Oakwood Church

Kindness is a deep Compassion for the needs of others that moves you to meet those needs with Generosity.

“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Matthew 9:36-38

Jesus’ Kindness for Sinful People:

* Feeling Compassion and Acting Generously

“When Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, ‘Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.’”
Matthew 9:2

Jesus’ Kindness for Sinful People:

* Compassion for their Eternal peril

“‘But that you may know the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ - he then said to the paralytic - ‘Rise, pick up your bed and go home.’”
Matthew 9:6

Jesus’ Kindness for Sinful People:

* Compassion for their Eternal peril

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
John 3:36

Jesus’ Kindness for Sinful People:

* Generous Grace

“As Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came…”
Matthew 9:10

Jesus’ Kindness for Sinful People:

* Generous Grace

“Those who are well have no need for a physician, but those who are sick.”
Matthew 9:12

Jesus’ Kindness for Religious People:

* Compassion for their spiritual Blindness

“But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, ‘Why do you think evil in your hearts?’”
Matthew 9:4

Jesus’ Kindness for Religious People:

* Generous Truth

“‘But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ - he then said to the paralyzed man, ‘Rise, pick up your bed and go home.’”
Matthew 9:6

Jesus’ Kindness for Religious People:

* Generous Truth

“When the crowds saw it they were afraid and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.”
Matthew 9:8

Jesus’ Kindness for Religious People:

* Generous Truth

“Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Matthew 9:13 (Hosea 6:6)

Jesus’ Kindness for Religious People:

* Generous Truth

“Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth.”
Hosea 6:5

Jesus’ Kindness for Hurting People:

* Compassion for their Holistic suffering

“A woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment.”
Matthew 9:20

Jesus’ Kindness for Hurting People:

* Generous Love

“Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.”
Matthew 9:23

Jesus’ Kindness for Hurting People:

* Generous Love

“Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.”
Matthew 9:35

Jesus’ Kindness for Hurting People:

* Generous Love

“When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
Matthew 9:36

Jesus’ Kindness for Hurting People:

* Generous Love

“Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.’”
Matthew 9:37-38