Focusing on Eternity - Colossians 3:1-4

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Our identity in Jesus motivates our focus on eternity.

I.  I am to have an ______________ not _____________ focus, 3:1-2.

    A. Why am I to have an eternal focus?
        1. I have __________ with Christ, 2:20; 3:3.
        2. I have been ______________ with Christ, 2:12; 3:1.
        3. I have been ______________ with Christ, 3:3 (Jn. 10:27-30).
        4. I will be ________________ with Christ, 3:4 (Phil. 3:20-21).

   B. How am I to have an eternal focus?   
       1. Keep ______________ eternal things, 3:1.
       2. Keep _______________ my mind on eternal things, 3:2.

   C. What areas of my life are impacted by an eternal focus?
        See 1:10; 3:17, 23-24.
        1. P________________ holiness, 3:5-8.
        2. P________________, 3:12-14; 4:2-6.
        3. P________________, Matthew 6:19-21.
        4. P________________, 3:17; 1 John 2:15-17.

In what areas do I need God’s help to have an eternal focus?