1: 1-8 Thanks for their Faith and Love; 1: 9-12 Prayer for knowledge of God’s will; 1: Rescued; 1: Jesus the image of God 1: Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory;1: Purpose to encourage; 2: 4-23 Rooted in Jesus as Lord 1: 1-8 Thanks for their Faith and Love; 1: 9-12 Prayer for knowledge of God’s will; 1: Rescued; 1: Jesus the image of God 1: Jesus in us, the Hope of Glory;1: Purpose to encourage; 2: 4-23 Rooted in Jesus as Lord

Set your heart and minds on things above Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Why? How?

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Raised with Christ Expectation of our future resurrection because Jesus resurrected

Colossians 3 20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules: 21 “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”? 22 These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings. 23 Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self–imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Raised with Christ Expectation of future resurrection because Jesus resurrected Contrast with died with Christ

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Have been” Resurrection certainty for believers Raised with Christ

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “things above” Heaven not the skies Raised with Christ

Colossians 1 3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all his people 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true word of the gospel 6 that has come to you. “things above” Raised with Christ Hope stored 1v5

Colossians 1 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his people in the kingdom of light. (=Future good things) “things above” Raised with Christ Inheritance 1v12 Hope stored 1v5

Forgiveness 1:v13-14 Inheritance 1v12 Hope stored 1v5 “things above” Raised with Christ Colossians 1 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Seated at right hand” Metaphor - not inferiority Metaphor - not inferiority Colossians 2 9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. Raised with Christ

Psalm The LORD says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” 2 The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “ Rule in the midst of your enemies.” 3 Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb. 4 The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.” 5 The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath. 6 He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth. 7 He will drink from a brook along the way, and so he will lift up his head.

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Seated at right hand” Metaphor - not inferiority Metaphor - not inferiority Authority, power, judgement, victory Raised with Christ

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Died” with Christ Dying - putting to death things of this world Raised with Christ

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Hidden” Union with Christ Unseen to the world Safe from the evil one Raised with Christ

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Set your heart and minds on... Colossians 1 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Hope stored 1v5 Inheritance 1v12 Forgiveness 1:v13-14 Colossians 3 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. How is my future in Christ shaping my present life in this world?

Set your heart and minds on... Colossians 1 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Hope stored 1v5 Inheritance 1v12 Forgiveness 1:v13-14 Colossians 3 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. How is my future in Christ shaping my present life in this world?

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. “Heart & mind” = Motives Decision making Ambitions Feelings

Colossians 3 1 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. 3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Seek to influence our... Motives Decision making Ambitions Feelings

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Dwell and meditate upon Worship and celebrate Remember and apply Challenge and choose Motives Decision making Ambitions Feelings

“If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for this present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” CS Lewis “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for this present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.” CS Lewis

"But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever:in which every chapter is better than the one before". C.S. Lewis – the final battle "But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever:in which every chapter is better than the one before". C.S. Lewis – the final battle

Set your heart and minds on... Colossians 3 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. God NotMan New body Not Physical decay Forgiveness NotCondemnation Reunion Not Separation Mission Not Ease God’s reign Not Earth’s troubles Eternal reward NotMaterial gain

Colossians 3 2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. God NotMan New body Not Physical decay Forgiveness NotCondemnation Reunion Not Separation Mission Not Ease God’s reign Not Earth’s troubles Eternal reward NotMaterial gain How is my future in Christ shaping my present life in this world?