For the Christian, no magic wand exists for effective soul winning. We have been given the Person of the Holy Spirit as our helper, along with tools such as using the law, wisdom, prayer etc., to guide us in our efforts to obey the Great Commission. However, all of our feeble efforts must rest upon the foundation of God's nature. Just like the foundation of a building must be strong to allow and sustain its erection, so too must Christ-followers draw the lost to the cross from the bedrock of God's nature of kindness. The kindness of God is not simply a politically correct clich�, but the very key to unlocking the heart of the unbeliever.

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The Law of Kindness

God's Key to the Locked Heart

By Derrick Jackson

Balboa Press

CHAPTER 1

What is Kindness?

... the earth is full of the goodness (kindness) of the LORD. -Psalms 33:5b

Dictionary.com's definition of kindness is the state or quality of being kind; kind behavior; and finally, a friendly feeling. The Strong's Hebrew Dictionary word means kindness; piety; reproof, beauty, favor, good deed, kindly, mercy, pity, reproach. Finally, the Strong's Greek Dictionary's take: employed, useful in manner or morals, better, easy, good, gracious, kind.

My interpretation of the above three definitions is that the Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries add piety and morality; and good, respectively to their definitions because they reflect the absolute righteousness that is God's nature. Therefore, if we consider the context of our initial verse along with other passages that refer to God's kindness, we must also add the word action to the definitions of piety, morality and good. Therefore, kindness is not only a kind feeling, it is pious, it is moral, it is good, it is also an action--a gracious work done for the benefit of another. In short, kindness is the inspiration and a good work is the end.

F.Y.I. at times throughout this work, I may use kindness, goodness, and gracious/good work interchangeably

Kindness and a good work are the heads and tails of a coin—they cannot be separated without destroying the value of both. As a matter of fact, God's kindness always leads to a good work ending in greater degrees of grace. Said another way, God's kindness and good works were designed to glorify God by benefiting mankind.

Moreover, though mercy is often translated as kindness in the Old Testament, yet in my opinion there is a distinction. I believe mercy possesses an additional nuance of—the restraint of due justice. In other words, mercy restrains the imposition of a penalty that has rightfully been earned. Therefore, if mercy is primarily a restraint, then kindness is primarily an unearned action of grace. Said yet another way, mercy is a non-action of grace, whereas kindness is the inspiration leading to a righteous action, i.e. good work.

In addition, kindness possesses niceness, and niceness kindness yet, there is also a slight distinction. Whereas kindness is the conduit to good works, niceness is more passive settling on one's disposition. Therefore, kindness may always be nice, but niceness does not always have to be kind.

Furthermore, kindness is not always rational or logical. From a human perspective at least, kindness often appears eccentric. At those times when it seems irrational however, it is not the kindness itself, but the one using the kindness.

Although not true of man, 'God's' kindness is never done with an intent to evil. On the contrary, because God is good and therefore moral, He always acts in kindness for a specific good in mind. So too, the person who generates an authentic kind act must always seek the good and purposeful benefit of the receiver. Interestingly, the receiver may neither desire, seek, or agree with the moral intention of the giver's kind act, yet neither the kindness nor the act is diminished. In other words, the receiver may not understand, nor desire the kind action of the giver, but that does not take away from God's benevolent, providential purposes inspiring it.

Oddly again, there are times when the kind act may appear to contribute to the delinquency of the receiver, yet delinquency is never the intent of authentic kindness. Kindness can only be kind ... it is designed to generate gracious acts!

Now we can better understand King David's incredible statement: "... the earth is full of the kindness of the Lord." Wherever and whenever you look at God's glorious creation, all of His works, regardless of how they are categorized, were motivated by His kindness, i.e. goodness to man.

Certainly the Bible teaches mankind does not deserve God's goodness. On the contrary, man's sin has earned God's righteous judgment. However, God's benevolent works to man inspire awe in the astute believer who ponders the incredible sovereignty of God to choose to extend mercy (and kindness) to mankind instead of justice. Nevertheless, why did the benevolent God go to the trouble of filling the earth with His kindness? The simple, yet profound answer is that kindness is His nature. He exists as Kind and therefore must manifest that kindness in good works toward humanity—for God cannot act contrary to His great nature.

When David writes the earth is full of God's kindness he refers to the fullness of God's works in the earth—all of which were created to express His kindness to mankind. Therefore, kindness can neither exist nor function alone—it needs to end with good works, all of which King David very aptly describes as innumerable.

If God's works to man are innumerable, then His kindness that inspires them must follow suit—I like to use the words: incomprehensible kindness. The Bible simply uses the word great to describe both His person and actions to man.

Allow me a moment to review: God has done so many good (kind and righteous) works that they are beyond our human capacity to count. The works are so impactful that God calls them great. In other words, God does no insignificant acts—everything He does is excellent, beautiful, substantial, immense, marvelous, wonderful, and obviously, beyond human imagination. The intent of all God's good works, however, is not just to boast of His astounding power and matchless skill, but each one of His innumerable good works is designed to be an expression of God's kindness to us, or more specifically ... to you! Incredibly, each one of His gracious acts was especially and intricately designed for you personally to encounter His kindness through a tangible experience! HALLELUJAH!

I like to use four categories to organize His wonderful, innumerable works of kindness:

1. Creative works. When God created the heavens and the earth, His works were incredible ... magnificent ... numberless! Mankind was designed to benefit from the creative works of God. These works of God were designed to be seen with the human eye, which includes everything from the incredible infinitesimal intricacies of the microscopic world to the endless magnitude and awesome beauty of the mind-bogglingly massive universe.

The Psalmist said,

He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered ...

And Job confirms,

Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Amazingly, God did not stop here ...

2) Redemptive Works. Included in the innumerable works of God are His redemptive works. These works include everything surrounding the work of the cross of Christ. The redemptive works are those works which God does to restore His people to Himself—to save, to deliver, to heal, to comfort. For example,

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father ...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

God's innumerable redemptive...

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