Him.

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 This leads to another action

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 related to meekness.

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 Psalm 37, verse 11,

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 the meek shall inherit the land.

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 That is paralleled by Psalm 37, verse 9,

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 which says those who wait for the Lord

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 shall inherit the land.

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 The parallel construction suggests to us

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 that meekness involves waiting on the Lord.

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 This makes sense

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 because if we really entrust ourselves to God

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 and roll over our ways to Him,

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 then the matter is really out of our hands at that point

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 and we have no choice but to wait for Him to act.

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 Verse 7 echoes the same sentiment.

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 Be still before the Lord

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 and wait patiently for Him.

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 We wait patiently,

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 rather than getting antsy and fidgety.

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 We are still and silent before the Lord

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 rather than being busy bees

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 that are buzzing around everywhere

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 trying to solve all of our problems.

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 The Hebrew word for wait

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 used in verse 9

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 is sometimes translated as hope.

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 And it's derived from a Hebrew word

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 that means taught,

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 like a guitar string that is taught

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 rather than loose or slack.

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 It's a word that means tension,

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 something that is taught.

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 It's a very apt word to describe waiting

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 if you think about it.

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 When there is tension,

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 something is not yet resolved.

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 If a rubber band is stretched out

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 and it is taught,

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 there is tension that's waiting to be released

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 and as soon as you let go,

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 it returns to its original form.

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 It springs back.

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 Similarly,

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 if you are waiting for something,

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 then you are waiting for the release

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 or the resolution of something

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 that is yet to come.

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 Imagine waiting for a friend

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 that has not yet arrived at a cafe.

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 You're meeting a friend

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 and you're waiting for your friend.

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 You're waiting

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 because you're expecting your friend to arrive.

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 When you stop waiting

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 and you leave the cafe,

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 that's when you have given hope,

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 given up hope.

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 You're no longer waiting.

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 You're no longer hoping.

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 You don't expect your friend to arrive.

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 If you don't think that God is actually there,

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 if you don't think that God's actually going to answer,

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 if you don't expect God to actually show up

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 and act in your life,

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 then you're going to treat your prayers

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 like praying into the empty air,

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 never looking for or expecting an answer.

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 You will think that God helps

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 those who help themselves

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 and you'll take matters into your own hands.

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 Seen in this way,

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 waiting is not a dreadful thing.

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 It's actually a very hopeful thing.

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 You wait because there's still hope.

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 So to be meek

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 is to not give up on God,

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 to hope,

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 to wait on Him,

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 to trust in Him,

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 knowing that still He will act.

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 To be meek

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 is to live in this tension

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 between present reality

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 or present struggles,

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 present faith,

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 and future reality.

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 When guitar strings are loose,

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 you can't play any music,

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 just clattering of metal strings.

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 It's only when it is taught,

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 when there's tension,

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 that it produces music.

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 The same is true for the believer.

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 It's only those who live

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 between the already kingdom,

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 the kingdom of God

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 that has already been inaugurated,

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 and the kingdom of God

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 that is not yet consummated.

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 Only people who learn to live

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 in that tension

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 between the already

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 and the not yet,

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 between Christ's first coming

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 and His second coming

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 that can produce

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 this beautiful music of weakness.

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 It's this waiting on God

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 that enables the meek

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 not to take justice

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 and vengeance

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 into their own hands.

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 Again and again,

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 if you look at Psalm 37,

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 it says,

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 fret not.

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 Fret not yourself

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 because of evil doers.

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 Be not envious

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 of wrongdoers.

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 Verse 7 and 9.

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 7 and 9.

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 Fret not yourself

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 over the one

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 who prospered in His way,

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 over the man

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 who carries out evil devices.

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 Refrain from anger

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 and forsake wrath.

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 Fret not yourself.

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 It tends only to evil

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 for the evildoers

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 shall be cut off,

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 but those who wait

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 for the Lord

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 shall inherit the land.

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 This is where things

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 get a little harder

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 for us, isn't it?

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 As proud people,

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 it's hard enough already

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 for us to be poor in spirit

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 and mourn,

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 to admit that we are sinners

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 and to humble ourselves

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 before God

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 and to mourn our sins.

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 That's already hard enough.

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 And so we daily depend

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 on the convicting work

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 and the comforting work

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 in our lives

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 so that we can be broken

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 and contrite in spirit

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 before God.

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 But being humble

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 and poor

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 before God

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 is one thing.

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 Being meek,

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 being humble

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 and poor

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 before others,

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:50.099
 other fellow creatures,

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 fellow sinners

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 is another.

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 That's even harder.

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 Of course,

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 we should be meek

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 and lowly before God.

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 He is God

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 and we are not.

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 He is holy

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 and we are sinful.

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 But what about

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 these other people

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 who are just as sinful

00:15:04.500 --> 00:15:05.240
 as I am?

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 Fellow creatures.

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 We are their equals.

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 And in our pride,

00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:14.780
 we often,

00:15:14.900 --> 00:15:15.660
 in our self-delusion,

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 we like to think

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 that we are better

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 and more deserving

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.900
 than those around us

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 and which is why

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 we are resentful

00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.320
 and bitter

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 when others

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 are doing better

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 than we are,

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 when others

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 are promoted

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 before us,

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 when others

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 get married

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 before us,

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 when others

00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.519
 have children

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 before us,

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 when others

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.620
 get published

00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.480
 before us,

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 we fret.

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 That's not there.

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 When we are

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 disrespected

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 by other people,

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 when we are

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 disregarded

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 by other people,

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 when we are

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 treated like dirt

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 by other people,

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 we fret

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 because who likes

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 being stepped on

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 all over?

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 When evildoers

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 are not cut off,

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 when they are

00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.720
 inheriting the land,

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 we can become

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 indignant

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:08.820
 at the injustice

00:16:08.820 --> 00:16:09.420
 of it all

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 and take matters

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 into our own hands

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 and get angry,

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 give way to anger

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 and wrath,

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 as it says here.

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 But God says,

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 refrain from anger

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 and forsake wrath.

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 Fret not yourself.

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 It tends only to evil.

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 Instead,

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 the meek

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 leave vengeance

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 to God.

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 As it says

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 in Romans 12, 19,

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 Beloved,

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 never avenge yourselves,

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 but leave it

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 to the wrath

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 of God,

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 for it is written,

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 vengeance is mine.

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 I will repay,

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 says the Lord.

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 The meek

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 fret not

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 because

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 they're not

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 done

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 waiting on God

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 yet.

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 Yes,

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 the evil

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 are not

00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:51.080
 caught off yet.

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 yes,

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 the evil

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 inherit the land

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 still,

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 but I'm not

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 done

00:16:57.060 --> 00:16:58.120
 waiting on God

00:16:58.120 --> 00:16:58.500
 yet.

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 So they fret not.

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 The meek

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 shall inherit

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 the earth.

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 This is where

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 we get the

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 popular meaning

00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:11.960
 of the word

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 meek.

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 It means,

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 as Merriam-Webster

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 Dictionary

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 puts it this way,

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 enduring

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 injury

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 with patience

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 and without

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 resentment.

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 the meek

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 are not

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 defensive.

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 They are

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 not sensitive.

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 They're not

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 defensive because

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 they have a

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:31.119
 strong defender

00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:32.079
 in God.

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 The meek

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 are calm

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 and steady

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.720
 in the midst

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 of upheaval

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 and unfair

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 treatment because

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 their God

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 is an

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 immovable

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 fortress.

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 This is why

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 only Christians

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.919
 can truly

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 be meek.

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 remember what

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 I said last

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 week.

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 God is the

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 ultimate

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 blessed one.

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 So that

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.100
 state of

00:17:54.100 --> 00:17:55.039
 blessedness,

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 happiness,

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 blessed are

00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.120
 the meek,

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 cannot be

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 found apart

00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:00.340
 from God

00:18:00.340 --> 00:18:00.660
 himself.

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 It's part of

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 the fruit of

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 the Spirit.

00:18:03.660 --> 00:18:04.620
 Galatians 5.23,

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 it's often

00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:06.080
 translated gentleness,

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 but it's the same

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:07.300
 word as here,

00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.279
 meekness.

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 These are

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.600
 Holy Spirit

00:18:10.600 --> 00:18:11.600
 born traits.

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 These are not

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.900
 the natural

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.940
 temperament of

00:18:14.940 --> 00:18:16.039
 human beings

00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.860
 or a certain

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 personality that

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.440
 people have.

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 We can easily

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 confuse this

00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.680
 with people

00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:21.340
 who tend to

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 appear to have

00:18:22.360 --> 00:18:22.900
 a meek

00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.779
 personality or

00:18:23.779 --> 00:18:24.420
 temperament,

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.340
 but that's not

00:18:25.340 --> 00:18:26.200
 the meekness,

00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:26.740
 that's the fruit

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.220
 of the Spirit

00:18:27.220 --> 00:18:28.039
 that is described

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.680
 here.

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.100
 D. Martin

00:18:31.100 --> 00:18:31.660
 Lloyd-Jones is

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:31.960
 helpful.

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 He puts it

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.259
 this way in his

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.519
 book,

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 Studies in the

00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:34.600
 Sermon on the

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 Mount,

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.200
 which is really

00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.779
 just a collection

00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.340
 of his sermons.

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 He says,

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 there are people

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.340
 who appear to be

00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:40.279
 meek in a natural

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.700
 sense,

00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:42.100
 but they are not

00:18:42.100 --> 00:18:42.820
 meek at all.

00:18:43.580 --> 00:18:44.600
 They are indolent.

00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:45.980
 We're lazy.

00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.680
 That is not the

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.320
 quality of which

00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:48.900
 the Bible is

00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:49.259
 speaking,

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 nor does it

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:51.600
 mean flabbiness.

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.080
 I use the term

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.640
 advisably.

