What is the end result of a believer setting aside worldly things?
When believers set aside worldly things, the end result is that their heavenly position comes to the fore. Their appetite shifts to things spiritual, because the Lord gives insight that these things last forever. They enjoy spiritual blessings in the heavenlies and are seated in the heavenlies in Christ, their position in Christ.
Les explains that when believers shun worldly things, it is not because they are missing them; the world thinks they are, but they are not. The believer’s appetite is no longer for those things but is now on things spiritual, because the Lord has given enough insight that spiritual things last forever, not just for seventy years. By contrast, the fast lane of entertainers and wealthy athletes cannot be enjoyed very long, since the body cannot take it and health fails. The end result is that the believer’s heavenly position comes to the fore: spiritual blessings in the heavenlies, seated in the heavenlies in Christ, their position in Christ. Les then connects this to I Corinthians chapter 12, where Paul deals with the rudiments or elementaries, yet it is still part of the Christian experience and the one body.