Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Wednesday, November 5th. Today we continue

looking at the biblical view of worship by directing our attention off our preferences and on to what

is ours in Christ Jesus. Here's part two of the motivation of worship. Now I want to share with you

a simple truth. It may not be simple when

you first hear it. And if you've listened to me over the years, you've heard me talk about it

before. But it's the most liberating truth that I have ever discovered in my life. Change my whole

life, change my perspective about life, God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the church, and everything.

And I realized I began to understand what worship was all about when I began to understand

what God had done for me in the way he has related me to him once I was saved by His grace.

So I want you to turn, if you will, to Colossians chapter 3.

And in the third chapter of Colossians is a simple passage.

I want us to read the first four verses of this passage together.

And Paul begins by saying, if or since then you have been raised up with Christ,

keep seeking the things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the

things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ

who is their life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory.

I want to talk about our position in the Lord Jesus Christ. When I began to understand that,

something happened in my life. It took me a long time to get around to being willing to share it,

because I wanted to be sure that this really

works in my life on Monday morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, as well as Sunday.

And I can tell you, my friend, it works. Here's what he says in this passage. First of all, he says

in our position with him, not only have we been translated from the

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