Dressing the Resurrection Body

The resurrection exposes the deadness of our old relationship to sin. It used to be the master and we its slaves. That relationship is dead now, because Jesus lives. That means that we need to reckon ourselves dead to sin. We looked at ten sins that are not appropriate for resurrected Christians, and we saw that the solution is a new identity in the New Man who is the maturing Body of Christ. That identity is available to you exclusively through the death and resurrection of the Son of God. Well, this week we are going to return to that Colossians text to see what the apostle says about clothing the resurrection body. You are raised with Christ; what, then, should you be doing? You should put on five virtues that counteract the ten vices of the old Adamic way of life, and you should walk in forbearing and forgiving love that binds everything together in perfect harmony. Because you have been raised from spiritual death with Jesus Christ, your identity has been transformed and you need to dress in love and follow peace.