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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, October 23
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:5
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There were occasions when Christ spoke with an authority that sent
His words home with irresistible force, with an overwhelming sense of the
greatness of the Speaker, and the human agencies shrunk into nothingness
in comparison with the One before them. They were deeply moved; their
minds were impressed that He was repeating the command from the most
excellent glory. As He summoned the world to listen, they were spellbound
and entranced, and conviction came to their minds. Every word made for
itself a place, and the hearers believed and received the words that they
had no power to resist. Every word He uttered seemed to the hearers as
the life of God. He was giving evidence that He was the light of the world
and the authority of the church, claiming pre-eminence over them all
Jesus places meekness among the first qualifications for His kingdom.
In His own life and character the divine beauty of this precious grace is
revealed....
Human nature is ever struggling for expression, ready for contest; but
he who learns of Christ is emptied of self, of pride, of love of supremacy,
and there is silence in the soul. Self is yielded to the disposal of the Holy
Spirit. Then we are not anxious to have the highest place.... We feel that
our highest place is at the feet of our Saviour....
Lowliness of heart, that meekness which is the fruit of abiding in
Christ, is the true secret of blessing. “He will beautify the meek with
salvation.” ... It was through the desire for self-exaltation that sin entered
into the world, and our first parents lost the dominion over this fair earth,
their kingdom. It is through self-abnegation that Christ redeems that which
was lost. And He says we are to overcome as He did. Through humility
and self-surrender we may become heirs with Him, when the “meek shall
inherit the earth.
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Manuscript 118, 1905
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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, 29-33
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