{"id":12811,"date":"2025-07-17T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2025-06-18T06:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T11:48:26","slug":"repentant-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/repentant-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Repentant Kindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One-minute read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Welcome-Summer-Facebook-Post.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Welcome-Summer-Facebook-Post.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Welcome-Summer-Facebook-Post-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Welcome-Summer-Facebook-Post-768x644.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul\u2019s Jewish audience agrees about the wickedness of Gentiles, thinking themselves morally superior to them.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the listener doesn\u2019t understand their guilt and can\u2019t see the plank in their eye.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>\u201cFor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Romans 3:23<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Metanoia, the original Greek word for repentance means, <em>change of mind\u2026the state of changing any or all of the elements composing one\u2019s life: attitude, thoughts, and behaviors concerning the demands of God for right living; note that this state can refer to the foundational salvation event in Christ, or to on-going repentance in the Christian life.<\/em><sup data-fn=\"e91cd551-28f5-4276-8103-a10a7ca1845a\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#e91cd551-28f5-4276-8103-a10a7ca1845a\" id=\"e91cd551-28f5-4276-8103-a10a7ca1845a-link\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All have fallen short of the glory of God and need to repent.&nbsp; Ignoring the Lord\u2019s kindness shows contempt for the Savior and our need for salvation.&nbsp; We miss the plank in our eyes and focus on the splinter in someone else\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A repentant heart acknowledges their shortcomings, accepting that they have no right to judge the sins of others without admitting their own.&nbsp; Accepting Christ into our hearts allows us to receive His grace, as well as extend it to others.&nbsp; Because of Jesus\u2019s kindness, we can receive and share His mercy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Journal Question:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When have you deemed someone unworthy of God\u2019s grace?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Random Act of Kindness:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Who can your kindness help today?<\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"e91cd551-28f5-4276-8103-a10a7ca1845a\">NIV Exhaustive Concordance Dictionary. Copyright \u00a9 2015 by Zondervan. <a href=\"#e91cd551-28f5-4276-8103-a10a7ca1845a-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-minute read. Paul\u2019s Jewish audience agrees about the wickedness of Gentiles, thinking themselves morally superior to them.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the listener doesn\u2019t understand their guilt and can\u2019t see the plank in their eye.&nbsp; \u201cFor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\u201d Romans 3:23 Metanoia, the original Greek word for repentance means, change&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/17\/repentant-kindness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Repentant Kindness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"NIV Exhaustive Concordance Dictionary. 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