Being baptized into Christ

Paul's stand against the law for righteousness. (Galatians 2)

    He uses his personal experience to relate the truth. This is often an effective tool.
    He relates to us that the Christian life is one of sacrifice. (20) We are to be crucified with Christ. This is the same principle that was related to us in Romans 12:1. It is no longer us, but it is Jesus in us and through us.

The true Seed of Abraham (Galatians 3)

    Once again we are clearly told that the Law (the Jewish law, but any set of good works for righteousness would apply) was not for the purpose of saving people, but it was designed to help us see our need for Jesus (19, 22, 24). Christ is the Seed of Abraham. Notice that it is capitalized in verse 19. Through Christ we become the seed of Abraham (small s in verse 29) and we become heirs to the promise. What promise? All those that go with our salvation (forgiveness, freedom for condemnation, eternal life, and on and on).
    What is meant in verse 27 about us being "baptized into Christ"? It could get quite lengthy to fully explain, but the point I want to make is that it is not baptism in water. We can be guilty of thinking a scripture is talking about baptism every time we see water, but that is not the case. We can also be guilty of thinking the scriptures are talking about water baptism every time we see the word baptism, but that is not true either. The word baptism is a transliteration instead of a translation. The Greek word baptizo has been turned into the English baptism, but the word itself means immersion. So when we are baptized in water, we are immersed showing the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. The scriptures also speak of baptism in the Holy Spirit (immersion in the Spirit), which is a special empowering that God has given to his church. Here we see baptisms into Jesus, immersion into Christ, which is speaking of our salvation experience. When we got saved we were immersed in Christ.