Our life is not only "with him" (ver. Everybody’s being converted. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Col. 3:1-2). If a good thing in your life is lost, you’re very sad. 2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. He cannot simply overlook or excuse our sin; that would not be just. If you say, “that’s the first time I’ve ever heard that,” OK! This book is not yet featured on Listopia. No, instead he says, in effect, ‘you know Jesus Christ, who was infinitely faithful to you when He went to the Cross. In Exodus 20, God says, “I am the Lord your God…You shall have no other gods before me.”. And here is what this is saying…first there’s a truth that you set your mind on, and then it’s that truth you have to bring into your heart…and that’s what actually changes your character. They suddenly realize that they are slaves to something…and they suddenly say, in effect, that they can, by a simple act of the will, no longer be enslaved… “I am not going to be controlled by these things.” That will never work. The baptism of the believer is a beautiful picture of our new relationship with Christ. You will be converted by something. The Apostle Paul's prologue and preview to this letter to the Colossians. 12 Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.13Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Evil desires. ). 7TH SEPTEMBER 2012 CHRIST OUR LIFE COLOSSIANS 3. No…it’s not just metaphor. The passage says that “you died”…and then it says “you have been raised.” Do you see how radical this is? However, if you go to the parallel passage in Ephesians 5[4], a very similar passage, it’s very clear that the wordepithumia is attached to everything. You were raised…with Christ, who is seated at the right hand of God. Psychological thrillers that will leave your head spinning. But here’s the sort of things she said as she was trying to tell me how Christ had turned her life around…and it was quite amazing. It gives you a sense of worth. Our intimate connections to one another are to be on the basis of the indwelling Christ and not any earthly considerations such as a common doctrine or belonging to this group or that group before God. 1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. This truth should result in the worshipful obedience of holy living (as we’ll see farther along in the passage.) Christianity is not living in the 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. To see what your friends thought of this book. God delights in you as much in you as He does in His own Son. Christ is in the Center of everything!-The center of our Faith and Prayers-He is our only Hope - Christ in You, the hope of glory!-He is at the Center because of who He is-He gives us the power to see it through by making us alive in Christ, forgiven and victorious! How could the Gospel bring such a radical change that it could be said that you become essentially a new self? Jesus is the only Savior who, if you get Him, will satisfy you, and if you fail Him, and we do fail Him, can die for you. Wrong! And when that moves you, when you see him doing that for you, when you see yourself as part of that story, as it is…it changes your heart. Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.2Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. TAKE IT!! Those things that drive you with anxiety…that drive you with addictions…that DRIVE you. There is debate regarding whether there will be one or two future return events of Christ. SLJ Institute > Pauls Epistles > Colossians > Christ Our Life, Now and Then. Not only are they lost, but they are very much part of what’s wrong in the world. 3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Verse by verse through the books of Colossians, Philemon and Hebrews: Christ Our Life - Colossians Christ Our Life - Philemon Christ Our Life - Hebrews Then, you must set your heart on that. 8But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. She came to the church for a while, and then moved away. Since we are united with Christ, and Christ is with God, that is where we should set our affections. If you say that you believe the Gospel and your life does not change in a way that other people can see, then you have not really grasped it. And even though she wasn’t a very educated woman…what I’m going to read you here is a transcript of what I remember her saying…I wrote these things down because they were so weird and interesting and amazing to me at the time. 15:4) Christ ascended to the right hand of God to be Lord of all (Acts 1:9, Acts 2:33, Acts 2:36) It’s about making God your Savior and Lord through Jesus Christ. Christ Our Life, Now and Then. Christ is not only the giver and sustainer of life (Colossians 1:16); Christ is our life. off a bridge. know the infinitely, wonderful, faithful spousal love of Jesus Christ on the Cross, you now have the freedom…the freedom from the need to go to a prettier woman. Christ revealed in the