======================================================================== APRIL 18. MEEKNESS by J.R. Miller ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Blessed are the meek — for they shall inherit the earth." Matthew 5:5 Meekness is not a popular quality. The world calls it a cowardly spirit — which leads a man . . . to remain quiet under insult, to endure a wrong without resentment, to be treated unkindly — and then to give kindness in return. Men of the world say that this disposition is unmanly, that it shows weakness, cowardice, a lack of courage. So it might be, if we went to the world for our model of manliness. But we have a truer, a diviner example for our pattern of manliness, than any that this world has produced. Jesus Christ was the only perfect man that ever lived on the earth, and meekness was one of the noblest qualities of His character. He was . . . gentle in disposition, not easily provoked, patient under wrong, silent under reproach. "When they hurled their insults at Him — He did not retaliate; when He suffered — He made no threats." Possessing all power — He never lifted a finger to avenge a personal injury. He answered all man\ ======================================================================== Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jr-miller/april-18-meekness/ ========================================================================