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*“Clothe Yourselves with Kindness”*
Series: “Wearing our Easter Clothes” (part 2 of 7)
Colossians 3:12
 
*Introduction*
 
Dr.
Laurence M. Gould, president emeritus of Carleton College, said “I do not believe the greatest threat to our future is from bombs or guided missiles.
I don’t think our civilization will end that way.
I think it will die when we no longer care.
Arnold Toynbee has pointed out that nineteen of twenty-one civilizations have died from within and not by conquest from without.
There were no bands playing and flags waving when these civilizations decayed.
It happened slowly, in the quiet and in the dark when no one was aware.”
*Need*
 
That’s an interesting thought
 
            Put it in the context of what Jesus says: Matthew 5:13
 
" “You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?
It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." (Matthew 5:13, NIV)
 
                        Do not become like the world around you – be different – preserve
 
            Now take that to Colossians 3
 
                        v.
12 – “therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy…”
 
                                    chosen – to be set apart
 
                                                Outside of our culture?
No, if we are to be salt and effect our world
                                                                        Need to be mindful of how we interact with the world
 
            It’s why we wear our Easter clothes
                        We maybe wear special clothes on Easter – it’s a special day – maybe go back in closet
                                    Series: we have spiritual clothes – don’t just wear them on Easter and take off
                                                We put them on – continue to wear them – b~/c of Easter
                                               
                        We have died and risen with Christ
                                    Now we live new~/different lives
 
                                                Last week – compassion
                                                Today -- kindness
 
*Satisfaction*
 
Kindness: “An act that is motivated by compassion that results in the giving of grace to yourself or another.”
An act that is motivated by compassion
 
Compassion and kindness related
 
Compassion reviewed
 
/Compassion/ means to feel deep sorrow for a person who suffers misfortune and to desire to alleviate the suffering.
Compassion is the feeling – kindness, is the act
 
                                    Volitional – an act of the will – it’s a choice
 
                                                Be kind …
 
                                                            Young man at VT – made quite a different choice
 
                                                                        Delusional
                                                                                    Should give us comfort
 
            So it is an act that is motivated by compassion
 
                        So if you do not have compassion – you cannot be kind
 
                                    It’s kind of like drilling for oil –
 
                                                You just can’t drill anywhere – b~/c oil is not everywhere
 
                                                            Need to drill where the materials that are necessary for producing oil are present
 
                                                                        Same w~/ kindness – compassion needs to first be present
 
                                                                        If you encounter a person who has no compassion – don’t expect to see even a hint of kindness
 
 
 
An act that is motivated by compassion That results in the giving of grace
 
            Giving of grace
 
                        We talk a lot about being receivers of grace
 
                        In kindness – we get to be givers
 
                                    Receivers: eyes upward and palms up
                                    Givers: eyes focused outward and palms down
 
                        Look what we give
 
                                    Grace in the Bible: God’s desire to exercise goodwill to his creatures
 
                                                God desires to shower his creatures with good things
 
                                                But … his creatures don’t deserve his blessings
 
                                                So kindness is giving to others what they do not deserve
 
A friend of mine witnessed a humorous act of kindness at an auction.
The purpose of the gathering was to raise money for a school.
Someone had donated a purebred puppy that melted the heart and opened the checkbooks of many guests.
Two in particular.
They sat on opposite sides of the banquet room, a man and a woman.
As the bidding continued, these two surfaced as the most determined.
Others dropped off, but not this duo.
Back and forth they went until they’d one-upped the bid to several thousand dollars.
This was no longer about a puppy.
This was about victory.
This was the Wimbledon finals, and neither player was backing off the net.
(Don’t you know the school president was drooling?)
Finally the fellow gave in and didn’t return the bid.
“Going once, going twice, going three times.
Sold!”
The place erupted, and the lady was presented with her tail-wagging trophy.
Her face softened, then reddened.
Maybe she’d forgotten where she was.
Never intended to go twelve rounds at a formal dinner.
Certainly never intended for the world to see her pit-bull side.
So you know what she did?
As the applause subsided, she walked across the room and presented the puppy to the competition.
mercy is the deepest gesture of kindness.
Paul equates the two.
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Eph.
4:32 nkjv).
Jesus said:
/Love your enemies.
Do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you.…
If you love only the people who love you, what praise should you get? … [L]ove your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without hoping to get anything back.
Then you will have a great reward, and you will be children of the Most High God, because he is kind even to people who are ungrateful and full of sin.
Show mercy, just as your Father shows mercy.
(//Luke 6:27–28//, //32//, //35–36//)/
 
 
To yourself or another
 
            Before the obvious – less obvious
 
                        Yourself
 
                                    Some of us are so hard on ourselves
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