WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:14.140 Man, you may be seated. Children, you are dismissed to your King's Kids class, and if you all would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5. It's on page 962 of your Pew Bible. 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:28.000 And we've been working our way through the Sermon on the Mount. Let me read the eight Beatitudes. 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:31.780 This is Jesus. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:39.899 Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to Him, just like we're coming to Him. 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:44.439 And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying, 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:48.780 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:55.179 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:59.700 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:04.060 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:08.680 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:12.000 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:15.420 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:19.760 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:23.100 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:23.180 --> 00:01:25.000 May God bless the hearing of His word. 00:01:26.840 --> 00:01:29.939 So this fall, we've been making our way through these Beatitudes, 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:32.900 one at a time. 00:01:32.900 --> 00:01:35.960 And if you're not familiar with the Beatitudes, 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:42.700 it's basically a list of eight character traits of every Christian, 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:46.280 of every citizen of the kingdom of Jesus, 00:01:46.800 --> 00:01:48.580 every citizen of heaven, 00:01:49.080 --> 00:01:51.439 anyone who's been delivered out of the domain of darkness, 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.000 been transferred into the kingdom of the beloved Son, 00:01:54.300 --> 00:01:55.700 by God's great grace. 00:01:56.240 --> 00:02:01.320 If you are that, these are to characterize each and one in every one of us. 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:08.340 So all eight of these Beatitudes are to mark our characters. 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:12.500 It's to distinguish us from everybody else, 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:17.780 especially in a contentious presidential election cycle. 00:02:19.740 --> 00:02:25.099 Two weeks ago, we looked at 5-3 being poor in spirit. 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:26.280 Blessed are the poor in spirit. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:31.439 And it is the declaration of spiritual bankruptcy. 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:33.479 It's like, I've got nothing. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:35.319 I've got nothing. 00:02:36.379 --> 00:02:37.920 In fact, I'm indebted. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:42.039 And it's only by God's, the riches of His grace, 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:45.840 that He makes me, who is so poor, rich in His sight. 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:49.319 And then we looked at 5-4. 00:02:49.900 --> 00:02:51.520 Last week, blessed are the mourned. 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:52.939 Those who mourn. 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:58.379 And that mourning is a grieving over what grieves God. 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:01.599 That we are grieving the sin in us. 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:04.240 And every one of us has a sinful nature. 00:03:04.740 --> 00:03:06.560 Maybe you saw your sin this morning. 00:03:08.379 --> 00:03:09.919 We grieve our sin. 00:03:10.020 --> 00:03:12.879 And today, this morning, we're looking at the blessed meek. 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:13.939 Blessed are the meek. 00:03:15.060 --> 00:03:15.460 Meek! 00:03:15.460 --> 00:03:15.520 Meek! 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:21.719 I don't know about you, but when I hear meekness, 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:25.520 I start thinking of things like pushover, 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:30.900 subservient, doormat, compliant, 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:35.480 maybe a little sprinkling of cowardliness, 00:03:37.480 --> 00:03:38.820 domesticated. 00:03:38.819 --> 00:03:46.120 This word for meek was used in antiquity 00:03:46.120 --> 00:03:48.079 to describe domesticated animals. 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:50.579 Sign me up! 00:03:54.180 --> 00:03:55.919 For many people in our culture, 00:03:56.359 --> 00:03:58.459 when we hear meekness, 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.340 we think weakness. 00:04:00.780 --> 00:04:02.359 We think soft. 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.360 And that can be distasteful. 00:04:07.720 --> 00:04:11.160 I'm not a listener of Joe Rogan, 00:04:12.160 --> 00:04:15.940 but he has a massive following 00:04:15.940 --> 00:04:18.000 on a podcast. 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:23.699 Comedian, MMA, aficionado. 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:26.620 And he was recently lamenting 00:04:26.620 --> 00:04:31.759 the state of men in our culture. 00:04:32.180 --> 00:04:34.800 And he picked up this quote. 00:04:35.579 --> 00:04:36.259 Shared it. 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:37.500 This is what he said. 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.939 Soft times make for soft men. 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:46.439 Soft men make for hard times. 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:50.879 Hard times make for hard men. 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.719 Hard men make for soft times. 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:57.659 Soft times make for soft men. 00:04:57.920 --> 00:04:59.199 And so he's putting his finger 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:00.219 on this cycle. 00:05:01.159 --> 00:05:03.339 And what he's saying is this. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:05.920 Don't be a soft man. 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:10.319 I wonder what Joe Rogan would think 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:12.779 of Jesus' words, 00:05:13.040 --> 00:05:13.920 blessed are the meek. 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.060 Blessed are those who get walked on. 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:24.339 Blessed are the doormats. 00:05:26.060 --> 00:05:27.500 Blessed are the pushovers. 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:33.519 Was Jesus a pushover? 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:37.079 Was Jesus a doormat? 00:05:38.879 --> 00:05:40.420 Was he domesticated? 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.779 This beatitude has two parts. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:48.219 And we're going to look at both parts 00:05:48.219 --> 00:05:48.740 in the sermon. 00:05:48.740 --> 00:05:50.680 The blessed meek. 00:05:51.139 --> 00:05:53.259 Let's look at what biblical meekness 00:05:53.259 --> 00:05:54.139 really is. 00:05:54.780 --> 00:05:57.160 And then let's look at this promise 00:05:57.160 --> 00:05:58.259 to the meek. 00:05:58.840 --> 00:06:01.199 God's promised earth. 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:04.000 The hope for the meek. 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:07.500 Now if you've come into this building 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:10.240 and you're prone to holding grudges, 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:11.579 getting defensive, 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:13.480 you're critical of others, 00:06:13.780 --> 00:06:15.400 you fear what other people 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:17.139 think about you. 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:20.199 You need to hear these words. 00:06:20.979 --> 00:06:22.019 Blessed are the meek. 00:06:23.859 --> 00:06:25.019 It's your rescue 00:06:25.019 --> 00:06:26.819 from you. 00:06:29.719 --> 00:06:31.019 So let's dive in. 00:06:32.060 --> 00:06:33.259 We'll first look at 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:34.359 the blessed meek 00:06:34.359 --> 00:06:36.759 and God's promised earth. 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:38.319 So the blessed meek. 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:39.920 Blessed are the meek. 00:06:41.539 --> 00:06:42.399 The first thing you need 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:43.379 to realize is 00:06:43.379 --> 00:06:44.899 that this meekness 00:06:44.899 --> 00:06:46.379 that Jesus is talking about 00:06:46.379 --> 00:06:49.279 is thoroughly unnatural. 00:06:50.459 --> 00:06:54.139 This is an unnatural meekness. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.159 This isn't the kind of meekness 00:06:56.159 --> 00:06:57.000 that, you know, 00:06:57.060 --> 00:06:57.839 you may have a friend 00:06:57.839 --> 00:06:58.939 who is kind of just, 00:06:59.099 --> 00:07:00.240 kind of has a naturally 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:01.439 mild temperament. 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:03.199 You provoke them 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:04.199 and you goad them 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:06.079 and they will not get hot. 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:09.279 They're just naturally mild. 00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:11.560 That's not the meekness 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:12.599 Jesus is talking about. 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:14.959 Or maybe 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.620 someone who's just genuinely nice. 00:07:19.279 --> 00:07:21.620 That's not the meekness 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:22.899 Jesus is speaking about. 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:24.579 Maybe we're just talking about 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:27.439 upper Midwestern hospitality. 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:30.240 It's not that. 00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:35.400 This meekness is unnatural 00:07:35.400 --> 00:07:37.879 because this meekness 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.139 is supernatural. 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.300 Martin Lloyd-Jones 00:07:45.300 --> 00:07:47.980 talked about the Beatitudes 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:49.939 as a spiritual, 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:52.720 logical sequence, 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:54.220 a progression. 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:55.819 And it all starts 00:07:55.819 --> 00:07:56.759 with poor in spirit. 00:07:57.460 --> 00:07:58.420 It all starts 00:07:58.420 --> 00:07:59.780 with bankruptcy. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:01.939 Do you know 00:08:01.939 --> 00:08:04.540 that the only way 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:06.900 that you can see 00:08:06.900 --> 00:08:10.100 your own sinful depravity 00:08:10.100 --> 00:08:12.100 is if the Spirit of God 00:08:12.100 --> 00:08:13.500 convicts you of it? 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.240 What's being described 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:17.620 in these Beatitudes 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:19.340 is not something 00:08:19.340 --> 00:08:20.579 that you can do to yourself. 00:08:21.879 --> 00:08:23.439 These eight Beatitudes 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:25.579 actually is a profile 00:08:25.579 --> 00:08:28.240 of a whole new nature 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.720 in Christ Jesus. 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.519 these are people 00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:33.360 who have been 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:34.659 made new 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:35.700 by the Holy Spirit. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:40.100 This meekness 00:08:40.100 --> 00:08:40.779 is unnatural. 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:44.740 To be poor in spirit 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:46.279 means that the Holy Spirit 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:47.620 has convicted 00:08:47.620 --> 00:08:48.340 a sinner 00:08:48.340 --> 00:08:49.759 of their sin 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:50.659 against God. 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:51.139 I mean, 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:51.639 Jesus said 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:52.440 that's why the Holy Spirit 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:52.820 is coming 00:08:52.820 --> 00:08:54.120 to convict the world 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:54.620 of sin, 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:55.100 righteousness, 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:55.740 and judgment. 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:58.659 And then not only 00:08:58.659 --> 00:08:59.379 to convict 00:08:59.379 --> 00:09:00.000 a sinner 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.000 of their sin 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:01.500 against God, 00:09:01.580 --> 00:09:02.519 but that sinner 00:09:02.519 --> 00:09:03.419 starts realizing 00:09:03.419 --> 00:09:04.639 as part of that conviction 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:05.940 that they are under 00:09:05.940 --> 00:09:07.320 God's just wrath. 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:09.860 That they are 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.480 spiritually bankrupt 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:12.200 and desperate. 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:16.519 And that their only hope 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:19.799 is in God's forgiveness 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:20.299 of them. 00:09:22.699 --> 00:09:24.360 That's moving towards 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.779 this spirit rot, 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:29.539 poverty of spirit. 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:30.379 And then 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:31.779 what follows 00:09:31.779 --> 00:09:32.360 is this 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:34.500 grieving your sin. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:34.559 sin. 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:37.940 This is a supernatural 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:39.059 work as well. 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:41.220 Where you are 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:42.320 so concerned 00:09:42.320 --> 00:09:43.100 and grieved 00:09:43.100 --> 00:09:45.080 by what you have done 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:46.220 and the offense 00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:47.840 that you have given God, 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:50.279 you feel the weight 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:51.120 and you mourn it. 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:56.899 It's a godly sorrow 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:58.080 that leads to repentance. 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.500 This is a working of God. 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:04.899 And as we go through 00:10:04.899 --> 00:10:06.940 all eight of these, 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:07.879 you're going to see 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:08.480 more and more 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:09.379 that these are actually 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:10.460 a profile of Jesus, 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:11.559 just like the fruit 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:12.080 of the spirit, 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:13.340 and they are to mark 00:10:13.340 --> 00:10:14.340 each one of us 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:15.399 and it's something 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.639 we can't do to ourselves. 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:19.019 We can't pull ourselves 00:10:19.019 --> 00:10:22.899 up by our own bootstraps 00:10:22.899 --> 00:10:24.299 and be more meek. 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:28.460 We lower ourselves. 00:10:28.460 --> 00:10:31.940 So the first thing 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:32.600 that you need to know 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:34.100 about this blessed meekness 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:36.320 is it's unnatural 00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:39.060 because it's supernatural. 00:10:40.920 --> 00:10:41.900 It's a description 00:10:41.900 --> 00:10:42.740 of someone 00:10:42.740 --> 00:10:44.100 who has been born of God. 00:10:46.460 --> 00:10:47.300 The second thing 00:10:47.300 --> 00:10:48.379 I want you to know 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:49.960 about this blessed meekness 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:55.180 is what distinguishes meekness. 00:10:56.680 --> 00:10:57.639 It's relational. 00:10:58.460 --> 00:11:01.780 The first two beatitudes 00:11:01.780 --> 00:11:03.980 were concerned primarily 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:06.160 with a right relating to God 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:08.220 that I am spiritually bankrupt 00:11:08.220 --> 00:11:09.960 in his eyes 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.620 and grieving that. 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.160 That's called 00:11:12.160 --> 00:11:14.120 that you're being penitent 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:15.460 over your sin. 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:18.879 What meekness is 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.300 is when someone 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:23.220 who is aware 00:11:23.220 --> 00:11:24.940 of their spiritual bankruptcy 00:11:24.940 --> 00:11:26.500 and grieving their sin 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.679 and they bring 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.620 that heart posture 00:11:29.620 --> 00:11:30.620 towards God 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:32.759 into their relationships 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:33.759 with other people. 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:37.399 That's meekness. 00:11:39.840 --> 00:11:42.360 That's a humble posture 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:43.519 of heart towards God 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:44.500 that results 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:46.080 in a humble posture 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:47.100 of heart 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:49.100 towards other people. 00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:58.220 meekness 00:11:58.220 --> 00:12:00.040 has everything to do 00:12:00.040 --> 00:12:00.540 with the way 00:12:00.540 --> 00:12:01.360 in which we relate 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:02.080 to other people. 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.920 Before you were converted, 00:12:06.080 --> 00:12:06.720 before you became 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.139 a Christian, 00:12:08.420 --> 00:12:10.740 you thought 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:12.240 you were the controlling 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:13.540 center of your own world. 00:12:13.539 --> 00:12:16.699 and most likely 00:12:16.699 --> 00:12:19.679 you lived out 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:20.839 your relationships 00:12:20.839 --> 00:12:23.360 for yourself. 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:25.699 What you can get out of it. 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:27.459 What's in it for me. 00:12:29.459 --> 00:12:30.839 After your conversion, 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:35.000 when Jesus becomes 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.000 the controlling center 00:12:36.000 --> 00:12:36.919 of your life, 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:39.599 what happens 00:12:39.599 --> 00:12:40.599 to your relationships 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:42.019 isn't that now 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:43.200 you live out 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:44.019 your relationships 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:46.360 for other people. 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:48.200 You live out 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:48.980 your relationships 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:50.060 for Jesus 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:51.320 with other people. 00:12:53.060 --> 00:12:53.899 Because he's 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.800 the controlling center 00:12:54.800 --> 00:12:55.460 of your life. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:59.180 On January 1st 00:12:59.180 --> 00:13:00.740 in 1900, 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.700 the Chicago River 00:13:03.700 --> 00:13:05.160 had its flow reversed. 00:13:06.040 --> 00:13:07.440 It had been flowing 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:09.300 out into Lake Michigan 00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:10.459 and the problem 00:13:10.459 --> 00:13:11.959 that resulted 00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:12.419 from that 00:13:12.419 --> 00:13:14.539 was people living 00:13:14.539 --> 00:13:15.719 in Chicago 00:13:15.719 --> 00:13:16.579 were getting sick 00:13:16.579 --> 00:13:17.259 because they were 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.639 drinking their own sewage. 00:13:20.419 --> 00:13:21.759 So they got the great idea, 00:13:21.859 --> 00:13:22.339 you know what, 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:23.939 let's not drink 00:13:23.939 --> 00:13:24.939 our own sewage, 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:26.159 let's let the people 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:26.919 of St. Louis 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:28.000 drink our sewage. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.819 So let's reverse 00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.839 the flow 00:13:30.839 --> 00:13:32.959 and instead of 00:13:32.959 --> 00:13:35.139 flowing into 00:13:35.139 --> 00:13:35.879 Lake Michigan, 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.559 we're going to 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:37.359 flow it down 00:13:37.359 --> 00:13:38.000 to St. Louis. 00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:42.740 when Jesus 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:43.740 becomes the controlling 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.659 center of your life, 00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:48.120 your relationships 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.419 flow differently. 00:13:50.859 --> 00:13:52.039 They don't flow 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:53.079 to you anymore. 00:13:54.339 --> 00:13:55.539 By God's grace, 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:57.199 now they flow 00:13:57.199 --> 00:13:59.120 towards Jesus 00:13:59.120 --> 00:14:01.439 for his glory, 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:01.919 for the good 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.559 of those people 00:14:02.559 --> 00:14:03.319 in your life. 00:14:04.459 --> 00:14:06.120 This is the radical change 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.500 that God brings 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.700 about when he 00:14:08.700 --> 00:14:10.419 changes a sinner 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:11.580 into a saint. 00:14:14.399 --> 00:14:15.519 And the resulting 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:16.519 meekness 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:18.879 has the effect 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:20.320 of gentleness. 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:24.279 That change 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:26.340 brings about 00:14:26.340 --> 00:14:27.279 an approachability. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:31.720 So let me 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:33.299 give you this 00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.220 definition 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:35.139 for biblical 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:35.759 meekness. 00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.100 Biblical 00:14:38.100 --> 00:14:38.740 meekness 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:42.000 is a Christ-like 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.720 posture 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.819 towards others. