As a fruit of the Spirit, and a part of what it means to be like Christ, kindness is also an attribute of God.
God is kind to all of his creatures. This is what theologians call common grace; that is, it is common to all—even those who reject God.The words of Jesus in Matthew 5:45 are an example of common grace: “For [God] makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.”According to the apostle Paul, writing in Romans 2:4, it is the kindness of God that leads us to repentance. It is not God’s harsh pressure that brings us to salvation, but His kindness, which works alongside His patience (the fruit we learned about last Sunday).Therefore, since it is the kindness of God that leads us to the repentance that results in salvation, kindness is most appreciated by those who are saved. And not only is it the kindness of God that leads us to salvation, but day-by-day we continue to see multitude ways in which God is kind to us.
God is even kind to his enemies, as Jesus says in Luke 6:32-36.
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