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The Gospel of Matthew

Down in a Lowly Manger

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December 8, 2024
Matthew 5:5-6
Josh Bremerman
Pastor for Discipleship

Pride & Humility

The Person of Christ

Sanctification & Growth

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0:16Will praise his name forever. We're gonna praise his name from Matthew chapter five this morning, verses five and six. If you don't have a Bible with you this morning, there is a Bible that we have for you under one of the seats in front of you. And our text for this morning is on page 809. My name is Josh Berman. I serve as the pastor for discipleship here at the North Church and here at our church, we've been preaching through the gospel of Matthew over the last couple of months. And for this advent season, we've decided to keep preaching through Matthew, but slow down in the Beatitudes. Matthew five verses one to 12.

0:58So where we are in Matthew is that Jesus has started his public ministry, he's called his first disciples to follow him. He's began teaching and healing and there are large crowds that are drawn to him. And so Matthew chapter five through seven records, the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus' first extended public teaching. Here we are in Matthew chapter five of Matthew. I'll read beginning in verse one.

1:28And Jesus seen the crowds went up on the mountain and when he sat down, his disciples came to him and he opened his mouth and taught them saying, blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. And then verses five and six are verses for this morning. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. The sermon on the Mount is Jesus's kingdom manifesto. He wants to answer the question, what does it mean to be a citizen in the kingdom of heaven?

2:17So Jesus is, is describing here the type of people that live in his kingdom, kingdom citizens. And so our passage for this morning flows directly out of the two truths we saw last week from Pastor Sam that kingdom citizens start at empty, they're poor in spirit, and then they mourn over this emptiness, this unworthiness. They grieve at the indwelling sin they find within themselves and then they come to Christ and receive a remarkable gift, comfort, the comfort of forgiveness, the comfort of invitation into the kingdom of God, not as outsiders that get to watch what happens in the kingdom, but as full-blown insiders, children of the king.

3:04And so their blessedness begins with their emptiness. But then we move into verse five this morning where we see that though their blessedness begins with emptiness, it does not end there. Jesus begins to fill up the virtues that kingdom citizens should have beginning in verse five, having emptied his people of pride, having emptied his people of self-sufficiency. Jesus is now going to fill the cup back up to the brim with meekness, with a hunger and thirst for righteousness, with mercy, with purity of heart, with peacemaking. These are the descriptors that Jesus uses for his kingdom people, which is why in the Sermon on the Mount we also see our great need for Jesus because kingdom life is counterintuitive.

3:58We are not drawn towards peacemaking, especially when it comes at great cost to ourselves. We're not naturally pure in heart as a default setting. We don't tend toward mercy unless of course that mercy is what we need from others. And as it relates to our two verses this morning, we don't, we don't naturally yearn for righteousness and meekness does not flow from our fleshly impulses. So we need Jesus's help to live into the kingdom virtues that he has declared to be true of us as members of his kingdom. And so I wanna just pray to the Lord together for understanding of this text and also that the spirit of God would work these truths into us, not by our own might, but by his might in us.

4:47So let's pray. Father in heaven, we want to be blessed this morning. So I pray now that you would come and give us the blessing of insight into this text. And I ask that you would come now and help us by the spirit of Christ to imitate Christ's weak meekness, that we would imitate his hungering and thirsting after righteousness so that we can find our satisfaction in him and so that we can hold fast to our glorious hope of inheritance that we have only from you and in you. And so it's for your glory and in the name of Christ that we pray. Amen. Now let's read verse five together one more time.

5:31Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. I wanna ask two questions. Who are the meek and why are they blessed? And to understand that first question, who are the meek or what is meekness? I think it's actually helpful to start with the second question. Why are they blessed? We see it right there in the text. They shall inherit the earth. And what Jesus is alluding to here is probably Psalm 37, verse 11. If you don't have that memorized, it reads, the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. And so Psalm 37 is a song of trust. It's a, it's a trust that comes with in God's people, even in the face of great wickedness.

