DAILY TRUTH - The Dangers Of Misinterpreting Scripture
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Summary
Pastor Joel reminds us that the kindness of the Lord is not about soft words and sugar and spice, but it's about His forbearance and patience. God's kindness is the provision, the allotment of time, that the Lord in his mercy provides for the person to come to repentance through what? The Gospel. And the Gospel is the good news of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, which automatically assumes and carries with it the bad news of wretchedness of man and the holiness of God.
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Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
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Pastor Joel, have you ever read Romans chapter two, verse four?
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Because don't you know how to win friends and influence people?
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Don't you know how to be effective in pastoral ministry and preaching and evangelism?
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Don't you know what actually bears fruit and what actually works?
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kindness kindness leads people to repentance kindness wins people over
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well there's a few problems number one how are you defining kindness number two what is the text
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you're quoting that i reference for you because you don't know the reference i know the text
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better than you do most of the time and so the text that you're quoting what is the context of
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it. What is actually being said? See, kindness, God is so helpful. The apostle Paul inspired by
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the Holy Spirit is so helpful. He's so clear. Kindness is defined in the text. Well, we don't
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have Paul listing three different things. We have Paul listing one thing three different ways. Three
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words for one thing. Verse four, or do you presume on the riches of God's kindness and forbearance
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and patience. What is kindness in the context of this text? It is forbearance and patience.
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So God's kindness is what? That through soft words and sugar and spice, he breaks the heart of men,
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replaces it with a heart of flesh, and causes them to put faith in the Lord Jesus and repent.
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So what is the kindness of the Lord in the context of the text?
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The kindness of the Lord is not so much what Paul is referencing
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as the instrument that wins people over to Christ.
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The kindness of the Lord is the provision, the allotment of time
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that the Lord in his mercy provides for the person
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which automatically assumes and carries with it
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the holiness of God, and the need to repent, period.
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