QT 31/10/2025 Fri. Colossians 3:1–11 Set Your Mind on Things Above 心意要专注于天上的事
QT 31/10/2025 Fri. Colossians 3:1–11 Set Your Mind on Things Above
READ http://www.esv.org/col3:1-11
📖 Scripture focus: Colossians 3:1–3 (ESV)
[1] If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. [3] For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (ESV)
Reflection: Living the New Life in Christ
This passage from Colossians is a powerful call to transformation. Paul is writing to believers — those who have already "been raised with Christ." That’s a reference to our new identity through salvation: when we trust in Jesus, we die to our old selves and are raised to a new life in Him (v. 3). Our identity is now hidden in Christ, and one day, when He appears, we will appear with Him in glory (v. 4).
But that identity comes with a calling: "Set your minds on things above." This is more than a call to heavenly thoughts — it's a call to heavenly living. We are to "put to death" what is earthly in us: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness — which Paul says is idolatry (v. 5). These are serious words because the stakes are serious. God's wrath is coming on such things (v. 6).
And yet, there is hope. We once walked in these ways, but now we can put them away — anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk (v. 8). We can stop lying, because in Christ, we have put off the old self and put on the new, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator (v. 10).
This renewal is radical: in Christ, all barriers fall — no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free — but Christ is all, and in all (v. 11). Our unity, our identity, and our calling are found in Him.
Application:
(1) Examine your heart. Are there areas of your life where the "old self" still has power? Ask the Holy Spirit to help you put them to death.
(2) Refocus your mind. What are you seeking? What are your thoughts set on? Choose today to fix your eyes on Christ, not the distractions of this world.
(3) Live the new life. God is actively renewing you — not just saving you from sin, but transforming you into the likeness of Christ. Walk in that.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for raising me to new life in Christ. Help me to set my heart and mind on things above, where Christ is. Give me the power by Your Spirit to put to death what is earthly in me and to walk in the new life You have given me. Thank You that in Jesus, I am made new, and that You are continually renewing me in His image. May Christ be all and in all in my life today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
QT 31/10/2025 星期五. 歌罗西书 3:1–11 心意要专注于天上的事
阅读 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=colossians 3%3A1-11&version=CNVS
📖 经文焦点：歌罗西书 3:1–3
1 所以，你们既然与基督一同复活，就应当寻求天上的事，那里有基督坐在 神的右边。2 你们要思念的，是天上的事，不是地上的事。3 因为你们已经死了，你们的生命与基督一同隐藏在 神里面。
默想：在基督里活出新生命
这段歌罗西书的经文发出强有力的呼召，要我们经历生命更新。保罗写信给信徒——那些已经“与基督一同复活”的人。这指的是我们因救恩而获得的新身份：当我们信靠耶稣时，旧我便死去，在祂里面得着新生命（第3节）。我们的身份如今隐藏在基督里，将来祂显现的时候，我们也要与祂一同显现在荣耀里（第4节）。
但这身份伴随着呼召：“你们要思念上面的事”。这不仅是呼召我们怀天上的意念，更是呼召我们活出天上的生命。我们当“治死”地上的肢体：淫乱、污秽、邪情、恶欲和贪婪——保罗称贪婪就是拜偶像（5节）。这些话语沉重，因事关重大。神的忿怒正要临到这样行的人（第6节）。
然而，仍有盼望。我们从前也曾行这些事，如今却当弃绝——就是忿怒、恼恨、恶毒、毁谤，并一切的污秽言语（第8节）。我们不再说谎，因为在基督里，我们已经脱去旧人，穿上新人，这新人是照着神的形像在知识上渐渐更新的（第10节）。
这更新是彻底的：在基督里，一切隔阂都消除了——不再有希腊人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外之人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的——基督是万有，也在万有之中（第11节）。我们的合一、身份与呼召都在祂里面。
应用：
(1) 省察内心。你生命中是否仍有“旧我”掌权之处？求圣灵帮助你将这些旧性情治死。
(2) 重塑心志。你追求的是什么？心思意念聚焦于何处？今日就选择定睛基督，而非世俗的纷扰。
(3) 活出新生命。神正积极更新你——不仅救你脱离罪恶，更要将你塑造成基督的模样。活出这新生命吧。
祷告：
天父，感谢祢使我在基督里得着新生命。求祢帮助我将心意专注于上头的事，那里有基督。求祢借圣灵的大能，使我能治死属地的情欲，活出祢所赐的新生命。感谢祢在耶稣里使我成为新人，并持续按祂的形象更新我。愿基督今日在我生命中成为一切，也在一切之中。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
