And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that.
Luke 6:33
Takeaway
Jesus is saying that kindness to those who are kind to us costs us nothing—it's the baseline of human decency, not evidence of grace. Real love is lavish toward people who can't repay it, who don't deserve it, who might hurt us again. This is the scandal of the gospel: we are called to love not because it makes sense, but because we have been loved at infinite cost by someone we didn't deserve.
Application
Today, identify one person who has treated you poorly or who you have no natural reason to help. Do one concrete act of kindness toward them—a text, a meal, a listening ear, whatever fits. Not for credit. Not for transformation. Just because Christ loved you first when you were still hostile to Him.