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:47.679 He's both 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:48.279 tender 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.539 and tough 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:51.159 and always 00:14:51.159 --> 00:14:51.559 truthful. 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.579 Tender and tough 00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:54.139 and always 00:14:54.139 --> 00:14:54.579 truthful 00:14:54.580 --> 00:14:56.580 and he majors 00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.200 on tender. 00:15:00.220 --> 00:15:01.080 We're to be 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:01.840 like Christ 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.160 in our 00:15:03.160 --> 00:15:03.660 meekness. 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.860 Let me just 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.680 read this passage 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:07.020 to you. 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.340 This is Philippians. 00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:10.160 This is one of 00:15:10.160 --> 00:15:11.060 our favorite passages 00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:11.780 as a church 00:15:11.780 --> 00:15:14.040 because we need 00:15:14.040 --> 00:15:14.680 to be reminded 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:16.100 of it so frequently. 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.680 Philippians 00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.680 chapter 2 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:19.220 verses 3 00:15:19.220 --> 00:15:19.759 through 11. 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:21.180 Listen for 00:15:21.180 --> 00:15:22.440 the meekness 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:23.000 of Jesus, 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.800 his humility, 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:23.879 humility, 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.479 and our 00:15:25.479 --> 00:15:26.419 resultant 00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.000 meekness, 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:27.679 our humility. 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:29.240 Do nothing 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:29.819 from selfish 00:15:29.819 --> 00:15:30.519 ambition or 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.359 conceit, 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:32.379 but in humility 00:15:32.379 --> 00:15:33.099 count others 00:15:33.099 --> 00:15:33.859 more significant 00:15:33.859 --> 00:15:34.559 than yourselves. 00:15:35.059 --> 00:15:35.719 Let each of you 00:15:35.719 --> 00:15:36.359 look not only 00:15:36.359 --> 00:15:36.779 to his own 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.079 interests, 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:37.620 but also 00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.240 to the interests 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.740 of others. 00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:40.039 Have this mind 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.919 among yourselves, 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.539 which is yours 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.259 in Christ Jesus, 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.639 who, 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.620 though he was 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:44.019 in the form 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:44.399 of God, 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.120 did not count 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.699 equality with God 00:15:46.699 --> 00:15:47.719 a thing to be grasped, 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.659 to be held on to, 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.799 but emptied himself. 00:15:50.959 --> 00:15:51.259 How? 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.579 By taking the form 00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:53.120 of a servant, 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:54.220 being born in the 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.020 likeness of men, 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:56.220 and being found 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.900 in human form, 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:57.920 he humbled himself 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.940 by becoming obedient 00:15:58.940 --> 00:16:00.080 to the point of death, 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.620 even death on a cross. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.280 Therefore, 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.560 God has highly 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:04.259 exalted him 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:05.139 and bestowed on him 00:16:05.139 --> 00:16:05.759 the name that is 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.520 above every name, 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:09.259 so that at the name 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.580 of Jesus, 00:16:09.680 --> 00:16:10.800 every knee should bow, 00:16:10.920 --> 00:16:11.759 in heaven and earth 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.600 and under the earth, 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:13.860 and every tongue 00:16:13.860 --> 00:16:15.360 confess that Jesus Christ 00:16:15.360 --> 00:16:16.600 is Lord to the glory 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:18.140 of God the Father. 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:20.179 Jesus is exalted 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.679 and exemplified 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:23.059 for his meekness. 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:26.439 Through his meekness, 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:27.159 we're saved. 00:16:29.659 --> 00:16:30.860 But there's something else 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.679 I want to point you to. 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:34.500 John opened the service 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:34.819 with it. 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.559 He's going to close 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.460 the service with it. 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:38.120 It's what Jesus has to say 00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.899 about himself. 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:41.919 Come to me. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:46.699 All who labor 00:16:46.699 --> 00:16:48.019 are heavy laden 00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:49.259 and I will give you rest. 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:50.839 Take my yoke upon you 00:16:50.839 --> 00:16:51.759 and learn from me, 00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.759 for I am gentle. 00:16:53.079 --> 00:16:53.919 It's the same word 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.000 translated meek 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.360 here in Matthew 5.5. 00:16:58.599 --> 00:17:00.139 For I am meek 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:01.419 and lowly in heart, 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.659 and you will find rest 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.679 for your souls. 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:05.079 For my yoke is easy 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.799 and my burden is light. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:11.000 The greatest biblical example 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.000 of meekness 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:13.900 is Jesus, 00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:16.240 who is meek 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:16.900 and lowly 00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:19.839 at heart. 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.039 Jesus is both tender 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.480 and tough. 00:17:25.579 --> 00:17:26.660 He's always truthful. 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.140 And what we see 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:28.759 in the pages 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.640 of the New Testament 00:17:29.640 --> 00:17:30.519 in the Gospels, 00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:32.019 he's always tender 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.319 towards the penitent, 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:35.099 but he is tough 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:36.240 to the impenitent. 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.799 Just think of what he said 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.559 to the Pharisees, 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.480 you brood of vipers. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.980 Just think of what he did 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.940 his clearing out 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.420 of the temple 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.860 when he expressed anger. 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.980 He was tough 00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:48.519 to the impenitent. 00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.900 Dane Ortlund, 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.559 in his book, 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.599 Gentle and Lowly, 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.720 brings this out 00:17:54.720 --> 00:17:55.720 in a beautiful way. 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:58.299 If you don't have this book, 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.440 would you grab one 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:00.039 on your way out? 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.599 We've got stacks of it 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:02.839 sitting out 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:03.460 on the doorway. 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.440 Just grab one 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:05.000 on your way, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:06.200 one per household. 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.740 You will be encouraged 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:08.480 by this, 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.559 and I think you will 00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:10.380 grow in meekness 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.019 as a result 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:12.279 of reading it. 00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.519 What I'm wanting 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.240 to help you to see 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.559 is meekness 00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:17.759 is unnatural 00:18:17.759 --> 00:18:18.880 because it's supernatural, 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.839 and it's relational. 00:18:21.079 --> 00:18:21.920 It's how we relate 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:22.620 to one another, 00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.900 and it's epitomized 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.460 in the person 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.120 of Jesus. 00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.819 And it results 00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.940 in supernatural relating. 00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:38.019 Has anyone in the room 00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.720 been sinned against? 00:18:42.539 --> 00:18:43.640 You can raise your hand. 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.600 Yes. 00:18:48.320 --> 00:18:48.960 You don't need 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.480 to raise your hand 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.580 on this next question. 00:18:52.779 --> 00:18:53.620 How many in the room 00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:54.700 who have been sinned against 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:56.860 tend to hold a grudge? 00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:01.200 A grudge is a kind 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:02.140 of unforgiveness. 