
Pt. 1 - EXTRAORDINARY KINDNESS
• Chris Smith • Series: LIVE IT OUT
In the sermon *Extraordinary Kindness*, the first message in the “Live It Out” series, the focus is on living out the radical and countercultural kindness of the Kingdom of God, as taught by Jesus in Luke 6. Highlighting the difference between merely being "right" and being *kind*, the message confronts the religious impulse to prioritize rule-keeping over compassion and invites believers to embody the generosity, mercy, and grace modeled by Christ—especially toward enemies, outcasts, and those who insult or mistreat us. True kindness, as defined by Jesus, is not transactional or selective but sacrificial and unearned, rooted in the believer’s identity as a child of God. Drawing from examples in Jesus’ ministry, especially His healing on the Sabbath and His teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, the sermon calls Christians to live as citizens of a new Kingdom where insults do not destroy identity, generosity isn’t about payoff, and enemies are prayed for and loved. This “ridiculous” kindness—undeserved, transformative, and rooted in grace—is exactly the kind shown to us by God through Christ, and it is the kind we are called to live out daily.