DAILY IMMERSION Tuesday | M19 The New Man’s Tender Affections of Mercy

The verb used in Colossians 3:12 is “put on,” which here in Greek is enduo, which refers to putting on, the same word used in verse 10. Putting on the tender affections of mercy is the same as put on the new man. We no longer need to live in the old man, we have already been transferred to the new man! (Col 3:10,12, Rom 6:6)
The term “tender affections” quoted by Paul is, in the original Greek, “splagchnon”, which means entrails. When we study the book of Philippians, we realize that this splagchnon comes from Christ. By putting on the new man, Christ becomes all in all and we have the splagchnon, Christ’s tender affections of mercy! (Col 3:12, Php 2:1-2)
When we put on these tender affections, we put off the anger, indignation, malice, backbiting, obscene language, and lies of the old man. We are then filled with goodness, mercy, and all that Christ’s affections express through us.
As we go out into the streets and look at people, we need to be filled with that compassion and aim to bring the word of the kingdom to them. People in the world are lost, because sheep need a shepherd and a flock. But the Lord came to save them. (Mt 9:35,36).