I am currently covering GODS Promises and this one is on the Meek. I will again call on the writing of Pastor Hoekstra's handling of Grace and the ESV translation as found in my e-Sword program. And is my usual practice I will edit Pastor Hoekstra's writing some what. Also it may do well to remember the cipher of "Isr El."
"Humility and Grace"
"Be clothed with humility, for "GOD resists the proud, but gives Grace to the humble." (1Peter 5:5)
"We have considered that Humility and Faith must be developing within our lives, if we are going to Grow in Grace and the Knowledge of our LORD Christ Jesus. Let's take a few days to reconsider each, looking first at Humility. "GOD resists the proud, but Gives Grace to the humble."
Pride leads the list of things that GOD despises. "These six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to Him: A proud look, a lying tongue . . . . " (Proverbs 6:16-17). GOD wants our lives to be edified; pride is destructive. "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall" (Proverbs 16:18). The LORD desires that people be Established in Truth; pride is deceptive. "The pride of your heart has deceived you" (Obadiah 1:3). It is GOD's Will that lives Grow in things that are honorable; pride brings disgrace. "When pride comes, then comes shame" (Proverbs 11:2). Our LORD does not want His name dishonored or our lives destroyed by pride. This Israel under the Priesthood did not acquire or learn as the Priest's themselves walk in pride and with a haughty spirit. The very nature of mans adversary a fact that they did not understand when Jesus said to them you are of your father the devil in John 8:44.
On the other hand, Humility is a character trait that GOD loves to develop in us. This can be observed by the terms GOD uses in His word when addressing humility. "Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud" (Proverbs 16:19). The LORD reveals that we are better off being a humble person, who associate with modest people, than to partake of the wealth that the arrogant can often accumulate.
Also the LORD says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 5:3). Here we are told that humility is a blessing, because the spiritual realm of GOD's Rule and GOD's Provisions are given to the humble.
Elsewhere GOD revealed, "I dwell in the High and Holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones" (Isaiah 57:15). Although our LORD is most fully revealed in His Heavenly abode on high, He also dwells within humble and broken lives on earth below, in order to bring them spiritual revitalization.
Of course, we cannot manufacture Humility. It is a relational reality. It results from getting to Know the LORD. Isaiah discovered this. "I saw the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up . . . Then I said: 'Woe is me, for I am undone'! " (Isaiah 6:1, 5). When the LORD was revealed in all His glory, Isaiah responded in profound humility. This can be happening in our lives, as we get into the scriptures, seeking a deeper relationship with the LORD. As He is increasingly revealed to us, our response will be more humility."
Promises to the Meek:
Psalm 22:25-31 "From You comes my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will perform before those who fear Him. The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Him shall praise the LORD! May your hearts live forever! All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. For kingship belongs to the LORD, and He rules over the nations. All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship; before Him shall bow all who go down to the dust, even the one who could not keep himself alive. Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the LORD to the coming generation; they shall come and proclaim His Righteousness to a people yet unborn, that He has done it."
Psalm 37:7-11 "Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for Him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices! Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for the LORD shall inherit the land. In just a little while, the wicked will be no more; though you look carefully at his place, he will not be there. But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace."
Psalm 147:1-6 "Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our GOD; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; He gives to all of them their names. Great is our LORD, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure. The LORD lifts up the humble; He casts the wicked to the ground."
Isaiah 11:1-5 "There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And His delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what His eyes see, or decide disputes by what His ears hear, but with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall kill the wicked. Righteousness shall be the belt of His waist, and Faithfulness the belt of His loins."
Isaiah 29:17-21 "Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest? In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book, and out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. For the ruthless shall come to nothing and the scoffer cease, and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off, who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right."
Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." (Jesus the ciphered one, the "Isr El" has spoken here)
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