Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.
He does not forbid the use of food, money, or land, we must use them. He means the ceremonies that creep upon the ground, drawing us downward while Christ calls us upward to Himself. Through His death, those ordinances are dead to you and you to them, so now think only of things above.
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Freedom from the ceremonial law does not license you to live as you please; instead, walk closer with God in evangelical obedience. Because Christ sits at the right hand of God, secured our heavenly happiness at vast expense, you must seek and secure what He purchased and prize it above all earthly concerns.
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Commenting on Colossians 3:1-4
Your affections must be set there, or you will never seek heavenly things rightly. Where your treasure lies, your heart belongs; your conversation should be in heaven, not anchored to temporal wealth, honours, carnal lusts, or the vain ceremonies of the law that deal only in earthly observances.
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