THE
CALL TO KINDNESS
BREAD
12 Therefore,
as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)
4 Love
is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)
32 Be
kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ
God forgave you.
Ephesians 4:32 (NIV)
22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness
and self-control. Against such things
there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIV)
7 I
will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us-- yes, the many
good things he has done for the house of Israel, according to his compassion
and many kindnesses.
Isaiah 63:7 (NIV)
35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them
without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you
will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:35-36 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Kindness has converted more sinners
than zeal, eloquence, and learning.” Frederick Faber
“When arrogant
people who know they deserve eternal misery tremble before a holy God of
passionate wrath, they discover grace.
They encounter the depths of God’s kindness and love, a kindness and
love they find nowhere else. They fall
to their knees and worship Christ as their Lord and Savior and as their truest
friend, really their only true friend.
They know they don’t deserve a hug, no matter how badly they’re hurting;
but they get an eternal one anyway.
That’s the grace that takes their breath away.” Larry Crabb
HEART SAVOR
·
New Testament Biblical kindness is defined as “to furnish what
is needed, profitable, fit, good for any use; in a moral sense, moral, useful,
good; it is the grace which pervades the whole nature, mellowing all which
would have been harsh and austere; the word is descriptive of one’s disposition
and does not necessarily entail acts of goodness.” Hebrew Greek Key Word Study Bible – New
Testament Lexical Aids. “Just as fruit
automatically comes from a plant or tree because it is its nature to do so,
spiritual fruit is automatic in the Christian.
The irrefutable proof of a person’s salvation is that he will bear
fruit.” Dr. J. D. Watson
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Jesus is kind to me and I am to be kind to others through
the power of His Spirit.
- · There is benefit in kindness (one never out gives God) - 16 A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth. 17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself. Proverbs 11:16-17 (NIV)
