Discipleship Studies Week 4

passage 1 Colossians 3:1-17

Colossians 3:1–4 ESV

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Living the New Life

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.

Since vs. If then—the “if then” is not a question but rather a statement, like since. But it takes the “if” this “then” that form.

If you have been raised with Christ, then seek the things that are above. Since this is true, then do this.

Set your sights on the realities of heaven, the things that are above??