00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.460
 There are people

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.340
 who are easygoing,

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.080
 and you tend to

00:18:57.080 --> 00:18:57.880
 say how meek

00:18:57.880 --> 00:18:58.380
 they are,

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.299
 but it is not

00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.940
 meekness,

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:00.960
 it is flabbiness.

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.860
 Nor does it

00:19:02.860 --> 00:19:03.880
 mean niceness.

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.759
 There are people

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.460
 who seem to be

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.299
 born naturally

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.720
 nice.

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.559
 That is not

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.039
 what the Lord

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.720
 means when he

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:08.940
 says,

00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.799
 blessed are the

00:19:09.799 --> 00:19:10.120
 meek.

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.279
 Nor does it

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.019
 mean weakness

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.840
 in personality

00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:13.579
 or character.

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.559
 Still less

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:15.259
 does it mean a

00:19:15.259 --> 00:19:16.240
 spirit of compromise

00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.199
 or peace at any

00:19:17.199 --> 00:19:17.599
 price.

00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:18.659
 How often are

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.079
 these things

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.519
 mistaken?

00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.519
 How often is

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.199
 the man regarded

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.819
 as meek who

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.699
 says anything

00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:23.419
 rather than have

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.839
 a disagreement?

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.279
 Let's agree.

00:19:25.899 --> 00:19:26.419
 Let's try to

00:19:26.419 --> 00:19:27.079
 break down these

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.819
 distinctions and

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.179
 divisions.

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.359
 Let's smooth over

00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:30.379
 these little things

00:19:30.379 --> 00:19:30.959
 that divide.

00:19:31.199 --> 00:19:32.119
 Let's all be nice

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.879
 and joyful and

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.199
 happy.

00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:34.759
 No, no, it is

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.740
 not that.

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.519
 Meekness is

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:38.419
 compatible with

00:19:38.419 --> 00:19:39.359
 great strength.

00:19:39.359 --> 00:19:41.379
 Meekness is

00:19:41.379 --> 00:19:42.059
 compatible with

00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.899
 great authority

00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.439
 and power.

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.959
 These people we

00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.500
 have looked at

00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.259
 have been great

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:47.019
 defenders of the

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.299
 truth.

00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.679
 The meek man is

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.579
 one who may so

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.639
 believe in standing

00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.319
 for the truth

00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:52.479
 that he will die

00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:53.559
 for it if necessary.

00:19:54.439 --> 00:19:55.219
 The martyrs

00:19:55.219 --> 00:19:55.959
 were meek,

00:19:56.439 --> 00:19:57.099
 but they were

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:58.539
 never weak.

00:19:59.459 --> 00:20:00.339
 Strong men,

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.079
 yet meek men.

00:20:04.979 --> 00:20:05.799
 This is a

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.299
 needful

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:07.139
 qualification.

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:09.259
 Meekness is

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.840
 not the same

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.280
 thing as

00:20:10.280 --> 00:20:10.860
 weakness.

00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:12.520
 The powerless

00:20:12.520 --> 00:20:13.520
 and the

00:20:13.520 --> 00:20:14.720
 powerful may

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.460
 both be

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.300
 meek in

00:20:16.300 --> 00:20:16.680
 Christ.

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.180
 The Greek

00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:18.660
 word that's

00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:19.120
 used in the

00:20:19.120 --> 00:20:19.820
 passage for

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.480
 meek is

00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:21.460
 most often

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:24.120
 found outside

00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:24.620
 of the Bible

00:20:24.620 --> 00:20:25.420
 to describe

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:26.000
 animals.

00:20:27.300 --> 00:20:27.820
 In particular

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.500
 to describe

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.100
 animals that

00:20:29.100 --> 00:20:29.720
 are calm

00:20:29.720 --> 00:20:30.860
 or tame.

00:20:32.220 --> 00:20:32.640
 The Greek

00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.100
 philosopher

00:20:33.100 --> 00:20:33.740
 Xenophon

00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.180
 says this,

00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.820
 As you know,

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.640
 we call those

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.480
 creatures noble

00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:38.200
 that are

00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.620
 beautiful,

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:39.140
 great,

00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:39.780
 and helpful,

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.759
 and yet

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.860
 gentle or

00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:42.980
 meek toward

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.320
 men.

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 For example,

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.600
 a powerful

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.660
 ox that is

00:20:46.660 --> 00:20:47.840
 tame and

00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.700
 gentle toward

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.160
 the farmer.

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.560
 In one

00:20:51.560 --> 00:20:52.000
 instance,

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.140
 Xenophon

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.780
 comments that

00:20:53.780 --> 00:20:55.200
 warhorses that

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:55.720
 have done

00:20:55.720 --> 00:20:56.520
 hard work,

00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:56.920
 that have been

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.500
 drilled and

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.820
 have been

00:20:57.820 --> 00:20:58.900
 run hard,

00:20:59.060 --> 00:20:59.680
 worked hard,

00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:00.540
 will stand

00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:01.900
 meekly together

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.440
 with other

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.100
 warhorses.

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.099
 soldiers.

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:04.419
 And he

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:05.179
 adds that

00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:05.919
 soldiers,

00:21:06.099 --> 00:21:06.379
 when they

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.819
 are well

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.179
 drilled,

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.819
 like these

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.480
 warhorses,

00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.079
 they will

00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:09.599
 be certainly

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.379
 more courageous

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:11.059
 in the face

00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:11.719
 of the enemy.

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.599
 We can see

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.099
 from these

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.939
 illustrations that

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:15.639
 meekness does

00:21:15.639 --> 00:21:16.599
 not refer to

00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:17.159
 weakness.

00:21:17.959 --> 00:21:18.699
 Who would

00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:19.719
 ever call an

00:21:19.719 --> 00:21:20.959
 ox or a

00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:22.299
 horse weak?

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.779
 They are

00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:24.480
 massive,

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.299
 powerful animals,

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:28.179
 but they are

00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:29.699
 meek when they

00:21:29.699 --> 00:21:30.339
 are tamed.

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:32.919
 when their

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:34.679
 strength is

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.919
 under control.

00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:40.099
 A wild,

00:21:40.459 --> 00:21:41.119
 unbroken

00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:41.879
 stallion,

00:21:42.199 --> 00:21:42.899
 despite all

00:21:42.899 --> 00:21:43.480
 its strength,

00:21:43.699 --> 00:21:44.399
 is completely

00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.159
 useless in

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.419
 battle.

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.419
 But a

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:47.759
 meek

00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.399
 stallion,

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.039
 who heeds

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.599
 the call of

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.099
 its master

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.399
 and can

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.799
 come to

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.679
 heal in

00:21:52.679 --> 00:21:53.579
 a command

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.000
 in a

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.419
 moment's

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.740
 time,

00:21:55.059 --> 00:21:55.419
 and can

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.019
 gallop

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.480
 into the

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.919
 din of

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.500
 battle at

00:21:57.500 --> 00:21:57.759
 one

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.220
 command,

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.379
 that meek

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.039
 stallion

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.559
 is very

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:00.960
 useful.

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.200
 Great

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.700
 asset in

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:02.879
 battle.

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.680
 Meekness

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.180
 also does

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.759
 not mean

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.740
 that you

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.299
 cannot ever

00:22:09.299 --> 00:22:10.279
 contend for

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.079
 or argue

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.480
 for the

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.779
 truth.

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.480
 Meekness,

00:22:13.659 --> 00:22:14.079
 as Martin

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.359
 Lloyd-Jones

00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:14.859
 said earlier,

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.359
 is not

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.440
 agreeableness,

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.839
 agreement at

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.619
 all costs.

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.920
 That's not

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.480
 what meekness

00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:21.839
 is.

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.319
 Nowadays,

00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:24.759
 identity

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.680
 politics is

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.019
 the name

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.259
 of the

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.519
 game,

00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.379
 and people

00:22:28.379 --> 00:22:29.039
 think that

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.839
 it's your

00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:30.440
 identity

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.139
 that gives

00:22:31.139 --> 00:22:31.680
 you the

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.099
 right to

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:32.420
 speak.

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.480
 It's your

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.359
 identity that

00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:35.859
 makes you

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:36.379
 credible.

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.680
 If you

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.299
 belong to

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.940
 a particular

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.500
 race,

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.220
 or ethnicity,

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.240
 or nationality,

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:41.819
 or religion,

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.399
 or gender,

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.960
 or sexual

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.480
 preference,

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.539
 or caste,

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.440
 or class,

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.319
 or disability,

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:48.200
 then you're

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.599
 allowed to

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:48.980
 speak.

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.379
 Then you're

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.799
 allowed to

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.240
 speak with

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:51.920
 authority on

00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.519
 certain things.

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.599
 And if you

00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:54.180
 don't belong to

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.700
 those classes,

00:22:54.819 --> 00:22:55.159
 then, well,

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.559
 you should

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:57.099
 just shut up

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.459
 and listen.

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.199
 That's what

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:58.539
 they say.

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.899
 But that's

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.699
 what G.K.

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.059
 Chesterton

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.699
 calls the

00:23:04.699 --> 00:23:05.859
 dislocation of

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.240
 humility,

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:07.379
 or dislocation

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.059
 of modesty.

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.379
 He wrote

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.799
 this in his

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.019
 book,

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.679
 Orthodoxy,

00:23:10.719 --> 00:23:11.399
 in 1908.

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.319
 What we

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.879
 suffer from

00:23:12.879 --> 00:23:13.480
 today is

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.139
 humility in

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.500
 the wrong

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.019
 place.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.379
 Modesty

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.039
 has moved

00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.459
 from the

00:23:17.459 --> 00:23:17.899
 organ of

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.299
 ambition.

