Our Mission: To Make More and Better Disciples
If then you have been raised with Christ… —Colossians 3:1 (ESV)
1. We are Raised to a New
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. —Colossians 3:1-2 (ESV)
2. New Life Requires New
A) We Must Set Our
on Things Above
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above —Colossians 3:1 (ESV)
We Chase His
He must increase, but I must decrease. —John 3:30 (ESV)
We Chase His
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. —Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
We Chase His
Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. —Matthew 6:9-10 (ESV)
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. —Colossians 3:2 (ESV)
B) We Must Set Our
on Things Above
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.” —Matthew 16:23 (ESV)
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. —Colossians 3:3-4 (ESV)
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. —Colossians 3:5-6 (ESV)
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing 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. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. —Colossians 3:12-14 (ESV)