The Kings Mountain Herald
‘The meek shall inherit the earth’
In Psalm 37:11 we read
that “the meek shall inherit
the earth.” It is this state-
ment that Jesus reaffirms in
his “Sermon on the Mount.”
Interestingly, though, the
Old Testament text that
Jesus quoted from goes on
to say that the meek will
also delight in “shalom.” Al-
though Jesus doesn’t use the
familiar Hebrew word
“shalom” in his quotation,
the psalmist’s use of this im-
portant word seems to help
clarify the promise that
Jesus was making in
Matthew 5:5.
The word “shalom” is
often translated “peace,” but
it means much more than
this one word can convey.
Shalom is a state of com-
pleteness and it describes a
person who is blessed with
abundance. This is a striking.
biblical promise, for the
word “meek” describes a
person who exhibits both
patient submission and hu-
mility; not exactly the sort
of person we would think of
as blessed with abundance
in this life. Of course, this,
sort of abundance rarely has
to do with the kind of wealth
Meditation
that our world
considers a mark
of success.
In the New
Testament the
word “meek”
translates a Greek
term that typically
describes an in-
ward attitude that
is expressed in
Dr. Jeff Hensley
stand that their lived are in
the loving hand of God.
Because they are meek,
Christians also are able to
accept injuries from other
people, knowing
always that God is
in control and that
God will ultimately
win victory over
human sin in all of
its many manifes-
tations.
The meekness
and gentleness of
Christ = was the
outward actions. It Pastor source of Paul’s
is also one of the Kings Mountain OWn plea to the dis-
fruits’ of the Baptist Church loyal Corinthians
Christ-like charac-
ter that is pro-
duced in the lives of
believers by the power and
presence of the Holy Spirit
(Galatians 5:23), which
means that because of their
meekness believers do not
have to be overcome with
resentment when they suffer
adversity; their Christ-like -
spirit causes them to under-
2 Corinthians
10:1), and Paul also
encouraged the exercise of
meekness as the means of
rebuke for an errant brother
(2 Timothy 2:25) or as a
shared response to the strug-
gles of life (Ephesians 4:2).
Other New Testament
writers exhort believers to
respond with meekness to
disbelievers and others who
challenge our faith (1 Peter
3:15), but they also remind
us that the supreme example
of meekness is found inthe
character of Jesus Christ,
who demonstrated it espe-
cially when he stood before
his unjust accusers without
a word of retort or self-justi-
fication.
Unfortunately, even
among believers the spiri-
tual quality of meekness is
rare these days, which led
Andrew Murray to write,
"We find many (believers)
in whom the gifts of the
Spirit are many and mani-
fest, and who are the chan- .
nels of blessing to (others),
but of whom, when the test-
ing time comes...it is only
too painfully manifest that
the grace of meekness...is
scarce to be seen."
Except for genuine love,
there may be no other spiri-
tual trait that ought to so
characterize followers of
Jesus as meekness.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
t “The Christian Broth-
ers” will perform Dec. 18 at
7 p.m. at a Celebration of
Joy Christmas Banquet at
Bynum Chapel Family
Life Center sponsored by
the Bynum Chapel Choir.
Tickets are on sale for
the semi-formal event.
Turkey and ham with all the
trimmings will be served.
Door prizes will be pre-
. sented during the evening.
For tickets call Philip
Hager, 704-747-4052 or
704-739-8371; Maxine
Simmons, 704-730-8804;
Esther Campbell, 704-739-
3352; Gale Hunter, 704-
524-7129; Angela Burris,
704-869-6248 and Marie
Burris, 704-739- 2355.
t Kingdom of God
Ministries, 902 S. Battle-
ground Ave., will host Har-
vest of Love Conference
Dec. 6-8.
Apostle Bryan P. Curry
will fill the pulpit at the 11
a.m. service Sunday and
Apostle Steven Deitz of
Hickory's Resurrection In-
ternational Church will fill
the pulpit at the 6 p.m. serv-
CHURCH BRIEFS
Doty,
SRE
ice.
Bishop John A. McCul-
lough of Friendship Chris-
tian Church will preach at
the 7 p.m. service Monday
night and Rev. William
Thompson of Grover will
preach at the Tuesday 7
p.m. service. The public is
invited.
t Two Christmas musi-
cal programs will be pre-
sented Dec. 13 and Dec.
19-20 at 7 p.m. at First
Baptist Church, 605 W.
King St. Admission is free
and open to the public.
“Keyboards at Christ-
mas” will feature six key-
boardists playing popular
Christmas music, carols and
~ more on Dec. 13.
“A Christmas to Re-
member,” an original drama
and musical, will be pre-
sented Dec. 19 and 20.
Come early for a good seat.
Ministers of Music at
First Baptist are Morris Jor-
dan, Senior Adults; Shane
Discipleship; Jeff
Johnson, Students; and
Jonathan Bundon, Worship.
fellowship & Faith
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704-739-9939
Faith Ablaze Church
1128 S. York Road
704-739-8496
Faith Baptist Church
* 1009 Linwood Road
704-739-8396
: Faith Holiness Church
Hwy. 161/Bessemer City Rd.
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