26
October
FOCUS
ON THE REAL DRESSING
Memorise:
He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not
blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before
my Father, and before his angels. Revelation 3:5
Read:
Isaiah 61:10-11
The
way you dress is the way you will be addressed in church and in the world. But
it does not stop there; God is also concerned about what you are wearing
spiritually. The day you were born again, God tore off your rags of sin and
clothed you with a garment of salvation. God has the best sense of dressing you
can think of.
I
will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he
hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the
robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a
bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah
61:10
At
salvation, you were given the garment of salvation and a new man was created in
you. This new man has the nature of God which is righteousness and true
holiness, but you have to put on this new man as a rope over your garment of
salvation.
And
be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which
after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24
How do
you wear the new man? The answer is in verse 23 above; by renewing your mind
with the word, by allowing the Word of God to have its way in you. The rope of
righteousness marks you out as nobility and is a mark that you have
appropriated the finished work of Christ in making you righteous at salvation
and that you are bearing the fruits of righteousness (Philippians 1:11).
For
He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the
righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21.
Also,
after your salvation, God wants you to be decked in the jewellery of the Holy
Spirit - mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, etc. (Colossians
3:12-17; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Eventually, when we are to get wedded to Jesus, we
will be wearing our robes of righteousness and He will put on us glorious
jewellery like today's reading says. Are you focusing on your spiritual
dressing or on the physical? The Laodicean church focused on their physical
dressing and became spiritually naked.
KEY
POINT
Outline
the character you are manifesting that negates the nature of the new man in
you.
Begin
to renew your mind on each one by meditating on, confessing and praying
the
word of God concerning each of them.
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