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.539
 Modesty

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.059
 has settled

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.539
 upon the

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.059
 organ of

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.699
 conviction,

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.719
 where it

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.179
 was never

00:23:23.179 --> 00:23:23.599
 meant to

00:23:23.599 --> 00:23:23.779
 be.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:25.119
 A man

00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.700
 was meant

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.059
 to be

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.539
 doubtful

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.259
 about himself,

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.440
 but undoubting

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:28.879
 about the

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.200
 truth.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.639
 This has

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.339
 been exactly

00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.920
 reversed.

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.059
 Nowadays,

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.680
 the part of

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.299
 a man that

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.960
 a man does

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.619
 assert is

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.319
 exactly the

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.019
 part he ought

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.500
 not to

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.680
 assert himself.

00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.359
 The part he

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.000
 doubts is

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.619
 exactly the

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.059
 part he ought

00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.480
 not to

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.779
 doubt,

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.599
 the divine

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.039
 reason.

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.779
 We're on

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.299
 the road to

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.000
 producing a

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.440
 race of

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.240
 men too

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.740
 mentally

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.460
 modest to

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.980
 believe in

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.119
 the

00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:50.619
 multiplication

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.240
 they are.

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:55.619
 He said

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:55.779
 this,

00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:55.960
 can you

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.339
 guys believe

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:56.519
 it,

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:57.160
 over 100

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.799
 years ago.

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.519
 And we've

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.119
 already arrived

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.819
 in 2025.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.180
 Cambridge

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.759
 Public Schools,

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.359
 I found out

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.740
 when I went

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.019
 to the

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.480
 parent-teacher

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.180
 meeting with

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.879
 my daughter,

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.399
 they've

00:24:08.399 --> 00:24:08.960
 changed the

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.259
 way they

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.899
 teach long

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.279
 division,

00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:12.359
 because the

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:12.779
 way they have

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.299
 taught long

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.599
 division,

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.079
 they've been

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.899
 just inequitable.

00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.559
 How is

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.279
 long division

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.859
 inequitable?

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:26.559
 That's a

00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:27.480
 dislocation of

00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:28.000
 modesty.

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.519
 That's false

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.220
 humility.

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.460
 It must be

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.920
 the problem

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.839
 with the

00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.119
 way we

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.579
 teach it,

00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.059
 because surely

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.559
 it cannot be

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:35.940
 the problem

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.480
 with those

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.279
 students.

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.339
 Nowadays,

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.899
 people say,

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.379
 well, this

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.799
 is my

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.299
 personal

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:46.759
 opinion.

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.420
 When they

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:50.700
 say, well,

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.119
 this is my

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.700
 personal opinion,

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.200
 then it's

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.039
 almost as if

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.779
 they assume

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:54.559
 automatically

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.000
 now their

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.599
 opinion is

00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.319
 sacrosanct,

00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.779
 is no longer

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.460
 contestable.

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.539
 Well, this

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:00.799
 is my

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.440
 personal opinion.

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.579
 Yes, everybody

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.059
 is entitled

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.299
 to their

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.960
 personal opinion,

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.559
 but that

00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:06.920
 doesn't mean

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.319
 your opinion

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.920
 is reasonable.

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.720
 Nobody is

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.299
 entitled to

00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.720
 their own

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.200
 version of

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.559
 the truth,

00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.799
 because there

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.079
 is only

00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:19.659
 one truth.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:21.920
 Meekness

00:25:21.920 --> 00:25:22.440
 does not

00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:23.019
 mean that

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.500
 we make

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.400
 no claim

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.200
 on another

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.740
 person's

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.319
 opinion or

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.980
 other person's

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.440
 belief.

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.339
 Meekness

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:28.779
 does not

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.200
 mean that

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.519
 we never

00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:30.240
 share our

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.039
 Christian faith

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.579
 with others.

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.379
 You believe,

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.039
 you do you,

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.720
 and I do me.

00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.819
 You believe what

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.180
 you believe,

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.480
 and I'll

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.960
 believe what I

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.220
 believe.

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.139
 Meekness does

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.960
 not mean that

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.319
 we never

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.119
 correct others.

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.099
 Oh, I think

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.680
 I would never

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.019
 do that

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.740
 personally, but

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.119
 I'm not going

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.579
 to say anything

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:43.099
 about it.

00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.779
 No, meekness

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.779
 brings correction.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.740
 Meekness speaks

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.279
 the truth.

00:25:47.279 --> 00:25:51.279
 Meekness does

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.839
 not mean we

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.139
 don't do

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.579
 these things.

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:52.960
 It just

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.940
 changes the

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.879
 way we do

00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.460
 these things.

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.399
 When Paul is

00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:00.960
 addressing the

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.899
 Corinthians who

00:26:01.899 --> 00:26:02.680
 mock him,

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.119
 Paul is

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.200
 humble and

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.019
 face-to-face.

00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.899
 He's only bold

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:08.660
 when he is away

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.200
 from us and

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.619
 writing his

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:10.039
 letters.

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.139
 That's what

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.660
 Corinthians were

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.259
 mocking him.

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.559
 And then Paul

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.119
 says to them,

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.119
 he entreats them,

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.739
 in 2 Corinthians

00:26:15.739 --> 00:26:16.539
 10 verse 1,

00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.939
 by the meekness

00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.839
 and gentleness

00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:19.479
 of Christ.

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.099
 Paul says to

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.899
 them in 1 Corinthians

00:26:22.899 --> 00:26:23.579
 4.21,

00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.279
 what do you

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:24.479
 wish?

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.979
 Shall I come

00:26:24.979 --> 00:26:26.199
 to you with

00:26:26.199 --> 00:26:28.119
 a rod or

00:26:28.119 --> 00:26:29.319
 with love in

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.139
 the spirit of

00:26:30.139 --> 00:26:30.679
 gentleness?

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.819
 Same word,

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.619
 meekness.

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.739
 Galatians 6.1

00:26:36.739 --> 00:26:36.899
 says,

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.199
 brothers,

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.059
 if anyone is

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.839
 caught in any

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.559
 transgression,

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.500
 you who are

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.239
 spiritual should

00:26:41.239 --> 00:26:41.979
 restore him in

00:26:41.979 --> 00:26:42.939
 a spirit of

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.439
 gentleness or

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.400
 meekness.

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:46.100
 Same word.

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.660
 The Lord's

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.080
 servant,

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.680
 it says in

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:51.120
 2 Timothy 2.24-25,

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.920
 must not be

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.600
 quarrelsome,

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.740
 but kind to

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.299
 everyone,

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.460
 able to teach,

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.539
 patiently enduring

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.000
 evil,

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.080
 correcting his

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:59.080
 opponents with

00:26:59.080 --> 00:27:00.320
 gentleness.

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.680
 Again,

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.380
 the same word,

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.259
 meekness.

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.200
 And this applies

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.820
 to all of us,

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.600
 not just to

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.799
 the servants

00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:08.640
 of the Lord.

00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:10.380
 1 Peter 3.15,

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.259
 in your hearts

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.360
 honor Christ

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:13.080
 the Lord as

00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:13.460
 holy,

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.320
 always being

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.879
 prepared to

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.179
 make a

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.319
 defense to

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.939
 anyone who

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.439
 asks you for

00:27:17.439 --> 00:27:18.059
 a reason for

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.539
 the hope that

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.059
 is in you.

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:19.879
 Yet do it

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.899
 with gentleness

00:27:20.899 --> 00:27:21.740
 and respect.

00:27:21.939 --> 00:27:22.439
 Same word,

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.240
 meekness.

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.220
 Meekness of

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:28.619
 wisdom,

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.559
 James 3.17

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:29.899
 says,

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.839
 is first pure

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.839
 and peaceable,

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.759
 gentle,

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.700
 open to reason,

00:27:33.939 --> 00:27:34.599
 full of mercy

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.179
 and good fruits,

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.960
 impartial and

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.259
 sincere.

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.919
 Two people

00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.980
 might disagree

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:40.099
 strongly and

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.939
 even argue

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.720
 passionately,

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.579
 but if they

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:43.220
 are meek,

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.720
 they're going

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.240
 to be

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.120
 teachable,

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.480
 they're going

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.779
 to be

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.400
 peaceable,

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:46.740
 they're going

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.019
 to be

00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:47.620
 gentle and

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.100
 open to

00:27:48.100 --> 00:27:48.360
 reason,

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:48.720
 they're going

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:48.980
 to be

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.720
 impartial and

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.120
 sincere.

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.700
 So yes,

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.360
 we are supposed

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.160
 to make a

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:55.000
 defense for

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.579
 our faith in

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.200
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.539
 We are supposed

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.339
 to correct our

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.019
 opponents and

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.960
 restore them

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.460
 to a

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.000
 caracad

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.720
 in transgression,

00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.880
 but we do

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.680
 all of those

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.539
 things with

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.519
 meekness,

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.860
 in a non-quaralsome

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:08.139
 way,

00:28:08.679 --> 00:28:09.819
 non-self-defensive

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.119
 way.

00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.919
 The goal is

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:12.539
 to defend

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.379
 the truth,

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.500
 not to

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.000
 defend

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.079
 ourselves.

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.679
 Having defined

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:21.039
 meekness,

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.519
 now let's look

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.740
 at some

00:28:21.740 --> 00:28:22.679
 examples of

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.119
 the meek

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.799
 from scripture.

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.119
 We'd be

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.879
 remiss to

00:28:25.879 --> 00:28:26.939
 omit Moses,

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.259
 since we're

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.639
 told,

00:28:29.179 --> 00:28:29.679
 it's quite a

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.240
 compliment in

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.719
 Numbers 12

00:28:30.719 --> 00:28:31.240
 verse 3,

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.160
 Now the

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.759
 man Moses

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.380
 was very

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:33.759
 meek,

00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.680
 more than

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.500
 all people

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:35.779
 who were

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.140
 on the

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.599
 face of

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:36.960
 the earth.

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.779
 That's

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.980
 pretty amazing.

