You are Clothed with Christ

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.  Galatians 3:26,27  NIV


     You wouldn't wear a bathing suit to a wedding or a winter coat in the middle of summer.  If you were headed to the White House to meet the President, you would not wear your frayed cut off jeans.  On the other hand, you wouldn't go hiking in a tuxedo.

     What we wear makes a statement, not only about who we are; but also about the setting we find ourselves in.  People don't look twice at someone wearing a bathing suit at the beach in the middle of summer.  That same bathing suit, worn to an inaugural dinner might raise a few eyebrows, prompt a few questions and wind up on the evening news.

     What did Paul mean when he said that those "who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ?"  He means that Christ is now appropriate wherever we go.  Jesus identifies us.  You wouldn't go anywhere (except perhaps the shower) without your clothes.  Don't go anywhere without Jesus.  You are on the Lord's side.  You wear his colors.  You wear his life.