SOOTHING GENTLENESS (8 OF 9)
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:6-12
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Soothing Gentleness (8 of 9)
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Stephen Whitney
1 Thessalonians 2:6-12
Theodore Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family in New York City. He had asthma as a youngster and had to sleep propped up in bed or slouching in a chair during much of his early childhood, and was frequently sick. As a young boy he witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession when it came through New York.
Despite his illnesses, he was a hyperactive and often got into trouble as a mischievous boy.
Before he became the 26th President of the United States in 1901 Theodore Roosevelt owned a ranch on North Dakota. During the annual round-up of cattle during his ranching days he found a cow with a calf a little over a week old. Usually calves were left behind because they could not keep up with the herd. Roosevelt took the calf and put it up on his saddle with him and proceeded at a walk.
The other cowboys objected to going so slow so he put the calf down, but then left the mother behind to take care of it. He said,
‘‘It doesn’t seem right to leave the calf to die on the prairie.’’
We tend to think of cowboys as rough, tough, macho men who only cared about their own well being. In Theodore Roosevelt we see a different side; he had a caring, compassionate and tender attitude toward a young calf even though it meant he would lose one of the cows as part of the round-up because she would be left to run free with her calf.
Roosevelt had balance between toughness as a cowboy and tenderness for the animals he herded. That balance between
toughness and tenderness is seen in the character of fruit of the Spirit called gentleness in Galatians 5:23.
Gentleness (KJB meekness) - Gk. mild disposition ( only used 9x).
Only Paul uses the noun in his letters to individuals and churches.
In Greek the word was used of a gentle breeze or voice.
It was also used of a person who had a gentle disposition.
The adjective translated meek is used by Jesus and others ...
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Stephen Whitney
1 Thessalonians 2:6-12
Theodore Roosevelt grew up in a wealthy family in New York City. He had asthma as a youngster and had to sleep propped up in bed or slouching in a chair during much of his early childhood, and was frequently sick. As a young boy he witnessed Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession when it came through New York.
Despite his illnesses, he was a hyperactive and often got into trouble as a mischievous boy.
Before he became the 26th President of the United States in 1901 Theodore Roosevelt owned a ranch on North Dakota. During the annual round-up of cattle during his ranching days he found a cow with a calf a little over a week old. Usually calves were left behind because they could not keep up with the herd. Roosevelt took the calf and put it up on his saddle with him and proceeded at a walk.
The other cowboys objected to going so slow so he put the calf down, but then left the mother behind to take care of it. He said,
‘‘It doesn’t seem right to leave the calf to die on the prairie.’’
We tend to think of cowboys as rough, tough, macho men who only cared about their own well being. In Theodore Roosevelt we see a different side; he had a caring, compassionate and tender attitude toward a young calf even though it meant he would lose one of the cows as part of the round-up because she would be left to run free with her calf.
Roosevelt had balance between toughness as a cowboy and tenderness for the animals he herded. That balance between
toughness and tenderness is seen in the character of fruit of the Spirit called gentleness in Galatians 5:23.
Gentleness (KJB meekness) - Gk. mild disposition ( only used 9x).
Only Paul uses the noun in his letters to individuals and churches.
In Greek the word was used of a gentle breeze or voice.
It was also used of a person who had a gentle disposition.
The adjective translated meek is used by Jesus and others ...
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