Kindness
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JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
KINDNESS / COMPASSION
KINDNESS / COMPASSION
KINDNESS / COMPASSION
KINDNESS / COMPASSION
SPIRITUAL FRUIT IS WHAT RESULTS IN OUR LIVES WHEN WE ROOT OURSELVES IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
LOVE
“IT IS THE POWER TO MOVE US TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON WITH NO EXPECTATION OF REWARD”
JOY
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
JOY IS THE QUIET CONFIDENT ASSURANCE OF GODS LOVE AND WORK IN OUR LIVES. - THAT HE WILL BE THERE NO MATTER WHAT.
GALATIANS 5:
PEACE
PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRESS BUT THE PRESENCE OF THE SAVIOUR
PATIENCE
THE PATIENCE THAT WE SEE IN GALATIANS IS REFERRING TO PATIENCE WITH PEOPLE. ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY WILL DO THAT WILL BOTHER US OR OFFEND US
AT FIRST GLANCE THE FRUIT OF KINDNESS FITS THE CONCEPT OF “NICE” VERY WELL.
WE THINK OF A PINEAPPLE THAT SEEMS TO OFFER US THAT SWEET SYRUPY OFFERING OF HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE AS WE ARE.
WHILE THE FRUIT OF KINDNESS CALLS FOR US TO EXTEND TO THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE , IT DOES NOT DEMAND A FAKE OR A FORMULA TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM US.
IN FACT IT IS NOT ONLY THE LESS FORTUNATE THAT NEED TO BENEFIT FROM OUR KINDNESS.
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KINDNESS IS AN ACTION
NOTICE AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOUR HAS NOT BEEN OUTSIDE IN A WHILE GOES TO CHECK
SUPPORTS THE ORPHANS AROUND THE WORLD
RINSES A SPOUSES DISHES AND PICKS UP THE DIRTY LAUNDRY
KINDNESS CONTAINS PURE CLEAN ACTION
KINDNESS COSTS US SOMETHING IN TIME AND ENERGY
KINDNESS IS AN ACTION COUPLED WITH COMPASSION
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BECAUSE YOU CARE - YOU ACT!
KINDNESS GETS INVOLVED
KINDNESS MEETS NEEDS
IT IS ONE THING TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLOTHING OR FOOD DRIVE
GIVE SCHOOLS SUPPLIES OR TAKE A MEAL TO A SICK FRIEND OR MOM
CONSIDER THIS SCRIPTURE
For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!
WE ARE CALLED TO LIVE A LIFE OF COMPASSION
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SYMPATHY IS SOMETHING YOU FEEL;
COMPASSION IS SOMETHING YOU SHOW
OR, BETTER YET, SOMETHING YOU DO. ~DR JEREMIAH~
THE BEST WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT TRUE KINDNESS OR COMPASSION IS IS TO VISIT A PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE THAT IS VERY FAMILIAR TO MANY OF US.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN - LUKE 10:25-37
THE GOOD SAMARITAN - LUKE 10:25-37
AT THIS STAGE JESUS HAS TRULY UPSET THE APPLE CART, REMEMBER THAT HE IS EVERYTHING, THEY ARE NOT BUT THEY CANT SEEM TO STUMP HIM.
YOU SEE AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST WE NEED TO BE THE SAME WAY.
LUKE
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
JESUS ANSWERS THE MAN:
Jesus answered his question with two other questions (v. 26), driving the Law expert back to the Old Testament Law. The expert answered correctly by quoting from and .
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
LUKE
One must love … God and one’s fellowman in order to keep the Law properly. Jesus affirmed that if the man did this, he would live.
The man’s response should have been to ask, “How can I do this? I am not able. I need help.” Instead, he tried “to justify himself,” that is, to defend himself against the implications of Jesus’ words. So he tried to move the focus off himself by asking, And who is my neighbor?
when he asks Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" His intention, therefore, is to limit the understanding of who rightly can be considered his neighbor, to limit the range of people whom he must love.
WHAT DO I HAVE IN MY HAND:
WE WILL LOVE OUR FAMILY
OUR FRIENDS
MONEY
THOSE WHO ARE EASY TO LOVE
JESUS CHALLENGED THIS IN THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT WHEN HE TAUGHT THEM:
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
MATTHEW 5:43-46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
The parable responds by expanding the notion of who qualifies as a person's neighbor.
ABILITY
ENCOURAGEMENT
SLIDE ROAD FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO
TIME TO LISTEN TO A FRIEND OR EVEN A STRANGER IN NEED
SOMETHING THAT WILL MEET THAT PERSONS NEED.
THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT GOD NEEDS US - YES YOU!! TO BE
THE HEALER
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
THE HERO
THE HELPER, IN ANOTHER PERSONS LIFE.
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
JESUS ANSWERS THE MAN:
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
Jesus answered his question with two other questions (v. 26), driving the Law expert back to the Old Testament Law. The expert answered correctly by quoting from and . One must love … God and one’s fellowman in order to keep the Law properly. Jesus affirmed that if the man did this, he would live.
LUKE 10
The man’s response should have been to ask, “How can I do this? I am not able. I need help.” Instead, he tried “to justify himself,” that is, to defend himself against the implications of Jesus’ words. So he tried to move the focus off himself by asking, And who is my neighbor?
“to justify himself,” that is, to defend himself against the implications of Jesus’ words. So he tried to move the focus off himself by asking, And who is my neighbor?
But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead.
Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion.
He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’
Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
Why did Jesus choose the characters of a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan; the latter being a controversial figure among his audiences―the Jews? Well, the Jews hated the Samaritans, even more than they hated the Romans! They considered Samaritans to be low-caste because they intermarried with pagans and did not abide by the Jewish laws. Reportedly, they had also desecrated the Jewish temple with pig's blood (some sources say human bones) when the Jews tried to build a temple in Samaria. The Jews considered them and their land to be unclean, and even took a longer route around, so as to avoid entering their territory. The hatred was reciprocated by the Samaritans too, mainly because of the way the Jews treated them. The animosity was pretty intense and mutual.
The road from Jerusalem to Jericho descends approximately 3,000 feet in about 17 miles.
Why did Jesus choose the road from Jerusalem to Jericho? During the time of Christ, the road from Jerusalem to Jericho was quite a dangerous path, and was also known as 'The Bloody Pass'. It was the road where robbers would often attack travelers and leave them to die.
It was Jesus's way to deliver sermons and teach by citing most unlikely examples, in this case, the compassion of a Samaritan, a figure totally disregarded by His listeners. But, there was a reason why He did so.
The road was indeed a frightful one to take! Perhaps the reason why the Priest and the Levite didn't stop by to help the injured man was because: (1) Knowing the location's true nature, they presumed he was already dead and that the robbers may still be close enough; (2) They thought that the man could possibly be faking it, just to attract attention from travelers and rob them when they came close.
The man’s response should have been to ask, “How can I do this? I am not able. I need help.” Instead, he tried “to justify himself,” that is, to defend himself against the implications of Jesus’ words. So he tried to move the focus off himself by asking, And who is my neighbor?
Jesus answered by telling the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho descends approximately 3,000 feet in about 17 miles.
Why did Jesus choose the characters of a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan; the latter being a controversial figure among his audiences―the Jews? Well, the Jews hated the Samaritans, even more than they hated the Romans! They considered Samaritans to be low-caste because they intermarried with pagans and did not abide by the Jewish laws.
Reportedly, they had also desecrated the Jewish temple with pig's blood (some sources say human bones) when the Jews tried to build a temple in Samaria.
It was a dangerous road to travel for robbers hid along its steep, winding way.
The Jews considered them and their land to be unclean, and even took a longer route around, so as to avoid entering their territory. The hatred was reciprocated by the Samaritans too, mainly because of the way the Jews treated them. The animosity was pretty intense and mutual.
A priest, one expected to love others, avoided the wounded man, probably a fellow Jew.
Levites were descendants of Levi but not of Aaron, and they assisted the priests (Aaron’s descendants) in the temple.
The Samaritans were scorned by the Jews because of their mixed Jewish and Gentile ancestry.
It was Jesus's way to deliver sermons and teach by citing most unlikely examples, in this case, the compassion of a Samaritan, a figure totally disregarded by His listeners. But, there was a reason why He did so.
COMPASSION IS ABOUT THE MOMENT -
WHAT DO I HAVE IN MY HAND:
MONEY
ABILITY
ENCOURAGEMENT
TIME TO LISTEN TO A FRIEND OR EVEN A STRANGER IN NEED
SOMETHING THAT WILL MEET THAT PERSONS NEED.
THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT GOD NEEDS US - YES YOU!! TO BE
THE HEALER
THE HERO
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?”
And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.”
THE HELPER, IN ANOTHER PERSONS LIFE.
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
JERUSALEM TO JERICHO ROAD
It was a dangerous road to travel for robbers hid along its steep, winding way.
Levites were descendants of Levi but not of Aaron, and they assisted the priests (Aaron’s descendants) in the temple.
The Samaritans were scorned by the Jews because of their mixed Jewish and Gentile ancestry.
