Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Student Workbook, SW16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

b. Issues of class, race, gender, background, and ethnicity must become non-issues in our midst, Col. 3.13.

c. “If charity begins at home, so does reconciliation” – John Stott, Eph. 4.1-3.

d. Learn to celebrate the differences among peoples as a gift of God in Christ.

(1) Col. 3.11

(2) 1 Cor. 3.21-23

(3) Gal. 3.28

4. We must fight the tendency toward pessimism and the inevitably of war, violence, and cruelty, James 1.19-20.

a. We must avoid being too naive , on the one hand, expecting the end of hatred between peoples before the Consummation of the Kingdom.

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b. We must likewise avoid becoming too negative about the possibility of peoples to reach a level of respect that holds aggression at arm’s length.

5. We must be willing to address these issues in open discussion within our homes and our churches, Phil. 2.1-3.

a. We are advocates of the righteousness of the Kingdom, Matt. 6.33.