Galatians 3:27 - Off the chain party robes

"For as many as unto Christ you were baptized, you put on Christ.’

-Baptized into Christ.  This is not about water.  It is not about any salvific work - it is about faith.  That’s what he just said (in v. 26) - we are sons of God THRU FAITH.  All that we are as Christians, all that we become, what happens to us, is entirely through faith.  So we cannot (ever) seize on a single verse like this one here and take it out of context.  The promise is by faith (14, 22), hearing with faith (2, 5), to the ones ‘faith-ing’ (trusting), justified by faith (8, 24), son of God thru faith (7, 26)(interesting to note how Paul is restating all these truths twice in this chapter - he is really serious about emphasizing this point!).  That's not to say that water baptism is not commanded of all those who trust in Christ (it certainly is).  But here it is not about water or any good work to which we might be tempted to attach some merit - it is about faith - and that, the OBJECT of our faith.  And what happens when we DO transfer our faith/trust from ourselves into Jesus is that we are put into Him.  God Himself puts us INTO Jesus.

-But thus you did put on Christ (or rather, He was put on you).  If you have put your faith and trust in Him, you are literally clothed with Him, like a royal robe.  That is what the Father did, and that is what He sees (and by extension that is what the world should see).  Jesus is our dazzlingly white robe of righteousness, placed on us by One Who has indeed removed and replaced every last one of the filthy rags of our sin and guilt and shame (cf Isaiah 61.10, Zechariah 3.4)(FESTAL robes! which is in fact how the Father rolls - He is a festival, a fiesta, a party waiting to happen, and the returning prodigal gets the best robe... to wear to the party! cf Luke 15.22).  Now we stand before the throne of heaven and before the Lamb clothed in white robes (Revelation 7.9) - clothed WITH the Lamb Himself!  It’s quite figurative of course, and holds true on more of a spiritual level, but truly, blessed are those who wash their robes, who are clothed with Jesus, so that they may have the right to the tree of life - all who have done so may enter in by the gates of the city (Revelation 22.14)!  Get ready for the fiesta of your life, off the chain, out of this world...!