book of Colossians—1:15-19; 2:2, 9, 15-16; 3:10-11. Today's Church finds itself in a remarkably similar situation, making Paul's letter a relevant to contemporary Christians as it was to the Colossians. Once more unto the breach: The new/old poverty debate, Caring for Children Is What Sets the Church Apart, “If You Don’t Affirm Me, You Don’t Love Me”: What Maundy Thursday Can Teach us About Truth and Love. We’re being told here that when you become a Christian…when you say “I believe in you Lord Jesus”…what makes you a Christian is not that you are now living in a certain way (though of course we see change comes)…but what makes you a Christian is that you are now in Christ. When good things turn into ultimate things, they become idols. In this passage we see (1) the inevitability of radical change, (2) the Gospel method for radical change, and (3) why it works. 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What the author, Paul, is saying there is that all your bitterness, all your impurity, all of your malice, all of your problems, everything that troubles you, is a result of idolatry. Just let everyone be.” I would like to propose to you, that whoever you are, you’re going to be converted…by somebody or something. David Day's perceptive book encourages us to consider how to give Christ his rightful place in every area of ou. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. September 25th 2012 If a good thing in your life is blocked by somebody, you get mad at the person or situation…you get angry. April 23, 2012 Jay Wegter. There are only two options: (a) you either worship the uncreated true God, or (b) you will worship some other created thing as a false god. Colossians 3:3 says, "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God." We love Him and endeavor to give Him the first place in all things. 3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. It’s taking a good thing and making it an ultimate thing. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Christ died on the cross for our sins, shedding His blood for our redemption (1 Pet. Paul says to believers, "Christ is our life." Today: [Colossians 3:] Christ Who is Our Life. If we take Christ as our life and live Him, then all that He is and has attained will not remain merely objective to us but will become our subjective experience—1:27; 3:4. Christ Our Life: Colossians (9780715143520) by David Day. The ordinance of baptism portrays that… He was infinitely rich and became infinitely poor so that you, through His poverty, could become rich[6]. Christ revealed in the book of Colossians—1:15-19; 2:2, 9, 15-16; 3:10-11. Colossians 3:12-17. Instead of just being generous…or being faithful because “I want to do a good job, because I want to feel better about myself”…the Gospel utterly changes you in the heart, at the root, and it frees you to live the self-sacrificial, happy, and peaceful life…that you can. Idolatry. And, this is what he said: That’s quite right and quite brilliant. Hasn’t Science Disproven Key Parts of the Bible? Christ Our Life: Colossians 3:1-4 . Why is that the problem?’ Well, that leads us to our second word, idolatry. off certain behavior…you put off certain practices, you put on other ones,…and when you’ve made such a shift in your beliefs….your beliefs have changed so much…your view of things have changed so much…your practices have changed so much, then you could say you’re actually a new person. That’s how you feel good about yourself…that’s how you feel like you have real meaning…security…hope for the future. We should be struck by verses 9 and 10…Paul says “you have put off the old self and you’ve put on the new self.” What’s intriguing about that is the radical nature of the language. In this sermon Pastor David explains what Christians live for and how to do it. Until you do that, really, you will have all these out of control emotions, passions, lusts, and problems…all these addictions…all these difficulties. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. He says, ‘go back into what Jesus has done for you…go back into the story…you’re there…He’s doing that for you’. Latest Blog Posts. Why reading books you disagree with helps you grow, One Another Texts: The Manner & the Means. III. Internationally he is most notably known for his literary criticism on J. R. R. Tolkien and his works. But it’s not possible for your heart to not adore something, not to build its identity on something…not to build its significance on something. Paul begins with general principles: “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. You’re going to have your life radically changed. It’s just a leap of faith to something else. They can’t be removed, they can only be replaced. Verse by verse through the book of Colossians! We also need to call to mind who it is we are living for and then order our lives around relating rightly to him. The key to removing those things from your life is found in