Colossians 3 - Life in Christ

Continuing our study,

^"3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. ⁴When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. "

Let's break it down some:

"For you died" - Your life no longer belongs to you. At the moment you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord, you ceased to belong to yourself. You are no longer a slave to sin, but a servant of Jesus Christ! You are dead to sin - it no longer has any power or rule over your life!

"and your life is now hidden with Christ in God." - The most interesting word that leaps out to me in this verse is the word "hidden." If you hide something, you keep it concealed and safe. In this verse, Paul is telling us that God guards our life in Christ. He keeps it concealed and safe against sin.

Now, that does not mean we will never sin, but it does mean that God has given us the Holy Spirit to warn us against temptation and to convict us of wrongdoing.

Think of when you were young and you used to play the game "Hide and Seek." You kept yourself protected from the Seeker. Sin seeks to devour you, but you have died to your sin and God, being ruler of all, has hidden your life in Christ.

⁴When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. " - Since your life has been hidden in Christ, Paul now tells us that Christ IS our life. We are no longer slaves to sin, since we have died to our sin and set our hearts and minds on what is above. Jesus IS our life. He is all we will ever want or need. When he returns, we will also be with him if we employ faithfulness in our lives.