"If then you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory." -- Apostle Paul to the Colossian Church, first century AD.
If faith in Christ has spiritually raised you up with Him you ought to focus on a new culture instead of binding your thoughts to this world. The Holy Spirit reveals things from the world God lives in which is not like this. His vicinity is apart from the world surrounding us with its petty delights and enjoyment of base things. God's immediate environment has perfect design and purpose and evils are kept in check and not allowed to rule. Our world is corrupted by evil having a free pass when rulers give way to it because of their desires for the niceties of this world. God is not tempted by such things and evil must be subjected to God's will and subdued before Him and is usually kept at a distance. Mankind loves methods that pervert the world to human purposes while destroying that world little by little in the name of progress. God's lets nature remain natural for Him.
If faith in Christ has spiritually raised you up with Him you ought to focus on a new culture instead of binding your thoughts to this world. The Holy Spirit reveals things from the world God lives in which is not like this. His vicinity is apart from the world surrounding us with its petty delights and enjoyment of base things. God's immediate environment has perfect design and purpose and evils are kept in check and not allowed to rule. Our world is corrupted by evil having a free pass when rulers give way to it because of their desires for the niceties of this world. God is not tempted by such things and evil must be subjected to God's will and subdued before Him and is usually kept at a distance. Mankind loves methods that pervert the world to human purposes while destroying that world little by little in the name of progress. God's lets nature remain natural for Him.
