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This week's verses are Colossians 3:1-5 : Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. These verses continue the theme from last week on remembering what game we're here to play. They come after a section where Paul is condemning performative religiosity. He is saying that instead of worshiping the idea of being seen worshiping God and proudly making a spectacle of being humble, we should be focusing on Jesus himself and not ourselves. One of the things that happens when we become Christians is we begin to realize that we are ...