Put on

and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, -Colossians 3:10

So there are some things that the Bible tells us to ‘put off’ if we are going to live for Christ. But as we put them off there is something to put on as well.

We are to put on the new man.

It is a good thing that God tells us what it means to put on the new man. He doesn’t just say ‘do it’ without explaining it.

This putting off an putting on always reminds of when God told Jacob to go back to Bethel and ‘"Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.’

The change of garments was more than just a change of clothes. It was a change of life. The same pictures applies to us. When we die to the power of the old man we are told to put him off to not let his characteristics be a part of our news. We put away those idols and change our garments.

The new man we put on has a new knowledge to what it means to live in the image of Christ.

When we head out today we need to reflect on whether our lives reflect the old dead man who as no power, or do we reflect the new man to reflect the image of Christ?