The Risen Life, Part 2 - Col 3:3-4
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. (Col 3:3-4) In these two verses, Paul starts by looking back, and a look at the present and then finishes with a glimpse at the future. As Max Anders put it, The believer’s identification with Christ brings not only a past break with sin and a present security, it also means a glorious future. [1] Paul is expressing the enormous change that has occurred in all believers. Our union with Christ from an understanding that we are dead in our sins and to our previous life which bound and controlled us, to the impartation of the life of God in and through us, to an understanding of the protection we have in Christ, and finally to a future revealing of us with Jesus at His second coming. Hidden With Christ For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Col 3:3) Definition: ‘you have died’ – The Greek word, a...