Christ Is All, And In All

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.

Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.

But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all.

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Colossians 3:1-14

We get a physical once a year…Do we also get a spiritual check-up? Ask yourself these questions: Do I love God with all my heart because He first loved; Do I love God will all my soul; Do I love God with all my mind; Do I love God will all my strength?

As we let “the message of Christ dwell among us richly, with all wisdom” He will equip us to build each other up as we become spiritually fit and useful to Him.

To be spiritually fit, feed on God’s Word and exercise your faith.

Our Daily Bread – October 11, 2015