two important words smack in the middle of this text, in fact of the whole passage: (1) evil desires and (2) second, idolatry. Thomas Chalmers, the famous Scottish Presbyterian minister put it this way: What we see here then…it says in verse 2…is ‘to set your mind on something,’…but verse 1 says you have to set your heart on something. Jesus has this place of honor, at the right hand of the Father…and we know about all the things Jesus has done…but it says “you’re raised with Him…you’re seated with Him.” What that means is…that if you give yourself to Jesus Christ, God then delights in you as if you had done everything Jesus had done. Since We’re Justified by Faith Alone, How Should We Understand Jesus’ Words in Luke 9:23–24? What is the truth you are supposed to know with the mind? Yes, Christ is our life! Dr. S. Lewis Johnson expounds Paul's exhortation that the Colossian Christians set their minds on Christ's saving work and "the things above." Or they’re slaves to their need to control the environment. 9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. I don’t have any idols in my life.” OH YES YOU DO!! We rejoice to be cleansed by the blood of… Do you see why your emotions are out of control…do you understand why you find yourself doing certain kinds of things…things you never thought you could do? Now, right away, a lot of people say: “Oh, there you go, you Christians want to convert everyone. Latest Blog Posts. We were His life. He is the most excellent and enjoyable Person. ", The All-Sufficiency of Christ to Save Sinners (eBook), How to Talk to Progressive Christians (Part 2), How to Talk to Progressive Christians (Part 1), Faith After Deconstruction: Audio Adrenaline’s Dave Stovall Shares What Brought Him Back, 5 False Gospels within the Evangelical Church. There is debate regarding whether there will be one or two future return events of Christ. How do you know what those things are? Jesus Christ is the center, the focus, the Lord of all! Colossians 3:1 Context. by Church House Pub. He’s going to the past. Colossians 3:4 Context. Colossians 3:4.--Christ who is our life. This passage is telling you…the Bible tells you, that you will never understand yourself, you’ll never understand your emotions, you’ll never be able to make any permanent changes…it will only be superficial and temporary.Unless you understand this! How does one live the Christian life in its fullness with a fallen nature such as ours? And, whatever that view of reality is, it’s not provable. David Day (b. In other words, when you see the words “evil desires” you think, ‘ok, there’s a forbidden list here…things I’m not supposed to do…and an evil desire is to desire one of those evil things.’ But we have a problem here…because in the previous chapter we saw that Pharisees never do anything on the forbidden list, but they are lost. 7 You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. Paul says you died. Jesus doesn't simply give Christians life through his atonement on the cross and resurrection. When it says you died with Christ…it means this: God now sees you as free from anything you’ve done wrong, as if you had died on the Cross and paid. Two things through the Gospel…that radically change you. [xvi] The author, Mark Lilla, a professor at the University of Chicago… a major academic and writer…and an authority in the relationship of religion and society. He shoulda gone…He coulda gone…He certainly wanted to go…but He stayed (on the Cross)’. To be raised, at the right hand…Jesus is sitting at the right hand of God…is a metaphor, of course, but it’s getting at something incredible. And when you and I see this word, (actually we see two…evil and desire…) it’s almost always it’s translated evil desire or sinful desire, or something like that…it’s very hard to translate. David Day's perceptive book encourages us to consider how to give Christ his rightful place in every area of our lives, both personal and corporate. It’s because these things drive you. 14 October 1947 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian author of over forty books: poetry, natural history, ecology, mythology, fantasy, and children's literature. Whether we live and act like it, or we don’t, it remains true. Share the gospel of Jesus Christ.”The Savior of The World.” “Christ, who is our life.” –Colossians 3:4 Posted on August 10, 2014 by barb's ministry In chapter 3 of Colossians Paul calls upon us to anchor our sense of self-referral and wellbeing in who God is in our lives and not any other thing. It actually means addiction, in a sense. First of all, digging down. So, you see…you must dig down and figure out who you really are! There was a recent movie review in the New York Times and the movie reviewer was writing about a certain class of movie that is really cool…like It’s A Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Groundhog Day with Bill Murray…and he listed a bunch of them and called them “metaphysical second chance comedies. This theme is important to Paul, but can be controversial among Bible interpreters. An article in New York Times Magazine illustrates this point. Be faithful to your wives….don’t’ you dare commit adultery? What is an overdesire? You’re going to be converted. 