Last Days

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Setting our affection on the things above means this is where the Christ has preeminence over all things. This is the atmosphere of the throne- Christ all and in all. We know the world below demands we live according to its atmosphere: religion, human government, politics, education, culture, philosophy, sports, etc. all set a tone that is not according to Christ who is above. There is , however,...

And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all." (Colossians 3:10-11) A life that is set on the things above, is receiving that life for a particular purpose. That purpose is the creation of...

.The eternal goal of God is poured out from the throne. The new Jerusalem is the culmination of man’s enjoyment of His life poured out from the throne. The churches in all localities are to typify, be a Testimony, or a lampstand of what it looks like to live by this throne. In Revelation, chapter 1-3 we see Christ ministering to the churches as the Spirit and the Word to produce the new man which...

"Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and greediness, which is idolatry; Because of which things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience; In which you also once walked, when you lived in these things. But now, you also, put away all these things: wrath, anger, malice, blasphemy, foul abusive language out of you...

"For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory." (Colossians 3:3-4) Living the life where we seek the things above, where we set our affections on the things obove has nothing to do with our performance. It is,rather, our point of reference and the position from which we live. The contrast here in Co...

Paul urges all believers to set our affection on that which is above. What is above? Christ is there. And he is sitting at the right hand of the father. This is the eternal glorification of Christ from eternity past. To sit down at the right hand of the father indicates that man has now been brought before the throne of God. The glorification of Christ means that we can now be supplied with God’s...

““Holding the Head” is the conclusion of Paul’s discourse. Recall how Paul comes to this conclusion. In chapter 1, he displays the all sufficiency of this rich Christ. In chapter 2:9 he says Christ displayed all these riches as the fullness of God when he was on earth bodily. 2:10 states we have received all of this fullness. 2:11-13 describes how we have received this fullness, through faith in t...

"Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it." (Colossians 2:15) The cross is not only an erasing of all that condemns us but it is also a stripping away the power of all opposing rulers and authorities once and for all. Any future dealings with powers that oppose God have already been defeated on the cross. This is why Paul was able m...

"Wiping out (or erasing) the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us, which was contrary to us; and He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross." (Colossians 2:14) The operation of God eternally puts us In Christ, thus we are said to be complete in Him (2:10).This is an unbelievable yet true operation (11-13), but there’s more! While Jesus was on the cross bleeding for our offe...

It is one thing to realize that in Christ, all the fullness of God dwelt. (2:9).It is quite another thing to see that we are complete in Christ. (2:10). We have received the fullness. But, it is still another huge thing to allow this fullness to operate in our lives. In other words, are we living by the Christ who is in us? Is he the "Head of all (other) rule and authority” in our daily living? Ve...

Colossians 2:9-10 are certainly verses for the believer to know and recall. More than that they are a reality that we live by. They actually summarize what we’ve learned in Colossians. They are the riches we are to enjoy, the treasure we need to find, and the prize we need to run after. Verse 9 declares that all the fullness was seen in Jesus when he was on the Earth. This means all the riches, th...

“The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him.” This dilemma was put to DL Moody to which he added, “By God’s help, I aim to be that man.” This has been the noble response of many believers. Let’s clarify. Firstly, the world HAS seen such a man fully consecrated to God and secondly He is the only man who has ever pleased God fully. His name is Jesus. "For in Him dwe...

Verses on thankfulness in Colossians: "Having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." (Colossians 2:7) "And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, …; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15) "And whatever you do in word or in deed, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Fathe...

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us." (2 Corinthians 4:7) "I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward." (Philippians 3:14) "But what things were gains to me, these I have counted as loss on account of Christ. But moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excel...

"For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those in Laodicea, even all who have not seen my face in the flesh," (Colossians 2:1) "I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith." (2 Timothy 4:7) Paul could have said here “I have struggled the good struggle”. This is the same word he uttered in Col.2:1 "For I want you to know how great a str...

This is a hard word for some, but please listen. Just consider that God has an eternal desire from the ages that is culminating right now in these last days. The church represents that culminating desire. We are not to simply be waiting and watching but are urged to be ready and watching. Growth and maturity in the church where Christ is formed in us is how we are ready, whether we die or are rapt...

"And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality." (John 1:14) "This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and I heard the voice of someone speaking." (Ezekiel 1:28) Christ in us has a Hugh Hope. It is the hope of glory! Glory is a word w...

Christ in you the hope of glory. I would say most believers have this underlined. Why is it underlined or highlighted? What does this mean to you? This meant everything to the apostle Paul. This is why he prayed without ceasing and rejoiced in all his sufferings, this is why he was “announcing, admonishing to every man and teaching every man in all wisdom “ This is why he “labored and struggled” (...

"So then we, from now on, know no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him so no longer." (2 Corinthians 5:16) This verse indicates that Christ “from now on” is not merely known historically. And actually, from now on, we don’t know any man merely according to the old creation. Now that we are in Christ, we are new creations, and we p...

It is certainly “Pauline” of Paul to write about suffering. You can find a laundry list of his personal sufferings in 2 Corinthians 11, and in chapter 12 regarding his “thorn in the flesh” the Lord responds, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness”. Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me." (2 Corin...

"By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he obtained the testimony that he had been well pleasing to God. But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 1...

"For in Him all the fullness was pleased to dwell" (Colossians 1:19-23) God is so happy that there is a place on the Earth where his fullness can be expressed. Oh, that all the saints would see that they express His fullness. And as the body enjoys this fullness the church surely is built. This is the hope of the gospel. This is why we’ve been reconciled unto God, this makes him so happy. Oh, I pr...

There is a place on the Earth where Christ can be expressed. Yes, your individual life can have an expression, but we alone are not His full expression. He is the Head, and just like your head needs a full expression so does He. It’s the Body! A head without a body would not just be lacking, it would be monstrous!. The body is the completion, expression and the fullness of a person. The church (th...

Jesus, as the Firstborn of Creation, (15) did what Adam could not do. He lived by God as His life in all things. Adam could not properly multiply and fill the earth with many brothers and sisters and neither could he have proper dominion over the earth. He did not do it , he instead brought sin and death. Jesus, however, demonstrated real dominion over the earth and Heaven, both visible and invisi...