Gentleness
Gentleness
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3) How long was it that God had to wait on you to humble yourself, and receive Christ – without condition? For me it
was 17 years!
4) How long have you been saved, and yet still are struggling with stuff in your life – the Lord is truly gentle towards
us isn’t He?
c. In the way he gives us what we need (James 3:17) – ask and ye shall receive!
d. In the way He saves sinners – compares Himself to that of a Shepherd
1) Leads His flock – doesn’t drive them
2) Feeds His flock
3) Goes after the lost sheep – risks His own life for 1 sinner
4) Protects His flock, and even dies for them
3. Do you know why we don’t have much Gentleness in our lives?
a. Simply because we see the need for Strife, Argumentation, Contention as more “efficient”
b. Politicians know this to be true – they try to be civil, but people want blood!
c. As do businesses – go head to head with your competition
D. Examples of Gentleness
1. God
a. In Creation – just look around!
1) This universe is built by God pretty strong, and sturdy
2) Notice the delicateness of God’s creation
3) EX: This earth is filled with boiling lava, covered by hard rock, yet the top few feet is soft, brown, rich, moist dirt!
b. In Conversion
1) The Lord should only give us one chance, but He gives us loads
2) The Lord should make us crawl on our knees backwards up Mt Everest to get born again, but He doesn’t – Thank
God
3) He is Gentle – He takes us as we are, right where we are!
c. In Correction
1) The Lord could clobber us every time we sin – He needs to
2) In Love, the Lord (not punishes), but corrects us
3) I don’t care how hard you think your life is, it is GENTLE compared to what you OUGHT to get!
d. In Communication
1) The Lord could communicate to us in a very complicated and hard way
2) But instead He put all we need to know in a Book!
3) And His Holy Spirit speaks through a very still, small, voice – the word “still” is the quiet voice, or the gentle
voice of God
e. Now, don’t think that this is the ONLY way that God reacts towards us – He does have His limit – thank God – as
Gentle as he is, there comes a time when Gentleness must give way to Justice (Ex 34:4-7)
1) We think God should ONLY be kind towards us
2) But we don’t want God to have to be just
3) All I can say is, you had better accept His Gentleness (Jesus), before you have to face His Justice (hell) – that’s
salvation!
2. Jesus (Isa 40:11)
a. He was gentle with the Woman at the Well (John 4) – five husbands
b. He was also gentle with Nicodemas – took the time to explain, and try to get His “born again”
c. How about the encounter with the woman caught in Adultery (Jn 8:3-11)?
1) According to the law of God, she SHOULD have died
2) But she didn’t HAVE to be punished at that time
3) She needed Jesus – that’s why he is called SAVIOUR!
4) She is instead, forgiven, but charged with not doing it again!
5) THAT is GENTLENESS!
3. David with his son Absolom (2Sam 18:1-5)
a. Absolom had taken over David’s kingdom, and run him out of town
b. Absolom had raised an army against his father David, to crush them
c. David prepares to defend himself against the attack, and orders his men to not seek revenge – to be gentle with Absolom
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II. Conclusion
A. Most people do not realize just how GENTLE God has been with this filthy and wicked world
B. People take advantage of the gentleness of God and abuse it – just as they do almost ALL of God’s gifts
C. Take a moment and consider how kind, and gentle God has been to you in your life, and ask yourself,
1. Am I just living on “borrowed time?” Will the gentleness end one day son, and I go and spend eternity in hell – simply
because I have neglected the free gift of eternal life?
2. Have I ever sought for the attitude/disposition of gentleness to be developed in my life – or do I take pride in my strife and
ability to argue and fight others?
D. If you are not born again, the Saviour gently calls you to come to Him, and receive Him all by simple child-like faith
E. If you are saved, there is a kind of church that Jesus wants to mould us into – one where we are
1. Firm in our stand, and our beliefs
2. But gentle in the expression and persuasion of those beliefs
F. Do you know the most humbling way to find out how gentle you are? Ask somebody – maybe ask your enemy. And then ask
God to begin the production of the fruit of gentleness in a big way in your life!
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