I want to speak to you on three headings having to do with this phrase, “If ye then be risen with Christ”

I. THE QUESTION CONTAINED IN IT
Colossians 3:1-4 (KJV)
If ye then be risen with Christ…

II. THE IMPLICATIONS INVOLVED IN IT
Colossians 3:3-4 (KJV)
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

III. THE OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT
Colossians 3:1-2 (KJV)
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Conclusion
The Apostle Paul was very careful not to assume that everyone who read this letter to the saints in Colosse was
• Dead with Christ and
• Risen with Christ

And I don’t want to assume it either.

• You might identify yourself as a Christian
• You might be a member of a church
• You may have been baptized and taken the Lord’s supper as we did Tuesday night

But none of that means you are going to heaven.
The only people who are truly saved are
• Dead with Christ and
• Risen with Christ

So my question to you is
Are you?