00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.400 A grudge is even 00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.120 a kind of 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:08.420 cool vengeance. 00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:14.140 Do the meek 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:15.940 hold grudges? 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.480 No. 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.860 The meek don't hold grudges 00:19:21.860 --> 00:19:22.860 because when the meek 00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.880 are sinned against, 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:26.120 they go into 00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:27.019 a mode of thinking 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:28.279 that says, 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.120 oh, oh, 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.860 you know what? 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.100 that stings, 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.180 but man, 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.140 have I sinned 00:19:35.140 --> 00:19:37.600 so much worse, 00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:39.240 so much more. 00:19:40.620 --> 00:19:41.460 There's an awareness 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:43.140 of your own 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:44.860 spiritual bankruptcy 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.680 and grief 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.620 over your own sin. 00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.900 Meek people 00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:52.340 don't hold grudges. 00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.680 Jesus doesn't hold 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.420 a grudge against you, 00:19:56.500 --> 00:19:57.059 brother, sister. 00:19:57.059 --> 00:20:01.000 How about 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.700 when it comes 00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.299 to correction? 00:20:04.379 --> 00:20:04.960 Has anybody 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.720 tried to correct you 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.039 recently? 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.419 It's one thing 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.079 to see sin 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.720 in your own life 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.039 and say, 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:11.500 you know what? 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.000 Man, 00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.839 I saw this sin 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:14.559 in my own life. 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.139 I am so aghast 00:20:16.139 --> 00:20:16.599 by it. 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.359 But when someone 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.099 else points out 00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.960 a sin in your life, 00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.240 boy, 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:20.819 that gets a little 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.099 different, 00:20:21.159 --> 00:20:21.500 doesn't it? 00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.339 Who are you 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.960 to think that? 00:20:23.960 --> 00:20:26.019 Who are you 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.680 to say that? 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.680 You can be defensive, 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:30.519 even dismissive, 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.180 but you know 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.900 how the meek 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.880 handle correction? 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.240 They're like this. 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.100 Oh, 00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.920 yeah, 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:40.120 you're probably right. 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.860 I'll think about it. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:43.160 But you don't know 00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.860 the half of it. 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.559 Brothers and sisters, 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.660 if you were in my head 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.120 this week 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.440 and you saw 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.039 what went through 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.640 my head 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:52.460 this week, 00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.819 you would be shocked. 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:57.539 Here's how the meek 00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:59.480 respond to correction. 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.740 It's Proverbs 9.8. 00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:03.440 You correct a fool, 00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:06.940 you'll get slapped. 00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:09.440 You correct a wise man, 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.180 someone who fears 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.720 the Lord, 00:21:11.340 --> 00:21:12.140 who is Jesus 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:13.380 as the controlling center 00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.620 of his life 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.180 or her life, 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.440 they will love you. 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.340 They may even kiss you. 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.120 They may even say, 00:21:21.120 --> 00:21:21.360 oh, 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.120 thank you so much 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.860 for caring for me 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:25.179 and for what matters most. 00:21:27.719 --> 00:21:28.819 This is a supernatural 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.779 way of relating. 00:21:29.979 --> 00:21:32.000 This isn't pull yourself 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.399 up by your bootstraps. 00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:35.019 This meekness 00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.740 comes from the living God. 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.819 Could you imagine 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:42.759 a church 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:44.179 who are growing 00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:45.159 in meekness 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.959 more and more? 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.099 They're tender, 00:21:47.479 --> 00:21:47.959 they're tough, 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.919 they're always truthful, 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.519 but they major 00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.259 on tenderness 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:52.220 because they're all 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:54.019 so aware 00:21:54.019 --> 00:21:55.560 of their need 00:21:55.560 --> 00:21:57.019 for God's 00:21:57.019 --> 00:21:57.700 ongoing grace. 00:21:59.820 --> 00:22:00.900 We can go on. 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.820 How the meek 00:22:02.820 --> 00:22:03.920 respond to sinful 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.519 comparisons, 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.640 how the meek 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.800 respond to 00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:07.660 a temptation 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.500 to be critical 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.460 of others, 00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:11.460 we can go on 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:11.779 and on. 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:14.720 But what I want you 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.440 to see is 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:17.160 meekness 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.920 makes a dramatic 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.920 difference 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.859 in our relating 00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.500 to one another. 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:23.059 And at the heart 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:23.619 of it 00:22:23.619 --> 00:22:25.399 is a humility 00:22:25.399 --> 00:22:26.059 towards God. 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:32.960 There's a phrase 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.619 I've been 00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.220 chewing on 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.799 all week. 00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.720 I think it's 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.619 a freeing phrase, 00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:42.039 but it can be 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.639 taken wrong. 00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:46.539 If spoken 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.559 by a meek 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.139 person, 00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:49.579 it makes sense. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.919 We can also 00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.779 hear a prideful 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.440 person saying 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.759 this, 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.859 but listen 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.259 to it. 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.659 It matters 00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.159 little 00:22:58.159 --> 00:23:00.299 what you 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.259 think about me 00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:03.179 because it 00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:04.200 matters much 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.960 what Christ 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.899 thinks about me. 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.720 It matters 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.419 little what you 00:23:09.419 --> 00:23:10.019 think about me. 00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:11.179 I will take it 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:13.000 in so far 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:15.099 as it serves 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.359 my pursuit 00:23:16.359 --> 00:23:17.440 of Jesus 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.619 because 00:23:20.619 --> 00:23:21.700 He's what 00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.319 matters most 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.619 to me. 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:25.859 we 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.879 welcome 00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.779 correction. 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.699 We 00:23:29.699 --> 00:23:30.299 forgive 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.819 fully 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:32.059 and quickly 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:34.879 because it 00:23:34.879 --> 00:23:35.459 matters little 00:23:35.459 --> 00:23:35.899 what others 00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.719 think about us 00:23:36.719 --> 00:23:38.299 because what 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:38.959 matters most 00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.500 to us 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:40.839 is what 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:41.699 Jesus thinks. 