i want to turn to verse 32 this is what paul says be kind to one another tender hearted forgiving this is the greek word charisma one another which is a reciprocal pronoun as god in christ forgave you why did i make note of the forgiving and the reciprocal pronoun the charisma is a unique word a lot of people actually think that paul coined this word he’s kind of known for that to making up words it is a type of forgiveness that is grace laced so notice this be kind be tenderhearted remember the the forgiveness that you
received is is a gracious type of forgiveness and then forgive others as christ as god in christ has forgiven you if we embody these truths if we embody this what paul tells us to do it actually demands that we engage with our fellow human and especially our fellow brother or sister in christ with a sense of compassion that mirrors the compassion that god had with us and i want to turn to one last example in the bible is the book of job and i think job’s three friends we all know the story talk about an individual who is
just going through all kinds of chaos and i actually think his three friends they get a really bad rep in the story but they do a lot right they sit they’re in a moment of compassion the place where things go wrong is when they open their mouths and they start to talk and i think that’s actually an indication that the friends are operating out of assumptions and when you operate out of assumptions it’s liable and an indication i think that maybe you don’t have a sense of tender heartedness maybe there might be some
lack of compassion maybe we’re working in a place where we just haven’t listened to the other person because if we’re listening to them that listening and understanding of where they are as we step in to provide this discipleship and discipline and accountability it informs the listening informs our words and informs our works it informs everything but jim i actually think something else is happening to job that i’ve just been thinking about as we’ve been in the session when the friends begin to they’re working on a retributional theology like
