What the Bible Teaches about the Kindness of God

 

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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God:  on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in His goodness;  otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.  Romans 11:22
                                                      

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11/26/2002

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11/30/2002

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-Did God show temporal kindness to the people of Sodom and Gomorroah? (Gen.19:12-19)
-"Kindness:"  a word referring directly to salvation (Exodus 15:13; Ps. 23:6)
-Does God's "goodness" or "kindness" refer to the entirety of His creation? (Psalm 33:5)

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12/03/2002

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-Rahab and the spies:  the "Kindness" covenant (Jos. 2, 6)
-Rahab and her father's whole house is SAVED by the "kindness" of God
-What of the seemingly multitude blessings God showered upon Israel in the wilderness?         (Psalm 78)
-God's perfect reason behind apparent, temporal blessings (Deut. 8)                                      

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12/07/2002

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-Titus 3:4:  love, mercy, justification, regeneration, etc, are synonyms for God's kindness
-Lk. 18's Publican:  His prayer for mercy is born of his having become justified
- Mt. 5:45:  Does it teach that God's kindness is upon the reprobate?  
-How do we find derivatives of Greek words only using the Strong's concordance?

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12/14/2002

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-"Kindness" is one of the attributes or fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22) 
-God's kindness has to do with His eternal kindness in salvation
-A look at 2 Samuel 7:10-15 and its proper spiritual interpretation

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12/17/2002

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-God is sovereign over all things and answers to no one (Ps. 33:11; Is. 46:10; Prov. 19:21)
-The study of the kindness of God is really the study of how God views and deals with the human race (Rom. 9:22-24; Prov. 16:4) 
-God treats the unsaved Elect differently than He treats the unsaved reprobate                             (Eph. 1:11; Rom. 8:28) 
-Both the Elect and the reprobate will be to the praise of His glory (Eph. 1:12; Rom. 14:11)

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12/21/2002

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-A review of the Biblical definition of God's kindness   
-Does God bestow a temporal kindness on the reprobate? ( Matt. 5:45; 2 Sam. 7:10-15)
-How God views the unsaved Elect                 (Col. 1:21; 2:13-14) 
 -A look at some of the fallacies of the "common grace" doctrine (2 Tim. 2:9,10; Matt. 12:36; Heb. 4:12,13; Rom.1:18-21)
-God looks at His Elect differently than,  and apart from, the corporate body (Ex. 33:12; Joshua 1; Deut. 8; Heb. 12:20-27; Matt. 8:11-12; Gal. 4; Hos.8, 9)

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12/24/2002

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-Passages in the Bible which seem to be a problem in understanding the kindness of God (Matt. 5; 2 Sam. 7:10-15)
-How 2 Sam. 7:10-15 is related to God departing from the corporate church (Hos. 9:11-12; Deut. 31:14-18; Jer. 9:2; Ez. 11:16; Jer. 51:9)  
-When did the corporate church become "Mystery Babylon"? 
-A discussion on the "third woe" of Revelation 11:14

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12/28/2002

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-What the N.T. teaches concerning the kindness of God (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:12-14; Gal. 5:22)
-God is not kind in the temporal sense, only in the eternal sense (Eph. 2:7; Titus 3:3-6; Jn.17)
-Kindness and longsuffering are two sides of the same coin (2 Peter 3:15)
-God's love is selective: "For many are called, but few are chosen" (Matt. 22:14)
-Ephesians 4:14-32:  a commentary on Matthew 5 and Luke 6 
 -"Kindness" is one of the attributes of one truly saved

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01/07/2003

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-God having "appointed a day" of judgment (Acts 17:31) correctly comments on the "long-      suffering" of God, recorded in 2 Peter 3:9  
-The reason behind the Gospel being "spoken" first to the Jews
-A look into the "disorderly" (2 Thess. 3:6,11) and "unruly" (1 Thess. 5:14) as those not          "ordained," those not "working 

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01/11/2003

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-Kindness of God:  the forgiveness of sins     (Rom. 2:4) 
-God's goodness, kindness or longsuffering leads to Repentance (Rom. 2:4) 
-God's longsuffering: a time period during which God waits unto His appointed time 
a) for the salvation of His elect                       (Rom. 2:4; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Pet. 3:9,15)
b) for the display of His wrath on the "vessels of wrath fitted to destruction" (Rom. 9:22)