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.299
 We learn

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.920
 that personal

00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:48.700
 detail about

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.279
 Moses while

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.180
 he's facing

00:28:51.180 --> 00:28:52.019
 intense

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:53.120
 personal

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:54.059
 criticism,

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.440
 and not

00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.000
 from anybody,

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.579
 from people

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.140
 who are closest

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:57.559
 to him,

00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:58.079
 his own

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.640
 brother and

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.039
 sister,

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.740
 Aaron and

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.079
 Miriam.

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:01.740
 who are

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.519
 also leaders

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:04.079
 in the

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.440
 Israelite

00:29:04.440 --> 00:29:04.759
 camp,

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.720
 with prominent

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:07.240
 positions and

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.759
 influence.

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.400
 He says in

00:29:09.400 --> 00:29:10.000
 Numbers 12,

00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.599
 1-2,

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.500
 Miriam and

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.099
 Aaron spoke

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.920
 against Moses

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.539
 because of

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.099
 the Cushite

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.539
 woman whom

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:14.859
 he had

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.200
 married,

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:15.880
 for he

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:16.299
 had married

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.799
 a Cushite

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.079
 woman.

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:17.980
 And they

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.200
 said,

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.579
 Has the

00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.120
 Lord indeed

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.799
 spoken only

00:29:19.799 --> 00:29:20.420
 through Moses?

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.579
 Has he

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.259
 not spoken

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.019
 through us

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.579
 also?

00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:26.740
 The

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.059
 narrator

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:27.859
 confirms

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:29.259
 Miriam and

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.759
 Aaron's

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.740
 accusation

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:33.859
 Moses did

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.240
 marry a

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.519
 Cushite

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.839
 woman.

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.259
 Faithful

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.680
 Jews should

00:29:38.680 --> 00:29:38.779
 have

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.019
 married

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.440
 other

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.980
 faithful

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.359
 Jews

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.859
 to

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.279
 continue

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.579
 their

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.940
 faith,

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:42.620
 protect,

00:29:42.819 --> 00:29:42.940
 and

00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.299
 safeguard

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.539
 the

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.819
 covenant.

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.640
 Moses,

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.000
 however,

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.539
 was married

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.819
 to a

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.079
 Cushite

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.359
 woman.

00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.259
 Miriam and

00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.640
 Aaron were

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.220
 also right

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:51.299
 that God

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.980
 hadn't only

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.460
 spoken through

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.759
 Moses.

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.079
 It was

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.440
 true.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.240
 God had

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.839
 spoken through

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.799
 Aaron and

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.220
 Miriam,

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.500
 and we

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.059
 see that

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.819
 throughout

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.160
 the book

00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.559
 of Exodus.

00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:01.000
 So what

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.160
 they're

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.059
 saying is

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:03.700
 surface level

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.720
 and it's

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:05.039
 true.

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.539
 But what

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.779
 they're

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.420
 implying,

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:08.819
 however,

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.799
 is very

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.259
 false.

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.680
 Because they're

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.140
 suggesting

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:14.880
 Moses doesn't

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.600
 keep the

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.180
 law of God.

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.140
 Moses doesn't

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.720
 deserve to

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.180
 lead the

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.640
 people of

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:20.900
 God.

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:23.220
 let's

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.820
 find someone

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.019
 more

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.560
 qualified.

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:24.860
 Oh,

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:25.280
 look,

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.840
 we're

00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:25.980
 right

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.259
 here.

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.880
 Miriam and

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.060
 Aaron.

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.120
 There are

00:30:36.120 --> 00:30:36.820
 many lines

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.280
 of defense

00:30:37.280 --> 00:30:37.820
 that Moses

00:30:37.820 --> 00:30:38.180
 could have

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.420
 taken.

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.420
 If I

00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.120
 were Moses'

00:30:40.280 --> 00:30:40.700
 lawyer in

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.200
 this situation,

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.140
 there are

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.620
 many things

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.960
 I could

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.300
 have said.

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.300
 Miriam and

00:30:44.300 --> 00:30:44.580
 Aaron,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.820
 don't you

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:46.140
 know,

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.019
 somebody

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.720
 really powerful

00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:50.240
 named Pharaoh

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.640
 was trying

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.060
 to kill

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.400
 me.

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.460
 I was

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.020
 exiled and

00:30:55.020 --> 00:30:55.600
 living in the

00:30:55.600 --> 00:30:56.200
 wilderness of

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.540
 Miriam for

00:30:56.540 --> 00:30:57.360
 40 years.

00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.000
 Where am I

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.480
 supposed to

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.360
 find a

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:02.900
 Jewish woman

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.259
 to marry?

00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.520
 I never

00:31:10.520 --> 00:31:10.860
 thought I

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.280
 would see my

00:31:11.280 --> 00:31:11.860
 people again.

00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.600
 And plus,

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.560
 Zipporah and

00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.880
 her family have

00:31:16.880 --> 00:31:17.480
 only been good

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.340
 to me and

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.980
 she is now a

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:20.620
 faithful follower

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.299
 of Yahweh.

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:25.139
 You think

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.579
 that I want

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.079
 to do this?

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.779
 I told God

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.479
 many times I

00:31:28.479 --> 00:31:28.899
 don't want to

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.419
 do this.

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.139
 But he

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.659
 told me I

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.199
 have to do

00:31:32.199 --> 00:31:32.279
 it.

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.839
 He told me I

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:33.500
 have to speak

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:33.839
 for him.

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.559
 He told me I

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.079
 have to lead

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.579
 the people of

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:35.719
 God.

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.139
 I didn't

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.759
 choose this.

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.659
 God put me

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:37.899
 in this

00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.319
 position.

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.500
 I didn't

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.439
 choose this.

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.939
 God put me

00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:38.379
 in this position.

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:43.700
 But what's

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.540
 amazing about

00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:45.280
 this passage is

00:31:45.280 --> 00:31:45.880
 not what

00:31:45.880 --> 00:31:46.720
 Moses says,

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:47.300
 it's what he

00:31:47.300 --> 00:31:48.140
 doesn't say.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.520
 He doesn't

00:31:50.520 --> 00:31:51.320
 say a

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:51.740
 thing.

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:58.000
 Do you

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.259
 know who

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:58.539
 says

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:58.900
 something?

00:32:00.620 --> 00:32:01.059
 Not

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.380
 Moses.

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.740
 God.

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.559
 It says in

00:32:06.559 --> 00:32:07.160
 verse 5 and

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:07.319
 10,

00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:07.920
 Numbers 12,

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:08.620
 and the

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.759
 Lord came

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.320
 down in a

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:10.680
 pillar of

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.100
 cloud and

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.480
 stood at

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.900
 the entrance

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.200
 of the

00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.019
 tent and

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.720
 called Aaron

00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.240
 and Miriam.

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.140
 And they

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.759
 both came

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.279
 forward and

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.640
 he said,

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:18.000
 hear my

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.580
 words.

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.400
 If there

00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.000
 is a prophet

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:20.460
 among you,

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.740
 I, the

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.160
 Lord, make

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:21.820
 myself known

00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.259
 to him in

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.640
 a vision.

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.519
 I speak

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.920
 with him

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.180
 in a

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.560
 dream.

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.539
 Not so

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.039
 with my

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:26.340
 servant

00:32:26.340 --> 00:32:26.740
 Moses.

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.200
 He's

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.720
 faithful in

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.180
 all my

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.519
 house.

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.380
 With him

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.820
 I speak

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.360
 mouth to

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:30.640
 mouth,

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.259
 clearly,

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.920
 and not in

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.259
 riddles,

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.860
 and he

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.500
 beholds a

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:33.900
 form of

00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.259
 the Lord.

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:35.440
 Why then

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.160
 were you not

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.039
 afraid to

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.720
 speak against

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.480
 my servant

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.860
 Moses?

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.019
 And the

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.480
 anger of

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:40.740
 the Lord

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.340
 was kindled

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.940
 against him

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.300
 and he

00:32:42.300 --> 00:32:42.740
 departed.

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.100
 When the

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:44.880
 cloud removed

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.279
 from over

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.680
 the tent,

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.060
 behold,

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.800
 Miriam was

00:32:46.800 --> 00:32:47.720
 leprous like

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.160
 snow.

00:32:50.900 --> 00:32:51.400
 Probably

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.000
 because Miriam

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.360
 was the

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.840
 instigator.

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.560
 That's why

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.000
 her name

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.539
 is named

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:55.259
 first in

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.759
 verse 1.

00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.200
 This is an

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.980
 illustration of

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.580
 meekness.

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.340
 This is the

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:03.940
 reason why

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.420
 the narrator

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.380
 inserted that

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:05.920
 comment in

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.340
 verse 3.

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.759
 Now the

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.160
 man Moses

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.600
 was very

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:07.919
 meek,

00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:08.319
 more than

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:08.639
 all the

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:08.939
 people who

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.059
 were on

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.359
 the face

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:09.599
 of the

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:09.740
 earth.

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.379
 Because he

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:10.939
 was meek,

00:33:11.199 --> 00:33:11.839
 Moses did

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.559
 not fret

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.299
 when his

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.399
 authority and

00:33:14.399 --> 00:33:15.179
 his integrity

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.419
 were unfairly

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.500
 questioned and

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.099
 challenged.

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.099
 He committed

00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:19.919
 his way to

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.219
 the Lord.

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.740
 He rolled

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.399
 over his

00:33:21.399 --> 00:33:22.099
 way to

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.500
 the Lord

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.199
 and waited

00:33:23.199 --> 00:33:24.039
 patiently for

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:24.480
 God.

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.959
 And God

00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.839
 graciously

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.480
 acts.

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:28.879
 He doesn't

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.299
 have to,

00:33:29.459 --> 00:33:29.939
 but God

00:33:29.939 --> 00:33:30.399
 acts.