00:23:42.439 --> 00:23:42.779 Biblical 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.479 meekness 00:23:43.479 --> 00:23:44.619 is a 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.719 Christ-like 00:23:45.719 --> 00:23:46.459 posture 00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:47.639 towards 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.219 others. 00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.000 you are 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.500 both 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.180 tender 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.319 and tough 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.559 always truthful 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:53.600 but you're 00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.460 majoring on 00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.059 tenderness. 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.279 Do you know 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.660 what the greatest 00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.019 threat 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.400 to meekness 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:06.660 is? 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.960 Your pride. 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:09.980 God. 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.840 The opposite 00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.400 of meekness 00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.100 is arrogance. 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:18.120 It goes 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.720 like this. 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.279 You stop 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.880 tending to 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.380 your heart. 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.400 You start 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:26.120 forgetting about 00:24:26.120 --> 00:24:26.559 your God. 00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.480 You start 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.039 getting caught 00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.440 up in the 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.819 things of 00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.380 this world 00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:31.079 day to day 00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.559 just getting 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:31.880 by. 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.360 You start 00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:35.220 losing sight 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.620 of the 00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:35.960 holiness 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.100 and grandeur 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.740 and majesty 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.340 of God. 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:40.220 and you 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.779 start losing 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.740 sight of 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.259 the sinfulness 00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.720 of your 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.519 sin and 00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:44.079 your constant 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.500 need of 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.240 your Lord 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.599 Jesus. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.720 You start 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.480 to think 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.000 about these 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.859 things less 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:53.059 and they 00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.819 become less 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.720 and less 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:56.319 important and 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.699 in the place 00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.519 of that 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.319 importance 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.500 vacuum you 00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.279 step into 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.599 that. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.819 You start 00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.339 thinking more 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.879 highly of 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.439 yourself than 00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.939 you ought. 00:25:07.539 --> 00:25:07.919 You start 00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.299 thinking 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:10.220 insisting on 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:10.940 your own 00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.419 way. 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.379 You start 00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.079 minimizing 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:14.899 your sins. 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.220 That's how 00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.759 that works. 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.000 Your 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.259 arrogance, 00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.220 your pride, 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.399 it's 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:27.159 deceptive, 00:25:27.859 --> 00:25:28.279 sneaky, 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:30.619 and it's 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.000 the greatest 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.639 threat to 00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.019 meekness 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.740 because when 00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.720 that kind 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.359 of attitude, 00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.899 prideful 00:25:34.899 --> 00:25:35.259 attitude, 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.539 shows up 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.059 in the 00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.679 people of 00:25:37.679 --> 00:25:38.059 God, 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.879 it's 00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.759 rot. 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.179 It's 00:25:42.179 --> 00:25:42.899 cancerous. 00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:46.919 It's the 00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.519 opposite of 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:47.919 love. 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.539 It doesn't 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.919 build up, 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.299 it tears 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.579 down. 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.779 At this 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.220 point, I just 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.700 want to ask 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:56.859 you, 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.440 is there a 00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.940 particular 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.279 relationship 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.440 that God has 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.879 been bringing 00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.339 to your 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:03.740 mind, 00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.299 God's 00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:05.720 in which you 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.019 need to 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.620 circle back 00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:06.880 to, 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.660 and you 00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.259 need to 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.279 kind of 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.819 re-engage 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.920 that for 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.380 the glory 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:12.900 of Jesus, 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.420 where you 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:14.720 need to 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:14.940 say, 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:16.359 I've been 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:16.660 arrogant, 00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.039 I've been 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.660 prideful, 00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.620 I have not 00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.259 been meek, 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:20.960 I've been 00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.579 insisting on 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.059 my own 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.620 ways, 00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:24.359 will you 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.960 forgive me? 00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:27.019 is there 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.440 someone you 00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:27.720 need to 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.259 confess your 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.740 sin to? 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.759 Blessed are 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.120 the meek. 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.680 Meekness is 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:38.700 cultivated by 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:40.440 taking big, 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.759 long, 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.220 deep looks 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:45.380 at Jesus. 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.539 Seeing Him 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.920 as He is 00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.880 the controlling 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.740 center of 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.500 your life. 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.720 You'll be 00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.340 reminded of 00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.019 your spiritual 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.200 depravity, 00:26:59.380 --> 00:26:59.940 you will be 00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:00.579 grieving your 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.960 sin, 00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.160 and that is 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.640 the tender 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.539 spot in 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:03.940 which we 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.340 live out 00:27:04.340 --> 00:27:04.579 our 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.200 relationships 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.160 with one 00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.480 another. 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.000 Meekness 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:13.319 is a 00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.000 claim of 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.819 forfeiture 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.759 on your 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.340 reputation 00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:17.960 for Jesus. 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.420 You 00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.860 forfeit 00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.559 your reputation 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.039 in the 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.360 eyes of 00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.579 man. 