Welcome to another week in 2 Peter. This week we are looking at brotherly kindness - the trait listed after godliness. When you look at the traits and the order in which they are listed, it seems that as we progress on our spiritual journey we are continually growing closer to being who God meant us to be - in His image. God is love. At this point we have started with faith, added moral excellence, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, and godliness. As each of these traits continue to grow, we can't help but put on brotherly kindness. Just what is brotherly kindness? Thayer says it is "loving one like a brother." In this world of disfunctional families and broken homes, it may be difficult to know what that means. As always, the Bible gives us many examples of this trait.
Your assignment for today:
1. Choose a female character who showed (or did not show) brotherly love.
2. Tell us how she showed this character - what it looked like in her life situation.
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I choose Lydia from Acts 16. Even thought she was probably a prominent woman in her city and most likely wealthy, being a seller of purple (a business woman), she showed brotherly kindness to Paul and his companions (whom she barely knew) by insisting that they come and stay at her home...probably for an extended period. She was already a spiritual person, and she picked up on the kindness part quickly!
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