what does it mean to be dead in christ?

dead to your old life, born again as a new person

It means we're dead to the lusts of the flesh and the habitual sins we lived in and committed daily... like selfishness, lust, fornication, adultery,gossiping, glutony, laziness, ect. We aren't slaves to these sins any more and don't have to 'obey our sinful desires'.

We're now alive in our spirits to God and he gives us new desires to fulfill daily, as we read God's word which is our manuel for life and as we yeild to his word and pray, our desires and actions gradually change over time. It's called becoming Christ-like or sanctification or perfecting of the saints.

Last Edited by Morganite on 01/20/2013 10:51 PM

It means we forgot who we are..