The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 13 October 2025 – A Life Raised With Christ
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TOPIC – A Life Raised With Christ
READ: Colossians 3:1-4 (NKJV)
- If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
- Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
- For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
- When Christ [who is] our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
THE MESSAGE:
The born-again life of a Christian has been described in certain ways. In Colossians 2:20, Paul says that the Christian “died with Christ.” In our text today, he says that Christians have been “raised with Christ” (verse 1). In other words, when a person genuinely gives his/her life to Christ, he/she first of all dies to the worldly attitude to life; and is then raised with Christ to the heavenly attitude towards life.
Being born-again involves a drastic disconnection in the attitude towards the world and its manner of living, and another drastic connection in attitude towards heaven and its manner of living. Attitude is what makes the difference! Those who are truly raised with Christ and are genuinely born-again demonstrate that new status by their lifestyles, passions and desires. On the other hand, those who are not born-again, or who only pretend to be, are identified by the way their passions and desires cling to the world and all it offers. Such people are often willing to compromise godly moral standards in order to gain the treasures of the world. Jesus says, “What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?” (Mark 8:36-37).
PRAYER: Lord, I acknowledge that nothing in this world is more valuable than my soul. Help me to always set my heart on the things of heaven, Amen!
