Renewal

Colossians 3:1-11

 Look up to our resurrected Christ. Colossians 3:1

Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

C. S. Lewis A continual looking forward to the eternal world is not a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean that we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.

 Look up to our resurrected Christ. Colossians 3:1

I will seek His purposes
keep seeking the things above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.

I will seek His authority.

 Look beyond the things of this world Colossians 3:2

Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.

II Corinthians 4:17, 18 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 Look into the riches of Christ. Colossians 3:3

For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God

 Look into the riches of Christ. Colossians 3:3

I have died to sin. Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live

in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Look forward to Christs return. Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life, is

revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory .

I John 2:28 Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming

I John 3:2, 3 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

My calling as a Christian is to live my life for Jesus in such a way that I have to change as little as possible when entering heaven.

 Look away from all sins. Colossians 3:5-9

 Look away from all sins. Colossians 3:5-9

Therefore consider the members of

your earthly body as dead put them all asideimmorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another

 Look for a renewal with Christ and one another.

Colossians 3:10, 11
and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all.

David Kinnaman. Cultivating intergenerational relationships is one of the most important ways in which effective faith communities are developing flourishing faith in both young and old. In many churches, this means changing the metaphor

 from simply passing the baton to the next generation to a more functional, biblical picture of a body that is, the entire community of faith, across the entire lifespan, working together to fulfill Gods purposes.

Colossians 3:1-11

Renewal