As a result of revelation, Saul of Tarsus experienced a tremendous upheaval in his personal life

Gal. 3:26<= /i> For yo= u are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many as were baptized into = Christ have put on Ch= rist. 28 There cannot be Jew nor Greek, there cannot be slave nor free man, there cannot be male and female; for you are = all one in Christ Jesus. <= b>29 And if you are of Chr= ist, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise.

= Eph. 4: 24 And put on the new man, which was created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the reality.

= Col. 3: 10 And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

As we = have seen, in the churches in Galatia, there were a group of religious zealots endeavoring to bring the Galatian believers into living a life according to the law. The law was God’s way of preserving His Old Testament believers until Christ came. According to Galatians 3:24 the la= w was a child-conductor, escorting them, guarding them, caring for them until Chr= ist came. Now that Christ has com= e, there is no more need for the guarding law.

Furthe= rmore, Verse 26 tells us “For we are a= ll sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” In Greek, the term “sonsR= 21; implies sons of f= ull age, who have outgrown the custody of the slave guardian. It would be ridiculous to return t= o a guardian who cares for a child who is under age! The term, “son= s of God” also implies that we are born of God and thus have His life and nature. Though our faith in Christ we are brought into oneness with Christ,= identified with Christ Who has the sonship. Faith came when we heard the living Word of God. This living Word, o= nce received by us, caused a reaction within us called faith. This faith brought us into an orga= nic union with the Lord, making us the same as He is in His life and nature.

Verse 27 goes on to tell us that, “For as many as have been baptized into Christ have put on Chris= t.” Not only is Christ in us as our li= fe, but we have been immersed or submerged into Him. The Greek word for “put on&#= 8221; means to plunge in= to or sink into. Praise the Lord! We have been “plunged”= into Christ and are “sunk” in Him!&= nbsp; What should people see when they see us? Good law-abiding Christians? Stressed out Christians trying to = live a godly life? How about law-giv= ing Christians? No! What people should see is the Christ Who we have been baptized into = (to put on Christ, practically, is to live Christ)!

As those who are = immersed into Christ we are identified only with Christ. There is no other person, item, ma= tter, or issue. There is only Christ.&nb= sp; That is why verse 28 says, “There cannot be Jew or Greek, there cannot be slave or free man, there <= span style=3D'mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-de= fault-font-family: Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-font-family:Arial;mso-latin-fo= nt-family: Arial;mso-latinext-font-family:Arial'>cannot be male and female; for you are all one= in Christ Jesus.” In the church-life what we love, focus on, care for, and see is only Christ.

The fa= ct is, the church-life is full if differences.&nb= sp; There are Asian, African-American, Caucasian, Indian, Korean and so forth. There are slaves (those employed) and free (those retired) men.&nb= sp; Most definitely there are male and female. There are too many differences amo= ng us. But none of these differences matter, because what we see is Christ! We are all submerged into Christ!<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> We are all wearing Christ! There is nothing else to see! Dear saints, there will always be differences, however none of them should ever be an issue. Our oneness isn’t based upon who we are or what we do; it is based on Whom we are in= .&nb= sp; We are in Christ! We o= nly care for Christ! Our oneness = is based upon Christ and Christ alone! Hallelujah, WE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST!

Becaus= e we are one in Christ and we are of Christ, we are Abraham’s seed (v.29). Verse 16 says that the seed is Chr= ist, He is the unique seed of Abraham to inherit all of the blessing. But because we are in Him, we are included with Him for we are part of Him, making us Abraham’s seed, h= eirs according to promise. As heir= s we will inherit all that God is for our enjoyment for all eternity. Praise the Lord!=