God’s way is walking in meekness. Man’s way is walking in pride.
Isaiah 55:8 & 9“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
1. God wants his children to have a happy life as we see in Matthew 5:5, “Blessed (happy) are the _________ for they shall inherit the earth.”
We will examine walking in meekness and compare it to man’s way of walking in pride.
2. Define meekness.____________________________________________________
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3. Is meekness weakness?_________ One might describe it as “strength under control.”
4. Self-assertiveness and self-interest according to Vine’s p. 401 would be the opposite of _______________.
5. The meek are described as the _________ in spirit, Matthew 5:3; in other words, those who are humble, not proud.
6. Psalm 25:9, “The ______ will he ______ in judgment: and the ________ will he teach His way.” A meek person is teachable.
7. Psalm 37:11 says, the meek shall have an abundance of peace. Explain why this is so. ___________________________________________________________________________
8. According to Psalm 149:4, with what will the meek be beautified? ______________
Does this sound as if meekness is imperative to see heaven? ___________
9. I Peter 3:4 says that a meek and quiet spirit is of great ___________ in the sight of God.
Albert Barnes defines meekness saying “Meekness is patience in the reception of injuries. It is neither meanness nor a surrender of our rights, nor cowardice; but it is the opposite of sudden anger, of malice, of long-harbored vengeance... Meekness is the reception of injuries with a belief that God will vindicate us....Meekness produces peace, it is a proof of true greatness of soul. It comes from a heart too great to be moved by little insults. It looks upon those who offer them with pity. He that is constantly ruffled; that suffers every little insult or injury to throw him off his guard and to raise a storm of passion within, is at the mercy of every mortal that chooses to disturb him.” (Barnes Notes, p. 44)
10. The opposite of meekness is pride. List some synonyms of pride. ____________________________Lets examine the scriptures that teach us about pride.
11. According to Psalm 10:4, those who are filled with pride will not seek after _______. He is not in all their _______________.
12. What two sins of the tongue are associated with pride according to Psalm 59:12?_____________ and ________________.
13. Proverbs 8:13, "The fear of the Lord is to hate________; ______, and __________________ and the evil way and the froward mouth do I _______."
14. Proverbs 11:2, "When _________ cometh, then cometh _____________: but with the lowly (meek) is ___________.”
15. Proverbs 13:10, “___________ by __________cometh _________________:but with the well advised is wisdom."
Is this one source of divisions in the church? ___________
16. Proverbs 14:3, "In the mouth of the ______________ is a ________ of _____________: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them."
17. Proverbs 16:18 “____________goeth before __________________, and an _____________spirit before a ___________.”
18. Proverbs 29:23, “A man’s _____ shall bring him ____: but _____________shall uphold the ___________in spirit.”
19. List the three things in I John 2:16 that are of the world.
1. ________________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
These scriptures certainly help us to see that God’s way of meekness will benefit us, not only in this life, but also in the life to come. Man’s way of pride will hurt us in this life and the life to come. God’s ways are always higher. Let us meekly seek God’s ways and turn from pride.
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