Hold Onto Your Garment!
Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I come as a thief, Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Where did Jesus talk about someone who didn’t have on the right wedding garments? Yes, it’s in the Parable of the Wedding Feast.
Matthew 22:1-14 “And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again by parables, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
"Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how did you come in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.”
What a strange parable. A man gets thrown into outer darkness just because he’s not dressed properly? Why is that? The wedding garment is symbolic of our relationship with Christ, and Him imputing His righteousness to us. We, the believers, are adorned in white robes because we have accepted Christ as the Saviour, the Holy One of Israel. We have humbled ourselves, and come into relationship with Him by calling on His name. Let us not be as those caught naked and everyone see the shame of our unbelief and wickedness. Rather, let us come under the wings of the Messiah, Jesus the Christ, who will cover us with His righteousness and give us the garment of praise and thanksgiving, and forgive us from our sins and iniquities.
For all that call upon the name of the Lord in sincerity shall be saved. For there is none righteous, no not one. For this cause the Son of God was made manifest that He may destroy the works of the Devil and give unto us eternal life. He that believes on the Son has eternal life, and he that believes not the Son is condemned already, because he has not believed on the name of the Son of God. This is the condemnation that light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Let us, who are of God, cast off the cloak of darkness and put on the armour of light. Let us be clothed with humility and put on the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us and for the remission of our sins and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.
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