“ Living A Godly Life In An Ungodly Word”

 “Living A Godly Life in an Ungodly World”

 

“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.  For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God.  And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all His Glory.”  Colossians 3:1-4

 

The Apostle Paul was instructing the Believers in Colossae about LIVING their NEW LIFE in CHRIST JESUS, in an UNGODLY WORLD.  Paul encourages THEM and US to “set our SIGHTS on the REALITIES of Heaven, where. Christ sits in the PLACE of HONOR at GOD’S RIGHT HAND.  And THINK about the THINGS of HEAVEN, NOT the THINGS of EARTH.

Your ACTIONS begin with your THOUGHT PROCESS, they begin in your MIND. And if you are under the assumption that YOU can BREAK these BAD, SINFUL ACTIONS, YOU are fooling YOURSELF.  If there is NO CHANGE in your MIND, then there will be NO CHANGE in YOUR ACTIONS (life). This is why Paul tells us that we NEED to have a RENEWING of OUR MINDS. (Romans 12:2)

When you FIRST came to JESUS for His FORGIVENESS, IF you were SINCERE about LIVING for GOD in this UNGODLY WORLD, then you DIED to this WORLDLY LIFE and your REAL LIFE is in CHRIST JESUS.  There SHOULD BE a BIG CHANGE in your MIND and HEART which determines your ACTIONS. 

In order to have a VICTORIOUS LIFE, you MUST be WILLING TO CHANGE your FOCUS.  And look at things from a HEAVENLY PERSPECTIVE.  In other words: Have a HEAVENLY MINDSET for EARTHLY LIVING.  When we put our FOCUS on HEAVENLY THINGS, we have a HEAVENLY MINDSET, and we SHOULD LIVE by that MINDSET in EVERY SITUATION. 

So, if you are a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD, then you need to PRAY and ASK God to give you UNDERSTANDING of HIS WORD, and STUDY the WORD of GOD, KNOW what it MEANS to have a KINGDOM MENTALITY. 

If you are NOT a CHILD of the LIVING GOD, but feel like God is dealing with you, then you NEED to COME to JESUS with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, God’s ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOUR SINS, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for YOU, before God.  You MUST CONFESS ALL your SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and PUT AWAY your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and ACCEPT A VICTORIOUS LIFE with a KINGDOM MINDSET!!  Do this NOW, while you STILL can, He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!