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:35.019
 King David

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.400
 is another

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.040
 great example,

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.420
 one of my

00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.440
 various examples.

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.480
 While he

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.160
 is still a

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:39.620
 servant of

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.320
 King Saul,

00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:41.519
 the envious

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.240
 Saul, who

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.759
 knows that

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.380
 David's becoming

00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.980
 more popular

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.400
 and that

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.900
 David's the

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.220
 one who's

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.700
 destined to

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.120
 be king,

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.660
 starts trying

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.160
 to kill

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.460
 him.

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.900
 And David

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.180
 escapes by a

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.080
 hair several

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:52.800
 times from

00:33:52.800 --> 00:33:53.480
 Saul's grip.

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.339
 And then

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.940
 later on,

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.440
 when he

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:56.160
 has two

00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:56.779
 opportunities,

00:33:56.900 --> 00:33:57.400
 not one,

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.980
 two opportunities

00:33:58.980 --> 00:33:59.579
 to kill

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.180
 Saul, take

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.599
 his life,

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.860
 he refuses

00:34:01.860 --> 00:34:02.559
 to raise up

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.000
 his hand

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.779
 against Saul.

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.779
 And the

00:34:04.779 --> 00:34:05.779
 reason is

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.740
 because Saul

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.279
 is still

00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:07.920
 the Lord's

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.300
 anointed.

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.320
 Yes, he's

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.760
 imperfect.

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.659
 Yes, he has

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.460
 sinned, but

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:15.760
 he's the

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.820
 Lord's anointed.

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.599
 It's remarkable

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.179
 meekness.

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.340
 Never mind

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.820
 that prophet

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.659
 Samuel earlier

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.260
 in 1 Samuel

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:24.400
 15-26 have

00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:25.480
 already pronounced

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.080
 the Lord's

00:34:26.080 --> 00:34:26.820
 rejection of

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.100
 Saul.

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.220
 You have

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.820
 rejected the

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.240
 word of the

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:29.380
 Lord.

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:29.780
 The Lord

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.360
 has rejected

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.760
 you from

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:31.160
 being king

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.500
 over his

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.720
 will.

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.500
 Never mind

00:34:33.500 --> 00:34:34.260
 that prophet

00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:34.740
 Samuel has

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.700
 already anointed

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.980
 David to be

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.620
 the next king

00:34:37.620 --> 00:34:38.240
 in 1 Samuel

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:39.180
 16-13.

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:39.900
 It would have

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:40.620
 been so easy

00:34:40.620 --> 00:34:41.340
 for David to

00:34:41.340 --> 00:34:42.320
 justify killing

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.680
 Saul.

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.580
 He tried to

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:44.280
 kill me many

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.740
 times.

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.120
 This is

00:34:45.120 --> 00:34:45.700
 self-defense.

00:34:47.640 --> 00:34:48.060
 And he's

00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.520
 been rejected

00:34:48.520 --> 00:34:49.080
 by God.

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.420
 This is

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.760
 divine

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.220
 sanction.

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:51.100
 I'm supposed

00:34:51.100 --> 00:34:51.560
 to be king.

00:34:51.640 --> 00:34:52.320
 This is right.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.740
 This is

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.240
 destiny.

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.940
 And God

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.320
 has brought

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.660
 him right

00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.140
 here and I

00:34:56.140 --> 00:34:56.420
 can just

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.760
 kill him.

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.340
 He's asleep.

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.900
 And yet he

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.600
 doesn't do it.

00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.360
 It's as if he

00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.720
 has this

00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:01.960
 allergic reaction

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:04.100
 to doing

00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:04.620
 anything to

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:04.980
 harm the

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.300
 Lord's

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.620
 anointed.

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.100
 It's his

00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.680
 fear of

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.180
 God.

00:35:07.600 --> 00:35:08.120
 It stays

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.660
 his hand.

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.559
 How can

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:12.420
 I touch

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:12.879
 the Lord's

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:13.159
 anointed?

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:19.859
 If God

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.159
 is going

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.279
 to

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.619
 impose

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.779
 him,

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.119
 let him

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.519
 do it.

00:35:21.759 --> 00:35:22.079
 I will

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.379
 have no

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.779
 part in

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.139
 destroying

00:35:23.139 --> 00:35:23.619
 the Lord's

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:23.879
 anointed.

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.759
 George Orwell

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.579
 wrote in the

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.259
 dystopian novel

00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:30.759
 1984,

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.860
 we know

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.240
 that no

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:32.600
 one ever

00:35:32.600 --> 00:35:32.960
 seizes

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.600
 power with

00:35:33.600 --> 00:35:34.040
 the intention

00:35:34.040 --> 00:35:34.760
 of relinquishing

00:35:34.760 --> 00:35:35.000
 it.

00:35:35.580 --> 00:35:36.160
 Power is

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.460
 not a

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.760
 means,

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.180
 it is an

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:37.520
 end.

00:35:38.160 --> 00:35:38.620
 One does

00:35:38.620 --> 00:35:39.320
 not establish

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.900
 a dictatorship

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.600
 in order to

00:35:40.600 --> 00:35:41.140
 safeguard a

00:35:41.140 --> 00:35:41.560
 revolution.

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.780
 One makes

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.360
 the revolution

00:35:43.360 --> 00:35:44.020
 in order to

00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:44.900
 establish a

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.440
 dictatorship.

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:48.720
 isn't this

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.360
 too often

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.880
 true in

00:35:49.880 --> 00:35:50.460
 our sinful

00:35:50.460 --> 00:35:50.860
 world?

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.340
 And for

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:52.860
 that reason,

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.460
 we think

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.880
 this is very

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.240
 common

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.639
 knowledge.

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:55.119
 This is how

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.539
 Washington,

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:55.960
 D.C.

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.360
 is run.

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.139
 People assume

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.539
 that if you

00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.039
 want power,

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.599
 you have to

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:59.119
 seize it.

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.619
 But David

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.159
 does not

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.800
 seize power.

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.340
 He does

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.900
 not seize

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.539
 authority for

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:04.780
 himself.

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.500
 He waits

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.860
 for the

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.320
 Lord to

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.740
 give him

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.240
 the kingship

00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:07.500
 that he

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.860
 promised.

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.179
 That's

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.760
 meekness.

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.240
 And then,

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.240
 obviously,

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.579
 he's not

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.059
 perfect.

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.619
 He is

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.159
 very far

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:17.700
 from perfect.

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.480
 He sins,

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.960
 commits adultery

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.679
 with Bathsheba,

00:36:21.240 --> 00:36:23.059
 and then he

00:36:23.059 --> 00:36:24.059
 arranges for

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.539
 her husband,

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:25.940
 Uriah,

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.500
 to be killed.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.880
 And because

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.280
 of that,

00:36:28.320 --> 00:36:29.059
 he's confronted

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.980
 by prophet

00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:30.460
 Nathan,

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.099
 who comes

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.400
 to him and

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.539
 says,

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.119
 you are the

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.599
 man who

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.000
 did these

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.659
 wicked things.

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.720
 And in

00:36:35.720 --> 00:36:36.119
 David's

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.599
 response,

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.559
 and this is

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.179
 the punishment

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:38.720
 that's pronounced

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:39.079
 on him,

00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:40.559
 is that he's

00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.519
 going to have

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:42.099
 rebellion on

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.440
 his hand.

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.980
 One of his

00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.200
 own is going

00:36:44.200 --> 00:36:44.860
 to overthrow

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.300
 him.

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.200
 And he

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.679
 is going

00:36:47.679 --> 00:36:48.179
 to sleep

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.800
 with his

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.559
 wives in

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.139
 broad daylight

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.920
 while everybody's

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.380
 watching him.

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.780
 This is the

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:52.240
 punishment,

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:54.000
 consequence of

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.579
 his own

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.280
 grave sin.

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.179
 And yet,

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.780
 when that is

00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.360
 told to him,

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.920
 there's not a

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:59.099
 hint of self-defense

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.619
 or self-justification

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.780
 or a plea for

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.780
 the commutation of

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:03.500
 his sentence.

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:05.260
 David simply

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.720
 says,

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.019
 I have sinned

00:37:07.019 --> 00:37:07.679
 against the Lord.

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.740
 That's

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.539
 poverty of spirit.

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:12.199
 mourning.

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.599
 And then

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.159
 later on,

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.279
 in 2 Samuel 16,

00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.059
 when Nathan's

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.639
 prophecy is

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.099
 fulfilled,

00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:18.900
 Absalom,

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.559
 his son,

00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:20.500
 stages a coup

00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:21.300
 and overthrows

00:37:21.300 --> 00:37:21.699
 David.

00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.860
 And then he

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.380
 proceeds to

00:37:23.380 --> 00:37:23.980
 sleep with all

00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:24.219
 of his

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.960
 concubines that

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.099
 have been

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.559
 left in the

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.920
 palace.

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.820
 And as he

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.460
 is fleeing

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.099
 in shame

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.639
 with his

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.079
 soldiers,

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.759
 his army,

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.679
 and as he's

00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:31.099
 leaving,

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.880
 there's a

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.400
 man named

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.039
 Shimei who

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.980
 is from the

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.539
 household of

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:34.880
 Saul.

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.579
 And he

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.519
 starts slandering

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.000
 him and

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.860
 reviling him

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.640
 and cursing

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.360
 him and

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:40.240
 pelting him

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:40.860
 with stones,

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.380
 saying,

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:41.960
 Get out!

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.400
 Get out,

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.860
 you man of

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:43.180
 blood!

00:37:43.740 --> 00:37:44.500
 You worthless

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.960
 man!

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.079
 The Lord has

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.840
 avenged on you

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.400
 all the blood

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.800
 of the house

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.280
 of Saul,

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:49.180
 in whose place

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.460
 you have

00:37:49.460 --> 00:37:49.800
 reigned.

