Who You Are in Christ (Part 1)

Last week (Col 3:1-4) Paul urged us to focus on Christ, with whom we have died and have been raised to new life, which Christ himself is holding securely for us in heaven until he returns. Does that mean it doesn’t matter how we live now? Absolutely not. This week (and next) Paul tells us what it looks like to live the life we have in Christ in the here and now. That requires both actively putting off (killing!) our old nature (3:5-8) and living in the truth of who we are now (3:9-11). In other words, through the life, death and resurrection of Christ, we have been given entirely new identities—let’s live like it!