1. What Does Easter Have to Do with Me?
Colossians 3:1-4

3. Assuming an egg first ...

5. Hatching

6. Fertilized egg

7. A fertilized egg 
Hatching
A chick

8. Assuming a chicken first ...

9.  A hen (with a rooster) laying fertilized eggs Hatching
Chickens, female or male

10. “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” (Genesis 1:22)

11. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them ... (1:27- 28)

12. In Christ In Him

13. Life in Christ Deeper Life in Christ, 1:1 – 2:7
Higher Life in Christ, 2:8 – 23
Inner Life in Christ, 3:1 – 17
Outer Life in Christ, 3:18 – 4:18

14. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. (Colossians 2:6-7)

16. Life in Christ Deeper Life in Christ, 1:1 – 2:7
Higher Life in Christ, 2:8 – 23
Inner Life in Christ, 3:1 – 17
Outer Life in Christ, 3:18 – 4:18

17. Inner Life in Christ, 3:1-17 Pursuing of spiritual values, 3:1-4
Putting off the sins of the old life, 3:5-11
Putting on the virtues of the new life, 3:12-17

18. If then you have been raised with Christ ... (Colossians 3:1a)

19. Since, then you have been raised with Christ ... (Col 3:1a, NIV)

20. You ... having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. (2:12)

21. ... seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (3:1b)

22. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. (2)

23. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (3)

24. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (4)