Kindness (5 of 8)
Series: Fruition
Dave Gustavsen
Luke 10:25-37
Good morning Chapel family. We’re taking this fall to walk through the famous fruit of the Spirit teaching from the New Testament. Imagine yourself walking through life with love, joy, peace—just imagine this—in your job, with your friends—with patience, kindness, goodness—interacting with your family with faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. It’s an awesome thought, isn’t it? And what we find in that main teaching, in Galatians chapter 5, is this: the key to resisting our lower impulses and living that beautiful kind of life is not just trying harder; it’s learning to connect our lives with the power of Christ. In other words…
The pull of sin is strong
But the living Christ is stronger
So open yourself to his Spirit
And you will bear his fruit.
So this series all about allowing the Holy Spirit to fill us and change us and make us more like Jesus.
And today we come to the fifth fruit of the Spirit, which is kindness.
Early in the pandemic, I had to transfer the title on a used car that we bought. So I went to the Wayne DMV. (You already know this is not going to end well, right?). I got there at 5:30am, because I heard about the crazy lines. So after waiting for about two hours with hundreds of other people, a DMV employee came out and shouted that if we were there for anything other than driver’s licenses, we were at the wrong DMV location. So I got out of line and walked up to that employee, and I asked him where I needed to go for a new title. He didn’t even turn around and look at me; he just said, “Check the web site,” and walked away. That is a perfect example of what kindness is not.
On the other hand, earlier this month, Norma Jean and I both had Covid. And numerous people dropped off home-cooked dinners on our front porch. Beautifully prepared, carefully wrapped, still piping hot with melty cheese and chewy bread—it was amazing. They didn’t have any obligati ...
Series: Fruition
Dave Gustavsen
Luke 10:25-37
Good morning Chapel family. We’re taking this fall to walk through the famous fruit of the Spirit teaching from the New Testament. Imagine yourself walking through life with love, joy, peace—just imagine this—in your job, with your friends—with patience, kindness, goodness—interacting with your family with faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. It’s an awesome thought, isn’t it? And what we find in that main teaching, in Galatians chapter 5, is this: the key to resisting our lower impulses and living that beautiful kind of life is not just trying harder; it’s learning to connect our lives with the power of Christ. In other words…
The pull of sin is strong
But the living Christ is stronger
So open yourself to his Spirit
And you will bear his fruit.
So this series all about allowing the Holy Spirit to fill us and change us and make us more like Jesus.
And today we come to the fifth fruit of the Spirit, which is kindness.
Early in the pandemic, I had to transfer the title on a used car that we bought. So I went to the Wayne DMV. (You already know this is not going to end well, right?). I got there at 5:30am, because I heard about the crazy lines. So after waiting for about two hours with hundreds of other people, a DMV employee came out and shouted that if we were there for anything other than driver’s licenses, we were at the wrong DMV location. So I got out of line and walked up to that employee, and I asked him where I needed to go for a new title. He didn’t even turn around and look at me; he just said, “Check the web site,” and walked away. That is a perfect example of what kindness is not.
On the other hand, earlier this month, Norma Jean and I both had Covid. And numerous people dropped off home-cooked dinners on our front porch. Beautifully prepared, carefully wrapped, still piping hot with melty cheese and chewy bread—it was amazing. They didn’t have any obligati ...
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