CrossWay Church

James 3:13-18 Cultivating Godly Gentleness

I) Gentleness is a sign of a wise and _________ Christians.

A) The world often defines gentleness as ______________ or passivity.


B) The Bible defines gentleness as a controlled strength that displays ______________ towards others.


II) What controls us?
A) _________________ Influences: The wisdom of the world around us.


B) _______________________ Influences: Our own corrupted sin nature.


C) _________________ who pretends to be godly.


D) God


E) Diagnostic Questions

1) Which of these four things controls your life the most?

2) Are we willing to submit to God’s word?

3) Are we willing to trust God’s plan for our lives?


III) What actions flow out of our hearts?
A) What is in you heart?

1) Who are you bitter toward?

2) Who are you envious of?


3) Do you care more about your own ambitions or others?


B) How are we treating others?

1) Are you promoting peace or creating dissension and conflict?


2) Do you treat everyone equally (___________________)?


3) Are you sincere? Do you act the same around everyone?


4) Are you considerate and merciful toward others especially those who you think have wronged you?


5) Are you gentle when you approach those who have harmed you or that you see caught in a sin?


IV) Cultivating gentleness.
A) Examine our hearts and acknowledge when we have been _____________ by things other than God or not acted correctly.


B) ____________________ our sins to God and others.


C) Remember that Christ treats believers much more _____________ that we deserve.