1. God’s Scandalous Kingdom The Poison of Withholding Kindness Matt. 20:1-16

2. Verse 15 “Are you envious because I am generous?” = literally -- “Are you mad because I’m good?”

3. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. (Lk. 6:33-36)

4. God’s Scandalous Kingdom The Poison of Withholding Kindness Matt. 20:1-16 Remember: 1.God is Kind and Good to You 2. God has Wonderful, New Possibilities for You 3.This is God’s Pathway to Transform You.

5. Psalm 51:1-4a 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned