Broadstreet Church of Christ
1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama
Schedule of Services
Sunday:
Bible Study
10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship
11:00 A.M.
Evening Worship
5:00 P.M.
Wednesday:
Bible Study
7:30 P.M.
All times
Eastern
More like Jesus in Kindness
Luke 17:11-19
Introduction:
A. There are numerous examples of the kindness of Christ:
1. It is in this example of the kindness of Christ that we can see how kind
He truly was.
2. Today, we will notice how we can apply those characteristics of His
kindness to our lives.
B. Notice some facts about leprosy:
1. Leprosy was a disease that could not be cured.
2. Unless a miracle occurred, the only way to be cured of leprosy was to
die.
3. Leprosy was so contagious that the one with leprosy was immediately
removed from the camp:
a. All of Leviticus 13-14 deals with leprosy.
Leviticus 13:46 (God’s law to Israel concerning leprosy) - He shall be
unclean. All the days he has the sore he shall be unclean. He is unclean,
and he shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.
c. Usually lepers would be around other lepers because no one wanted to come
near them.
d. Whenever a leper came near someone without leprosy, they had to cover
their mouth and shout “Unclean! Unclean!” so that others could be warned of
his presence - Leviticus 13:45.
I. Notice how Jesus was kind to others, especially these lepers:
A. In His kindness, Jesus did something for the lepers that they could not
do themselves:
1. Jesus showed great kindness to the lepers by healing them of their
disease.
2. Jesus tells these men to go and show themselves to the priest:
a. As they went, they were healed.
b. The kindness of Jesus always involves action.
B. Jesus was kind to those who did not like Him:
1. At least one of them was a Samaritan:
a. The Samaritans were despised by the Jews:
1) After the Assyrians captured Israel, they resettled the land with
foreigners.
2) Because those who resettled the land were not pure Jews, they were
despised by the Jews in Judah.
2. They were hated in such a way that a Jew would go around Samaria instead
of passing through it; often adding a couple of days to his journey.
C. Jesus was kind to those who were unthankful:
1. Only one man returned to thank Jesus for what He had done:
a. There is nothing said of the other nine.
b. Even though they never thanked Jesus for what He did, we do not read of
them again becoming lepers.
2. Jesus was kind to the unthankful:
a. Jesus reminds us that even God is kind to the unthankful.
b. Luke 6:35 - For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
II. We must show the same type of kindness that Jesus showed to others:
A. Our kindness must involve action:
1. You cannot be kind to someone if you are not willing to help them.
2. Throughout the New Testament, we are told to do good to others:
a. Galatians 6:9,10
b. I John 3:17,18
c. James 2:15,16
B. We must be kind to everyone, including our enemies:
1. Luke 6:27-36
2. Even when others are not thankful for what we have done for, we must be
kind to them.
C. Part of the criteria for eternal judgment will be based on how kind we
were to people on this earth:
1. Part of doing the will of God is to show kindness to others.
2. Matthew 25:31-46.
Conclusion:
a. Do we show kindness in the way that Jesus showed it by helping those in
need?
b. When someone is kind to us, do we act like the one Samaritan or like the
other nine?
c. Titus 3:4 – Paul refers to the death of Christ as “the kindness and the
love of God.”
Earth – Based, but Heaven Bound
part one of two
Philippians 3:17-21
Philippians 4:1
INTRODUCTION:
A. Where are you right now?
1. Look around - what do you see? Touch something with your hand.
2. This is the world that we experience with our five senses - this is the
world with which we are familiar.
3. This is the world that holds the attention of the majority of its
inhabitants
B. One of the greatest challenges we face is to be, at the same time,
earth-based but heaven bound:
1. We are “in the world” - but we do not want to be “of the world” – john
17:16.
2. We are in a constant struggle between the “here-and-now” and the
“there-and-then” – matthew 6:19-21.
C. In this lesson a contrast will be made between those “who mind earthly
things” (Philippians 3:19) and those who “citizenship is in heaven”
(Philippians 3:20)
D. A question that each must face is this: “Is my mind set on earthly things
or heavenly thing?”
I. A PATTERN TO ACKNOWLEDGE- Philippians 3:17:
a. They were to be “imitators together” - this was something there were to
do together.
b. The NKJ and ESV have the phrase “join in”
c. There were to join together in following…
II. The Example of Paul - I Corinthians 11:1:
a. Paul has already said that nothing was as important to him as Christ -
Philippians 3:4-11.
c. Paul wants them to imitate his attitude toward Christ.
III. The Example of Fellow Christians:
a. To imitate something we must see it “…keep your eyes on those who walk
according to the example you have in us” (ESV) - MARK THEM.
b. The word “walk” in our current context has reference to how one lives - I
John 1:7.
c. Philippians 3:17 - highlights the importance of having good examples -
and being good examples.
iv. A PEOPLE TO AVOID - Philippians 3:18,19:
a. For every good example there are many bad examples.
b. Paul having just exhorted his readers to follow good examples, now warns
them not to follow bad examples.
c. Who were they to avoid? - The enemies of the cross:
1. The Judaizing teachers and/or all false teachers.
2. Why were they enemies of the cross? - Philippians 2:21:
a. Their end was destruction because - Galatians 5:4
b. They minded “earthly things” - “whose god is their belly”
v. How concerned was Paul with this ? - he wept about it – acts 20:31:
a. Sadly, there are any “enemies of the cross” today
b. One is an enemy of the cross who:
1. Teaches false doctrine…
2. Are worldly…
3. Are not dedicated Christians…
