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To be raised with Christ is to be "buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead" (Colossians 2:12; NKJV).

If you have not been raised with Christ then you are still "dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh." You are not yet "alive together with Him." You have not yet been "forgiven" of your trespasses. See Colossians 2:11-14.

If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is…Set your mind on things above (Colossians 3:1-4).

Jason Cicero