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CrossWay Church

April 29: Kindness

April 29: Kindness

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CrossWay Church Battle Ground

311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA

Sunday 10:00 AM

Galatians 5:22-23

Luke 10:25-37

Luke 10:33-38 Cultivating Godly Kindness

I) The Setting: Jesus' conversation with an Old Testament Scholar.

A) A Jewish religious leader (Old Testament Scholar) tried to _______ Jesus.

B) Jesus recognized his ___________ and asked him to answer his own question.

C) The Old Testament scholar ______________ the commandments with Deuteronomy 6:5 and Leviticus 19:18.

D) Jesus acknowledged the correctness and __________ of his answer.

F) How do you try and justify yourself to God? What do you think makes yourself lovable to God and others? What is your life purpose?


II) The Parable.

A) An Israelite was ____________ on a very dangerous road between Jerusalem and Jericho.

B) The two people (Priest and Levite) that the teacher _________ would love their neighbor didn’t.

1) Each _______ the hurt man in need and did nothing to help him.

2) They purposely moved to ___________ side to avoid him.

C) A ___________ Samaritan showed loving kindness to the neighbor.

1) This man saw the need and had ____________________.

2) He bandaged him and carried him to __________ on his donkey.

3) He showed _______________ kindness by paying for his recovery.

III) Kindness traits displayed in this parable.

A) Godly kindness is focused on _____________ especially those we don’t naturally get along with.

1) It starts with ______________ other’s needs and having compassion for them.

2) It involves doing something to meet the need.

B) Godly kindness will __________ us.

1) It is often __________________________.

2) It will require us to give up _______________________.

IV) The motivation for Christians' kindness & how we grow in it.

A) Jesus set the bar so high that the man knew he couldn’t ____________ through his own actions.

1) The man wanted to be the ______ of his story to justify himself.

2) Jesus made the hero his __________ so he knew he couldn’t justify himself.

3) If this is the measure of how we must love others, we ______ too.

B) This parable is designed to point us to Christ’s kindness.

1) All of us have been broken and beaten and left to die because of our own ______________.

2) Christ’s sacrifice is the ultimate act of kindness and mercy.

C) When we have been impacted by Christ’ kindness, it _________ us to be more kind to others.

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