Christ is faithful. What He says to us is more certain than the heavens and the earth. One day the earth and heaven will pass away, but the Word of the Lord Jesus Christ will remain true in that hour. God is trustworthy. Christ is trustworthy. We may be weak and unfaithful, but if we will continue to walk in the Spirit, the Spirit will create trustworthiness in us. We will reveal in our personality the faithfulness of God.

God always will keep His part of the covenant He makes with us. It is necessary that we keep our part of the covenant, for two parties must remain faithful if a covenant is to be in force.

Meekness. God is meek and gentle in all His ways. The Lord Jesus Christ is meek and gentle. The saint who is walking in the Spirit is meek and gentle.

To be meek is to be teachable, humble, ready to consider the circumstances, and the opinions and feelings of others. The opposite attitude is that of stubborn, obstinate pride.

Pride is a powerful pitfall in the spirit realm. All knowledge produces pride, but spiritual knowledge is especially productive of pride. It is easy for an individual who is prominent in the Lord's work to become proud. The Pharisees were so filled with murderous spiritual pride that they crucified Christ.

Moses was a chosen leader but he remained meek. We too will remain meek if we walk in the Spirit, who Himself appears as a dove.

Christ is revealed as the Lamb, as the meekest of all animals. The last revelation of Christ in the Scriptures is that of the Lamb. This is the image the Father prefers.

Yet, God is able to display His wrath to an unimaginable degree. Christ also will appear in a fury that the Christians of today never could associate with Him. Men will cry out to the mountains to fall on them in order to hide them from the wrath of the Lamb.

So it is true of us. We are obliged to learn meekness. The wrath of man does not bring about the righteousness of God. We always must leave our justification, our vengeance, with God. But in the Day of the Lord we will tread the wicked under foot. This too is the image and will of God.

Satan is pride personified. He desires to be as the Most High, to be worshiped by the Lord's creatures. It is so easy for the unwary Christian to fall into the snare of the devil in the area of spiritual pride! As soon as this happens, the afflicted Christian will not listen to the counsel of the older saints. He has lost his meekness. Now he knows so much he has no need of instruction. Satan has assured him he knows the truth. The downfall of that individual is certain. He will be saved from Hell with difficulty.

To be continued.