WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY

Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: “Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!”?  Colossians 2:20, 21 NIV

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ,

Set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 

Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  For you died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.   Colossians 3:1- 3 NIV

We Christians need to understand exactly who we are in Christ Jesus.  We are dead to the spiritual world system.  We are now, Children of God.

We Christians need to understand exactly what we are in Christ Jesus.  Prior to the Born Again experience, we were a “mind and body with a spirit”.  Now we are a “spirit with a mind and body”.

We Christians need to understand exactly when we are in Christ Jesus.  We are in Christ Jesus when we accept the sacrifice He made for us, for we were raised with Him.

We Christians need to understand exactly where we are in Christ Jesus.  Our lives (we) are now hidden with Christ in God. 

We Christians need to understand exactly why we are in Christ Jesus.  We are in Christ Jesus because there is no other name or way by which man can be saved and we were called.

So, since our entire selves, “our who, what, when, where, and why” are in Christ Jesus, we should begin to act like it.  You see, God tells us to “Put to death whatever belongs to our earthly nature” and to “Clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience” and to “Let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts” and to “Be thankful” and to “Let the word of Christ dwell in us richly as we teach and admonish one another with all wisdom”.  He knows that these are the tools we must use to establish our reborn spirits in a position of dominance over our minds and bodies.

Father God, Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, help us to “whatever we do, whether in word or deed, to do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to You Father God through Him”.  In the name of Jesus we ask it and give you the thanks for it.  Amen and so be it.  Amen and so be it.