Kind To The Ungrateful

“But love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil people. Luke 6:35 NASB20

Our Lord...kind to the ungrateful and evil people. Now that is not the impression we typically get from the Old Testament. Behave and be good, and the Lord will reward you greatly, we tend to see in the scriptures, and thus those who are healthy and wealthy are doing it right, we think. There are proverbs and other scriptures to support this for those who would see only this thing, certainly Job's friends would be among those who support this view. Job, for his part, couldn't figure where he had gone wrong to deserve his punishment, so he too saw this view of things in the world. So what happens when Jesus says what He did in our verse for today?

Our Lord...kind to the ungrateful and evil people. Astounding! Totally flying in the face of all religion where the kindness and rewards go to those who toe the line and follow the script. It had to be though, for the greatest of kindnesses is the redemption bought by our Lord Jesus on the cross. And not one deserved it by deed or thought or behavior. Indeed our Father God in His - what is that word we like? - lovingkindness - yes! that word- gave to all the ungrateful and evil people (that's us!) a Savior in Christ the Lord.

May we lead the saved ungrateful and redeemed evil people to rejoicing in our Lord Jesus!

Bucky