Post #333: Set Your Mind on Things Above | KJV Right Division (Week 12)
Post 333 · Day 82-1: Colossians 3:2 – Set Your Mind on Things Above
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” — Colossians 3:2 KJV
Mind-setting is deliberate — an act of will reinforced by repetition until it becomes a posture. Things above: Christ seated at the right hand of God, the riches of grace, the hope of glory, the heavenly citizenship. Things on the earth: the world's systems, temporary pleasures, earthly status. The contrast is not between evil and good but between temporal and eternal.
Right Division: Right Division: 'Things above' is the grace-age orientation. In the Kingdom program, Israel looked for a restored earthly Kingdom — a physical land, temple, and throne. The Body of Christ's hope is heavenly: seated in heavenly places (Ephesians 2:6), citizens of heaven (Philippians 3:20), looking for the Savior from heaven (1 Thessalonians 1:10). This does not mean we disengage from earth but that we engage from a heavenly perspective — as ambassadors, not settlers.
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