Ye Are Dead, and Your Life is Hid With Christ in God
Written by: Dr. Harold Sawyer
Welcome to Wednesday! Every Wednesday we will have an article dealing with the bible – bible class if you will. The Internet is used for all manner of evil. This will serve as an opportunity to reach those who otherwise may miss this word. Let me stop right there before I start preaching instead of teaching – LOL – (God is OK with a sense of humor). Let’s get to it!
Colossians 3:2-4
Note the two reasons why we are to seek the things of Christ and of heaven: because we are dead, and our lives are hid with Christ in God.
a. The believer is dead. He is not actually dead; he still lives upon earth. But God counts the believer dead in the death of Christ. When Christ died, the believer died—right along with Christ in God’s mind. God counts it so, and whatever God counts so, it is a fact. Therefore, the believer is actually dead in God’s mind. This means a significant fact: a dead man cannot sin, for a dead man no longer lives for this earth. He lives for the next world.
Thought 1. Since we are dead, we are to seek the things of Christ and of heaven.
b. The believer is hid with Christ. What does this mean? It means that God counts the believer hid in the resurrection and life of Christ. When Christ arose, He arose to a new life, not to His old life. He had just died to the old life once for all. Therefore, when the believer is said to be hid in Christ, it means that God counts the believer risen with Christ. God counts the believer as risen to a new life. God sees the believer hid in Christ day by day. God sees him walking in Christ and in Christ’s righteousness. And because he is in Christ, the believer sets his mind upon things above, upon the things of Christ and of heaven. He sets his mind and life upon things that please Christ.
An excellent illustration of what it means to be “hid with Christ” is this: take the index finger of your right hand and wrap your left hand around it. Say that the index finger represents you and the left hand represents Christ. Where are you (the index finger)? In Christ. You are hid in Christ. Christ is the only life, the only body that is seen by God and that is to be seen by the world.
Thought 2. When you are hid in Christ…
- Christ is the only life that God sees as living. Christ is your life in the eyes of God, the life in which you live.
- You live and move and have your being and roam around in the life of Christ. You are hid in the life of Christ. You are not seen living and moving, for you are hid in Christ. Christ is the only life, the only body that is seen by God and that is to be seen by the world.
- By seeking those things which are above, where Christ sits.
- By setting our mind on things above, not on things on earth. By working to cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, even to the point of captivating every thought for Christ.
May the Lord Jesus Christ bless, strengthen, heal and keep You in His wonderful Name.
May 28th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I agree with this post, especially the part about setting our mind on things above, not on things on earth. Because when we set our minds on things above, I think it means we are seeking those things that can’t actually be seen or physically touched. I think it means we are showing faith. So, based on this, how do we respond to people who base most of their thinking on what they physically feel and see? People like this have a hard tiime believing something truly exists if they can’t physically see it and/or touch it. How do you convince them that sometimes it’s not all about what you see, think and feel? It’s just about belief. Or should you even try to convince someone who thinks this way?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Kim, as long as I’ve walked with God, it is a struggle for me to stay in that mind set. I don’t just stay in that mind set; I have to anoint myself daily with oil. I have to say things to myself. I have to actually concentrate when I have issues that I need to give to God. I say (sometimes out loud) Kathy give this to God. It is actually a process I go through. Until I feel that I have let it go, I continue the process. It is at those moments, I don’t feel hid in Christ. I don’t feel that my mind is on the right setting because I am struggling with the issue. I feel bad that I don’t just automatically go to Christ more quickly and easily than I do. As I read the illustration in this post about the finger being wrapped in the hand, I realized that sometimes I feel like am the finger outside the hand looking in, with nothing stopping me from being inside, but me. Finally, I run to get inside the hand and to safety. It is wrong for me to try and fix things. I am working on delegating all those things to God. I am working on staying in that mindset and staying hid in Him.
I guess I didn’t really answer your question but I guess I would say, until somebody has a true relationship with Christ, it is impossible for them to set there mind on things above. They have no link to The Connector of the things above.
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