Paul moves from explanation to application. The verbs he uses are in the imperative mood; he tells the people that they must act. The things he writes are not suggestions from God; his writing is more than good advice. God expects us to live a certain way because of the truths Paul explained. In what way does God expect us to live? God expects the believer, the church, to live in a way that is distinct because He is distinct. The illustration Paul uses is that of changing clothing. When I was in high school, I used to work on a chicken farm. By far, the worst job on the farm was scraping the boards. For the sake of politeness, we cleaned the manure from the chicken cages. It was a messy, disgusting, vile job. The stench was overpowering, and your clothing reeked. You couldn't wait to take off the dirty clothing and put on clean clothing. God wants us to put off the lifestyle and mindset which aligns itself with the unbelievers and to put on the likeness of Christ. You can only do this as you commit yourself to Christ-life. If you take one thing from this message, I want you to take the following: You must live the Christ-life.