Set Your Mind on Things Above

Text: Colossians 3
29 April 2018

RAISED WITH CHRIST   (Colossians 3:1)

1. Through faith in Christ

2. Through identification with Christ

3. Through understanding of our relationship with Christ

SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE   (Colossians 3:1)

1. Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness   (Matthew 6:33)

2. Christ at the right hand of God

a) Knowledge   (Colossians 1:9)
b) Wisdom   (Colossians 1:9)
c) Spiritual understanding   (Colossians 1:9)
d) Power   (Colossians 1:11)

SET YOUR MIND ON THINGS ABOVE   (Colossians 3:2)

1. Died

a) To sin
b) To self
c) To the world
d) To the Evil One

2. Life hidden with Christ in God

a) Waiting to be revealed
b) Waiting to unfold
c) Waiting to be empowered for life and ministry

WHEN CHRIST APPEARS, YOU WILL ALSO APPEAR IN GLORY

1. A glorious life in the Salvation we have in Christ

2. A gloriously Sustained Life in Christ

3. A gloriously Significant Life in Christ