When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
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… So as I'm seeking, the Bible says, when Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory, in glory, in the spirit. Here's the mistake that we make. We think that Paul is only talking about when the Lord comes back and appears. that is applicable but that's not what he said he says as you're seeking and as you're setting christ you're going to find christ because you're worshiping god you're worshiping the lord to see him i'm not worshiping him to deal with some arbitrary abstract no i'm looking for christ that's why when when john the revelator was in the spirit what did he see he saw the throne and he had descriptions because he sought the Lord. And guess what? He was in a place of isolation, which made seeking the Lord even easier. So maybe that's a fundamental part of worship. is isolation setting yourself setting time aside every day for you and the lord to get in the spirit to get in the spirit and as you get in the spirit you're going to see christ but the bible says that when you see him it says there you will be also that's how you get in the spirit there's a version of you that's already there Thank you. …
… with Christ in God when Christ who is your life appears then you also will appear with him in glory Father I pray for your help now for these next few minutes to understand what it is to set our minds on things that are above every day and reset our minds every day like Mueller did. So teach us these things. Help us to get into this biblical reality of phronema. it is so rich it is so different it is so unusual it is so necessary so show us teach us guide me now and help us to be alert to what's here in your word I ask in Jesus name Amen so first let's get the structure of this text the big picture then we're going to go elsewhere to see the meaning of phronema then we're going to come back here and take about six pieces of this which I think are the things that are above and talk about what it is to set our minds on them and in setting, our minds reset every day. …
… Christ and God. When Christ, who is your life now, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory." You see, he understands the apostle John says something similar. He says, we are already the children of God, but it doesn't yet appear what we shall be. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him because we will see Him as He is." Draw down implication then, he says, everyone who has this hope in himself purifies himself. It's like an intuitive, instinctive fruit of knowing what your final destiny is. It transforms everything. This is why what Paul had written at the beginning of Romans 5 was so astonishing to his contemporaries, that we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, and because of that we are able to rejoice in our sufferings. And because we understand what God is doing through our sufferings, he says in Romans 5.11, we rejoice in God Himself. I mean, to the human mind it is incomprehensible. …
… 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. Wow, wow, wow. Verse 2, look at it again. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. All right. I don't know how to do that. I'm trying. I don't want to be in a car. The taxi or Uber driver is imagining angels surrounding the throne singing holy, holy, holy. I want to be in a car with a driver who's thinking about the road that we're on and the destination that we're going to. I don't want to have surgery from a doctor who's praying in tongues and is seeing Jesus at the right hand of the Father when he's supposed to be cutting something out of me. Are you catching my point? I don't want to have my car repaired by someone who doesn't know what a wrench is, but they do know their Bible. …
… set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. And when Christ who is your life appears, you also will appear with him in glory. More than once during the course of the conference, we've come to this question, who am I really as a Christian? And in this letter, Paul's answer is this. As a Christian, you're a man or a woman in Christ, united to Christ. And that means your identity is defined by these realities. You have died with Christ to the reign of sin. You have been buried with Christ in your baptism. You have been raised with Christ in his resurrection to new life. Your true life is now hidden with Christ in God. And indeed, you are so united to Jesus Christ that Jesus Christ will not leave glory. unless on the last day you will also be united to him. And so he says, not only are you united to the risen Christ as he is now ascended in heaven, but verse four, when Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. …
… heaven means we get to share in his glory when Christ who is your life appears then you also will appear with him in glory what You all right. you're not going to appear as the eternal and intrinsic worth and weight but when the eternal and intrinsic worth and weight arrives you will be with him And the God of all grace who called you to this eternal glory in Christ, after you've suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast. The church exists for God's glory. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory. So we're going to see him do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine. We are going to see it, people. But the reason he's going to do immeasurably more is for his glory. To him be glory. How and where? In the church is where the glory is. …
… For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, what is earthly in you, sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these, the wrath of God is coming. Wow. Man, I was thinking about that, set your mind on things above, and I was like, I want to read that passage. I had no idea right after God had convicted me about coveting that at the end of that passage, he uses those words, you know, put this to death, covetousness, coveting, which is idolatry. And on account of these, the wrath of God is coming. Okay, that's pretty serious. this is what Satan does he takes things that God absolutely hates and he tries to get in our minds that it's no big deal every advertisement every commercial has one goal to make you covet that's it every billboard has one goal they want to make us covet They want us to look at something on the earth and want it. …
… not on earthly things. When Christ who is your life appears, and glory. Let me give you a perfect example of this. It says, if you want to, you say, okay, thanks, this is really nice, but how do I do it? I'm feeling my over desires, right? I'm feeling, you know, my peace is gone. I'm upset. I'm feeling overly angry or overly fearful or overly despondent. What am I supposed to do? First, realize your heart's already set on something that's earthly. See? If you want to set your mind and heart on things which are above first, find where it's set on something that's earthly. It's set somewhere. Exodus 20 says it's got to be set someplace. And therefore, when your peace is gone, you have to say, what is it that I have turned into my life that I've made too important? What good thing have I turned into an ultimate thing? Where is it? Look for it, okay? And then look at it and say, you are not my life. …