102923...“The Things That Are Above”...Colossians 3:1-4

“So I feed you on what I am fed on myself. I am just a waiter, I am not the master of the house; I set food before you from the pantry which I too live on, from the Lord’s storerooms, from the banquet of that householder who ‘for
our sakes became poor, though he was rich, in order to enrich us from
his poverty’” (2 Cor. 8:9) -Augustine of Hippo

Sermon In A Sentence:You experience a spiritually transformed life not by trying harder, but by living in the reality of your relationship in Christ.

Impediments To God’s Gospel Work In You: (2:16-23)
-Legalism threatens gospel work
-Mysticism threatens gospel work
-Doctrinal error threatens gospel work
-Asceticism threatens gospel work

Colossians 3:1-4...“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. 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”

1 Thessalonians 4:3...“For this is the will of God, your sanctification…”

2 Corinthians 3:18...“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit”

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You:
-Seek the things that are above

Thomas Chalmers: There Are 2 Ways To Remove The Controlling Affection The World Has Over Your Heart:

1. To “…show that the world is not worthy of our affection & will always let us down in the end”

2. To “…show that God is vastly more worthy of the heart’s attachment, thus awakening a new & stronger affection that displeases the former affection for the world”

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You:
-Seek the things that are above
-Set your mind on things that are above

Romans 12:1-2...“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You:
-Seek the things that are above
-Set your mind on things that are above
-Live the reality that death is behind you

Romans 6:11...“So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” (ESV)

Romans 6:11...“Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord” (NKJV)

God Transforms Your Life Spiritually As You:
-Seek the things that are above
-Set your mind on things that are above
-Live the reality that death is behind you
-Live the reality of Christ’s return for you

Sermon In A Sentence:...You experience a spiritually transformed life not by trying harder, but by living in the reality of your relationship in Christ.