BlackCalvinist
Puritan Board Senior
Col 3
12Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13bearing 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. 14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
I tend to agree with a statement R.C. Sproul made in Faith Alone, when he talked of sanctification being primarily synergistic (from a human responsibility standpoint) after conversion. The commands to 'put on' certain things as a result of our union with Christ and the new life we've been given and to put certain things to death seems to imply this.
I could be wrong. We are held responsible for our time spent in the Word of God, our actions and in essence, that aspect of our growth. This is what I'm getting out of the text.
All that in mind.... what does it mean to 'bear with oneanother' ?
It seems like a silly question, but really.... and practically.... what does it mean to bear with oneanother ?
Pastor Way ? Scott ? All the other folks with a pulpit ?
What are the practical implications of 'bear with oneanother' ?
12Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13bearing 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. 14And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
I tend to agree with a statement R.C. Sproul made in Faith Alone, when he talked of sanctification being primarily synergistic (from a human responsibility standpoint) after conversion. The commands to 'put on' certain things as a result of our union with Christ and the new life we've been given and to put certain things to death seems to imply this.
I could be wrong. We are held responsible for our time spent in the Word of God, our actions and in essence, that aspect of our growth. This is what I'm getting out of the text.
All that in mind.... what does it mean to 'bear with oneanother' ?
It seems like a silly question, but really.... and practically.... what does it mean to bear with oneanother ?
Pastor Way ? Scott ? All the other folks with a pulpit ?
What are the practical implications of 'bear with oneanother' ?