What does it mean to be dead to sin?

In Colossians 3:3, Paul writes that believers are dead, and their lives are hidden with Christ in God. This signifies that, through faith in Christ, we have died to our former way of life that was dominated by sin. Instead of being drawn toward sin as our governing force, believers are now called to live according to the Spirit, empowered by Christ who gives us the ability to resist temptation and grow in righteousness. This deadness to sin does not mean that we will not struggle with sin in this life; rather, it asserts that sin should no longer have dominion over us because we are alive in Christ, who has raised us to a new way of living.