Պտղի հեզությունը եկեղեցում հաճախ չի քննարկվում, քանի որ հեզությունը Հոգու շատ սիրված պտուղ չէ. Աշխարհում, որտեղ մենք ապրում ենք, people don’t want you to be meek, but be self-assertive, independent, standing up for yourself, and having an own opinion. Meekness is not encouraged at schools, in teachings, Աշխատանքի ժամանակ, and not even in homes. When you are meek, there is big change that you will be bullied at school. And when you are not self-assertive at your job, your colleagues will walk all over you and take advantage of you. You have to stand up for yourself. Աշխարհը (համակարգ) opposes God(ս) (համակարգ); they can’t go together. But what does the Bible say about meekness and the meaning of the fruit of the Spirit meekness?
What does meekness mean?
Meekness comes from the Greek word ‘praotēs’ (G4236 Strong’s Concordance) և նշանակում է: մեղմություն; ենթադրաբար խոնարհություն: – հեզություն.
When you are meek, your are gentle and have humility in your heart. No matter how many miseries or wrongs you have endured, you will stay meek and full of forgiveness.
The opposite of meekness is pride, ամբարտավանություն, ամբարտավանություն, self-assertive, rebellion etc. You see the worldly characteristics (հպարտություն, ամբարտավանություն, ամբարտավանություն, self-assertive, rebellion etc.) versus the Godly characteristics (մեղմություն, խոնարհություն, meekness etc.).
God is meek
Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath holden me up, and Thy gentleness (հեզություն) hath made me great (Սաղմոս 18:36)
God is a loving Father; մեղմ, սպասարկում, full of mercy, forgiveness and patience. When you read the Old Testament, you’ll see how meek and gentle God really is. Աստված սուրբ է եւ արդար. Therefore God can’t be a Partaker of the world and of sins and iniquities.
Ահա թե ինչու նորից ծնվելը is essential instead of an option, to be reconciled with God and have a relation with the Father. Առանց վերածննդի, people can’t commune with the Father. Only those who have become a new creation; ջրից ծնված and Spirit have eternal life (Ջոն 3:5). It all begins at the cross, at the sacrifice of Jesus Christ; Իր արյան միջոցով.
Jesus is meek
Վերցրո՛ւ իմ լուծը քո վրա, և սովորիր ինձնից; քանզի ես հեզ եմ և սրտով խոնարհ: և դուք հանգիստ կգտնեք ձեր հոգիների համար (Մատթ 11:29)
Հիսուսն ասաց, that He is meek and lowly in heart. He walked on earth, կատարելով Իր Հոր կամքը; Jesus was meek
Jesus didn’t walk after His flesh; Նրա զգայարանները, զգացմունքները, ցանկասիրություն, ցանկություն, եւ կտա. But Jesus walked after the Spirit; Հոր կամքը կատարելը. Jesus didn’t compromise with the world, ՈՉ!
Jesus stayed in the will of His Father, by obeying and doing His words and keeping commandments. Therefore Jesus pleased the Father and was faithful to Him unto His death.
So many people despised Him, but Jesus stayed faithful to His Father. It had cost Him everything, բայց Հիսուսն արեց դա, because He loved His Father.
Although Jesus bore the fruit meekness, Jesus was not a wishy-washy. Jesus walked and spoke boldly with authority. Jesus was meek towards man, He was gentle and served them, but He wasn’t afraid to confront God’s people, with their sins and their evil walk.
The new creation is meek
We have the Holy Spirit living inside of us, and therefore Gods nature dwells in us. He dwells in us, and if we live according to His will, և քայլիր Հոգու հետևից, then we shall bear the fruit of the Spirit, which contains the fruit meekness.
Just like God and Jesus are meek, we shall also become like them and become meek.
We can only bear the fruit meekness, if our flesh, and our ‘self’ has died, and if we walk after the Spirit and live according to His commandments and His will.
Dying to the flesh, to ‘self’ is not fun; nobody wants to die, because it hurts. Jesus never said that it was easy, but He said it was necessary in order to have eternal life.