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.500
 And the Lord

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.860
 has given

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.260
 the kingdom

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.619
 into the

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:51.860
 hand of

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.220
 your son

00:37:52.220 --> 00:37:52.660
 Absalom.

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.240
 See,

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.980
 your evil

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.579
 is on you,

00:37:54.640 --> 00:37:55.000
 for you are

00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:55.460
 a man of

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:55.800
 blood.

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:57.980
 It's quite

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.519
 an unfair

00:37:58.519 --> 00:37:59.340
 criticism if

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.720
 you consider

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.220
 the fact that

00:38:00.220 --> 00:38:00.500
 David,

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.440
 that the length

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:02.099
 that David went

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.680
 to not lay

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.220
 a hand on

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.519
 Saul.

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:07.720
 And not

00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:08.140
 only that,

00:38:08.240 --> 00:38:08.700
 David's not

00:38:08.700 --> 00:38:09.340
 alone when

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.840
 he's being

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.420
 reviled in

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.700
 this way.

00:38:10.740 --> 00:38:11.480
 He's surrounded

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.220
 by his

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:13.000
 mighty men.

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.220
 All the

00:38:14.220 --> 00:38:14.599
 people and

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:14.960
 all the

00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:15.460
 mighty men

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.840
 were on

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:16.260
 his right

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.539
 hand,

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:16.860
 on his

00:38:16.860 --> 00:38:17.099
 left,

00:38:17.160 --> 00:38:17.559
 as he's

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.780
 being

00:38:17.780 --> 00:38:18.920
 mistreated

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.240
 in this

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.500
 way.

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.460
 And one

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.740
 of his

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.220
 mighty men,

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.760
 Abishai,

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.180
 says this

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.519
 to David,

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.320
 Why should

00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.079
 this dead

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.460
 dog curse

00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.099
 my Lord,

00:38:26.200 --> 00:38:26.599
 the king?

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:28.079
 Let me

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.440
 go over

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.780
 and take

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.079
 off his

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.320
 head.

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.380
 And then

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.980
 David says

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.420
 to him,

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.940
 if he is

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:37.200
 cursing because

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:38.000
 the Lord has

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.720
 said to him,

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.740
 curse David,

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.720
 who then

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:41.260
 shall say,

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.940
 why have you

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.460
 done so?

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.800
 Leave him

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.180
 alone and

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:46.800
 let him

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.240
 curse,

00:38:47.700 --> 00:38:48.420
 for the Lord

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.180
 has told him

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:49.380
 to.

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.240
 It may be

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.840
 that the Lord

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.380
 will look on

00:38:54.380 --> 00:38:54.780
 the wrong

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.480
 God to me,

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.619
 and that the

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.539
 Lord will repay

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.360
 me with good

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.840
 for his

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.579
 cursing today.

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:07.099
 That's what

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.559
 meekness

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.039
 looks like.

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.940
 17th century

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.219
 English

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.880
 pastor John

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.259
 Bunyan

00:39:15.259 --> 00:39:15.799
 penned this

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.059
 hymn.

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.239
 It's found

00:39:17.239 --> 00:39:17.819
 inside his

00:39:17.819 --> 00:39:18.079
 book,

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:18.559
 Pilgrim's

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:18.960
 Progress.

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.940
 He that

00:39:20.940 --> 00:39:21.659
 is down

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.960
 needs fear

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.599
 no fall.

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.000
 He that

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.559
 is low

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.480
 no pride.

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.740
 He that

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.300
 is humble

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.340
 ever shall

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.500
 have God

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.079
 to be

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.920
 his guide.

00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:33.440
 When you

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.000
 are already

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.539
 poor in

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.900
 spirit,

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.079
 when you're

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.659
 mourning your

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:37.340
 sins already,

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.519
 you cease

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:39.300
 to be sensitive

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:39.900
 and defensive

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:40.920
 because he

00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:41.360
 that is

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:42.440
 down already

00:39:42.440 --> 00:39:44.500
 have no

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.079
 need to

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.460
 fear

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.960
 falling.

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:50.740
 Charles

00:39:50.740 --> 00:39:51.119
 Spurgeon

00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:51.619
 once said

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:51.940
 this in

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.320
 one of his

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.599
 sermons,

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.240
 Brothers,

00:39:53.400 --> 00:39:53.780
 if any

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.400
 man thinks

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:54.940
 ill of

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.199
 you,

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:56.059
 do not

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.539
 be angry

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.039
 with him,

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:57.900
 for you

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.500
 are worse

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:58.840
 than he

00:39:58.840 --> 00:39:59.179
 thinks you

00:39:59.179 --> 00:39:59.619
 to be.

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:01.880
 If he

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.579
 charges you

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.220
 falsely on

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.740
 some point,

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.199
 yet be

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:04.920
 satisfied,

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:05.740
 for if he

00:40:05.740 --> 00:40:06.220
 knew you

00:40:06.220 --> 00:40:06.500
 better,

00:40:06.619 --> 00:40:06.940
 he might

00:40:06.940 --> 00:40:07.539
 change the

00:40:07.539 --> 00:40:08.179
 accusation,

00:40:08.880 --> 00:40:09.199
 and you

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.480
 would be

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:10.179
 no gainer

00:40:10.179 --> 00:40:10.579
 by the

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.940
 correction.

00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.760
 If you

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.240
 have your

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.940
 moral portrait

00:40:13.940 --> 00:40:14.559
 painted and

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.260
 it is ugly,

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:16.480
 be satisfied,

00:40:17.420 --> 00:40:17.800
 for it

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.340
 only needs

00:40:18.340 --> 00:40:18.700
 a few

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.220
 blacker

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:19.520
 touches,

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:19.960
 and it

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.300
 would be

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:21.240
 still nearer

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.760
 the truth.

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:27.900
 It's

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.180
 hard,

00:40:28.300 --> 00:40:28.580
 isn't it,

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:29.140
 when you

00:40:29.140 --> 00:40:29.980
 are unfairly

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.780
 treated as

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.140
 we deem,

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:31.640
 when you

00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:32.920
 are slandered

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.360
 or when

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.760
 you are

00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:34.920
 spoken ill of,

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:37.660
 but in

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.040
 truth,

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.360
 in light

00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:39.780
 of God's

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.100
 holiness,

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:42.080
 aren't we

00:40:42.080 --> 00:40:42.740
 all doing

00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:43.460
 so much

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.920
 better than

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.180
 this?

00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:47.340
 aren't we

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:48.000
 all treated,

00:40:48.200 --> 00:40:48.680
 showered with

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.220
 so much

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.680
 love and

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.420
 affection and

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:51.020
 respect that

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:51.280
 we don't

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:51.640
 deserve?

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.720
 The meek

00:40:58.720 --> 00:40:59.660
 are not

00:40:59.660 --> 00:41:00.300
 sensitive or

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.060
 defensive because

00:41:01.060 --> 00:41:02.220
 they see in

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:03.380
 themselves nothing

00:41:03.380 --> 00:41:05.080
 worth defending.

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:14.719
 to motivate and

00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:15.900
 encourage us in

00:41:15.900 --> 00:41:16.400
 this hard

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:16.799
 truth,

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.199
 in our

00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:17.599
 meekness,

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.179
 Jesus gives

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.039
 us a promise

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:19.679
 in the second

00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:20.199
 half of verse

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:20.539
 five,

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:21.980
 they shall

00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.920
 inherit the

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.099
 earth.

00:41:24.420 --> 00:41:24.739
 Again,

00:41:24.819 --> 00:41:25.139
 it's so

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.880
 counterintuitive.

00:41:26.759 --> 00:41:27.259
 The meek

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.179
 seem to us

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:29.739
 with worldly

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.659
 lenses like the

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.380
 last people

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.139
 will ever

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.819
 inherit the earth.

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:37.160
 but not

00:41:37.160 --> 00:41:37.580
 according to

00:41:37.580 --> 00:41:37.840
 Jesus.

00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.160
 And like

00:41:39.160 --> 00:41:39.600
 all of the

00:41:39.600 --> 00:41:39.940
 beatitudes,

00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:40.340
 there's a

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.220
 present and

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.840
 a future

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.420
 dimension.

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.700
 Remember the

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.300
 present tense

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.900
 promise of

00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:46.420
 verse three

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:46.780
 and verse

00:41:46.780 --> 00:41:47.019
 ten,

00:41:47.120 --> 00:41:47.600
 for theirs

00:41:47.600 --> 00:41:48.400
 is the

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:48.820
 kingdom of

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:48.960
 heaven.

00:41:49.059 --> 00:41:49.780
 These are,

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.800
 to a certain

00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:51.140
 degree,

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.920
 already our

00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:52.400
 possession.

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.240
 Theirs is the

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.620
 kingdom of

00:41:54.620 --> 00:41:54.800
 heaven.

00:41:55.760 --> 00:41:56.539
 But it's not

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.180
 yet fully

00:41:57.180 --> 00:41:57.620
 ours,

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.500
 because the

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:58.820
 kingdom of

00:41:58.820 --> 00:41:59.340
 heaven is not

00:41:59.340 --> 00:42:00.500
 consummated yet.

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:01.300
 And those

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:01.880
 are what the

00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:02.719
 future promises

00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.119
 of verses

00:42:03.119 --> 00:42:03.539
 four to

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:05.000
 nine capture.

00:42:05.380 --> 00:42:06.360
 They shall

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.380
 inherit the

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:07.599
 earth.

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.739
 So in what

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:09.320
 sense do we

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:10.300
 already inherit

00:42:10.300 --> 00:42:10.940
 the earth?

00:42:11.880 --> 00:42:12.179
 Second

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.539
 Corinthians

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:12.860
 six,

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:13.179
 ten,

00:42:13.699 --> 00:42:14.400
 Paul describes

00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.079
 himself as

00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:16.059
 sorrowful yet

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.199
 always rejoicing,

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:18.480
 as poor yet

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.119
 making many

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:19.519
 rich,

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.239
 as having

00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:21.360
 nothing yet

00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.320
 possessing

00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:23.079
 everything.

