Episode 108 - Living The Fruit-Filled Life - KINDNESS

Episode 108 - KINDNESS
Living The Fruit-Filled Life
Kindness needs a Target!
Romans 2:4-11; Ephesians 4:30-32

KINDNESS: Kindness needs a Target!

Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness – maybe translated gentleness in your Bible – the original word brings the idea of forbearance – it is the grace which pervades the whole nature, mellowing all which would have been harsh & austere. So, harshness is the opposite we are seeking to avoid. So, you don’t say a person has kindness, you say that person is kind! Kindness pervades the whole nature. But kindness must have a Target. You can’t be kind by yourself!
 
1. God’s Kindness is meant to lead you to Repentance
a. His target is YOU!
b. But, don’t presume upon it! Romans 2:4-11
c. Submit to it / Repent – Change your mind…and,
d. He will change your life!
 
2. Your Repentance leads the Holy Spirit to fill you with God’s Kindness
a. You really can’t manufacture it on your own.
b. Because Self gets in the way.
c. The Holy Spirit shows God’s righteous kindness in you - to the watching world – Ephesians 2:1-10
d. You are an eternal display of God’s kindness – shown to the world – in you
 
3. You are, therefore, expected to be kind to Others.
a. Ephesians 4:30-32
b. God expects/commands/empowers you to be kind!
c. “I can’t help it,” is not a relevant excuse; “They weren’t kind to me,” “They’re not like me;” “I don’t want to”… none of these responses are appropriate and, though often honest, should lead us to repentance, because of the ‘oh so great’ Kindness of God.

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