Leaving the World to Reach the World (Colossians 3:1-4)
Grace to You: Pulpit Podcast
John MacArthur
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace |
| 0:05.1 | to You. |
| 0:06.1 | If you've never contacted Grace to You, we want to send you a free booklet by John that |
| 0:10.0 | unpacks fifteen Greek words in Scripture that explain a stunning paradox, how a God |
| 0:16.1 | of perfect justice can show mercy to sinners who deserve only punishment. |
| 0:21.6 | Request your free booklet titled 15 Words of Hope by writing to Hope at gty.org. |
| 0:28.7 | This offer is good in North America and Europe through June 2023. |
| 0:35.7 | And now unleashing God's truth one verse at a time. |
| 0:39.7 | Here's Grace to You, Bible teacher John MacArthur. |
| 0:42.7 | We're going to start in Colossians this morning with just a kind of an introductory look |
| 0:48.7 | at the opening few verses of this third chapter. |
| 0:51.7 | So let me read it to you. |
| 0:53.7 | Therefore, if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above where Christ |
| 0:59.0 | is seated at the right hand of God. |
| 1:01.9 | Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth, where you have |
| 1:07.1 | died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. |
| 1:10.2 | When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. |
| 1:20.5 | Now what I want to focus on in this opening part of the third chapter is the very clear |
| 1:26.3 | command to keep seeking the things above, verse 1, and verse 2, set your mind on things |
| 1:34.1 | above, not on things that are on the earth. |
| 1:39.0 | And as we go through this chapter in months ahead, we will learn a whole lot about what |
| 1:44.3 | that means in a very specific way. |
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