Genesis ch3 vs14 – 24
Matthew’s Gospel ch22 vs1 – 14
Adam and Eve had rebelled and disobeyed God (vs6)
From that moment, decay and death was assured.
Yet, offspring was coming (vs15 – 16)
Eve was still going to be the mother of all living.
Adam can sadly be called “the father of all dying”…
“…as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned…
- Romans ch5 vs12
Every human being is sinful by nature!
Adam and Eve’s eyes having been opened, they made aprons
from fig leaves to cover themselves.
These were inadequate, and God made them coats of skin and
clothed them.
In the book of Esther, ch4, Mordecai put on sackcloth and ashes on
hearing terrible news concerning the Jewish people.
Later, he was dressed in royal robes that the king had
himself worn (ch6 vs7 – 8, ch8 vs15)
God wants to do the very same for each of us.
Not only does He want us to be saved from the wrath to come,
but He wants to dress us in the best garments.
Through accepting His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, as our
Saviour, we can then be clothed in the robes of Christ – we have His
righteousness!
Dear reader, God wants you to have the very best through The
Lord Jesus Christ!
Riches are simply not good enough to clothe you correctly in
God’s sight…
“You say, “I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need
a thing”. But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind
and naked”
- The Revelation ch3 vs17.
Still naked!
Any good works or “religious” acts”we may do fare no better…
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our
righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like
the wind our sins sweep us away”
- Isaiah ch64 v6
In Zechariah, ch3, the angel showed Joshua the high priest,
to Zechariah in a vision. Joshua was clothed with filthy garments. The angel took away his iniquities, removing
his filthy garments and put fine garments on him.
This is exactly what The Lord Jesus Christ has achieved at Calvary ’s Cross for you and I, dear friend! All our personal
sins and the sins of the whole world were taken from us and placed on Him. He took
the punishment that was ours, in the sacrifice of His sinless body, that you
and I can be free from eternal condemnation -
which we fully deserved for our many sins against Holy God.
The Lord Jesus Christ had to be unclothed that we might be
clothed in the very best of The King…
“When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes,
dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining,
This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. “Let’s not
tear it”, they said to one another “Let’s decide by lot who will get it”. This
happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said, “They divided my
clothes among them and cast lots for my garment”. So this is what the soldiers
did. (see also Psalm ch22 vs18)
- John’s Gospel ch19 vs23 – 24
No condemnation now I dread;
Jesus, and all in Him is mine!
Alive in Him, my living Head,
And clothed in righteousness Divine,
Bold I approach the eternal throne,
And claim the crown, through Christ my own…
Verse from hymn by C. Wesley
Dear friend, no matter how tainted with sin you may feel,
remember the story of the prodigal son told by Jesus Christ in Luke’s Gospel
ch15…
When he repented and returned to his father, he was greeted
with love and compassion – then he had the best robe put on him!
The Lord Jesus Christ loves you, and with outstretched arms
bids you come to Him this day in faith and with a heart of genuine
repentance.
Turn away from a sinful life and be clothed in Christ’s robes of
righteousness!
You can have peace with God today, and eternal life with Him!
What heart would not be filled with lasting joy at these
realities?!
In tonight’s scripture from Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus Christ
speaks a parable in which there was a wedding feast and there was one man
who was not wearing his wedding garment. The custom was that these were
provided at royal feasts.
It had been rejected.
Likewise, Salvation has been provided for you and I in the
only way possible – through Jesus Christ and His shed blood.
Will you
personally accept it or reject it?
To reject it will have you be like this man here, when you
stand before God in a fast approaching day… he was speechless...
Dear friend, are you wearing
God’s provided clothing…?
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other
name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved”
- The Acts ch4 vs12
“It is finished”
- spoken by Jesus Christ, on The Cross – John’s Gospel
ch19 vs30
A complete Salvation!
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