Colossians 3:1 KJV
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
That Christianity is a spiritual pursuit there can be no doubt. That much of what the Christian believes is other worldly and appears foolishness to those of this world is sure. We are dead; but we are not (in the flesh.) In fact the Bible gives two sides to even that. On the one hand the lost person, though alive in the flesh is dead in trespasses and sins and the Christian has been quickened and made alive through the Holy Spirit. But on the other hand the Christian, though still possessing the old nature is dead in Christ and the life he now lives is by faith in the Son of God. The worldly would argue it is inconsistent and foolish. They would say that all hard evidence proves we both are alive right now and there is nothing to prove that there is life above.
Then there is the assertion that Christ shall appear. They would argue that Christians have been preaching that for two thousand years and it hasn't happened yet. We just keep insisting that He could appear any moment.
Christianity teaches many practical things. The majority of Colossians chapter three is occupied with them. But they are all rooted in the spiritual truths. We must be grounded in them before the practical lessons will have any purpose.
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
That Christianity is a spiritual pursuit there can be no doubt. That much of what the Christian believes is other worldly and appears foolishness to those of this world is sure. We are dead; but we are not (in the flesh.) In fact the Bible gives two sides to even that. On the one hand the lost person, though alive in the flesh is dead in trespasses and sins and the Christian has been quickened and made alive through the Holy Spirit. But on the other hand the Christian, though still possessing the old nature is dead in Christ and the life he now lives is by faith in the Son of God. The worldly would argue it is inconsistent and foolish. They would say that all hard evidence proves we both are alive right now and there is nothing to prove that there is life above.
Then there is the assertion that Christ shall appear. They would argue that Christians have been preaching that for two thousand years and it hasn't happened yet. We just keep insisting that He could appear any moment.
Christianity teaches many practical things. The majority of Colossians chapter three is occupied with them. But they are all rooted in the spiritual truths. We must be grounded in them before the practical lessons will have any purpose.
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