How can I put on Christ?
4 Practical Ways to “Put on” Christ
- Reflection. It starts with your heart.
- Personal discipleship. After you take time to sit in silence or in prayer, take time to open up your Bible also.
- Relational discipleship. Once you understand and have read the scripture it’s time to give it away.
- Corporate gathering.
What does the Bible mean when it says put on?
To put on the full armor of God is to apply all of the Gospel to all of your life. The whole armor is the expression of your full trust in God and what He has done for you through Jesus Christ. Your victory in spiritual warfare was secured at the cross of Christ and the blood that was shed there (Rev. 12:11).
Who said for as many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ?
To the Galatians Paul wrote “For we are all children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:26-27).
What action does Paul link to faith for coming into Christ?
Paul’s words found in Galatians 3:26–27 show that faith in Jesus Christ is linked to baptism. “The children of God” that Paul mentioned are those who have entered into a covenant relationship with God by being baptized.
What does the Bible say about putting on Christ?
The expression put on Christ occurs again in Galatians 3:27: “For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ (ESV).
Where does the phrase have put on Christ come from?
It implies the contracting of a very close and intimate relation, the nature of which is expressed in the phrase which follows. Have put on Christ. –The metaphor has been thought to be taken from the putting on of the white baptismal robes. It is, however, commonly used in the LXX., where it means “to adopt” or “cake to oneself.”
Do you put on Christ like a garment?
For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. For those who have been baptized into The Messiah have put on The Messiah. And when you were baptized, it was as though you had put on Christ in the same way you put on new clothes.
What does it mean to put on Christ in Romans 13?
In Romans 13:14, the apostle Paul instructs believers to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” (ESV). The phrase put on Christ means to figuratively clothe oneself with the Lord Jesus Christ to reveal the glory of God to the world.