“IF YE THEN BE RISEN WITH CHRIST” (How to WALK on EARTH…like someone SEATED in HEAVEN) Colossians 3:1–17

Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

Colossians 2 12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.

Ephesians 2 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

HOW TO WALK ON EARTH… LIKE SOMEONE SEATED IN HEAVEN

HOW TO WALK ON EARTH… LIKE SOMEONE SEATED IN HEAVEN 1. TALK TO GOD DAILY ABOUT THE PURSUITS AND PURPOSES OF LIFE. (3:1-4)

HOW TO WALK ON EARTH… LIKE SOMEONE SEATED IN HEAVEN 1. TALK TO GOD DAILY ABOUT THE PURSUITS AND PURPOSES OF LIFE. (3:1-4) SEEK the things ABOVE (3:1)

HOW TO WALK ON EARTH… LIKE SOMEONE SEATED IN HEAVEN 1. TALK TO GOD DAILY ABOUT THE PURSUITS AND PURPOSES OF LIFE. (3:1-4) SEEK the things ABOVE (3:1) your AFFECTION on things ABOVE. (3:2) SET

THE THINGS ABOVE

THE THINGS ABOVE 1 John 5 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

THE THINGS ABOVE The PERSON of God. Deuteronomy 4 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

THE THINGS ABOVE The PERSON of God. Jeremiah 29 13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Genesis 3 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day…

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Isaiah 53 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Luke 19 10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Romans 3 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Titus 2 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Mark 12 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Colossians 3 SET your AFFECTION on things ABOVE. 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

THE THINGS ABOVE The PERSON of God. 1 John 5 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

GOD WANTS ME TO… LOVE Him. Mark 12 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

THE THINGS ABOVE

THE THINGS ABOVE Psalm 119 89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

THE THINGS ABOVE The WORD of God. Psalm 119 89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.

THE THINGS ABOVE The WORD of God. Nehemiah 9 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

THE THINGS ABOVE The WORD of God. Philippians 2 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

THE THINGS ABOVE The WORD of God. Acts 4 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

THE THINGS ABOVE The WORD of God. Psalm 138 1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

GOD WANTS ME TO… KNOW Him. Psalm 138 1 I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. 2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

GOD WANTS ME TO… KNOW Him. Philippians 3 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

GOD WANTS ME TO… KNOW Him. Jeremiah 9 23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

GOD WANTS ME TO… KNOW Him. Psalm 91 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.

Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

THE THINGS ABOVE

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God.

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God. Ezekiel 1 26 And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God. Ezekiel 1 27 And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God. Ezekiel 1 28 As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God. Isaiah 6 1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

THE THINGS ABOVE The THRONE of God. Revelation 4 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. John 4 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. Isaiah 14 13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. Genesis 3 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. 1 Peter 5 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. John 4 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. 2 Corinthians 4 4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. Ephesians 2 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

GOD WANTS ME TO… WORSHIP Him. Colossians 3 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

THE THINGS ABOVE

THE THINGS ABOVE Ephesians 3 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

THE THINGS ABOVE The FAMILY of God. Ephesians 3 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. Minister our GIFTS… To those who are “IN” His family.

1 Peter 4 GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. Minister our GIFTS… To those who are “IN” His family. 1 Peter 4 10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. Minister our GIFTS… To those who are “IN” His family. Minister the GOSPEL… To those He “INTENDS” to be in His family.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. Minister our GIFTS… To those who are “IN” His family. Minister the GOSPEL… To those He “INTENDS” to be in His family. Note the importance of this last one…

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. * In heaven, we will LOVE Him more INTIMATELY.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. * In heaven, we will LOVE Him more INTIMATELY. * In heaven, we will KNOW Him more COMPLETELY.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. * In heaven, we will LOVE Him more INTIMATELY. * In heaven, we will KNOW Him more COMPLETELY. * In heaven, we will WORSHIP Him more PASSIONATELY.

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. * In heaven, we will LOVE Him more INTIMATELY. * In heaven, we will KNOW Him more COMPLETELY. * In heaven, we will WORSHIP Him more PASSIONATELY. * The one thing we won’t do better in heaven—

GOD WANTS ME TO… MINISTER through Him. * In heaven, we will LOVE Him more INTIMATELY. * In heaven, we will KNOW Him more COMPLETELY. * In heaven, we will WORSHIP Him more PASSIONATELY. * The one thing we won’t do better in heaven— is minister the GOSPEL!