Put Off, Put On: Part One

Sanctification for Ordinary Saints

Colossians 3:1–11 tells us something simple and bracing: if you’re in Christ, you already have everything you need. So fix your mind where He is, kill what’s killing you, and put on the new self. Paul starts with identity. “Since you’ve been raised with Christ,” set your mind on things above (vv. 1–4). Your old self died; your real life is hidden with C…