Colossians 3:13 [bearing with one another] and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
anexomai (an-ekh’-om-ahee) to hold up, bear with. Proverbs 19:11 1 Peter 2:19 Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; [as the Lord has forgiven you], so you also must forgive. Fully Isaiah 1:18 Psalm 103:12 Faithfully 1 John 1:9 Forgetfully Hebrews 8:12
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, [so you also must forgive. ]
Colossians 3:12-17
prautés (prah-oo’-tace): meekness, mildness, gentleness.
English definition: a mild, moderate, humble, or submissive quality.
Meekness is NOT weakness.
Matthew 26:47-54
Meekness is NOT the way of the world.
Matthew 6:19-21
Mark 8: 36
Matthew 5:5
James 3:13-16
Meekness is how we share our faith (the gospel).
1 Peter 3:15-16
Meekness is how we challenge the sin of other believers.
Galatians 6:1-3
Meekness is how we should receive the word of God.
James 1:21
Meekness is how we should disciple others.
1 Thessalonians 2:7-8
Meekness is a fruit of the spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23
Pursue Meekness by Abiding in Jesus.
1 Timothy 6:11-12
ENG kindness: 1) the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. Be Kind Rewind pic ENG Kindness: 2) A Kind Act OT checed (kheh’-sed): goodness kindness, favor, mercy. Exodus 34:6 Proverbs 19:22 Proverbs 31:26 NT chréstotés (khray-stot’-ace) : goodness, excellence, uprightness. Kindness is useful. Galatians 6:10 James 2:14-17 Kindness is good. Titus 3:4-5a (end after “he saved us…”) Kindness is a fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 2 Corinthians 6:2-5 Kindness like this could change the world. Romans 2:4 Ephesians 4:31-32
Colossians 3:12-17 oiktirmós – compassion (pity), i.e. deep feeling about someone’s difficulty or misfortune
Psalm 116:5 Psalm 145: 9 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
We are meant to be moved with compassion. Matthew 9:35-36 Matthew 14:13-14 Matthew 15:29-39 Matthew 20:29-34
We’re meant to be motivated by compassion. James 1:27 James 2:14-17
Question 1 : In what are ways you are moved by compassion?
Question 2: What are you doing about it?
Proverbs 24:10-13
“Compassion can’t be measured in dollars and cents. It does come with a price tag, but that price tag isn’t the amount of money spent. The price tag is love.” ~ J. C. Watts Jr.
Integrity: (1) the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
Integrity is one of several paths. It distinguishes itself from the others because it is the right path and the only one on which you will never get lost. ~ M.H. McKee
Integrity: (2) the state of being whole and undivided.
Daniel 6:4-5
Jeremiah 23:23-24
Psalm 44:21
Job 34:21
Pic : I saw that. ~God
Pic: Seriously, did you think I wouldn’t notice? ~God
God sees everything, and He has a very good memory! ~Unknown
Integrity Keeps me Secure
Integrity Guides Me
Integrity Vindicates Me
Integrity is Really an Issue of the Heart
Psalm 26:2
Psalm 139:24-25
Are you willing to let God reveal your faults?
Matthew 21:28-32 NLT I should obey God even when I don’t want to.
Matthew 21:23-46 NLT “Obey” means to comply with a command, direction, or request; to submit to authority. I should obey God even when I don’t want to. Psalm 119:1-8
God loves everyone. (But he doesn’t love everyone the same.)
God has a providential love for his creation. Matthew 5:45 God has a redemptive love for his fallen world. John 3:16 “God loves the great totality of fallen human beings. All of them.” ~John Piper Romans 5:8 God has a preferential love toward his chosen people. Malachi 1:2-3 Romans 9:10-13 God has a conditional love toward his faithful ones. John 15:9-10
Countering Objections to the statement God Loves Everyone…
If God loves EVERYONE, we ought to love EVERYONE, too.
