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Heaven Calls Them Blessed: Blessed are the Meek (The Example of Moses Part 4: Seeing God Leads to Self-abnegation and not Spiritual-pride)
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Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Exodus 34:5
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exodus 34:8
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Numbers 12:6-8 NKJV
“Then He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house. I speak with him face to face, Even plainly, and not in dark sayings; And he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant Moses?”
MOSES SPOKE WITH GOD FACE TO FACE AND YET HE DID NOT DEVELOP SPIRITUAL PRIDE. HE REMAINED MEEK AND HUMBLE, SO IT WAS WITH JOB AND ISAIAH SEEING GOD MADE ABHOR THEMSELVES.
Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
Job 42:5-6
I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Isaiah 6:1
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Isaiah 6:5-8
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. 6Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: 7And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
ONLY HYPOCRITES WHO HAVE NOT HAD A REAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD BOAST OF SPIRITUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCERE CHRISTIANS GIVE GOD THE GLORY FOR ANY SPIRITUAL GIFTS THEY POSSESS. WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO INDULGE INTO THE PHARISAIC SPIRIT THAT DOES THINGS TO BE SEEN BY MAN OR TO COMMEND ONESELF TO GOD.
Psalm 115:1
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 13And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Ephesians 1:8-10
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9Not of works, lest any man should boast. 10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
ONLY GOD IS WORTH OUR PRAISE FOR HIS WORK OF CREATION AND REDEMPTION
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid