The Gospel in our lives - Col. 3:5-11

Is Christ's atonement sufficient and complete? Does it have the power to transform lives and make anew? If you observed the day to day lives of most Christians today you would have serious doubts and that is the very reason the Gospel has lost its appeal and appears powerless in our age. Why do we settle for a partial atonement? We want the forgiveness of sins but we don't want to give up our old selves. The atonement is sufficient, its work is complete, the Gospel is powerful, but we must reckon it in our lives and put to death the old self for it to be effective in creating the new self which is from God, through Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Only then will the world see a Christian who is worthy of their attention and will cause them to take notice.