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Introduction
Q - Ever had a hard time trying to find something to wear before?
There you are needing to leave the house and you just can’t figure it out?
Confused about what to wear?
Can’t find the clothes you want to wear?
Not satisfied with what you have to wear?
YOU || ME || WE
American Eagle
Abercrombie
Do not waver from those two brands.
Sometimes it’s hard, isn’t it?
Hard to decided what clothes to put on.
I mean, there’s so many variables to think about.
What do I want to wear?
What are other people wearing?
What should I wear?
There’s a phrase that people say and its’s “dressed for success.”
Clothes you wear to “play the part.”
There are
In order to put on the clothes to dress for success, you have to shed or toss to the side other kinds of clothes
Gym shorts to a job interview
Basketball clothes to play football
Scuba gear to sky dive
Q - Did you know that it’s the same with our life as a Christian?
Think about it.
All day, everyday we are acting, interacting, and reacting to others.
Q - How should we?
How we act, interact, and react to others is a big deal, not to be taken lightly.
We are either displaying the light of the gospel of Jesus or displaying darkness.
God’s Word
God’s Word
TRUTH: Seeking Jesus is an overflow of being raised with Jesus
Q - Isn’t it odd that we know what to do in our walk with Jesus, but still don’t do it??
A: No motivational push
What do I do?
When a person has been raised with Jesus (saved/conversion), that person looks different.
Something has happened >> Raised to life in Christ.
New birth.
Born again.
Saved.
Not only is a person raised to life, but he/she are seated at the right hand of God.
A: You have been raised!
Colossians 3:5-
When a person has been raised with Jesus (saved/conversion), that person looks different.
Something has happened >> Raised to life in Christ.
New birth.
Born again.
Saved.
Not only is a person raised to life, but he/she are seated at the right hand of God.
Q - What do we mean when we say “looks different?”
A - An inward change takes place.
The indicatives of the gospel (who we are by virtue of God’s grace) drive the imperatives for our lives (what we should do in accordance with God’s Word)
Imperatives
Seek >> Seek! JESUS!
Set >> Set! Focus!
Your minds on Jesus!
Indicatives
Raised
Died
Didden
Appear
When a person looks at the lifestyle of a Christian what do they see?
What’s different?
What he/she seeks.
Colossians 3:5-
What he/she focuses on.
What he/she puts off.
What he/she puts on.
I. Put Off
Colossians 3:5-
Living with an earthly mindset makes no sense to those who are citizens of heaven.
II.
Put On
Colossians 3:
TRUTH: Seeking Jesus is an overflow of being raised with Jesus
When you seek Jesus whats described in these verses automatically happen.
When we don’t seek Jesus, the characteristics we are supposed to take off are the ones that we keep on.
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Imperatives
Seek >> Seek! JESUS!
Set >> Set! Focus!
Your minds on Jesus!
Indicatives
raised
died
hidden
What does that communicate to others?
appear
Q - What do we mean when we say “looks different?”
When we focus and zone in on Jesus, because we have been raised with Jesus, the characteristics of Jesus are automatically displayed.
A - An inward change takes place.
What he/she seeks.
What he/she focuses on.
What you need to understand is that the characteristics are not the main thing, seeking Jesus and knowing Jesus is.
How we interact to others is just the immediate result of seeking Jesus.
What he/she puts off.
What he/she puts on.
TRUTH: A person that has been raised with Jesus seeks Jesus.
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