Big Idea: Because believers have been raised with Christ, we are called to put off the old self, put on the new self, and live in practical holiness by setting our minds on things above and allowing Christ to rule every area of our lives.

1 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.
3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
5 Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
6 Because of these, God’s wrath is coming upon the disobedient,
7 and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.
8 But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and filthy language from your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with its practices
10 and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge according to the image of your Creator.
11 In Christ there is not Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all.
12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,
13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.
14 Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
15 And let the peace of Christ, to which you were also called in one body, rule your hearts. And be thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another through psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.
17 And whatever you do, in word or in deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. —Colossians 3:1-17

1. Set Your Mind Where Your Life Is Now Located

Colossians 3:1–4

Our identity is hidden with Christ in God.
Seek and set your mind on things above, not earthly things.
Holiness begins with a heavenly mindset.

2. Put Sin to Death, Not on Pause

Colossians 3:5–11

Kill what belongs to the earthly nature: immorality, impurity, greed, anger, slander.
We are no longer defined by the old self; Christ is all and in all.
Holiness requires decisive action against sin.

3. Put On What God Has Made You to Be

Colossians 3:12–14

As chosen, holy, and loved people, clothe yourself in compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience.
Bear with one another and forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Love binds all these virtues together in perfect unity.

4. Let Christ Rule Every Corner

Colossians 3:15–17

Let the peace of Christ rule in your heart.
Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you.
Do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father.