6:17Even when evildoers are advancing, they're succeeding. Psalm 37, David declares and leads his congregation into declaring the comfort of God, which is that they will inherit the land. And so then I wanna ask who are the meek within Psalm 37 in Psalm 37, 3, we see that the meek are those who trust in the Lord and do good. In Psalm 37, 4, we see that they find their delight in the Lord. They commit their way to the Lord in verse five, and they patiently wait in stillness before the Lord. In verse seven and verse eight of Psalm 37 sums up the meek. Well, David calls them to refrain from anger and forsake wrath.

7:05Fret not yourself. It tends only to evil. So in David's eyes, the meek, the ones who will inherit the land are those who are under control in the face of great opposition. Meekness, forsakes wrath. It doesn't walk against evil to avenge itself, rather meekness delights in God, trusts in God and waits on God for deliverance. And so oftentimes a picture is worth a thousand words. And so before sharing a definition of meekness, I wanna show share with you a biblical image of meekness numbers. Chapter 12, Moses, the great prophet of Israel, the one who has led god's people out of slavery in Egypt.

7:52He's received the law of God at Mount Sinai. He's led the people to stand at the precipice of entering the promised land of God. He's a, he's a mighty leader. And then in numbers 12, a dispute breaks out. Number 12 verse one, Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married for. He had married a cushite woman and they said, has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also? So I want us to feel with Moses for a second here. I, if I was in Moses' shoes, this is the way I would be feeling. If my siblings had come before me and they had accused me of not being a good leader for the people of Israel, I would've said, uh, how dare you.

8:46God revealed his glory to me. God gave the law to Israel through me. He led us through the Red Sea by my staff. He called me at the burning bush, he meets with me face to face. And you're questioning my authority because of all things your racism and ethnic partiality. Who do you think you are? But that's me. How does Moses respond in numbers 12? Listen to this now the mo, the man Moses, was very meek more than all people who were on the face of the earth. And suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam come out you three to the of meeting and the three of them came out. So the following verses show how the Lord God heard Aaron and Miriam and he steps in for Moses.

9:42Moses doesn't unleash the tirade that I would've unleashed. Instead, he waits on God and God vindicates him. He tells Aaron and Miriam that Moses is his chosen prophet, his chosen servant, the one through whom he speaks, the one he meets with face to face. And then he strikes Miriam with leprosy as a curse for her AC accusations against Moses all before Moses prays for Miriam's healing a prayer that God answers and cleanses her after seven days. So we read Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. If you didn't know the book of numbers was written by Moses so clearly telling the truth is not contrary to meekness.

10:34But what does this picture of this very meek man show us about meekness? Meekness doesn't lose resolve in the face of opposition. Meekness doesn't, uh, is not, does not allow itself to be ruled by emotion and self-justification and ruthless retaliation. Meekness refuses to give in when provoked and instead meekness delights in God, trusts in God and waits for God for vindication and deliverance. So Moses' picture of meekness certainly moves us toward a solid definition of meekness. But I wanna share one more biblical picture with us that should clarify and should move us toward a solid definition.

11:21The beatitudes. These blessings in Matthew five verse three through 10 are not often thought of as texts for the advent season. The advent season is about celebrating and preparing for the coming of Jesus Christ to save his people. And so what do these kingdom virtues have to do with the coming of Jesus? To put it simply, Jesus himself embodies every kingdom virtue that he espouses for his people. Jesus himself is meekness incarnate, meekness in the flesh we see Jesus's meekness in his birth. We see it in his life. We see it in his death. Jesus makes meekness visible to us. In the face of Jesus, we see the kingdom of God, the son of God, the one by whom and for whom all things exist.

12:20The one who by the word of his power upholds the molecular composition of every single person in this room that one humbles himself Takes on human flesh comes as a servant for sinful people, for us and for our salvation. Jesus comes in meekness. So we can sing songs saying down in a lowly manger, the humble Christ was born the king of the universe. In a manger we see his meekness in his birth, we see his meekness also in his life. Jesus describes himself in Matthew 1129 by saying, take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For I'm gentle and lowly in heart and gentleness here is the same Greek word for meekness in Matthew five.

