"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth"--John 17:17. Whatever God has uttered, since it has come from His mouth, is true & trustworthy. "The words of the LORD are pure words," declares the Psalmist, "as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times"--Psalm 12:6. What has been spoken of by God, Who cannot lie, must be pure and true altogether. Every word which proceeds from the mouth of our Heavenly Father must in the very nature of the case, be absolutely…

Does being "meek" mean that men must be effeminate (feminine)? MUST we be "meek" in order to be God’s people? YES, indeed, we must! In fact, as with the other of these "beatitudes," the phrase as Jesus put it is exclusive. The idea is, "Blessed are the meek for THEY ALONE shall inherit the earth." This emphatic statement shocked His Jewish audience. Like people today, they knew how to be spiritually proud & self-sufficient. Also, like people today, they were good at following their…

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." What did Jesus mean? Christians should see sin the way God sees it and should seek to treat it the way He treats it. Those who cover sin or defend sin certainly have the wrong attitude. We should not only mourn over our sins but we should also meekly submit to God. We are often puffed up & prideful like the Pharisee in Luke 18:11: “The Pharisee stood & was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like…

“Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.”--Matthew 5:5. When someone recognizes his sinfulness and mourns over it, he develops meekness or humility. Meekness does not mean thinking less of yourself than of others, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself one way or the other at all. Can we focus on others so that they can increase in our minds while we decrease in our thoughts? Can we be submissive people living…