Jeremiah 14-15, Colossians 3, Psalm 149
Colossians 3: 12-14 (ESV)
“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 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. And above all these put
on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”
In verses 12 through 14 from Colossians 2, Paul tells the Church
in Colossae how to behave if you have faith in Jesus Christ. Paul lists ways for
how to treat people so we have good relationships with everyone around us. When
I read this list they all seem to relate to what Jesus said in Matthew 22: 39, “And
a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Why wouldn’t you
want a random person to treat you with a compassionate heart, kindness, humility,
meekness, and patience? Why wouldn’t you want your family and friends to bear
with you, forgive you if they have a complaint against you? Why wouldn’t you want
the whole world to always have love in all their actions? Wouldn’t it be an
amazing world if we did all these things? We would live in a more peaceful
world and live in perfect harmony if we just followed the advice from Jesus
Christ.
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