...what motive did he stimulate them ? By the resurrection. " If he then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." If this apostle studied to animate himself by spreading before his view some sparkling object of pursuit,...

...daily, more and more to set your affections upon heaven ; " for if ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." Beware lest any inferior object in the world so entwine itself around your affections as dethrone him...

...lower ; and the spirit in its loftier aims inclines not to the inferior things of earth, but to " those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." * Regenerated by the spirit of Christ, "the world is crucified unto us, and we unto the world." f The...

...hate and forsake sin, and to love and follow after righteousness; to place the affections upon the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, seeking of God, through Christ, strength and grace to bring forth fruit — fruit unto eternal life....

...in Christ [COL. iii. i17], enjoining those who had been " raised with Christ" by their regeneration to " seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God," setting their " affection on things above, not on things on the earth," because they have "died with...

...the glory of God the Father. — PHILIPPIANS II. 9-11. If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. — COLOSSIANS III. 7. Not because I raise myself above something, but because I raise myself to something...

...(John 14; 2, 3): and thirdly, that he sends us his Spirit, as an earnest, by whose power we "seek the things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God, and not things on earth" (John 16 ; 7). Heb. 0 ; 24. — For Christ is not entered into the holy places...

...heart for ever on themselves. This is the higher life, " 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." Of what value is the Saviour to us...

...bosom makes thee room — Oh, come home ! "THINGS ABOVE." ' If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God." . JAN is not created for time, but for eternity. Life on earth, with all that now seems so important,...

...Henceforth may we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Henceforth may we seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. May our life be hid with Christ in God, that when Christ, our life, shall appear, we also may appear...