Weekly Pursuit – Week 5 of December
Verses:
Colossians 3:3 “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”
Excerpts:
In Colossians 3:1 Paul charges us to seek the things which are above. The way to seek these things is to turn to the spirit and call on the name of the Lord. Our experience tells us clearly that we touch the heavens by turning to our spirit, for our spirit is the receiving end of the divine transmission, whereas the throne of God in heaven is the transmitting end. Thus, by turning to our spirit, we are lifted into heaven. Then in our experience we are in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven. Then in the spirit we are one in position with Christ, seeking the things which are above.
In 3:3 Paul goes on to say, “For you died, and your life has been hidden with Christ in God.” Because our life (not our natural life, but our spiritual life, which is Christ) has been hidden with Christ in God, who is in the heavens, we should no longer care for things on the earth. God in the heavens should be the sphere of our living. With Christ we should live in God. In verse 4 Paul continues, “When Christ our life is manifested, then you also shall be manifested with Him in glory.” In God, Christ, not our self, our soul, is our life. This life is now hidden, but it will be manifested. Then we shall be manifested with this life in glory. (Life-study of Colossians, chs. 27, 59)
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