Luke 10:25 ESV – Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Luke 10:26 ESV – What is written in the Law? How do you read it?

Luke 10:27 ESV – 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.

Luke 10:29 ESV – But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbor?’

Luke 10:30-37 ESV – 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 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.”

The Test for Kindness is Stress

Fear

Unneeded Trouble

Pressure

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same person. – G.K. Chesterton

Ephesians 4:31, 32 ESV – Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another…

The Key to Kindness is Awareness

Genesis 1:26 ESV – Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

The Source of Kindness is Humility

Luke 6:31 ESV – Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Matthew 19:14 ESV – Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.

The Proof of Kindness is Action

Luke 10:33-37 ESV – 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.”

Kindness begins with our words

Colossians 4:6 ESV – Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt.

Ephesians 4:29 ESV – Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Be Kind to the Elderly

Be Kind in Your Workplace

James 1:19 ESV – Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger.

1 Peter 3:19 ESV – Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called.

Be Kind to Your Spouse

Be Kind to People Far from God