“If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).
Too many today seek the glory, but are not willing to make the commitment. Have you noticed how often in scripture the two are combined? Jesus and His apostles all emphasized the commitment of the Christian life. You have obeyed the gospel, you are now a Christian. Because of this relationship and the glory that it brings, Jesus requires you to live commensurately. “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God” (Luke 9:62).
As Paul rightly emphasizes, this commitment is a commitment of righteousness. In other words, you are a Christian, now stop sinning! He wrote in Romans 6:1-2, “What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live in any longer in it?”
Anyone who continues a worldly lifestyle while claiming to be a faithful Christian, “is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (1 John 2:4). Startling to many, but true!
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