Lesson 19: Learning Meekness from Jesus
Questions 3 and 4
Jesus did not come to destroy lives but to save them. Dear friend, do you see the meekness of Jesus here? Omnipotent Jesus restrained His power and explained to His disciples that there was another way to deal with sinners, another way to deal with sin. He is the way! Jesus does not destroy the sinner; He dies for the sinner. Here Jesus displays meekness gloriously. Jesus accepted the Samaritan's rejection without resentment or bitterness; He set aside His feelings for a higher purpose - our salvation.
As I consider the meekness of Christ, I am in awe and filled with gratitude for my meek and humble Savior. I was just like the Samaritans; rejecting the One that would save me. I deserved the fire of God’s wrath, but my Jesus saved me. He took all the fiery wrath of God upon Himself because that was His mission. My heart is full of thankfulness; I hope that yours is as well.
Question 3. How does considering the meekness of Christ affect your heart? Please share.
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Now, let’s look again at the meekness of Jesus as displayed in a different situation. Read John 8:2-11:
“Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst 4 they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. 5 Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 This they said to test him, that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. 7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 And once more he bent down and wrote on the ground. 9 But when they heard it, they went away one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. 10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”'John 8:2-11
Question 4. Considering what we’ve learned so far in this lesson, what do you learn about meekness from the account of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery?
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