“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way…” sounds the old hymn. And you have to be a pretty unorthodox Christian to start talking about how one shouldn’t trust God. That’s full blown heathen territory. When we speak of ‘trust’ in marriage, however, things get iffy really quickly. The implication of most feminist thinking in the church nowadays is, like, “Well, yes, God said for wives to submit to their husbands. But he obviously didn’t have my husband in mind when he said it.” And the more conservative part of the church has a tendency to preach sermons which basically say, “Well, yes, the Scriptures speak of wives submitting to their husbands. But what that means is that husbands need to be so humble, so Christlike, so quiet, shy, and mollycoddle that their wives will naturally want to obey the commands that they hardly ever give.”
I have no idea where people find the Meek Christ. Jesus was anything but meek. He healed the sick, preached to the people nobody wanted to be around, argued with the Rabbinical authority, and took a whip to the moneylenders at the temple.
He said to sell your purse and buy a sword, and he faced Satan down for 40 days in the desert and won.
He was whipped, had thorns pushed into his brow, had nails hammered through his forearms and feet, and hung on the cross for almost 24 hours before dying.
He was placed in a tomb and went to hell to once again face the devil, win, and come back to life.
He wasn't meek. He was outspoken and in your face.
Well... let's be careful. Because He calls Himself meek:
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
But He did, indeed, do all things. I think that the problem is a false definition of 'meek'.
Meek
MEEK, adjective [Latin mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt.]
1. Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated; yielding; given to forbearance under injuries.
Now the man Moses was very meek above all men. Numbers 12:3.
2. Appropriately, humble, in an evangelical sense; submissive to the divine will; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory; not peevish and apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, 'Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls.' Matthew 11:29.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.
I have no idea where people find the Meek Christ. Jesus was anything but meek. He healed the sick, preached to the people nobody wanted to be around, argued with the Rabbinical authority, and took a whip to the moneylenders at the temple.
He said to sell your purse and buy a sword, and he faced Satan down for 40 days in the desert and won.
He was whipped, had thorns pushed into his brow, had nails hammered through his forearms and feet, and hung on the cross for almost 24 hours before dying.
He was placed in a tomb and went to hell to once again face the devil, win, and come back to life.
He wasn't meek. He was outspoken and in your face.
Well... let's be careful. Because He calls Himself meek:
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
But He did, indeed, do all things. I think that the problem is a false definition of 'meek'.
Meek
MEEK, adjective [Latin mucus; Eng. mucilage; Heb. to melt.]
1. Mild of temper; soft; gentle; not easily provoked or irritated; yielding; given to forbearance under injuries.
Now the man Moses was very meek above all men. Numbers 12:3.
2. Appropriately, humble, in an evangelical sense; submissive to the divine will; not proud, self-sufficient or refractory; not peevish and apt to complain of divine dispensations. Christ says, 'Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls.' Matthew 11:29.
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.