It is ironic, then, that a Samaritan helped the half-dead man, dressing his wounds, taking him to an inn, and paying his expenses.
By asking Which … was his neighbor? () Jesus was teaching that a person should be a neighbor to anyone he meets in need.
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Jesus has reframed the question that prompted the parable in the first place; instead of identifying who counts as a neighbor to be loved, Jesus indicates that a person truly acts as a neighbor through loving. The legal expert wants to know who deserves his love. Jesus replies by showing how authentic love will seek out, even in the unlikeliest of places, neighbors to receive compassion and care.
The ultimate Neighbor was Jesus, whose compassion contrasted with the Jewish religious leaders who had no compassion on those who were perishing. Jesus wrapped up His teaching with the command that His followers were to live like that true neighbor (v. 37).1
1 Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 234). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
DESPISED ENEMY OF THE JEWS
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE PLACE THAT KINDNESS IS THE MOST COSTLY IS:
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AT HOME
IT IS VERY HARD TO SHOW KINDNESS TO THOSE WE KNOW WELL
IT IS EVEN HARDER TO BE CONSTANTLY KIND TO THOSE WE KNOW WELL
LETS BE HONEST BEHIND THE CURTAINS OUR SMILES FADE AND OUR TEMPERS FLARE
WE GROW WEARY OF CLEANING UP AFTER THOSE WHO DO NOT CONSIDER OTHERS IN THE HOME
SLIDE SCREAMING MOM TO PROFFESSIONAL MOM
PICTURE OF SCREAMING MOM AND PROFESSIONAL MOM
Jesus answered his question with two other questions (v. 26), driving the Law expert back to the Old Testament Law. The expert answered correctly by quoting from and . One must love … God and one’s fellowman in order to keep the Law properly. Jesus affirmed that if the man did this, he would live.
IT IS HARD TO CONSTANTLY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FAMILY
WHEN THERE IS SICKNESS AND STRUGGLES WE ARE STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT
WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF THE FAMILIES NEEDS IT SUCKS US DRY
COMPASSION IS NOT A THEORY OR SOMETHING WE LEARN ABOUT
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IN ORDER TO BE KIND TO OTHERS I MUST BE KIND TO MYSELF
JESUS GAVE US PLENTY OF EXAMPLES OF CARING FOR OURSELVES.
COMPASSION IS NOT WRITING A CHEQUE
COMPASSION IS RISKY - THE SAMARITAN COULD HAVE BEEN ROBBED HIMSELF
THERE IS NO EXPECTATION OF RECOGNITION
IMAGINE HOW OUR WORLD WOULD BE TRANSFORMED IF WE TRULY ACTED IN A COMPASSIONATE AND KIND WAY TO EACH OTHER.
Why did Jesus choose the characters of a priest, a Levite, and a Samaritan; the latter being a controversial figure among his audiences―the Jews? Well, the Jews hated the Samaritans, even more than they hated the Romans! They considered Samaritans to be low-caste because they intermarried with pagans and did not abide by the Jewish laws. Reportedly, they had also desecrated the Jewish temple with pig's blood (some sources say human bones) when the Jews tried to build a temple in Samaria. The Jews considered them and their land to be unclean, and even took a longer route around, so as to avoid entering their territory. The hatred was reciprocated by the Samaritans too, mainly because of the way the Jews treated them. The animosity was pretty intense and mutual.
The man’s response should have been to ask, “How can I do this? I am not able. I need help.” Instead, he tried “to justify himself,” that is, to defend himself against the implications of Jesus’ words. So he tried to move the focus off himself by asking, And who is my neighbor?
Jesus answered by telling the Parable of the Good Samaritan. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho descends approximately 3,000 feet in about 17 miles. It was a dangerous road to travel for robbers hid along its steep, winding way. A priest, one expected to love others, avoided the wounded man, probably a fellow Jew.
Levites were descendants of Levi but not of Aaron, and they assisted the priests (Aaron’s descendants) in the temple.
The Samaritans were scorned by the Jews because of their mixed Jewish and Gentile ancestry. It is ironic, then, that a Samaritan helped the half-dead man, dressing his wounds, taking him to an inn, and paying his expenses. By asking Which … was his neighbor? () Jesus was teaching that a person should be a neighbor to anyone he meets in need. The ultimate Neighbor was Jesus, whose compassion contrasted with the Jewish religious leaders who had no compassion on those who were perishing. Jesus wrapped up His teaching with the command that His followers were to live like that true neighbor (v. 37).1
1 Martin, J. A. (1985). Luke. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 234). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.