You Can't Cancel Kindness | Week 2 | Can we talk about this?

He also said, “I assure you: No prophet is accepted in his hometown. ' 'When they heard this, everyone in the synagogue was enraged. They got up, drove Him out of town, and brought Him to the edge of the hill that their town was built on, intending to hurl Him over the cliff. But He passed right through the crowd and went on His way.

Luke 4:24, 28-30

Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it? ” Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you? From that moment many of His disciples turned back and no longer accompanied Him.

John 6:60-61,66

“There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.””

John 3:1-2 HCSB

“After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus — but secretly because of his fear of the Jews — asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission, so he came and took His body away. Nicodemus (who had previously come to Him at night) also came, bringing a mixture of about 75 pounds of myrrh and aloes. Then they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the aromatic spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.”

John 19:38-40 HCSB

You Can't Cancel Kindness

The root of the problem is this: We don't know how to disagree anymore

A Harvard business poll revealed: 64% of Americans fear that a “growing cancel culture” is a threat to their freedom

1. Trust and Candor

“There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one could perform these signs You do unless God were with him.”"

John 3:1-2 HCSB

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23

“Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”"

John 3:3 HCSB

“No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven — the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life."

John 3:13-15 HCSB

1. Trust and Candor

2. Gentle Confidence

“…Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.”

1 Peter 3:15 HCSB

““Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves...”

Matthew 10:16-20 HCSB

Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Matthew 28:18-20

So we ALL need to train ourselves in the knowledge of the Lord, in Scripture, and be confident in our faith. That’s why at The Crossing Church, we have:

• Life Groups • Sisterhood Studies • Iron Men • Bible College

“I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,"

Ephesians 3:16-17 HCSB

“Then the temple police came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him? ” The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this! ” Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled too? Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed! ” Nicodemus — the one who came to Him previously, being one of them — said to them, “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it? ””

John 7:45-51 HCSB

1. Trust and Candor

2. Gentle Confidence

3. Meet Their Need

'Then Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, so they sat down. The men numbered about 5,000. Then Jesus took the loaves, and after giving thanks He distributed them to those who were seated — so also with the fish, as much as they wanted. When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here? ” Jesus answered, “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.” “What can we do to perform the works of God? ” they asked. Jesus replied, “This is the work of God — that you believe in the One He has sent.” “I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them. “No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again. '

John 6:10-11,25-29,35