Galatians 3:26-27
“For you are all sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus, for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves
with Christ.”
Faith
in Christ is a prerequisite to baptism. Faith (along with repentance) is an
essential ingredient in the conversion process. It must be understood that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that he died for our sins and He was raised
from the dead. In being baptized into Christ we “clothe” ourselves with Him or
“put on Christ”. When God looks at us he does not see our sins, but Christ’s
righteousness instead.
This
is a very interesting verse to look at in light of Christ’s parable of the
wedding banquet in Matthew 22:1-14
In
Genesis 3:21 after Adam and Eve sinned (and they had died spiritually), God
provided them with animal skins to clothe them and give them a covering. This
required the shedding of the blood of animals. In the Old Testament a sacrifice
for sin always required the shedding of blood. Under the New Covenant the
shedding of blood was still required, but this time it was to be by the sinless
Lamb of God that Jesus Himself shed on the cross. And just as God clothed Adam
and Eve, so too, He now clothes us—but now it is with Christ Jesus.
Matthew
3:13-16 | Ephesians 4:4-5 | Romans 6:3-6 | I
Peter 3:21 | Colossians 2:12 | John 3:1-5 | Acts
8:26-40 | Galatians 3:26-27
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3:5 | Matthew 28:19-20 | Acts 2:38-41 | Acts 22:16
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