3 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your[a] life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. —Colossians 3:1-4
Remember Your Spiritual Birthright
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation….28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. —Colossians 1:15, 28
You Underwent A Spiritual Transformation
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation….28 Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. —Colossians 1:15, 28
13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves[a] or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit. —1 Corinthians 12:13
12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, —Colossians 2:12-13
6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. —Romans 6:1-4
10 For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. —Romans 6:10-12
It’s A Powerful Factor In Battling Personal Temptation
It’s An Absolute Fact
It’s The Launchpad To Really Seeking And Serving God
Refocus Your Spiritual Passion
It Means Being Passionate About The Things That Are Important In Heaven, Not Here On Earth
19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things. 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, —Philippians 3:19-20
It’s The Surest Sign There Is Of Real Spiritual Life
Reset Your Mental Focus
It’s A Constantly Growing Habit
Of Seeking God Through The Word And Worship
Your words were found, and I ate them,
and your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts. —Jeremiah 15:1632 They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?” —Luke 24:32
One thing have I asked of the Lord,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord
and to inquire[a] in his temple. —Psalm 27:4
That Will Put In Perspective Everything That This Earthly Life Concerns
And Protect Your Heart From Everything This Earthly Life Contains
Realize Your Ultimate Future
The Heaven Focused Life Is A Rich One, But Also Mocked And Misunderstood
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. —1 Corinthians 2:14
But When Christ Returns, The Worth Of What We Lived For Will Be Fully Realized and Greatly Rewarded
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, —Philippians 3:20
16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self[a] is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. —2 Corinthians 4:16