Believers are united with Christ through faith, as evidenced by their being baptized into Him and receiving His righteousness.
The union between believers and Christ is a profound theme articulated in Galatians 3:26-27, which states that all believers are children of God by faith in Jesus Christ. This union is symbolized through baptism, which represents a spiritual reality of being 'baptized into Christ' and signifies that believers have put on Christ's righteousness. The theological implications of this union assert that believers partake in Christ’s obedient life, sacrificial death, and victorious resurrection, ensuring that their identity and righteousness are found in Him alone. Thus, the believer's acceptance before God is wholly through the merits of Christ, exemplifying the essence of sovereign grace theology.
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