11: comp. You say, “oh yeah, I’d love to be free from these things,”…yet you find they keep coming back…over and over…you’re just not able to will them away. When you give your heart to a functional savior…a functional lord…a functional god… see, religious people or Christians say, “oh, no no no, Jesus is my Savior” and irreligious people say, “oh, no no no, I’m not worshiping anything,” but everybody is doing it. Not only that, they’re the ones that killed Jesus, not the ones that. And you say “wait a minute, why? Colossians 3:1-11 Raised with Christ “If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. She said this, and again, I’m putting it in basically my own words…but these are all her thoughts: Now, I’d never thought about this…in my life…so I said, “what are you talking about?” to which she replied: You see the therapist knew how to help her dig down into seeing what her idols were, but had no way of giving her anything but an alternate idol. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published OK! 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. As soon as you see that as the Gospel, it throws everything in your life into a new relief…a new light. Rage! has said that the Colossians “died with Christ” to all the false, man-made, self-imposed forms of religious worship. Unless…unless you know these things…the way peoples’ approval…the way family relationships…the way parental expectations…the way the world’s emphasis on money and power and sexual beauty…those things…you’re going to go look into those things, because you’ve got to get a sense of self…you’ve got to get a sense of worth…only if you know this can you begin to be free from those things. If a good thing in your life is jeopardized, you worry. The highest, the greatest honor you could give a human being in that kingdom. Not to make something your life. It’s a leap of faith. All our true joy comes from Him, and in times of darkness and trouble, His presence is our only consolation . 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. She had become a Christian recently, came to my church…and she was going to a counselor because she’d had a very hard life. If we take Christ as our life and live Him, then all that He is and has attained will not remain merely objective to us but will become our subjective experience—1:27; 3:4. Think of what happened…when a King would send his son out into a dangerous mission, and the son would come back triumphant. 3,4 We who were “dead in trespasses and sins” were crucified with Christ, buried with Him, resurrected with Him and are now seated with Him in the heavenly places. Until you understand this…until you dig down deep you cannot change, you cannot understand yourself. 1:7a) Christ resurrected from among the dead on the third day (1 Cor. That is the only thing that is going to save you and change you and move you away from the old self, which is basically driven by these idols, to a new self. Colossians was written to a church set in a culture dominated by powerful forces and alternative spiritualities. What does that mean? Christ Our Life book. And so I said “what are you doing? But you’ve gotta start here. If an ultimate thing is jeopardized, you are paralyzed and fall apart. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.(. Title: Christ Our Life: Colossians By: David Day Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 122 Vendor: Church House Publishing Publication Date: 2012 Dimensions: 9.02 X 5.98 X 0.26 (inches) Weight: 6 ounces ISBN: 0715143522 ISBN-13: 9780715143520 Stock No: WW143520 Everybody has got one. What do I mean? You’re not just going to go on; you’re going to be converted. This is not just cognitive therapy…this is not just will therapy…religious people, when they get downcast…tend to put the emphasis on the will…and they say, “buck up…be strong.” Non-religious people, in the secular world, when they’re downcast, put all the emphasis on the emotions…and they say, “feel better about yourself…do something nice for yourself.” There’s another kind of therapy that essentially uses the head…uses the mind and says, “well, now…you realize you’re doing wrong thinking…that’s self-defeating thinking…and you need to do this kind of thinking…” But, the real solution is worship. Is that the problem? ’ Well, that leads us to consider how to live it in me ''... Your heart…and what ’ s call these two things ( vs. 5 and vs. 2 digging... The Apostle Paul 's prologue and preview to this letter to the church for a while, and life. Removed…They can only be replaced and making it an ultimate thing, you get mad at the right answer or. 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