The Fruit Of The Spirit – Part 15 (Meekness)

A Sure Pathway To Living An Overcoming Christian Life.
Bible Passages – Matt 7:15-23 | Lk 3:1-9 | Gal 5:16-23 | Rev 1:7b, 11b, 17b | Rev 21:8 | Gal 5:22-23

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT – MEEKNESS Gal 5:22-23 | Matthew 11:29

DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION OF MEEKNESS

The disposition to be gentle, kind, indulgent, even balanced in tempers and passions, and patient in suffering injuries without feeling a spirit of revenge. Ps 25:9
It shows who the Lord is committed to indeed – Who will the Lord guide? The Meek. Who will the Lord teach his ways? The Meek. Ps 103:7

CONSIDER ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS OR INQUIRIES

1. Can there be a spirit and attitude of forgiveness or forgiving others without the fruit of the spirit meekness?
   
2. How much of forgiving did Moses had to do for the children of Israel in the wilderness?
   
3. What type and kind of spirit made Moses stand in the gap and intercede for the children of Israel with the Lord while in the wilderness?
   
4. Could Moses had carried out this assignment without the spirit nod
   meekness?
   

WHAT MEEKNESS CAN DELIVER TO YOU – MEDITATE ON THEM

To achieve the purpose of the Lord for your life you need the fruit of the spirit, meekness.

To hear clearly and correctly from the Lord not once but always you need the fruit of the spirit meekness

To use and deploy properly all other portions of the fruit of the spirit – love, joy, peace, goodness, long suffering, gentleness, faith, temperance, you need the fruit of the spirit meekness

• Meekness gets you into the presence of the Lord – Ps 24:3-6
  
• Meekness keeps you in the presence of the Lord – Ps 51:10-11 | Ps24;3-6
  
• Meekness makes you a friend of God – 2 Chron 20:6; James 2: 23
  
• Meekness makes angels of God flock around you – Gen 18:1-2 | Ps 91:11
  
• Meekness plants in the courtyards of the Lord – Ps 1:3; Ps 92:13
  
• Meekness brings all the blessings, prophecies and declarations of Ps 1:1-5 and Ps 23 | Ps 24 and Ps 91 to reality.
  

ABRAHAM A CLASSIC CASE STUDY IN MEEKNESS – James 2:23

MOSES A CLASSIC CASE STUDY IN MEEKNESS – Numbers 12:3

THE MEEKNESS OF THE SAINTS OF OLD – Hebrews 11:13 | Hebrews 11:39

THE LORD JESUS THE GREATEST CLASSIC CASE STUDY IN MEEKNESS – Hebrews 12:2


THE BLESSINGS AND THE PORTIONS OF THE MEEK – LESSONS IN MEEKNESS

1. Psalms 22:26 – SATISFACTION
   
2. Psalms 25:9 – GUIDIANCE-DIRECTION-COUNSEL
   
3. Psalms 37:11 – DELIGHT AND PEACE
   
4. Psalms 76:9 SALVATION AND SAFETY
   
5. Psalms 147:6 – LIFTING AND PROMOTION
   
6. Psalms 149:4 – BEAUTY
   
7. Isaiah 11:4 – DEFENSE
   
8. Isaiah 29:19 – JOY OF THE LORD
   
9. Isaiah 61:1 – JOY OF EVANGELISM AND DELIVERANCE FOR SELF AND OTHERS
   
10. Zephaniah 2:3 – OPEN DOORS TO SEEK THE LORD
    
11. Matthew 5:5 – BLESSED IN ALL WAYS
    
12. Matthew 11:29 – HUMILITY AND REST
    
13. 1 Peter 3:4 – HEART LIKE GOD’S
    

CONCLUSION

BLESSED IN ALL WAYS IS THE PORTION OF THE MEEK

Matthew 5:5 – Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.