Set Your Mind on Things Above

Text: Colossians 3
29 April 2018

THE PROBLEM OF FOCUSING ON THE THINGS ON THE EARTH

1. Wishing for a long life

2. Going through life with sickness and difficulties

3. Struggling with feelings of uselessness

4. Feeling down

5. Getting upset and angry with each other

THE PLACING OF OUR FOCUS ON THINGS ABOVE

1. Having Faith in the Lord Jesus

“If we have been raised with Christ…”   Colossians 3:1
“Where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God…”   Colossians 3:1
a. Living faith in Christ
i. Coming alive to Him
ii. Growing in Him
b. Longing for the presence of the Lord
i. Where Christ is
ii. Sitting at the right hand of God
iii. He is enthroned as King
iv. He rules over our life

2. Hoping in things above

“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of the throne of God.”   Colossians 3:1
a. Seek those things which are above
b. Seek being with Christ
c. Seek the things that are eternal

3. Focusing on things above

“Set your mind on things above, not on the things of this earth.”   Colossians 3:2
a. Change of focus
b. Stop focusing on things of the earth
c. Start focusing on things above

THE PERSONAL JOY OF SEEING THE LORD COMING AGAIN

1. Looking forward to the Lord’s return   (Colossians 3:4)

a. When Christ appears
b. We will appear with Him

2. Rejoicing with Him in glory   (Colossians 3:4)

a. We will be taken up with Him
b. We will be with Him forever
c. We will have eternal joy