[Source: British Reformed Journal, Issue No. 63, Autumn/Winter 2016]
The kindness in Luke 6:35 is, and can only be, a saving kindness. There is no
other kindness in God. God’s kindness is infinitely more than God being “nice”
to people. Kindness is God’s gentleness, His careful handling of His delicate
precious people. God is not kind to the reprobate. He breaks them with a rod of
iron and He dashes them in pieces as a potter’s vessel (Ps. 2:9). God’s
kindness is called goodness or graciousness in other passages and is only ever
directed toward the elect (Rom. 11:22; I Pet. 2:3). This kindness is shown to
the unthankful and to the evil, to us; we who believe in Jesus
Christ are the unthankful and the evil.
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