The Christian Life
Similar to Paul’s teaching on baptism, here we are told to put to death the things from before we trusted Jesus. We replace those behaviors with those that are given to us by God. It doesn’t matter how bad our past was; that has been put to death.
It is important to remind ourselves daily that our past is dead and to invest in our eternity in heaven. Often we dwell on the past and ignore our future. Focus on changing that thinking today.