BESHINY PROCLAMATIONS · TRACK 03
Clothed with Christ
Clothed with Christ, we share one belonging and promised inheritance.
From We Belong to Jesus · Full song: 2:55
30-second sample
Faith and baptism bring us into a shared belonging in Christ. This song receives Paul’s promise for God’s people, answering divisions of status with a common confession and looking towards the inheritance whose pledge is the promised Holy Spirit.
Story behind the song
Galatians 3 gives the song its movement from faith in Christ to baptism, clothing and shared belonging. Each pair named by Paul receives the same answer: we are one in Christ Jesus. The confession concerns our common place within the promise. If we belong to Christ, we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to that promise, with its particular history and hope.
The bridge turns to Ephesians 1. God’s people hear the gospel, believe and receive the promised Holy Spirit as the pledge of their inheritance. The song gathers these gifts towards God’s glory. In a community tempted to measure belonging by background or standing, its refrain gives us words for receiving each other within the life we share in Christ.
Scripture
Galatians 3:26–29; Ephesians 1:13–14
Carry it into the week
We welcome a fellow believer whose background or standing differs from ours as someone who shares our belonging in Christ.
Reflection
Where might our treatment of another believer contradict the oneness we confess in Christ?
Prayer
Father, thank You for our shared belonging in Christ and the pledge of Your Holy Spirit. Release us from pride in status or background. Teach us to receive one another as fellow heirs and live to the praise of Your glory. Amen.
Lyrics
We are all children of our God
Through faith in Christ Jesus
For all of us baptised into Christ
Have clothed ourselves in Him
We have been baptised into Christ
Now we have clothed ourselves in Him
We all are one in Christ Jesus
Heirs according to the promise
Neither Jew nor Greek
We are all one in Christ Jesus
Neither slave nor free
We are all one in Christ Jesus
Neither male nor female
We are all one in Christ Jesus
We have been baptised into Christ
We have been baptised into Christ
Now we have clothed ourselves in Him
We all are one in Christ Jesus
Heirs according to the promise
And if we belong to Christ
Then we are Abraham’s seed
Heirs according to the promise
Having heard the word of truth
The gospel of our salvation
We believed and were sealed in Him
With the promised Holy Spirit
The pledge of our inheritance
Until God redeems His own
To the praise of His glory
We have been baptised into Christ
Now we have clothed ourselves in Him
We all are one in Christ Jesus
Heirs according to the promise
Clothed with Christ
All one in Him
To the praise of His glory
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How this music is made
Lyrics developed with ChatGPT under the rigorous theological direction, editorial oversight and creative direction of Steven R Forsberg, then reviewed against the selected recordings and approved by him. Musical composition, vocals and instrumental audio generated using Suno under his musical direction. Artwork generated using AI under his creative direction. Released by BeShiny Music.