LOVING KINDNESS (3 OF 7)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
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Title: Loving Kindness (3 of 7)
Series: Family Matters / Love Matters
Author: Steve Jones
Text: I Corinthians 13
SERMON SUMMARY:
1) Act Kind.
2) Become Kind.
3) Stay Kind.
INTRODUCTION: Let's play "guess the lyric." This is from the 1970 Academy of Country Music Song of the Year.
"If you see your brother standing by the road,
With a heavy load - from the seeds he sowed.
And if you see your sister falling by the way,
Just stop and say, 'You're going the wrong way'
You've got to try a little ___________? Kindness
And who sang it? Glen Campbell.
I Corinthians 13:4 "Love is kind."
Our sermon series is "Family Matters/Love Matters." Our thesis is that a key to successful family relationships is to incorporate Biblical love into our families. I Corinthians 13:4-7 is our primary text.
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."
Today, let's note three ways to incorporate KINDNESS into our families.
I. ACT KIND
I Corinthians 13:4 "Love is kind."
When we think "kindness" what comes to mind is friendly, considerate, gentle, warm, affectionate, and concerned. These words generally relate to feeling. But from a scriptural perspective, the words describing "love" in 1 Corinthians 13 are verbs - action words. Being kind isn't JUST about feelings.
The Greek word for "kind" in 1 Corinthians 13:4 is the verb chresteuomai, and it's the only place in all of Scripture that this word appears. Chresteuomai is the middle voice for chrestos, which means, "fit for use, useful; virtuous, good." With that in mind, instead of saying loving others means being friendly, warm, and affectionate, we should interpret the command to have more of th ...
Series: Family Matters / Love Matters
Author: Steve Jones
Text: I Corinthians 13
SERMON SUMMARY:
1) Act Kind.
2) Become Kind.
3) Stay Kind.
INTRODUCTION: Let's play "guess the lyric." This is from the 1970 Academy of Country Music Song of the Year.
"If you see your brother standing by the road,
With a heavy load - from the seeds he sowed.
And if you see your sister falling by the way,
Just stop and say, 'You're going the wrong way'
You've got to try a little ___________? Kindness
And who sang it? Glen Campbell.
I Corinthians 13:4 "Love is kind."
Our sermon series is "Family Matters/Love Matters." Our thesis is that a key to successful family relationships is to incorporate Biblical love into our families. I Corinthians 13:4-7 is our primary text.
"Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."
Today, let's note three ways to incorporate KINDNESS into our families.
I. ACT KIND
I Corinthians 13:4 "Love is kind."
When we think "kindness" what comes to mind is friendly, considerate, gentle, warm, affectionate, and concerned. These words generally relate to feeling. But from a scriptural perspective, the words describing "love" in 1 Corinthians 13 are verbs - action words. Being kind isn't JUST about feelings.
The Greek word for "kind" in 1 Corinthians 13:4 is the verb chresteuomai, and it's the only place in all of Scripture that this word appears. Chresteuomai is the middle voice for chrestos, which means, "fit for use, useful; virtuous, good." With that in mind, instead of saying loving others means being friendly, warm, and affectionate, we should interpret the command to have more of th ...
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