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I. Introduction
It’s a new year!
2022 is now over!
Usually this calls for celebration and setting new goals as we leave the old year behind and plan for the new year.
We have been in our "Biblical Marriage and Family” series over the last few weeks.
Today we want to look at just a couple of verses from Colossians chapter 3.
We want to understand and apply a very important component necessary in our marital and family relationships–namely forgiveness!
II.
We are God’s chosen ones (Col 3:12-13a)
A. As God’s ‘chosen ones’ (v.
12):
1. holy
2. beloved
B. We are to put on the new self (cf.
v. 10)
1. compassionate hearts
BDAG Definition: display of concern over another’s misfortune, pity, mercy, compassion
2. kindness
BDAG Definition: the quality of being helpful or beneficial, goodness, kindness, generosity
3. humility
BDAG Definition: modesty
Louw/Nida: humble attitude, humility, without arrogance
4. meekness
BDAG Definition: the quality of not being overly impressed by a sense of one’s self-importance, gentleness, humility, courtesy, considerateness
Louw/Nida: gentleness of attitude and behavior, in contrast with harshness in one’s dealings with others—‘gentleness, meekness, mildness
Louw/Nida: gentleness may also be expressed in some instances in an idiomatic manner, for example, ‘always speaking softly to’ or ‘not raising one’s voice.’
5. patience
BDAG Definition: state of being able to bear up under provocation, forbearance, patience toward others
Louw Nida: a state of emotional calm in the face of provocation or misfortune and without complaint or irritation—‘patience.’
6. bearing with one another
BDAG Definition: to regard w. tolerance, endure, bear with, put up with
7. If one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other
BDAG Definition: to show oneself gracious by forgiving wrongdoing, forgive, pardon
Louw/Nida: to forgive, on the basis of one’s gracious attitude toward an individual
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Christ the Lord is our example of forgiveness (v.
13b)
IV.
Applications to marriage and family
A. Forgiveness is for your wife, your children, and your relatives.
B. Forgiveness expects no reciprocity and keeps no score–it’s like the passing of an old year into a new one!
C. Lack of forgiveness in believers’ lives causes us to be susceptible to being outwitted by Satan.
(2 Cor 2:10-11)
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