So how does one "put on" Christ in baptism? Is it because one becomes a "child of God" through water baptism? NO.
The first step to sidestep something, is to talk about something else.
(See Galatians 3:26 and also John 1:12 on how one becomes a child of God -- no mention of baptism)
Only repentance. The only one mentioning baptism by water is you.
"Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light...put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof." (Romans 13:12,14) This exhortation is written to Christians (those already saved).
To Christians not yet saved, by not yet repenting of sinning from works of darkness, and not yet putting on Christ walking in the light.
Believers bypassing repenting of sinning, are hearers only that have yet to obey the first principle of the doctrine of Christ.
They are not putting on the outward righteousness of Christ by doing it, but only talking about it through their faith alone.
"Put off," wrote Paul, "the old man," and "put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness" (Ephesians 4:22,24); And "put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil." (Ephesians 6:11)
Exactly, we first repent of sinning, and put on Christ by doing His righteousness. It's the outward righteousness we now do through Christ, rather than our own righteousness we did before without Christ.
When a soldier puts on armor, he is revealing himself to be a soldier. One does not put on a uniform in order to become a soldier.
Your human reasoning is not the doctrine of Christ. No soldier of Christ is ever
without His necessary armor for doing His righteousness.
The word game of
being vs becoming, is what Paul calls vain striving about words. There is no being a son of God without
first becoming a son of God.
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
Your game with words, is simply to teach first
being righteous by faith alone, without
becoming righteous like Jesus, by doing His righteousness.
Simply putting on a soldier's uniform does not make one become a soldier. Once one is made a soldier one is then able to put on and wear the uniform that distinguishes or marks them as a soldier.
In Christ, there is no being a soldier of His without becoming one by repenting of sinning and putting on His righteous armor to say repented.
All you are attempting here by word games, is to slip in already
being a solder by faith alone, before the necessary duty of
becoming a soldier putting on Christ's outward righteousness by doing it.
No man is clothed in white with Christ inwardly, while also clothed in darkness with the devil outwardly.
Men can be soldiers off duty without their uniform on. Not soldiers of Jesus Christ, where there is no unclothed naked off duty sinning that you preach.
If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
Being clothed and and becoming clothed is the same thing in doing the righteousness of God. No son of God is ever found naked as sinners doing unrighteousness.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever is doing unrighteousness is not of God.