Ephesians 4:24

Paul identified our responsibility in this verse. We are to put on the new self as a garment. The new self (or man) is the person the Christian is after he or she experiences regeneration. We put on the new man as we pursue the things of Christ rather than the desires of the flesh. God has created the new self (the Christian) in regeneration after the image of our spiritual parent, God Himself. Righteousness and holiness mark our new life rather than sensuality, impurity, and greed (Ephesians 4:18-19). Moreover it is a life based on the truth rather than on ignorance (Ephesians 4:18). [Note: See Don Matzat, Christ-Esteem.]