13:15Jesus is meek, the one who puts storms to bed, the one who evicts demons from their homes. That one is also the one who hugs children. He's the one who embraces the suffering saint. He doesn't crush the bruised reed. We see Jesus's meekness in his birth. We see it in his life and we also see it in his death. Matthew 21, 5, behold your king is coming to you, humble or meek and mounted on a donkey, on a cult, the full of a beast of burden. The king of the universe riding on a donkey. He enters into the city of Jerusalem with a hero's welcome, but he's going to a hero's death. He humbles himself to the point of death, even death on a cross.

14:15Advent is about meekness. Jesus radiates meekness. He brings it to us in his coming, which helps us to define the term who are the meek? Meekness, delights in God, trusts in God, and waits on God for vindication and deliverance. The meek are humble people who delight themselves in and wait for God rather than asserting themselves in pride or acting in vengeance. And the meek have a great promise awaiting them. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth, giving up their claim to winning the earth by their own devices. The meek counterintuitively inherit the earth through Christ. Jesus comes in meekness, but he's exalted so that at his name, every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord over all.

15:14He comes in meekness, but he's raised in glory and following in his footsteps. Paul can show that this is true of us as well. In one Corinthians chapter three, verse 21, as he's addressing divisions in the church, he proclaims this, let no one boast in men. For all things are yours. Whether Paul or Apollos or CFUs or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours and you are Christ's. And Christ is. God's Christ is overall we are in Christ. So now all things are under us. How else could Paul say in one Corinthians six, two, do you not know that the saints will judge the world?

16:05How else could he say in Romans eight 17 that we are fellow heirs with Christ, with an incomparable glory that is to be revealed to us. Why else would Revelation 22 5 encourage the suffering and exile John with the vision that they, the saints will reign forever and ever in the new heavens and the new earth? The first shall be last and the last shall be first. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Which leads us into verse six. If the meek are the ones who wait on God, then what do they seek after in the here and now? And blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

16:58Meekness is not weakness. A meekness is not apathy. Meekness is not being the proverbial doormat that gets stepped on in every situation. Rather meekness channels strength to a very specific purpose. Righteousness. So the image of hungry and thirsting here, it indicates a single-minded focus and purpose, but it's more than mental. It's a desire, it's an urge for the one hungering and thirsting life itself depends on attaining what he seeks. So I wanna let you in the first 30 minutes of wake time at my household, if you could see the first 30 minutes of awake time in the bierman household, you might be nervous that you need to call for help for my children.

17:49The reason is because you quite possibly could hear the words, I'm so hungry or I'm starving, or I'm wary, wary, hungry daddy. My kids have a single-minded attention and focus the first thing in the morning and that focus is on breakfast. But it's more than mental. They can't even think because they want it so bad their desire takes over. That's what we want. We want to love the Lord our God with all of our heart, with all of our soul, with all our mind, and with all our strength. We want a hunger in our souls for righteousness. Everything within us directed after this one thing. What fills kingdom citizens with an insatiable appetite until it's satisfied?

18:47Righteousness. And so the logical next question is what exactly is righteousness? And I think we all have a general understanding potentially bouncing around in our head, but I want us to get specific here to understand righteousness. It might actually help to step back and ask the question, what did sin destroy when sin into the world? What did it destroy? Sin destroyed one, our right relationship with God. Two, our right relationship with others and three right order in the world. And that is unrighteousness. Righteousness is the opposite of those three states. Righteousness is right standing before God, right?

19:38Conduct in relation to others and right order or justice in the world. So let's talk about each of those three. First, right? Standing before God, the sinner, poor in spirit, grieving over sin, desires righteousness to be right with God. And Jesus satisfies him by faith with righteousness. Not a righteousness that this sinner has earned on their own, but a righteousness that is credited to their account on account of faith and the work of Jesus. We can call this justifying righteousness. A second righteousness is a right conduct in relationship with others. This we can call moral righteousness.