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01/18/2003

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-Main thrust of "kindness":  the forgiveness of sins
-Further study on "longsuffering", a word often linked with "kindness" in the N. T. (Rom. 2:4)
-God's longsuffering is never in vain, never impotent (Rom. 2:4; 9:22; 2 Pet. 3:9)
-What the Bible says about the patience or  longsuffering of believers toward the world         (Eph. 4:2; Col..3:12;1Tim.1:16;)  
-A study of the Greek word, rendered "bear long" in Luke 18:7

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01/21/2003

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-Review of O.T. definition of "kindness" - God's mercy, covering of sin, and New Covenant
-Review of N.T. definition of "kindness"
-Longsuffering, forgiveness of sins 
-A study of the word, "better," as used in the N.T. and O.T.
-Most often points to the New or eternal Covenant, i.e., the superior, more glorious relationship between Christ and His Elect Bride (Ruth 4:15; Esther 1:19; Ps. 63:3; 2 Cor. 3:8,9)

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01/25/2003

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-Study of the Hebrew word rendered, "good" and "better", Strong's # 2896 
-How the Bible defines "little" (Mark 4:31; John 12:24)
-A look at the elect "seed" and the "better" Covenant (Gal. 4:27)
-External riches of those who claim to have the law of God (Luke12:15;Jer.8:8)
-Study of the relationship between the Hebrew word rendered, "lovingkindness", Strong's      # 2617 and the Hebrew word, rendered "good" and "better", Strong's # 2896                                      (1 Chron. 16:34; Psalm 23:6) 
-God's lovingkindness: an aspect of His forgiveness and mercy...it is good            (Ps.69:16; 86:5)
-How the Bible defines "righteousness"        (Rom. 4:5-8; Luke 15:7; 5:31-32) 
-What the Bible says about the patience of God (Luke 18:1-9) 

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01/28/2003

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-A look at how "righteousness" is a synonym for the Hebrew word rendered "good" or "goodness" (Genesis 1; Romans 4:6-8) 
-The Bible's definition of "goodness" - "sinless-ness" not eternal life (Rom. 8:20) 
-God's longsuffering is an exact period of time, focusing on the "vessels of mercy"                  (Rom. 9:22-23) 
 -A look at the parable of the two debtors (Matt. 18:21-35), learning that God defines His patience as the time period He waits until unleashing His wrath 
-God's children are to display His kindness, not rendering evil for evil (Matt. 5:45; 18:35)      

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02/01/2003

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-The Greek word, rendered "patience" - the time period that precedes God's judgment when He is "bearing long" (Luke 18:1-8; James 5:7,8) 
-God's longsuffering is manifest in the action of God's waiting (John 5:5; James 5:7)
-Christ did the ultimate "waiting" during the Atonement (Luke 18: the Psalms)
-God's longsuffering or waiting seems to indicate time markers that divide the time periods in which salvation or judgment is being applied of God 
-God is "waiting" until the Day of Judgment        (1 Corinthians 15:24-28; Hebrews 10:8-13)
-The temporary branches of John 15 and Romans 11 
-The "waiting" until the day of the redemption of the believers' bodies, coinciding with Judgment Day (Romans 8:18-25) 
-"waiting" - focus seems to be on the period of going through suffering until the fullness of the glory of salvation is revealed
-"longsuffering" - focus seems to be on the activity of salvation during a time era

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02/04/2003

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-Review on the "longsuffering" of God
-A picture of God's judgment as seen by the flooding of water:  invasion of heathen nations      (Isaiah 8:7,8) 
-The other meaning of the phrases, "even to the neck" and "ends of the world"                             (Is. 8:8; Heb. 1:1,2)
-What does the phrase, "a way to escape" really mean?  (1 Corinthians 10:13; Romans 11)
-How the Corporate Church becomes a trap, and that only the true believers are given the way of escape (Revelation 18:2; Psalm 124)
-Another example of God using water to utterly destroy (Ps.106; Acts 7:34; Neh.9:9-11)

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02/11/2003

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-3 words that describe the kindness of God:  "goodness,"  "longsuffering," and "forbearance"
-A more in-depth look at the "forbearance" of God
-Like the other 2 words above, "forbearance" is a time period showing God's heart attitude as He waits until the appointed time for the salvation of His children (Rom. 2:4)
-What did Christ mean when He said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you?" (Matt. 17:17; Mark 9:19; Luke 9:41)
-God's forbearance, like the other words for His kindness, has to do with forgiveness of sins for the Elect (Eph. 4:2; Col. 3:13) 
-Those in the Corporate Church have forbearance for false teachers, but not for God's true children (2 Tim. 4:3; 2 Cor. 11:3,4)

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