What is having kindness like Christ?

1) God understands us.

The Jews do not seem to like the Gentiles, but the Bible reminds the Jews frequently to take care of the foreigners.

To look at situations in their shoes of others to see the point of view.

Jesus has mercy and provides food shelter healing etc

Example the taxi driver who found a lot of money in the taxi, he can either take it and be rich or put himself in the person`s shoes and understand how bad it will be for the person who lost a lot of money, class finally returning the money.

 

2) put emphasis on life, health and conditions.

Jesus saw that the 5,000 people were hungry. Although the disciples say to send them back, Jesus says to feed all of them

Exodus 12:13

 

3) we have to study and question what are the needs and what people need.

The speaker today, upon graduation from Bible school, asked to serve God. He was told to go to the slums where the people were living under the tollway bridge 

Apparently a group of missionaries had already come and saw the children were without shoes. They bought all the new shoes for the kids. The following week the kids were not wearing them anymore. When asked why they said they exchanged the shoes for snacks and other cheap stuff that they need. That`s all it is always good to understand what they actually need.

 

4) kindness overflows from the love of God.

1 Timothy 1:14

A man proclaims his love for God.

However he has not forgiven a person who was very close to him before.

One day he was expressing love for God, and God ask him,  "the love of who?`

He replied, love for him, himself.

God told him he did not need his love but need his love that he has given to God and to use this love for other people, to forgive and to give the love.

Use the love of God to give it to others.

God will continue to have mercy and give us his everlasting love..