20:22It's it's living according to moral standards in relation to the world. A rightness of living according to the standards of God in relation to our neighbor. Moral righteousness is to love God and love neighbor with perfection. The third type of righteousness, a right order or justice in the world is that everyone gets what they deserve. Everything's put to right as it should be. Now we can call enacted righteousness. So the question is, which of these dimensions of righteousness is Jesus talking about? Is he talking about justifying righteousness to be right with God? Or is he talking about moral righteousness to have right conduct with others?

21:03Or is he talking about enacted righteousness that there would be a justice in the world? I happen to agree with Charles Spurgeon in interpreting this verse in asking the question, why choose Jesus doesn't qualify righteousness. Kingdom citizens want righteousness in 3D, all three dimensions, kingdom citizens want justifying righteousness, moral righteousness, and enacted righteousness in the world. And Jesus elaborates on all three of these in his teaching. The rest of the sermon on the Mount, Jesus himself is righteousness embodied Jesus, hungers and thirsts after righteousness with all that he has, which is why he can exhort his people in Matthew 6 33.

21:48Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. Get first things first. You need to be in right standing with your maker, justifying righteousness. And out of this renewed relationship, then moral righteousness can grow. He gives according to Matthew five 20, a righteousness greater than that of the scribes and Pharisees. If you come back in the new year, you'll see us unpack if Matthew chapter five, where we see Jesus escalating the expectations of the Old Testament law, not to external obedience to but to matters of the heart. Anger in the heart is tantamount to murder.

22:33Lust with the eyes is as grievous as adultery. Jesus is out for moral righteousness but not performative righteousness. Jesus wants to make us right with God and right in our conduct flowing out of a right heart. And finally, he also wants us to pursue enacted righteousness justice in the world. Why else would he tell us to pray in the Lord's prayer? His kingdom come, his will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Kingdom citizens want enacted righteousness on earth, complete and total justice as God's will reigns in all spheres of life. Everything being put to write, not again in a performative way.

23:20Jesus warns against performing righteousness in Matthew six verse one. But we pursue righteousness with meekness, with humility, with joy, and with zeal even in the face of great persecution. As the final beatitude will say in Matthew five verse 10, righteousness. We want righteousness in all its dimensions and we want it because Jesus himself embodies this pursuit of righteousness. Jesus Christ is our great shepherd who pursues righteousness with unfettered zeal and then leads us into the paths of righteousness. For his name's sake, he purchases justifying righteousness with his own blood. He makes sinners right with God.

24:10He lives out moral righteousness, never deviating to the right or to the left. But walking exactly how God intends for him to walk and he and begins to enact righteousness on earth. He delivers the oppressed, he stands up to the wicked. And because he has achieved righteousness, because he now passes on justifying righteousness to us by faith, and as he gives us glimpses of making us new with moral righteousness and enacting righteousness on earth, then we can find satisfaction. That's why we're blessed. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. And why is it that the promise attached to hungering and thirsting for righteousness is satisfaction?

25:01It's because the kingdom virtue in the first half is hunger and thirst. What happens to the hungry stomach after Thanksgiving? Dinner Satisfaction. What? What does the thirsty mouth feel after a tall, cool glass of milk after eating a cookie? Satisfaction. In pursuing righteousness, we can find true and lasting satisfaction. Satisfaction in being able to rest from our striving. After a righteousness we can never attain satisfaction in Christ's wise and persistent bringing of us into completion on the day of his return. And further, we can have satisfaction even when the world is not put to right, because we know that God is working for good and one day perfect righteousness will be enacted forevermore.

25:57Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. So putting these verses together, we can see a great and glorious promise. Blessed is the man who humbly seeks after righteousness above all else. Why? For he shall find satisfaction in Christ and enjoy a glorious inheritance forever. So starting with that first piece, blessed is the man who humbly, humbly we start there. What is the disposition of a kingdom citizen? We've seen that kingdom citizens are meek. The meek man has been shaped by poorness of spirit, by mourning over his brokenness. And from there he lives in humility before God and in humility and gentleness toward others and humility before God, it it takes shape in two different ways.