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.159
 How does

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:26.000
 this poor

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.980
 itinerant

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:28.059
 tent making

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.840
 preacher think

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.200
 that he

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.920
 possesses

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.680
 everything?

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:33.800
 First

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.120
 Corinthians

00:42:34.120 --> 00:42:34.360
 three,

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.940
 21 to

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.320
 23,

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:35.700
 he says,

00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:36.039
 so let

00:42:36.039 --> 00:42:36.460
 no one

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.059
 boast in

00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.320
 men,

00:42:37.579 --> 00:42:38.220
 for all

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.920
 things are

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.600
 yours,

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.920
 whether Paul

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.660
 or Apollos

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:42.079
 or Seth

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.559
 or Cephas

00:42:42.559 --> 00:42:42.880
 or the

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.539
 world or

00:42:43.539 --> 00:42:44.320
 life or

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.900
 death or

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.600
 the present

00:42:45.600 --> 00:42:45.920
 or the

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.340
 future,

00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:47.440
 all are

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.559
 yours and

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.019
 you are

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:50.079
 Christ's and

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.880
 Christ is

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.559
 God's.

00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.260
 The whole

00:42:53.260 --> 00:42:53.820
 world is

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.200
 ours.

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.340
 And what's

00:42:55.340 --> 00:42:55.840
 his logic?

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.800
 God is

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.360
 all in all.

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.740
 He's the

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.019
 one who

00:42:58.019 --> 00:42:58.660
 fills all

00:42:58.659 --> 00:42:59.179
 things.

00:42:59.460 --> 00:42:59.819
 He's the

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:00.119
 one who

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:00.719
 owns all

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.139
 things and

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.579
 possesses

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:02.099
 all things.

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.559
 God is

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.039
 all in

00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:03.279
 all.

00:43:03.659 --> 00:43:03.839
 And

00:43:03.839 --> 00:43:04.659
 Christ is

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.480
 of God.

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:06.019
 He's the

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.319
 son of

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:06.579
 God,

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.239
 the representative

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:07.879
 of God.

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.639
 And we

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.199
 are in

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:09.920
 Christ through

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:10.319
 faith.

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:10.899
 So we

00:43:10.899 --> 00:43:11.359
 are of

00:43:11.359 --> 00:43:11.920
 Christ and

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.379
 all that

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.879
 belongs to

00:43:12.879 --> 00:43:13.219
 Christ

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:14.099
 belongs to

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.399
 us.

00:43:14.480 --> 00:43:14.739
 And so

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.039
 Paul

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.500
 raises,

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.599
 all is

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.059
 yours,

00:43:17.440 --> 00:43:18.059
 all the

00:43:18.059 --> 00:43:18.480
 world.

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.299
 Because

00:43:20.299 --> 00:43:20.819
 God says

00:43:20.819 --> 00:43:21.139
 in Psalm

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.519
 50,

00:43:21.619 --> 00:43:22.000
 verse 12,

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:22.539
 the world

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:22.899
 and its

00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.339
 fullness

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:24.299
 are mine.

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:33.980
 we live

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.339
 in a

00:43:34.339 --> 00:43:35.259
 pretty small

00:43:35.259 --> 00:43:35.639
 house,

00:43:36.039 --> 00:43:37.139
 750 square

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:37.440
 foot

00:43:37.440 --> 00:43:37.879
 apartment.

00:43:39.299 --> 00:43:40.000
 And we're

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.399
 so grateful

00:43:40.399 --> 00:43:40.940
 for it

00:43:40.940 --> 00:43:42.199
 because it's

00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:42.719
 God's provision

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.199
 for us.

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:44.739
 And sometimes I

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:45.879
 joke with the

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:46.379
 kids and say,

00:43:46.380 --> 00:43:46.860
 we have the

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.800
 biggest backyard

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.360
 in all of

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:48.740
 Cambridge.

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.500
 Because

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.300
 Gore Park

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.660
 is right

00:43:51.660 --> 00:43:52.000
 behind.

00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.400
 And that's

00:43:55.400 --> 00:43:57.340
 true in

00:43:57.340 --> 00:43:58.000
 a far

00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:58.800
 deeper sense

00:43:58.800 --> 00:43:59.920
 for all

00:43:59.920 --> 00:44:00.440
 of us.

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:01.900
 Maybe you

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.539
 live in a

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:03.300
 tiny hole

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:03.500
 in the

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:03.840
 wall in

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.180
 the city.

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.360
 Maybe you

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:05.700
 feel like

00:44:05.700 --> 00:44:06.180
 you inherit

00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:06.700
 very little

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:06.980
 of the

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.220
 world.

00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:07.660
 Maybe you

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:07.900
 feel like

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.119
 you have

00:44:08.119 --> 00:44:08.599
 nothing to

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.820
 show.

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.320
 Maybe you

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:09.740
 don't have

00:44:09.740 --> 00:44:10.200
 much to

00:44:10.200 --> 00:44:10.440
 show.

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.559
 Maybe you

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:11.780
 don't have

00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:12.180
 nothing to

00:44:12.180 --> 00:44:12.800
 post on

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:13.720
 social media

00:44:13.720 --> 00:44:14.220
 to post

00:44:14.220 --> 00:44:14.440
 about,

00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:14.840
 to show

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.500
 people about.

00:44:15.500 --> 00:44:16.360
 But guess

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:16.820
 what?

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:17.880
 The cattle

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:18.500
 of a thousand

00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.280
 hills belongs

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.639
 to the

00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:19.880
 Lord.

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.659
 And it's

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.019
 yours.

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:23.659
 This whole

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.860
 world belongs

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.360
 to you.

00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:27.099
 Because it

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.579
 belongs to

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:27.880
 Jesus.

00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:37.480
 But it

00:44:37.480 --> 00:44:37.980
 raises the

00:44:37.980 --> 00:44:38.380
 all-inclined

00:44:38.380 --> 00:44:38.820
 question.

00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:41.159
 What if

00:44:41.159 --> 00:44:41.400
 you were

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:42.000
 not meek?

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:46.000
 meek?

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:47.619
 How do

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.039
 you become

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.500
 meek?

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.760
 You want

00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:55.119
 to inherit

00:44:55.119 --> 00:44:55.500
 the earth,

00:44:55.579 --> 00:44:55.900
 but how do

00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:56.500
 you become

00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.099
 meek?

00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:57.860
 As I said

00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.139
 earlier,

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.579
 there's no

00:44:58.579 --> 00:44:59.320
 true meekness

00:44:59.320 --> 00:45:00.360
 apart from

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.699
 Christ.

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.559
 Matthew uses

00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:03.059
 this word

00:45:03.059 --> 00:45:04.099
 meek two

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:04.699
 more times

00:45:04.699 --> 00:45:05.079
 in his

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:05.500
 gospel,

00:45:05.619 --> 00:45:05.760
 in the

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.179
 gospel of

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.460
 Matthew.

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.980
 And in

00:45:07.980 --> 00:45:08.320
 both of

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:08.780
 those times,

00:45:08.860 --> 00:45:09.320
 it refers

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:10.079
 to Jesus.

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:12.619
 in Matthew

00:45:12.619 --> 00:45:13.559
 21,

00:45:13.659 --> 00:45:14.219
 verse 5,

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.360
 as Jesus

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:15.900
 enters

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.340
 Jerusalem

00:45:16.340 --> 00:45:16.860
 riding on

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.340
 a donkey,

00:45:17.940 --> 00:45:18.179
 he is

00:45:18.179 --> 00:45:18.819
 described as

00:45:18.819 --> 00:45:19.500
 fulfilling the

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.219
 prophecy of

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:21.039
 Zechariah 9,

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.400
 9.

00:45:22.279 --> 00:45:22.779
 Behold,

00:45:22.860 --> 00:45:23.279
 your king

00:45:23.279 --> 00:45:23.659
 is coming

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:24.159
 to you

00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:25.099
 humble,

00:45:25.360 --> 00:45:25.960
 same word,

00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:26.500
 meek,

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.779
 and mounted

00:45:27.779 --> 00:45:28.380
 on a donkey,

00:45:28.779 --> 00:45:29.480
 on a colt,

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:30.340
 the foal of

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:31.059
 a beast of

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.319
 burden.

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.219
 The word

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.840
 humble there

00:45:33.840 --> 00:45:34.319
 is the same

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:34.519
 word,

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:34.960
 like I said

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:35.279
 is meek.

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.880
 Imagine

00:45:35.880 --> 00:45:36.679
 King Jesus

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.480
 coming into

00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.019
 Jerusalem.

00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.940
 He's coming

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.539
 into hostile

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.380
 territory where

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:40.840
 He will be

00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:41.719
 framed with

00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:42.679
 false trumped

00:45:42.679 --> 00:45:43.340
 charges and

00:45:43.340 --> 00:45:43.980
 He will be

00:45:43.980 --> 00:45:44.480
 sent to the

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:45.139
 cross to

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.759
 be executed

00:45:45.759 --> 00:45:46.460
 as a slave

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:46.900
 and as a

00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:47.440
 criminal that

00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:48.019
 He is not.

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.579
 And as He

00:45:49.579 --> 00:45:50.300
 comes to

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:50.860
 Jerusalem,

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.639
 He does not

00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:52.659
 gallop in on

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.500
 a war horse,

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:54.259
 on a stallion.

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:55.500
 He rides in

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:56.360
 gently in

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.239
 peace on

00:45:57.239 --> 00:45:57.800
 a donkey,

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:58.380
 on a

00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:58.820
 beast of

00:45:58.820 --> 00:45:59.079
 burden.

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:01.599
 Meekness.

