If you start, they will follow.I was wondering if anyone would care to examine/study the Sermon on the Mount with me in this forum?
If you start, they will follow.
I wanted to ask first because I really want to know other people's thoughts on the scripture. I don't see myself as wanting to present myself as an expert. Because I'm not. I would like to learn, tho. For instance, I always wondered what "the meek shall inherit the earth." Meek as in timid? not arrrogant? or those in hiding? Meek as opposed to those who rule the world presently. Does meek mean not confident?. I have questions as you can see and I have started, perhaps, at the back of the sermon. I don't know how to establish those votes at the start of a thread - or I would have asked each viewer to vote yes or no - if they wanted to read about it too.
I was wondering if anyone would care to examine/study the Sermon on the Mount with me in this forum?
I wanted to ask first because I really want to know other people's thoughts on the scripture. I don't see myself as wanting to present myself as an expert. Because I'm not. I would like to learn, tho. For instance, I always wondered what "the meek shall inherit the earth." Meek as in timid? not arrrogant? or those in hiding? Meek as opposed to those who rule the world presently. Does meek mean not confident?. I have questions as you can see and I have started, perhaps, at the back of the sermon. I don't know how to establish those votes at the start of a thread - or I would have asked each viewer to vote yes or no - if they wanted to read about it too.
Excellent question! Would love to see the opinion of the experts.. Myself and my friend used to discuss this a lot.. We always get worried about our work culture.. Both of us are in Project Lead/Manager positions.. How do we use our authority at work? Are we supposed to be meek? We all know what would happen at work when we are meek.. But is that what is expected as a Christian irrespective of how the world would treat you? May be meek here would mean to restrain from showing authority when not really needed?
Let er rip Silk!
Go to Strong's Exhaustive Concordance with Lexicon on line and look up the Hebrew word first and then the Greek equivalent word...I have to leave right now or I would give them to you...maybe when I get back...
In His love
Brother Paul
God must have heard my prayers, dear friend. Hal a lou ya. (can't remember how to spell that, so sound it out ).
And you are right, Major - Neither of us minds civil debate and enthusiastic discussion - we just don't like "down and dirty", nasty fights that no one learns a thing from, except to avoid it in the future. There is a good way to discuss scripture, without all the usual pettiness. And it is as interesting, if not more so, than the nasty sword words we have both seen in the past.
I always thought that the quote meant it was good to be meek. Are you saying the spiritually poor inherit the earth? It makes sense because I don't want to inherit the physical, flesh (earth) but the Kingdom of God..
Please Brother - come back and explain . I want to hear what you have to say.
I'm not a scholar, but I always took it to mean humble.I wanted to ask first because I really want to know other people's thoughts on the scripture. I don't see myself as wanting to present myself as an expert. Because I'm not. I would like to learn, tho. For instance, I always wondered what "the meek shall inherit the earth." Meek as in timid? not arrrogant? or those in hiding? Meek as opposed to those who rule the world presently. Does meek mean not confident?. I have questions as you can see and I have started, perhaps, at the back of the sermon. I don't know how to establish those votes at the start of a thread - or I would have asked each viewer to vote yes or no - if they wanted to read about it too.
God must have heard my prayers, dear friend. Hal a lou ya. (can't remember how to spell that, so sound it out ).
And you are right, Major - Neither of us minds civil debate and enthusiastic discussion - we just don't like "down and dirty", nasty fights that no one learns a thing from, except to avoid it in the future. There is a good way to discuss scripture, without all the usual pettiness. And it is as interesting, if not more so, than the nasty sword words we have both seen in the past.
I always thought that the quote meant it was good to be meek. Are you saying the spiritually poor inherit the earth? It makes sense because I don't want to inherit the physical, flesh (earth) but the Kingdom of God..