26:53First, we sit humbly underneath God's word. And second, we receive contentedly from the hand of God. Have we brothers and sisters responded to James chapter one, verse 21 with honest reflection, receive with meekness the implanted word being doers of the word and not hearers. Only we start here. Have we meditated on this word? Do we eat and drink it like it is where we can find true and lasting sus sustenance? If God compared our podcast, listening to our Bible, reading, what would he find? And when he finds it, do we respond with true action to this word? Or do we look at the words and then walk away?

27:47Do we read the word of God and puff up with pride? If God only understood what happened, he wouldn't call me in Colossians three to forgive as I have been forgiven. If God only knew how much better my life would be if I had just a little bit more money, he wouldn't say in one Timothy six that money is the root of all kinds of evil. Do we sit underneath this word with meekness, receiving it with humility, submission, and action. And also do we sit beneath the hand of God receiving contentedly with meekness meekness response to the lot God has given us the portion in life God has given us with the response of Mary.

28:32In Luke 1 38, Mary's just heard that she is going to be the virgin mother of the son of God, which will cause all kinds, uh, of uh, looks awkward, looks and aspersions coming from everyone in the society. And she says, behold, I am a servant of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word, when the prosperity comes, do we properly aim praise and thanksgiving back to God? And when the adversity comes, do we also receive this as from the hand of God? Do we receive the long line at Costco from the hand of God? Do we receive the diagnosis or the surprise bill or the wifi cutting out as also from the hand of God?

29:27Are we content with our station in life that God has given us? Or is the next job, the next podcast, the next home project, the next relationship finally going to be what fulfills us present Sisters, what good does it profit a man to chase after the whole world and yet lose his soul? The world is already ours in Jesus Christ. James four six says, humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. We can follow in the footsteps of our elder brother Jesus Christ and humble ourselves before God waiting for our exaltation. We can now enjoy what he has for us as his portion for us. In life's toil, we can forsake the impulse for more power, more money, more control, more prestige, because we can look forward with humility and hope to a glorious, glorious inheritance Beyond all comparison, meekness finds expression in humility and contentment.

30:30And it's the antidote to the anxious fretful grasping toiling of our modern world. Meekness leads to blessing because blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. And not only should we sit in meekness before God, but we should walk with meekness and humility and gentleness before one another. Two elements of meekness in relation to others. First meekness does not assert itself in pride over others. In what do we find ourselves boasting most often? Do we boast in our talents, our wealth, our health, our position at work? Do we, do we not speak of those things but we still expect some sort of deference from others when they notice how great we are at those things?

31:19Is that where we find our identity and our self-worth? Or can we boast in our weaknesses, weaknesses that have been remedied by the grace of God at work in us, by his spirit? Can we acknowledge true success, true successes like Moses with recognition without it elevating our hearts in pride over others? That's meekness true recognition without pride. More so we should live out meekness with the fruit of gentleness. Do we find our our greatest honor when we are in service before and beneath others? Or is our greatest honor found when others are serving us? Meekness does not assert itself in pride over others.

32:08And meekness also does not choose to act in vengeance. Do we respond to insults with self-defense, self-justification and retribution? Or does our proverbial tea kettle take a long time to boil over? Meekness can show itself with spouses, with kids, with parents, with friends, with coworkers, with bosses. A couple of examples, parents, do we engage after work or a long day with our kids and with our spouses according to meekness? Or do we take out the stresses of the day on our unwitting children for acting like chi children in our presence, children, do you obey with meekness to the guidance of your parents?

32:54Or do you rebel out of a hardened heart? Can both parents and children live with meekness seeking to outdo one another and showing honor? We can choose in all areas of life to choose not to act with vengeance because we have a glorious inheritance that awaits us. Why fight for the earth when we shall inherit it through Christ? We don't need to elevate ourselves over other men because in Christ we become rulers of the world. We do not need to act in vengeance because God brings all things to perfect justice according to his timing. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. One important caveat I wanna mention here is that meekness does not equal weakness.

