“Kindness and Goodness”
1. If you were to provide your own definition of the word “kindness” (one that is not the same as one of those given in this lesson), what would it be?
2. How, according to Ephesians 2:7, has God shown kindness to all humanity?
3. According to John 3:16, what is another way that god has shown kindness to all humanity?
4. Explain 1 Peter 2:3 (“…if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious”).
5. Name the five traits found in Colossians 3:12 that Christians should exhibit.
6. According to Ephesians 4:32, how are we to act toward any person who has sinned but has asked for forgiveness?
7. What does Luke 17:3 admonish us to do regarding forgiving someone who has repented?
8. According to Luke 17:3, is it possible to forgive someone who will not repent?
9. What did Jesus mean when He said in Luke 17:4, “If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him”?
10. According to Job 6:14, what is one good way to show kindness to someone else?
11. According to James 1:27, what is another good way to show kindness to specific individuals?
12. What does 1 Peter 4:9 admonish Christians to do?
13. Acts 8:4 provides an approved example of something that all Christians should do. According to Ephesians 4:15, how should we do it?
14. In Genesis 20:2-4 what did Abraham convince Sarah to do “as an act of kindness” toward him?
15. In Psalm 141:5, what did David describe (somewhat unusually) as an “act of kindness” that would benefit him?
16. According to Philippians 2:4, whose interests are Christians to have in mind?
17. What did the apostle Peter mean when he said in 1 Peter 2:15, “For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men”?
18. For whom, according to Galatians 6:10, are Christians to “do good”?
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