Lay Aside the Old Man, Put on the New GR 986

If all a person has is some frail imaginary hope that comforts them, but they have no real assurance of life after this life, it is a miserable existence. Most people survive by not giving it any serious thought.
But in Christ we have an assured hope. The salvation that God provides in Christ intends to change our lives so that the beauty of God's own character becomes ours. We are brought into conformity with His character and so our conduct is a manifestation of the character of God being produced in us.