Be Gentle

Keep’n It Fresh – Be Gentle
Pastor Blake Hanson | 7.17.22 

Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT)

22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

The Holy Spirit grows the fruit as we draw close to God. 

James 4:8 (NLT)

8 Come close to God, and God will come close to you…

Gentleness: refers to the quality of showing a mild friendliness or forbearance, especially to an enemy when harshness would be the expected behavior. A gentle person will act mercifully and appropriately. 

Mark 3:1–6 (NLT)

1 Jesus went into the synagogue again and noticed a man with a deformed hand. 

2 Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely. If he healed the man’s hand, they planned to accuse him of working on the Sabbath. 

3 Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.” 

4 Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him. 

5 He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored! 

6 At once the Pharisees went away and met with the supporters of Herod to plot how to kill Jesus.

BE GENTLE BECAUSE… 

1) Our gentleness is on .

Mark 3:2 (NLT)

2 Since it was the Sabbath, Jesus’ enemies watched him closely…

1 Kings 2:26 (NLT)

26 Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your home in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not kill you now, because you carried the Ark of the Sovereign Lord for David my father and you shared all his hardships.”

2) Our gentleness reaches the .     

Mark 3:3 (NLT)

3 Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, “Come and stand in front of everyone.”

Mark 5:33-34 (NLT)

33 Then the frightened woman, trembling at the realization of what had happened to her, came and fell to her knees in front of him and told him what she had done.

34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.”

3) Our gentleness is a great way to handle .   

Mark 3:4 (NLT)

4 Then he turned to his critics and asked, “Does the law permit good deeds on the Sabbath, or is it a day for doing evil? Is this a day to save life or to destroy it?” But they wouldn’t answer him.

 Mark 11:29–30 (ESV)

29 Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 

30 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me.”

4) Our gentleness helps with the correct . 

Mark 3:5 (NLT)

5 He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts…

John 12:37–40 (NLT)

37 But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not believe in him. 

38 This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: “Lord, who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?” 

39 But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said, 

40 “The Lord has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts— so that their eyes cannot see, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”

Mark 6:52 (ESV)

52 for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

Mark 3:5 (NLT)

5 He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, “Hold out your hand.” So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

Matthew 11:29 (NLT)

29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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