The gospel creates community by transforming us to begin treating others in the way that Jesus has treated us. Because of what Jesus has done, we have been given a new identity. Our life has now been hidden in Christ, so that whatever is true of him is now true of us. His life is counted as our life and his death is counted as our death. All that is his has become ours. We need to put to death what remains of our old life. In Colossians 3:12-17, Paul tells us to put on Jesus and his character and to put on Jesus and his gospel.
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