Being Hidden in Christ with God, Part 2 (TMF:2760)

Friday, December 05, 2025

Peace to Live By: Being Hidden in Christ with God, Part 2 (TMF:2760) - Daniel Litton
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In essence then, it is as Paul has said to us today, “hidden with Christ in God.” We have been made so free from sin, so perfect before God’s eyes, that that is how God sees us. Sure, we are still located on this present earth, but in the spiritual sense we are seated with Christ in Heaven. It’s an incredible thing. It would also mean, or seem to mean, that we could never really fall out of fellowship with God. How could we, if we have been seated in Heaven with him? The high calling of the Christian, then, in understanding we are “hidden with Christ in God,” comes in how we live out our lives. Paul is going to get into this a couple verses away, and we are going to talk about that next week specifically. But an overview here, is that of character development and separation from the world. Character development and separation from the world. If we are spiritually up in Heaven with God and Christ, the fact that we are “hidden” in him seems to denote a separation from the world.

Being Hidden in Christ with God, Part 1 (TMF:2759)

Thursday, December 04, 2025

Peace to Live By: Being Hidden in Christ with God, Part 1 (TMF:2759) - Daniel Litton
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We have been baptized into Christ’s death in the spiritual baptism that occurs from the moment we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. At that moment, we are buried with him, being united in his death. So, this leads to the result of our lives being “hidden with Christ in God.” We could also bring up a cross-reference verse of Ephesians 2:6. There seems to be a lot of parallels between Colossians and Ephesians, and even to some degree the Book of Romans. Nevertheless, Ephesians 2:6 states (let’s actually start in verse 5): “even when we were dead in our trespasses, [God] made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus” (ESV). It’s that least part that seems to relate to what we are talking about today. So, we have been raised up with Christ and seated with him in the heavenly places, that is, in Heaven.

Walking in Newness of Life (TMF:2758)

Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Peace to Live By: Walking in Newness of Life (TMF:2758) - Daniel Litton
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Next, in verse 3, Paul gives us the reasoning behind all of this. “For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (ESV). The longtime Christian should be familiar with the concept as having died with Christ. Paul talked about this with the Roman believers, namely in the famous chapter 6. If we go over there, we read the following: “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:3-4, ESV). So, we see the call then—the call, is to “walk in newness of life.” “Newness of life.” It’s how our lives in Christ should look. This seems to be what Paul is making reference to when he brings up in our verse here, in Colossians 3, of having our lives “hidden with Christ in God.”

Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 3 (TMF:2757)

Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Peace to Live By: Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 3 (TMF:2757) - Daniel Litton
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A person chooses a spouse. The couple is married. But that relationship is associated with this earth, and does not move beyond. Yet, so much of people’s lives is spent around that marriage relationship. Not that that fact is bad, but an observation is simply being made here. We are so used to setting our minds on the things that pertain to this earth that we do not even realize it. Most of our thoughts, and even what we do in life, seems to be tied to this earth. Therefore, we have to make a concerted effort to focus on the things outside of this world, namely God. It really doesn’t come natural, though, with experience does seem to come the realization that there is more beyond what we see with our eyes. And perhaps as we get older and older, and we see things come and go, the ebb and the flow of life, we realize that everything is temporary, and then we do naturally tend to focus on things which are above.

Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 2 (TMF:2756)

Monday, December 01, 2025

Peace to Live By: Are Things of the Earth that Important? Part 2 (TMF:2756) - Daniel Litton
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It had never really occurred to the mind that this association of being a sports fan was tied to having lived in Ohio. It might seem obvious, but if the fandom tied behind a sports team is usually regional, then why is so much pride taken in it? It took the experience of the move to realize the futility of the whole thing. And just like it is with sports, so it is, and will be, with anything, even our own families. A person chooses a spouse. The couple is married. But that relationship is associated with this earth, and does not move beyond. Yet, so much of people’s lives is spent around that marriage relationship. Not that that fact is bad, but an observation is simply being made here. We are so used to setting our minds on the things that pertain to this earth that we do not even realize it. Most of our thoughts, and even what we do in life, seems to be tied to this earth.