00:46:06.539 --> 00:46:07.219
 And that's

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:07.559
 the same

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:07.960
 word that

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.539
 Jesus uses

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.039
 of Himself

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.500
 in Matthew

00:46:09.500 --> 00:46:09.800
 11,

00:46:09.880 --> 00:46:10.539
 29 that

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.940
 we read

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.400
 from our

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:11.820
 assurance

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:12.199
 of pardon.

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:12.740
 Come to

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.059
 me,

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:13.820
 all who

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.320
 labor and

00:46:14.320 --> 00:46:14.659
 are heavy

00:46:14.659 --> 00:46:15.019
 laden,

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.340
 and I

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:15.659
 will give

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:16.099
 you rest.

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.179
 Take my

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:17.720
 yoke upon

00:46:17.720 --> 00:46:18.059
 you and

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.539
 learn from

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:18.820
 me.

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:19.579
 For I

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:20.740
 am meek,

00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:21.699
 gentle,

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:23.159
 and lowly

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:23.740
 in heart,

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.460
 and you

00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:25.220
 will find

00:46:25.220 --> 00:46:26.000
 rest for

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:26.579
 your souls.

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.400
 For my

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.119
 yoke is

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.740
 easy and

00:46:28.740 --> 00:46:29.340
 my burden

00:46:29.340 --> 00:46:30.760
 is light.

00:46:32.720 --> 00:46:33.199
 Because

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:34.320
 Jesus came

00:46:34.320 --> 00:46:35.760
 not to

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:37.860
 labor,

00:46:37.860 --> 00:46:38.460
 burdens on

00:46:38.460 --> 00:46:38.680
 His

00:46:38.680 --> 00:46:39.019
 people,

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:40.240
 but to

00:46:40.240 --> 00:46:41.019
 lift up

00:46:41.019 --> 00:46:41.260
 their

00:46:41.260 --> 00:46:41.700
 burdens.

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:43.120
 Because

00:46:43.120 --> 00:46:43.960
 Jesus came

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.460
 not to

00:46:44.460 --> 00:46:45.099
 condemn

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:45.500
 His

00:46:45.500 --> 00:46:45.900
 people,

00:46:46.200 --> 00:46:46.660
 but to

00:46:46.660 --> 00:46:47.380
 save His

00:46:47.380 --> 00:46:47.660
 people,

00:46:47.800 --> 00:46:48.780
 to justify

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:49.160
 them,

00:46:49.400 --> 00:46:49.660
 and to

00:46:49.660 --> 00:46:50.140
 redeem

00:46:50.140 --> 00:46:50.559
 them.

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:53.119
 Jesus

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.739
 could have

00:46:53.739 --> 00:46:54.840
 come to

00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:55.119
 condemn

00:46:55.119 --> 00:46:55.539
 all of

00:46:55.539 --> 00:46:55.960
 us.

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.199
 He

00:46:57.199 --> 00:46:57.519
 could have

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.579
 come in

00:46:58.579 --> 00:46:59.599
 haughtiness.

00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:00.019
 He could

00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:00.599
 have come

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.739
 in judgment,

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.320
 in self,

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:03.279
 in righteousness.

00:47:05.320 --> 00:47:05.759
 And yet

00:47:05.759 --> 00:47:06.340
 instead He

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:07.000
 came in

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.980
 humility and

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.719
 meekness.

00:47:09.500 --> 00:47:09.900
 And you

00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:10.639
 wonder why

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:11.159
 all throughout

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:11.759
 the Gospels

00:47:11.759 --> 00:47:12.960
 sinners flock

00:47:12.960 --> 00:47:13.380
 to Him.

00:47:14.219 --> 00:47:14.579
 Tax

00:47:14.579 --> 00:47:15.099
 collectors

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:15.960
 flock to

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:16.239
 Him.

00:47:16.239 --> 00:47:17.819
 They

00:47:17.819 --> 00:47:18.000
 don't

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.199
 think,

00:47:18.399 --> 00:47:18.459
 oh,

00:47:18.699 --> 00:47:19.119
 Jesus,

00:47:19.379 --> 00:47:19.559
 He's

00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:21.779
 too holy,

00:47:21.959 --> 00:47:22.559
 holier than

00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:23.159
 I can't

00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:23.479
 be with

00:47:23.479 --> 00:47:23.719
 Him.

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.639
 They

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.279
 flock to

00:47:27.279 --> 00:47:27.539
 Him.

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:28.399
 Why?

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:29.799
 Because He's

00:47:29.799 --> 00:47:30.199
 meek.

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:34.579
 Because He

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.059
 dies.

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.679
 He comes

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:36.239
 to die.

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.119
 Instead of

00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:37.539
 coming to

00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:38.019
 kill,

00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:39.179
 He comes

00:47:39.179 --> 00:47:39.599
 to be

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.219
 killed as

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:40.899
 a sacrificial

00:47:40.899 --> 00:47:41.319
 lamb.

00:47:41.320 --> 00:47:43.280
 He could

00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:43.780
 have defended

00:47:43.780 --> 00:47:44.240
 Himself.

00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:46.200
 He could

00:47:46.200 --> 00:47:46.620
 have defended

00:47:46.620 --> 00:47:47.160
 Himself before

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:47.640
 God in

00:47:47.640 --> 00:47:48.260
 Gethsemane.

00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:49.120
 He says,

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:49.519
 God, what

00:47:49.519 --> 00:47:50.120
 have I done?

00:47:50.580 --> 00:47:51.140
 Father, what

00:47:51.140 --> 00:47:51.740
 have I done?

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.280
 Take this

00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:52.660
 cup from

00:47:52.660 --> 00:47:52.860
 me.

00:47:54.280 --> 00:47:54.820
 Instead, He

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.460
 says, but

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:56.120
 only if,

00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:57.380
 according to

00:47:57.380 --> 00:47:57.940
 your will and

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.420
 not mine.

00:47:59.700 --> 00:48:00.260
 When He's

00:48:00.260 --> 00:48:00.900
 being tried in

00:48:00.900 --> 00:48:01.240
 court, He

00:48:01.240 --> 00:48:01.460
 could have

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.800
 defended

00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:02.320
 Himself, but

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:02.940
 He doesn't.

00:48:04.200 --> 00:48:04.820
 He goes

00:48:04.820 --> 00:48:05.440
 like a lamb

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:05.720
 to the

00:48:05.720 --> 00:48:06.160
 slaughter, and

00:48:06.160 --> 00:48:06.580
 just as a

00:48:06.580 --> 00:48:07.280
 sheep before it

00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:07.780
 shears His

00:48:07.780 --> 00:48:08.300
 silence, so

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.760
 Jesus does

00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:09.160
 not open

00:48:09.160 --> 00:48:09.620
 His mouth,

00:48:09.980 --> 00:48:10.280
 and in

00:48:10.280 --> 00:48:11.019
 meekness He

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:12.739
 dies, so

00:48:12.739 --> 00:48:13.059
 they can

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:14.599
 save those

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:14.940
 who put

00:48:14.940 --> 00:48:15.519
 their faith

00:48:15.519 --> 00:48:15.920
 in Him.

00:48:19.900 --> 00:48:20.599
 And that's

00:48:20.599 --> 00:48:20.900
 what it

00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:21.219
 means to

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:21.659
 be meek, and

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:22.119
 that's how

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:22.639
 you become

00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:22.960
 meek.

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.340
 Maybe you're

00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:23.880
 not yet a

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.300
 follower of

00:48:24.300 --> 00:48:24.639
 Christ.

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.219
 To become

00:48:27.219 --> 00:48:27.940
 meek is to

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.300
 take that

00:48:28.300 --> 00:48:28.940
 first step

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:29.340
 of faith.

00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:30.079
 Your first

00:48:30.079 --> 00:48:30.780
 act of

00:48:30.780 --> 00:48:31.960
 meekness is

00:48:31.960 --> 00:48:32.880
 to receive

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:34.219
 with meekness

00:48:34.219 --> 00:48:34.920
 the implanted

00:48:34.920 --> 00:48:35.519
 word, as it

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:35.780
 says in

00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:36.280
 James 1

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:37.259
 21, put

00:48:37.259 --> 00:48:37.719
 away all

00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:38.420
 filthiness and

00:48:38.420 --> 00:48:39.280
 rampant wickedness

00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:39.940
 and receive

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:41.000
 with meekness

00:48:41.000 --> 00:48:41.719
 the implanted

00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:42.519
 word, which

00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:43.179
 is able to

00:48:43.179 --> 00:48:43.840
 save your

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.440
 souls.

00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:46.239
 This is the

00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:46.820
 path to

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:47.320
 salvation.

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:49.059
 Stop trying to

00:48:49.059 --> 00:48:49.659
 inherit the

00:48:49.659 --> 00:48:50.880
 earth with

00:48:50.880 --> 00:48:51.239
 your own

00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:51.880
 strength and

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.420
 with your own

00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:52.699
 power.

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:53.699
 Stop trying to

00:48:53.699 --> 00:48:54.719
 justify yourself

00:48:54.719 --> 00:48:55.599
 with your own

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.119
 righteousness.

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.159
 Stop trying to

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:57.659
 fight for

00:48:57.659 --> 00:48:58.300
 yourself and

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:59.219
 fend for

00:48:59.219 --> 00:48:59.599
 yourself.

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.940
 Instead, receive

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:02.079
 with meekness the

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:02.980
 implanted word.

00:49:03.780 --> 00:49:04.639
 Say, Christ is

00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:04.980
 enough.

00:49:05.579 --> 00:49:06.460
 Say, Christ is

00:49:06.460 --> 00:49:07.079
 my defender.

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:08.420
 Christ is my

00:49:08.420 --> 00:49:08.539
 righteousness.

00:49:10.619 --> 00:49:27.099
 And that

00:49:27.099 --> 00:49:27.539
 saves

00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:27.539


00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:27.099
 souls.