Correct!
For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ
Jesus. For
all of you who were baptized into Christ have
clothed yourselves with Christ. Galatians
3:26-27 (NAS)
In baptism, we are not just getting wet. In
a spiritual way, we are being united with Christ in
His death ("baptized into Christ") and we are
raised from the waters of baptism being clothed with
Him (we are now a new creation "in Christ").
Therefore
if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the
old things passed away; behold, new things have
come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NAS)
The apostle Peter describes it as being born
again through Jesus' resurrection:
Blessed
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who according to His great mercy has caused us
to be
born again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 to obtain an inheritance which is
imperishable and undefiled and will not fade
away, reserved in heaven for you, 1 Peter 1:3-4
(NAS) Since you have
in
obedience to the truth purified your souls
for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently
love one another from the heart, 23
for you
have been born again not of seed which is
perishable but imperishable, that is, through
the living and abiding word of God. 1 Peter
1:22-23 (NAS) And
corresponding to that,
baptism
now saves you-- not the removal of dirt
from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good
conscience--
through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ... 1
Peter 3:21 (NAS)
When Jesus comes again, and we stand before God
in judgment, how important is it that we be
"clothed with Christ?"
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