Being Transformed

“Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:2).
Audio Sermon: Colossians 3:1-4

The Christian life is a risen life affording the risen ones a mind set on eternal matters, for they are graced with eyes seeing what earthly eyes cannot see, ears hearing what earthly ears cannot hear and hearts loving what earthly hearts cannot love. Christians are being bedewed by the blood of Christ, educated by the Spirit of Christ and seated with Him in the heavenly places by the love of Christ. Biblical Christians have a mental quiver being filled with uncommon treasures.
You are commanded to take your mind off earthly matters. Your mind should be ever meditating upon Jesus’ person, His work, His coming and His reign of glory. He is going to establish a new heaven for His church triumphant. Why would you want to hold fast to the Samaritan waterpots of this world? (Jn. 4:28).

God has gifted you with the firewall of the new birth separating you from all that is passing away. Estrange yourself from the Towers of Babel, the eastern Asherah and the graven images of the west. Trust heaven’s God rather than the earthly Goliaths who conceal their clay feet and weak limbs.

If heavenly thoughts are strange to you, you are not heavenly. If you do not perceive yourself betrothed to Christ, then you are not. If you do not know that you have received the grace of eternal life, you have not.

Christians are losing their eye for the familiarities of this world (Gal. 6:14). They are being weaned from the perversion of a life lacking everlasting harmony (Ro. 6:2). They are increasingly disinterested in conventional living that conforms to earthly traditions (Heb. 12:1).

Everything alien to Jesus is alien to His saints. The infrastructure of Christian thought is being hidden in Jesus’ wounds, being sanctified by Jesus’ law, being escorted into Jesus’ heaven, being safe in Jesus’ likeness and being content with Jesus’ God. Saints place their heads upon the heaving bosom of Christ because they know its dearness.

Jesus alone affords you an inexhaustible life. Nonetheless, this boundless life requires a new nature marked by a fresh illimitable purpose for your life. Jesus actually lives in you by the person of the Holy Spirit. Because He lives in you, though He is invisible to the world, you make public His magnificence so that men of every tongue and tribe become interested in the imminence of His return.

Are you expecting Jesus to perform miracles in your life? Are you numbered amongst those setting their minds on things above? Does Jesus’ final advent belong to you so that you know you will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of your heavenly Father? (Mt. 13:43).

GLORIA IN EXCELSIS GLORIA!