These questions are a guideline for your personal or small group study based on Sunday's sermon passage. Feel free to study and meditate on the passage more deeply. ​​

1. Paul begins with who we already are, raised with Christ, before giving any commands. Where do you still try to live the Christian life through self-improvement rather than resurrection power, and how does that show up day to day?

2. Paul says to “set your mind on things above,” not as escape but as direction. How does a heaven-shaped mindset practically change the way you handle conflict, stress, temptation, or disappointment this week?

3. Paul doesn’t say to manage sin but to kill it. What sins of desire or thought tend to survive because you treat them gently instead of decisively, and what would true repentance look like in that area?

4. Paul moves from inward sins (desire, greed) to outward sins (anger, speech, deception). How have you seen unchecked inward sins eventually shape your words, tone, or relationships?

5. Paul describes “putting off” the old self like removing clothes that no longer fit. What old habits, speech/thought patterns, or relational behaviors from your old self are you still "putting on" vs. tossing out?

6. Paul ends by declaring that in the new humanity, “Christ is all and in all.” Where do secondary identities (political, cultural, personal, or generational) subtly compete with Christ for defining who you are and how you treat others?