...effort. We dishonour Christ by not rising to our due position, by not being what we may be. " Seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." This is the Easter response to the complaint, " My soul cleaveth to the dust." As we put forth energy...

...and alive in Christ, risen in newness of life, and that thus risen they should seek the things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, and that they should set their affections on the things that are above, not the things that are on earth."...

...this ; because unhappily, every saved one does not, though risen with Christ, set himself earnestly to seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. I once heard of a child who said to her mother, " Oh, mother ! I have discovered two things : this...

...burden light." " Feed My lambs ; " " feed My sheep ; " " be pitiful ; " " be courteous ; " " seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." Men are no longer to be persuaded by the " terrors of the Lord," but they are to be led into "green...

...exhortation to " holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord," and to the consequent seeking of " those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God," that so "we may also in heart and mind thither ascend, and with Him continually dwell." The language...

...all these things shall be added unto you ; " " If ye then be risen with Christ, set your affection on things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God ; " and such descriptions of the Christian life, as: "We look not at the things which are seen and temporal,...

...of it. I will give you a simple verse as an example. " If ye, then, be risen with Christ seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of Gcxl." Here are four great doctrines, the Resurrection, Ascension, and Session at the right hand of...

...You are conscious of this vast inferiority immediately. " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.'' "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy the vocation wherewith ye are...

...devotedness to God is pressed on the consciences of the saints. " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye have died (awtdavtrt), and your...

...love. What then is the meaning of the Apostle's words, " If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God : set your affection on things above, and not on things on the earth " ? They are no idle words to...