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.299 because it 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.519 matters 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.100 little 00:27:26.100 --> 00:27:27.720 to you 00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.340 what others 00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.920 think about 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.259 you 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.460 because it 00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.299 matters much 00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:31.940 to you 00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:33.059 of what 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.440 Christ 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.400 thinks about 00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.740 you. 00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.819 This is the 00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.620 way of the 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:40.920 kingdom. 00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.980 This is a 00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:45.539 mark of a 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:45.880 kingdom 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.539 citizen. 00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.019 And you know 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.279 what? 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.899 if I made 00:27:51.899 --> 00:27:52.839 it sound like 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:55.319 not holding a 00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.700 grudge is 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.000 easy, 00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:58.339 forgive me 00:27:58.339 --> 00:28:00.200 because it's 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.500 hard. 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.500 If I made 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.359 it sound like 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:05.200 stopping being 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.359 defensive is 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.740 easy, 00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:08.579 forgive me. 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.099 You've got to 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.420 die to 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.879 yourself. 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.399 Dying to 00:28:13.399 --> 00:28:13.899 yourself is 00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.339 not easy. 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:16.759 but when 00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.079 you see 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.619 Jesus, 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.279 oh, 00:28:19.679 --> 00:28:22.279 maybe you're 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.659 sitting in 00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.059 your pew 00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:24.000 right now 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.579 and you're 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.720 like, 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.000 okay, 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.419 Salvati, 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.059 move on. 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.240 Got it. 00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.579 Well, 00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.240 before I move 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.759 on to the 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.240 promise, 00:28:35.679 --> 00:28:36.759 I just 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.199 want to 00:28:37.199 --> 00:28:39.279 stoke 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.879 something in 00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.059 you. 00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:43.579 if you're 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.859 going to be 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.220 meek as 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.740 Jesus is 00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.000 meek, 00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.299 you're 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.480 going to 00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:46.799 catch 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.419 heat for 00:28:47.419 --> 00:28:47.599 it. 00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.879 People are 00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:48.980 going to 00:28:48.980 --> 00:28:49.319 call you 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.700 soft. 00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.379 People are 00:28:51.379 --> 00:28:51.480 going to 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.759 think that 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:51.919 you're 00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.399 soft on 00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:52.740 sin. 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.440 People 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.819 think that 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.019 you're 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.399 just a 00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:54.839 softy 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.399 pushover. 00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.919 They're 00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.099 going to 00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:58.500 interpret 00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:58.839 it, 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.119 not as 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.460 Jesus 00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:01.099 speaks it, 00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.639 but as 00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.279 they think 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.839 it is. 00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.399 Is it 00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.019 worth it? 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:10.039 And the 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.680 answer is 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.079 yes, 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.319 it's 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.799 worth it. 00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.960 And when 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.180 we can 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.660 see that 00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:15.859 it's 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.379 worth it 00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:18.119 because of 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.559 where Jesus 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.400 goes next, 00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.160 blessed 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:23.400 are the 00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.720 meek, 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.879 for they 00:29:26.879 --> 00:29:27.559 shall inherit 00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.180 the earth. 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.779 So let's 00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.379 move from 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.279 the blessed 00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.400 meek to 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.740 God's 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.099 promised 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.519 earth, 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:35.139 and let 00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.519 me get 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.379 some 00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:36.879 sweetness 00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.519 into your 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:37.799 soul. 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.019 There's a 00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.539 few things I 00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.980 want you to 00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.440 see about 00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.519 this promise. 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.759 This 00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.279 promise 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:50.359 of an 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.799 earth. 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.960 First 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.359 thing I want 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.559 you to 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.000 know is 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.440 that Jesus 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:55.019 is actually 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.599 quoting 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.000 Psalm 37 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:58.579 and in 00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.420 Psalm 37 00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.799 it's a 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.160 Psalm of 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.559 David. 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.420 David is 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.359 speaking to 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.879 the righteous 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.240 and he's 00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.759 saying do 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.479 not fret 00:30:06.479 --> 00:30:07.359 when the 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.619 wicked 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.279 prosper. 00:30:09.439 --> 00:30:09.819 And four 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.539 times in 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.079 that Psalm 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.679 he says 00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:14.139 someone will 00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.799 inherit the 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.119 earth. 00:30:15.719 --> 00:30:16.439 Four times. 00:30:17.159 --> 00:30:17.539 The first 00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.919 is those 00:30:17.919 --> 00:30:18.219 who wait 00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:18.439 on the 00:30:18.439 --> 00:30:18.740 Lord, 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.779 then the 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.139 meek, 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.879 then the 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.139 blessed 00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.479 of the 00:30:21.479 --> 00:30:21.779 Lord, 00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:22.959 and then 00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:23.099 the 00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.359 righteous. 00:30:25.479 --> 00:30:25.919 When 00:30:25.919 --> 00:30:26.639 we're 00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.959 living on 00:30:27.959 --> 00:30:28.740 this earth 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.819 among 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.379 people who 00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.899 don't know 00:30:30.899 --> 00:30:32.240 Jesus and 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:32.380 we're 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.720 trying to 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.259 be like 00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.640 Jesus, 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.579 we're 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:34.740 going to 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:34.940 catch 00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.640 heat for 00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.460 it and 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.920 we might 00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:38.039 start fretting 00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.720 over that. 