If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
SEEKING THE THINGS THAT ARE FROM ABOVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF
SEEKING THE THINGS THAT ARE FROM ABOVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF
Author: Philippus Schutte
New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee." Rom 11:17 -18
LET NO ONE DISQUALIFY YOU AVOIDING ERRORS
LET NO ONE DISQUALIFY YOU AVOIDING ERRORS
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH ALIVE IN CHRIST
PAUL’S MINISTRY TO THE CHURCH ALIVE IN CHRIST
For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH
LABORING TO PERFECT THE CHURCH
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST
OUR WONDROUS PRIVILEGES IN CHRIST
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT
THE GOSPEL BEARING FRUIT
We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you.
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS
OUTLINE OF THE EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS
“Christ in You the Hope of Glory”
GOD’S PROVISION MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY EVERY NEED
GOD’S PROVISION MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY EVERY NEED
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
EXHORTATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PRAYER
EXHORTATION, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PRAYER
Therefore, my fellow believers, whom I love and long for, my delight and crown [my wreath of victory], in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
STRAINING TOWARD THE GOAL
STRAINING TOWARD THE GOAL
Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.