The Old You is Gone

“We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.” Romans 6:6 (BSB)

There is a Truth many believers know in theory but have never embraced in experience: the old you is not being improved, managed, or rehabilitated. The old you is gone. The Word doesn’t say the old self is being worked on or gradually phased out. It says the old self was crucified with Christ. Past tense. Completed. Final. When Jesus went to the Cross, He didn’t just carry your sins—He carried the entire identity that sin shaped. The person you were before Christ, the one defined by brokenness, bondage, and separation from God, was put to death in Him.

This means the old you no longer has authority to speak into your life. It cannot claim you, accuse you, or define you. It has no legal standing in the Kingdom. The enemy will try to resurrect memories, patterns, and labels from your past, but they are echoes of a person who no longer exists. You are not fighting to escape who you were; you are learning to live from who you have become. The Cross didn’t just deal with what you did—it dealt with who you were.

Yet many believers still live as if the old self is alive and active. They carry shame from a life that ended at Calvary. They wrestle with habits as if they are still slaves to sin. They pray from a place of unworthiness, forgetting that the person who was unworthy died with Christ. The Gospel declares something far greater: the body of sin has been rendered powerless. You are no longer a slave. You are no longer bound. You are no longer defined by the old patterns that once held you.

Today is about stepping into the freedom that comes from knowing the old you is gone. It’s about letting the Word of His finished work speak louder than the memories of your past. It’s about recognizing that the new creation you are in Christ is not in competition with the old self—the old self no longer exists. You are not trying to silence an old identity; you are refusing to give life to what God has already put to death. Let this Truth settle deeply: you are free because the person who was bound is completely gone.

Confession:

My old self was crucified with Christ. The person I used to be is gone, and I am no longer a slave to sin. I live today from the freedom Jesus purchased for me.

Prayer:

Father, thank You for ending the old me at the cross. Help me walk in the fullness of the new life You’ve given me, in Christ.

Closing Charge:

Live today with confidence—the old you is gone, and the new you walks in freedom.