Yes many do raise their hand to Jesus, but which Jesus?
Be blessed in Jesus' Name.
The Lord Jesus Christ, He who died for our sins, the Son of the Living God, He who was with the Father in creation, He who is the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end- the eternal one and He sits at the Father's right hand today.His blood was shed to redeem us from sin and by His grace and mercy we have been saved. He is our Great High Priest making intercession for us with the Father. He is the baptizer with the Holy Spirit. He gave us the right to become children of God.
Because of God's Grace, we are "blessed with all spiritual blessings in the heavenly places in Christ!" Why not begin to accept what God has made us to be in Christ?
Rom 6:11-14. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
12 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts.
13 And do not present your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
We are to reckon ourselves dead to sin, for sin no longer has dominion over us, we should flee from temptations to sin, giving ourselves over to our Lord. When we do sin we should repent. WE ARE NOW ALIVE IN CHRIST.
Col 3:1-4 1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4.When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory
We are raised with Christ, we are to seek the things above for our Lord is seated at the Fathers right hand and we have been raised with Him. We have died to our old man and have been hidden with Christ in God. At the time of the Second Coming we the bride, will appear with Him in glory. As Christians we have experienced a radical change of spiritual environment and this should affect our whole mode of life. Having been raised with Christ, we now move in a new sphere.
Normal human ambition sees things in terms of this world. But we have been raised with Christ and should see things from an eternal perspective, and so should want our lives on earth to be reflect the pattern of life seen in the glorified Christ...to seek those things which are above is to aim at emulating the characteristics of the Christ in glory
It is Jesus we seek and to live for Him alone..