June 17, 2021: SOAP #4214:  1Kings 20-21; 2Chronicles 17; Colossians 3

SCRIPTURE:  Colossians (NIV) 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.

OBSERVATION:  Past tense:  you have been raised with Christ!  The past affects my present.  Because I have been raised, I am raised with Christ!  Present tense:  our life is now hidden with Christ in God!   That is true about me. That is truth that affects everything I say and do.  Future tense:  I will appear with Him in glory.  Death cannot stop God’s plan.  God’s plan for me continues through death into a future with him in glory! 

APPLICATION:  What is true about me, is true about my brothers and sisters in Christ.  I must be careful in talking about them.  I must be careful in talking to them.  I must treat them with the respect Christ deserves, for He dwells in them as He does in me!!! 

PRAYER: Holy Spirit, help me keep this truth clear in my thinking.  May my life glorify Jesus in how I live with Him.  May my life glorify Jesus in how I relate to my brothers and sisters in Him.  Amen

Pastor Leon
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