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.519 Brother, 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.839 sister, 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.380 there's 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.579 something 00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.940 coming. 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.259 Brother, 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:45.640 sister, 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.220 brother, 00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.579 sister, 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.000 hear me. 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.400 You got 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.140 acreage 00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:50.359 waiting for 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:50.599 you. 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.279 You got 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:52.819 a plot 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:55.839 in the 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.120 new 00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.519 earth. 00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.620 You got 00:30:58.620 --> 00:30:59.160 acreage. 00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.200 church. 00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:02.060 When 00:31:02.060 --> 00:31:02.519 things get 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.340 tough and 00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.680 we start 00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.300 asking the 00:31:04.300 --> 00:31:04.620 question, 00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:04.960 is this 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.500 worth it? 00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:06.060 Oh, 00:31:06.160 --> 00:31:06.440 yeah, 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.259 it's worth 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.820 it because 00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.180 I'm not 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.779 living for 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.380 this world. 00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.160 I'm living 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:10.519 for the 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.940 next, 00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.460 my heavenly 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:12.820 homeland. 00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.220 That's the 00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.580 earth that 00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.060 Jesus is 00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:17.700 referring to. 00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.980 Not the 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.279 present 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.460 earth in 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.440 its sin 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.060 riddled 00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.440 state. 00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.220 No, 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.360 it's the 00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.180 new earth. 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.779 We will 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.460 inherit it. 00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.900 It's a 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.580 double promise. 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.379 He's saying 00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.000 there is a 00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.439 new earth 00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.099 coming. 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.899 I promise. 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.619 And then 00:31:32.619 --> 00:31:33.259 He promises 00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.139 and you've 00:31:34.139 --> 00:31:35.639 got a 00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.419 stake in 00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.639 it. 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.720 You've 00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.279 got acreage 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.559 there. 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.460 You've 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:43.679 got a 00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.000 plot of 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.419 land 00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.859 in the 00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:46.019 new 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:46.419 earth. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.259 Blessed are 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.659 the meek 00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:51.279 for they've 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.220 got acreage 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.099 in the 00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.299 new 00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.699 earth. 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.359 This 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.199 world 00:31:57.199 --> 00:31:58.240 is not 00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.460 it. 00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.199 brothers 00:31:59.199 --> 00:31:59.639 and 00:31:59.639 --> 00:31:59.960 sisters. 00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.539 Here's 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.799 what we 00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.139 know about 00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.399 the new 00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.659 earth. 00:32:05.939 --> 00:32:06.519 We know 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.839 that the 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.000 new 00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.299 earth, 00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:09.779 it is a 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.259 place of 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.559 perfect 00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:10.960 peace. 00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.000 There are 00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.279 no more 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.639 tears, 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:13.960 there are 00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.259 no more 00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.559 mourning, 00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:14.919 there's no 00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:15.339 more pain, 00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:15.659 there's no 00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.319 more war, 00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.299 there's no 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.980 more contentious 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.519 presidential 00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.500 election cycles, 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.220 and they're 00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.759 all gone 00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.519 because sin 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.939 is gone. 00:32:22.119 --> 00:32:22.259 It's 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.099 completely 00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.779 eradicated. 00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.440 Now, 00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.059 let me 00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.539 read for 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.259 you a 00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.619 rather 00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.940 graphic 00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:29.160 depiction 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.639 of this 00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.940 coming of 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.160 the new 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:32.460 earth. 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.960 This is 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.960 2 Peter 00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.700 chapter 3. 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.220 2 Peter 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.420 says, 00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:36.920 For the 00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.240 day of 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:37.519 the Lord 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.880 will come 00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.220 like a 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.400 thief, 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.819 when Jesus 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.319 returns, 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.200 and the 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.600 heavens will 00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.120 pass away 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.400 with a 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.640 roar, 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:41.900 and the 00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:42.160 heavenly 00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.819 bodies will 00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.580 be burned 00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:44.080 up and 00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:44.480 dissolved, 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.080 and the 00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.559 earth and 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.960 the works 00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.220 that are 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.680 done on it 00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.000 will be 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.539 exposed. 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.640 Since all 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.140 these things 00:32:50.140 --> 00:32:50.880 are thus to 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.620 be dissolved, 00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:52.980 what sort of 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.519 people ought 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.160 you to be 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.700 in light of 00:32:54.700 --> 00:32:55.279 holiness and 00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.720 godliness, 00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.660 waiting for 00:32:56.660 --> 00:32:57.660 and hastening 00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.259 the coming of 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:58.680 the day of 00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:58.940 God, 00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.880 because of 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.319 which the 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.779 heavens will 00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.340 be set on 00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.880 fire and 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:02.240 dissolved, 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.620 and the 00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:03.319 heavenly bodies 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:05.519 will melt away as they burn. 00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:08.839 But according to His promise, 00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:12.179 we are waiting for new heavens 00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:13.299 and a new earth 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:15.799 in which righteousness dwells. 