Colossians 3:1-16 15 July 2018

COLOSSIANS 3:1-2 msg So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.

COLOSSIANS 3:3-4 msg Your old life is dead. Your new life, which is your real life—even though invisible to spectators—is with Christ in God. He is your life. When Christ (your real life, remember) shows up again on this earth, you’ll show up, too—the real you, the glorious you.

COLOSSIANS 3:5 msg And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That’s a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God.

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 the whole structure of the kingdom the essence of our identity the essence of what it is to be transformed in the likeness of Christ [

the beautifully bizarre entangled you

Everything is just normal

the light waves are going into your eyes & the sound waves are going into ears

mystery Swimming in a sea of mystery

EPR experiment

the beautifully bizarre entangled you The world is bizarre and beautiful and mysterious

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 niv Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. [CLICK] for phrases

glory is what happens when you take away everything that obstructs glory now

Colossians 3:5 niv Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. [CLICK] each phrase

COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 the whole structure of the kingdom the essence of our identity the essence of what it is to be transformed into the likeness of Christ

Kingdom ethics here’s what’s true get your mind and heart set on the truth get your behavior to line up with what your mind and heart believes is true The way the NT usually operates

“Normal” ethics You take a discipline or a rule that you want to engage in a behavior you want to practice in order to become a better person

GET OUR THINKING TO LINE UP

PAST PRESENT FUTURE we died with Christ we were raised with Christ our life is hidden with Christ Christ is our life [CLICK] for tense FUTURE we will appear with Christ in glory

kingdom ethics set your mind on things above set your heart on things above and then act accordingly when our mind and our heart are lined up with the truth then we put off all the behavior that doesn’t conform to the truth

entangled we are in some sense entangled with Christ

Your old self is dead your old self every part of you that doesn’t conform to the character of God petty self addicted self cheating self lying self jealous self self that doesn’t trust self that’s full of fear self that’s full of worry & anxiety self that just craves sin

entangled You’re entangled

shadow of reality

the beautifully bizarre entangled you affirming the reality the full beautifully bizarre reality of your being entangled with Christ

you couldn’t possibly be more loved than you are right now

his resurrected life means his position becomes your position his joy becomes your joy his fullness of life becomes your fullness of life his peace becomes your peace his confidence becomes your confidence his character becomes your character s

Romans 8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

entangled the one thing that matters the most, the real you, that real you that’s entangled with Christ

the beautifully bizarre entangled you The kingdom is not going to conform to common sense because it’s not common

Colossians 3:1-3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

Hebrews 11:1 Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see NLT Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see NIV

You are… the old self is dead so see it as dead the new self is risen so see it as risen you are filled with this joy so see yourself filled with joy you are filled with us peace so see yourself filled with peace

what would I look like if I was living as a version of Jesus Christ

the beautifully bizarre entangled you pray