Ep. 66: Meekness is Not Weakness | Fruit of the Spirit Series No. 7

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In the English language, meekness is viewed as a weak attribute. But Scripture has a different assessment of the eighth element of the Fruit of the Spirit. Translated as gentleness in more modern translations, let’s look at what Scripture has to say about this often misunderstood term.

**We apologize for the technical issues in this episode. During production, some unavoidable and obvious edits were necessary due to poor connectivity at recording time.

Show Notes

12:00 Definition of Gentleness (Meekness)

17:46 Gentleness/Meekness is not a weakness

23:15 How gentleness is displayed relationally

– One Another
– Pastoral
– Evangelistically

Scripture References and Other Resources

New Morning Mercies by Paul David Tripp http://amzn.to/2ntgdmp

My Soul Magnifies the Lord by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Galatians 5:22-23
James 1:21
1 Corinthians 4:14-21
James 3:13-18
Galatians 6:1
Ephesians 4:1-3
Colossians 3:12-13
1 Timothy 6:11
2 Timothy 2:24-26
Titus 3:1-2
1 Peter 3:13-16
Matthew 5:5

Kimberly Cummings

Kimberly Cummings is a native Texan who loves being a pastor’s wife, mom, writer, podcaster, and ACBC Certified Biblical Counselor. In all the counseling and teaching she provides, she makes it a priority to be both Christ-centered and practical. She is a bit of a coffee snob and makes time for wiggling her toes in the sand at the beach near her SoCal home.

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