Galatians 3:27-28
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. {NASB}
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The starting verses for today's message speak of what we put on and the unity of all believers. The connection between those two becomes more clear I believe if we think of clothing as a uniform. Then it becomes an identifier, connecting people together through what they have in common. In our case that is Christ Jesus.

The apostle Paul on numerous occasions has used the analogy of soldiers when writing either of or to other believers. Soldiers, as well as people in many occupations, can easily be identified by the common uniforms they wear. We believers having been transformed by the renewing of our minds should be recognizable, both by the way we talk and the way we dress. While both Peter {1Pt.3:3-4} and Paul {1Tim.29} instruct women to dress modestly there is far more to this.

God has indeed given us all the entire uniform to wear. Remembering that Jesus said we cannot put new wine in old skins {Mar.2:22} we who have put on the new self {Eph.4:24} are now instructed to put on salvation as a helmet {Eph.6:17} to protect that renewed mind and then…

Put on love {Gal.3:14}, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; {Col.3:12}, put on the garment of praise {Is.61:3}, put on the armor of light {Rom.13:12}, as a matter of fact, put on the whole armor of God! {Eph.6:11-17} When you have done that you are now a well dressed Christian!

Go and join the ranks of believers, joined arm in arm, all one in Jesus and ready for the battle. That said, your uniform will clearly show what side you are on—the side of the Lord God Almighty. We all may have different functions, different roles to play—different ministries to fulfill as Paul wrote in his letter to the saints in Corinth {1Cor.12:11} but that is not division, it is teamwork!

“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. And there are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.” (1 Corinthians 12:4-7)

BE FAITHFUL TO FULFILL YOUR MINISTRY