“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, so walk with him.” (Col. 2:8)
1. You Are “in Christ” and “with Christ.”
2. You Are Raised “with Christ.” “If (since) then you have been raised with Christ...” “So you also must consider yourself dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.” (Rom. 6:11)
3. You Have Died “with Christ.” “For died...” Christ not only died for us (substitution), but we died with him (identification).
4. You Are Seated “with Christ” at the Right Hand of God. “Where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God...” (See Eph. 2:6)
5. Your Life Is Hidden “with Christ.” “And your life is hidden with Christ God.”
6. Your Life “Is” Christ. “Christ who is your life...”
7. Your Future Is “with Christ” in Glory. “When Christ...appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”
8. Your Task Is to Focus Your Thinking on Christ and Your New Heavenly Citizenship in Christ. “Seek the things that are above.” “Set your minds on things that are above, not on the things that are on earth.”
“One of our great needs as Christians is to catch a vision of this, and to see our new life in Christ as the glorious and dignified thing that it really is. The great temptation most of us face is to believe that very little has happened to us through grace. We still stumble and fall far short of the high calling which is ours in Christ. Scripture encourages us to hold a different perspective by enlarging our understanding of what God has done for us, and has begun to accomplish in us...The truth to which the New Testamen
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Alexander Strauch was raised in New Jersey and converted to Christ at a Bible camp in New York State. He received his undergraduate degree from Colorado Christian University and went on to earn his Masters in Divinity degree from Denver Seminary. For over thirty years he has...