The Beatitudes - Part 3
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The Beatitudes - Part 3
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If you have been with us the last two weeks, we are in the Beatitudes, which is a Latin word which means blessing. These are 8 blessings of Jesus and they describe 8 behaviours that we are encouraged to take on in order to come under God’s blessings. After looking at Blessed are the poor and spirit and blessed are those who mourn, this week we have reached the third beatitude. Andrew spoke more about "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth."
The problem we have is that meekness is not a word we use in modern English. And if it is, it’s not something people often aspire to. You don’t hear people say, ‘I wish I were a bit meeker’. Or what a meek husband you have! How wonderful!
Other translations such as the NLT, CEV, CSB, GNB translate it as ‘humble’. And some as ‘lowly’ or ‘gentle’. The problem we have is that there isn’t a great word in English to carry the meaning of the word used in the original language, Greek. It means something more like ‘incredible strength under great control’.
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