December 22, 2022 CONSIDERING OUR BODIES AS DEAD
Colossians 3:1-5 “If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in His glory. Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.”
The all-important question for each of us is “What are we seeking?” We have a certain mind-set in life, and it is this mind-set that determines the course of our life; and mind-sets have a way of producing certain fruit. One cannot over-state the power of our mind-set. It is a rather broad summary, but it is accurate to say that we have only two choices as to what we are seeking; we can seek the things of the flesh-what we think will make us happy; or we can seek the things ‘above’-the things of the Lord. We can set out minds on the things above, or on the things that are on earth. It seems that the gigantic step for believers is to come to a place where they discover that their life is hidden in Christ-that their old life has died. Once we discover that our life is in Him, it only makes sense to seek the things above where Christ is. It will be a red letter day when accept the fact that who we use to be has died-we should attend our own funeral. We still live in a physical body, but we are to consider the members of this body to be dead to sin-to all that is unlike God. This body of ours is not evil; it is the temple of the Holy Spirit and it is to be used as an instrument of righteousness. It may sound a little vague to say to seek the things above-things we cannot see. What we are to seek are the things of the Lord-love, compassion, kindness, wisdom, grace, strength-the qualities we see in Jesus; these qualities are to be expressed in our earthly bodies. The truth is that the things on this earth or temporary, whereas the things above are eternal. Life is so much more than we see with our physical eyes; let us ‘keep seeking the things above’ and use our earthly bodies as instruments of righteousness. We have been raised up and our life is now hidden in Christ; when He is revealed, we will be revealed with Him in His glory.
Galatians 2:20 “I have been crucified with Christ: and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me, and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.”
Blessings,
Buddy
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