You may consider many things in your life as normal, and see no harm in doing those things. But when you begin to read and study the Word of God, դուք կծանոթանաք the true will of God.
Երբ դու թարմացրեք ձեր միտքը Աստծո խոսքով, you will find out that a lot of things that you consider normal aren’t normal at all and oppose the will of God.
The truth is revealed by God’s Word
When you find out the truth by God’s Word you have to decide to submit to the Word of God and obey His words and commandments and do His and remove those things from your life or will you reject the Word of God and keep those things in your life and keep doing what you want to do?
If you really love God and want to obey Him, you have to remove many old habits, in which you walked in when you were հին արարածը.
The dying process of the old creation is necessary, քանի որ հակառակ դեպքում նոր ստեղծագործությունը cannot appear.
When your ego, pride and arrogance have died, then the fruit meekness can come forth. We should put on meekness and take off pride, ego, ամբարտավանություն, self-assertiveness etc.
Christians put on meekness
Դրա համար հագեք, որպես Աստծո ընտրյալներ, սուրբ և սիրելի, ողորմության աղիքներ, բարություն, մտքի խոնարհություն, հեզություն, երկայնամտություն (Կողոսացիներ 3:12)
Putting on is an action. The secret is that when you renew your mind with the Word of God and walk in the Word, that you’re putting on Christ. You cloth yourself with Him; with bowels of mercies, բարություն, մտքի խոնարհություն, հեզություն, երկայնամտություն.
When someone does you wrong and you become mad, and start to attack that person, it means that your flesh has not died դեռ.
It means that your mind is not նորոգված Աստծո Խոսքով, because you’ve acted out of your emotions and feelings(ձեր մարմինը), instead of acting out of the spirit and out of the Word of God.
When you become angry, you don’t bear the fruit meekness.
Another thing to remember is, that as վերստին ծնված քրիստոնյա, you don’t have your own opinion anymore, but you have Gods opinion. It doesn’t matter what you think, it matters what God thinks, and what His Word says.
Being meek pleases God
While the world says that you have to be spontaneous, բարձրաձայն (because they don’t like quiet people), self-assertive, stand up for yourself, take matters into your own hands etc. God says something else about these matters.
God has a delight in a meek and quiet spirit. A meek and quiet spirit are valuable to Him.
Peter wrote about the adorning of a woman:
Բայց թող լինի սրտի թաքնված մարդը, այն բանի մեջ, որը ապականելի չէ, նույնիսկ հեզ ու հանդարտ ոգու զարդը, որը թանկագին է Աստծո աչքին (1 Պետրոս 3:4)
Only a meek and willing spirit will submit to God and receive and obey His words. Because a pride spirit, thinks he knows it better and shall always be resistant. A pride spirit will never submit to God and will never be open for correction.
But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace (Սաղմոս 37:11, Մեթյու 5:5)
What doesn’t the fruit meekness mean?
The fruit meekness doesn’t mean consorting and compromising with the world and allowing sin and iniquity. The fruit meekness doesn’t mean accepting and approving the evil things that oppose the Word of God and are an abomination to God.
Jesus is meek. Այնուամենայնիվ, when Jesus walked on this earth, He never sinned nor walked in iniquity. Jesus didn’t compromise with the world and allow sin. Փոխարենը, Jesus confronted the people with their sins and commanded them to repent and այլևս մի մեղանչիր.
Jesus also didn’t consort with the Pharisees and Sadducees, in order to be accepted by them or to become famous. Jesus walked in obedience to His Father in righteousness and in holiness.
Righteousness can’t have communion with unrighteousness. Holiness can’t have communion with sin.
What does the fruit meekness mean?
The fruit meekness means being weak after the flesh (death of the flesh), but being strong in the Spirit. Because only when you are weak, God will make you strong.
When you are strong in the Spirit, you shall walk after the Spirit according to the Word and be a witness and speak with authority. You shall do the will of God and represent and bring His Kingdom on earth .
So let us bear this fruit meekness; and walk in meekness towards God and towards others.
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