Think Upon Christ

Because of the emphasis in this blog upon "how one thinks directly impacts how one lives," I thought it would be beneficial to post a few thoughts about Christ that we should think about, and indeed, praise God for, that we might be conformed into the image of Jesus Christ.

Our mind, our thoughts, our whole bent of being then should be set on things above. Reasons to dwell on Christ:

We have been rescued from the kingdom of Darkness (Col. 1:13)
We have been transferred into the kingdom of Christ (Col. 1:13)
In Christ we have redemption (Col 1:14)
In Christ we have forgiveness of sins (Col 1:14)
Christ is the image of the invisible God (Col 1:15)
Christ is the firstborn of all creation (Col 1:15)
By Christ all things were created (Col 1:16)
All things have been created through Christ and for Christ (Col 1:16)
Christ is before all things (Col 1:17)
In Christ all things hold together (Col 1:17)
Christ is the head of the body, the church (Col 1:18)
Christ is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself will come to have first place in everything (Col 1:18)
All the fullness of deity dwells in him (Col 1:19; Col 2:9)
Through Christ all things are reconciled to God, having made peace through the blood of the cross (Col 1:20)
Though you were alienated, hostile in mind, and engaged in evil deeds, Christ has reconciled you in his fleshly body through death to present you before God holy and blameless and beyond reproach (Col 1:21-22)
Christ is in your and he is the hope of glory (Col 1:27)
In Christ are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (Col 2:3)
You have been firmly rooted and are now being built up in Him and established in your faith (Col 2:7)
In Christ you have been made complete (Col 2:10)
Christ is the head over all rule and authority (Col 2:10)
You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with him through faith in the working of God (Col 2:12)
You were dead in your transgressions and uncircumcision of your flesh, but Christ made you alive together with him (Col. 2:13)
He has forgiven you all your transgressions (Col 2:13)
Christ has nailed to the cross the certificate of debt which was hostile to you (Col 2:14)
Christ has disarmed the rulers and authorities, he made a public display of them, having triumphed over them (Col 2:15)
Christ is seated at the right hand of God (Col 3:1)
Your life is hidden with Christ in God (Col 3:3)
Christ is our life (Col 3:4)
When Christ is revealed then we will also be revealed with him in glory (Col 3:4)