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4. Garments of Grace Contents 1. In the Loom of Heaven 2. From Exalted to Cast Down 3. A Garment of Innocence 4. The Coat of Different Colors 5. The Priestly Garments of Grace 6. Elijah’s ang Elisha’s Mantle 7. In the Shadow of His Wings 8. Garments of Splendor 9. A Brand Plucked From Fire 10. The Prodigal’s New Clothes 11. The Wedding Garment 12. More Clothing Imagery 13. Clothed in Christ

5. Garments of Grace Our Goal {169}

6. Garments of Grace Lesson 13, June 25 Garments of Grace Lesson 13, June 25 Clothed in Christ

7. Key Text

8. Clothed in Christ Initial Words {315}

9. Clothed in Christ Quick Look 1. New Birth (Galatians 3:27) 2. New Man (Ephesians 4:22-24) 3. New Body (1 Corinthians 15:53, 54)

10. Clothed in Christ 1. New Birth

11. Baptism {316} Although all were sinners, their sins had been washed away, their old filthy garments were gone, and they were now “clothed,” covered in the righteousness of Jesus. His life, His perfection, and His character, they can now claim as their own.

12. 1.New Birth Character Building {318} “Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 13:14 NIV), uses the same Greek root found in Galatians 3:27. Thus, both verses are saying similar things. Whatever else it means to “be clothed” in Christ, it certainly deals with character building, with conduct, with loving as Christ loved, and with reflecting His image.

13. Clothed in Christ 2. New Man

14. Put Off, Put On {320}

15. 2. New Man Put Off, Put On {320} We are dealing with a transformation of character, of actions, of a person’s whole moral being. As baptized Christians, we are new people in the Lord; to be clothed in Christ isn’t a metaphor for justification only, giving us a new legal standing before God. Being clothed in Christ means becoming a new person, one “created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24).

16. Clothed in Christ 3. New Body

17. In the Twinkling of an Eye {322}

18. Our mortal flesh, our aching and hurting and dying flesh, will be clothed with the same kind of immortal body that the resurrected Jesus had. Talk about a change of clothing, talk about wearing a new garment! That’s the ultimate hope that awaits us, the only hope that really makes our faith worthwhile 3. New Body In the Twinkling of an Eye {322}

19. “For we who are in this tent groan…but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life” (2 Corinthians 5:4 NKJV). Paul uses different images to contrast a few basic ideas—a temporal earthly dwelling in contrast to an eternal heavenly one; these verses (1–4) are another way of expressing the promise of eternal life that we have in Jesus. 3. New Body Our Heavenly Dwelling {324}

20. Clothed in Christ Final Words {317}