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Colossians 3:1-4: If, then

3:1: If: The implication is “since” 

1. You have been raised with Christ: If you have new life in Christ, the old man crucified, something we practice daily (Luke 9:23)

1. Seek the things that are above…

• Seek: Same as Luke 11:9/Matt. 7:7: “keep seeking;” be continuously about the activity of seeking
• The things that are above, where Christ is: Lofty pursuit!! The things that matter to Jesus Himself

3:2: Set your mind on those thongs, not things that are on the earth

• Set your mind: cp. Romans 12:1-2
• Your heart will follow!

3:3: You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God

1. You have died

• Positionally
• Practically

1. Your life is hidden with Christ in God

• It is the person and personality of Christ that becomes the visible attribute of those who are in Christ
• We have the benefit, by the Holy Spirit & new nature to hide under the protection of Christ from the earthly enticements that Paul enumerates in vs. 5-10

1. Put on… (vs. 10, 12)

• This is what the new self grows into looking like when we “put on” / are “hidden with” Christ in God

1. In God: very intimate concept

• Vs. 4: When Christ Who is our life appears...

Another if/then: Rev. 3:20: Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door I will come in and eat with him, and he with Me (This was spoken to a church!)