Sunday, August 9, 2009

Matthew 5:5 - Blessed are the Meek

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

An excerpt from A.W. Pink:

"Iasmuch as meeknes is that spirit which has been schooled to mildness by discipline and suffering, and brought into sweet resignation to the will of God, it causes the believer to bear patiently those insults and injuries which he receives at the hands of his fellows, and makes him read to accept instruction or admonition from the least of the saints, moving him to think more highly of others than himself.

Meekness enables the Christian to endure provocations without being inflamed by them: he rmains cool when others get heated."