Blessings of Real Life

 

Since you have been raised to new life with Christ,
 
set your sights on the realities of heaven,
 
where Christ sits in the place of honor
 
at God’s right hand.
 
Think about the things of heaven,
 
not the things of earth…
 
your real life is hidden with Christ in God.
 
Colossians 3:1-2, 3
 

Blessings Of Being Alive With Christ

 

…God made you alive with Christ,
 
for he forgave all our sins.
 
He canceled the record of the charges against us
 
and took it away by nailing it to the cross.
 
In this way,
 
he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities.
 
He shamed them publicly 
 
by his victory over them on the cross.
 
Colossians 2:13-15
 

Blessings of God’s Visible Image

 

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
 
He existed before anything was created
 
and is supreme over all creation,
 
for through him God created everything
 
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
 
He made the things we can see
 
and the things we can’t see—
 
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities
 
in the unseen world.
 
Everything was created through him and for him.
 
Colossians 1:15-16