Seeking the things above
DeVries expounds Colossians 3:1-2 to show how believers' union with the risen and exalted Christ should transform their affections and priorities away from worldliness toward heavenly realities. The article emphasizes the practical implications of Christ's resurrection and exaltation for daily Christian living, calling readers to seek those things above rather than being absorbed in materialism and temporal concerns.
"If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth." Colossians 3:1-2 In the closing verses of chapter 2 of Paul's letter to the Colossians he had been rebuking the congregation for being involved in a form of self-willed worship. If they have died with Christ to the world's childish, trivial notions, why do they submit to man-made ordinances -- touch not; taste not;...
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