33:42A meekness is like a tamed stallion. Wild in ability, but gentle by training a toughness and tenderness can coexist. They they are used situationally according to the circumstance. As Annie Na Sally draws attention to meekness or gentleness is like Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings, displaying fireworks with the hobbits showing compassion on Gollum. But casting down ball rocks like Aslan and the Chronicles, Narnia gently restoring the mouse re Apache's tail, while at the same time slaying the wicked white witch with impunity. Meekness is like Alba Dumbledor and Harry Potter comforting a mourning Harry, but dueling the evil Voldemort with ferocity.

34:31Meekness doesn't stand still when injustice is on the move. Rather, those who are meek know the appropriate times to act with force like David singing with sweet refrains. Praise to the Lord. But vanquishing the enemies of Israel like Abigail in one Samuel 25, winning David to peace with a one Peter three type meek and quiet spirit, while also courageously acting against the wicked nal like Jesus welcoming the children, but rebuking the Pharisees tenderly comforting the repentant sinner and one day returning in fierce judgment on the rebel meekness, uh, is tenderness and toughness coexisting. And we should also consider when meekness as a disposition must give way to force as a situational response.

35:25So for any of us who have a tendency to avoid conflict and disguise that as meekness, we need to balance these things. By the grace of God, we need to work for the glory of God, the good of neighbor, and ultimately our standard is seeking after righteousness. Kingdom Citizens are guided by righteousness, blesses the man who humbly seeks after righteousness. Above all else, we should. With a child's powerful urging for food and drink, we should pursue righteousness. And I I have two groups of people in mind here. First, some here who do not have a desire for righteousness. This lack of desire for righteousness manifests in different ways.

36:08For those who do not know Christ, it might be, I'm not that bad of a person. Denial. I don't need to confess sin. And so the one who doesn't believe in the name of Jesus, I call you this morning to wake up. There is a hunger in your belly that you are turning away from and denying. Your senses have been dulled by unbelief and you have forgotten that whether it's a big obvious sin or a so-called small sin, you should have a hunger for being put to write with your maker. That's what we want for you this morning. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The wages of sin are death, but God shows his love for us.

36:52And that while we were still sinners, while we had no hunger for righteousness in our bellies, Jesus Christ died for sinners so that now everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus can be saved. And in Jesus finds satisfaction turn to Christ and for the believer without the pangs of hunger and thirst for righteousness. This is a word for us. The more we behold Christ's glory, the more we see our need for his righteousness in three dimensions, we need him. And so don't go filling your stomach with junk food. When a glorious feast awaits you, don't fill your stomach with habitual sin, anger, greed, lust, discontent, unbelief.

37:40And don't distract yourself with the junk food of pursuing triviality rather than pursuing the righteousness of Christ, turn to Christ, confess those sins because he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. In Christ we can find satisfaction. Sometimes righteousness is an acquired taste. The more we seek after it, the more we taste it, the more we will want it. And so even when you would rather choose the junk food, choose the healthy food because you can find satisfaction in Jesus. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

38:28And that's where we land this morning. Satisfaction. Mary, upon hearing of God's miraculous work in her barren cousin Elizabeth, upon reflecting upon the great work of God in her own womb, she overflows in song. Some of the kids here may be memorizing it. This week, Luke 1 46, my soul magnifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my savior. That is satisfaction. Jesus Christ. The great joy for all peoples has defeated sin. And in him we can find hope for our unrighteousness in Him, we can find forgiveness In him, we can find healing. And in him we can find hope. In him, we can find true and lasting satisfaction.

39:18Oh the goodness of Jesus. Perfect rest, perfect peace. Living water for thirsty souls. Oh the goodness of Jesus. In him and in him alone. We have all that we need. Let's pray. Oh, great. God, we magnify your name. I pray that you would help our souls to magnify you this morning. Pray that you would help our spirit to rejoice in you as our savior. We praise you for sending your son to take on human flesh and meekness, to be born in a manger, to live with gentleness, to humble himself even to the point of death on a cross for sinners so that we could have righteousness again. Pray that by your spirit you would work meekness into us along with this insatiable yearning for righteousness that you alone can satisfy.

40:18Pray that you would do that for your glory and ultimately for our joy and satisfaction. In Jesus' name, amen.

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