00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.839 There it is. 00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:27.000 Your house that you live in 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:29.519 is not your forever house. 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:35.240 God, Jesus has gone to prepare a place for you. 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:41.079 There's new earth acreage, brother, sister. 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:44.900 There's a new earth house, brother, sister. 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.960 You're not going to be disappointed. 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:54.279 It's pristine. 00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.200 No sin. 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.420 But that's not the best part of it. 00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:05.480 Do you know what the best part of the new earth is? 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:10.960 It's who's there waiting for you. 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.960 It's Jesus. 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.000 Revelation 21. 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:18.099 It's God dwelling with man, 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:19.360 wiping away our tears. 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.360 It's Him with us. 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.980 It's who's there waiting for you. 00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:26.720 This is a little speculation. 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:33.280 What kind of parcel is waiting for you? 00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:36.140 I don't know. 00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:39.219 I'm thinking my parcel, 00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:41.879 maybe for the first 10,000 years, 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.859 is maybe it's kind of mountainous 00:34:44.859 --> 00:34:47.539 and with a bunch of mountain bike trails off the back. 00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:51.659 Could you imagine this? 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:55.559 Jesus walking up the front walk of your parcel, 00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:58.759 tapping on your screen door, 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.199 walking in saying, 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.099 how do you like the place? 00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:04.380 I prepared it just for you. 00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.500 And then He says, 00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:09.360 let's go for a walk on the property. 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:15.079 That's what makes meekness worth it. 00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.799 To be like Him 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.280 and to be with the meek one 00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:21.140 in glory. 00:35:26.140 --> 00:35:32.300 Are you banking on this promise? 00:35:35.120 --> 00:35:36.720 Are you remembering it? 00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:40.500 And are you setting your heart on it? 00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:45.420 This promise gets a couple things done. 00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:48.960 This promise of a new earth, 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.240 it stirs our longing. 00:35:51.580 --> 00:35:53.380 It loosens our grip. 00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.160 We start reading. 00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.460 We start seeing things 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.640 that are light and momentary. 00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:59.560 And we let it go. 00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:02.840 I'm not living for my car 00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:04.820 because it's light and momentary 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:06.220 and it's going to get burned up. 00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:09.580 I'm not living for a vacation or promotion 00:36:09.580 --> 00:36:11.880 because it's light and momentary. 00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:13.620 It's going to get burned up. 00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:17.579 It loosens your grip. 00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:20.699 It tightens your grip 00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:22.099 on what matters most. 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:24.239 It's like smelling salts to the soul. 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.579 It helps you to say, 00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.519 okay, hey, 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:29.319 if all this stuff's going to get burned up 00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:30.539 on this present earth, 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.480 what's not? 00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:33.779 And what's not is God's glory, 00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.400 the souls of men and women, 00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.659 and God's word. 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.420 And so when you start realizing 00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:39.579 the values of that, 00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:41.480 that starts aligning you 00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:42.960 to what matters most. 00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:47.099 So this all translates 00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:49.340 into perseverance. 00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.579 Pressing on. 00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:55.759 Pressing on into meekness. 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:58.819 Rather being wronged 00:36:58.819 --> 00:37:00.319 than having to be right. 00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.179 Meekness. 00:37:02.179 --> 00:37:02.299 Jesus. 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:06.759 You've got acreage 00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:08.500 in the new earth waiting for you. 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:12.399 Let's live for Him now. 00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:15.419 Being meek 00:37:15.419 --> 00:37:18.500 as He is meek. 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:23.019 We've seen the blessed meek, 00:37:23.940 --> 00:37:24.799 the humble at heart 00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:26.719 as Jesus is meek at heart. 00:37:26.719 --> 00:37:30.079 It's tender and tough, 00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:31.000 always truthful, 00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:33.359 yet majoring on tenderness. 00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:35.619 Who are the meek? 00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.919 They are the blood-bought, 00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:45.059 grace objects of Jesus 00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:49.299 who are becoming more and more like Him. 00:37:49.399 --> 00:37:50.359 The penitent 00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:53.839 who bring in their spiritual poverty 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:55.700 and spiritual mourning 00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:57.220 into their relationships 00:37:57.220 --> 00:37:58.240 with others. 00:38:03.680 --> 00:38:05.120 Do you need to own 00:38:05.120 --> 00:38:07.120 some of your prideful ways 00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:08.140 that grieve your God? 00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:13.160 Are you ignoring your arrogance? 00:38:14.600 --> 00:38:16.960 The meek don't ignore their sin. 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:21.340 Do you need 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.000 to take to heart 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:24.880 your inheritance 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:26.980 that awaits you, 00:38:27.220 --> 00:38:28.119 brother or sister? 00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:30.920 Have you neglected that? 00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:33.179 Set your heart 00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:34.920 on Revelation 21 and 22. 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.039 This is the blessed meekness. 00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.860 A Christ-like posture 00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:43.519 of heart towards others. 00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:45.619 And what you're going to realize, 00:38:45.740 --> 00:38:46.519 it matters little 00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.759 what others think about you 00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:51.019 because it matters most 00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:54.019 what Christ thinks about you. 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.800 Blessed are the meek. 00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.519 Let's pray. 00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:07.199 It doesn't matter, Lord, 00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:09.719 if people think we're soft or hard. 00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.739 It doesn't matter. 00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:17.599 What matters most is what you think. 00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.959 Father, would you pour out 00:39:21.959 --> 00:39:23.959 your Spirit afresh upon us 00:39:23.959 --> 00:39:27.239 that we would be meek 00:39:27.239 --> 00:39:29.759 as Jesus is meek to one another. 00:39:30.759 --> 00:39:32.139 That we would be humble. 00:39:33.479 --> 00:39:35.779 That we would walk in the ways 00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:37.099 of our meek King. 00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:45.799 Lord, would you create in our midst 00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:47.860 in greater and greater measure 00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:50.380 a Spirit-filled people 00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:53.980 who are living out the meekness 00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.839 of the kingdom. 00:39:54.840 --> 00:40:00.579 Lord, we look to you. 00:40:03.579 --> 00:40:04.940 We ask this of you. 00:40:08.079 --> 00:40:09.180 And we praise you. 00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:12.400 We wouldn't want it any other way. 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.519 You are worthy. 00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:20.000 O you meek one, Lord Jesus. 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.780 Make us meek. 00:40:24.239 --> 00:40:25.199 In your name we pray. 00:40:26.019 --> 00:40:26.300 Amen. 00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:26.600 Amen. 00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.360 Amen. 00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:27.940 Amen. 00:40:28.000 --> 00:40:29.620 Amen. 00:40:30.060 --> 00:40:30.320 Amen. 00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:32.140 Amen. 00:40:32.140 --> 00:40:32.380 Amen. 00:40:32.380 --> 00:40:32.940 Amen. 00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.320 Amen. 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:38.019 Amen. 00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.320 Amen. 00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:43.360 Amen. 00:40:45.060 --> 00:40:45.240 Amen. 00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.900 Amen. 00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:46.160 Amen. 00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:51.140 Amen. 00:40:51.140 --> 00:40:51.440 Amen. 00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.519 Amen. 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:53.240 Amen. 00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.640 Amen. 00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:55.519 Amen. 00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:55.740 Amen. 00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.060 Amen.