KINDNESS DIFFUSES HATRED
‘And be kind one to another,
tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has
forgiven you.’ (Ephesians 4:32)
GENTLENESS DENIES THE RIGHT TO
VINDICTIVENESS
‘The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control:
against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have put to death the
flesh (our carnal nature) with the affections and lusts.’ (Galatians 5:22-24)
FORGIVENESS GOES BEYOND SEVEN
TIMES
'Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times? Jesus answered him, I say not unto you, until seven times: but, until seventy times seven.’ (Matthew 18:21-22)