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The Wedding Garment
by
E G White
Christ's Object Lessons
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Only the covering which Christ Himself has provided can make us
meet to appear in God's presence. This covering, the robe of His
own righteousness, Christ will put upon every repenting,
believing soul. "I counsel thee," He says, "to buy
of Me . . . white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that
the shame of thy nakedness do not appear." Rev. 3:18.
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This robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread
of human devising. Christ in His humanity wrought out a perfect
character, and this character He offers to impart to us.
"All our righteousness are as filthy rags." Isa. 64:6.
Everything that we of ourselves can do is defiled by sin. But the
Son of God "was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him
is no sin." Sin is defined to be "the transgression of
the law." 1 John 3:5, 4. But Christ was obedient to every
requirement of the law. He said of Himself, "I delight to do
Thy will, O My God; yea, Thy law is within My heart." Ps.
40:8. When on earth, He said to His disciples, "I have kept
My Father's commandments." John 15:10. By His perfect
obedience He has made it possible for every human being to obey
God's commandments.
When we submit ourselves to Christ,
the heart is united with His heart,
the will is merged in His will,
the mind becomes one with His mind,
the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him;
we live His life.
This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness.
Then as the Lord looks upon us He sees, not the fig-leaf garment, not the nakedness and deformity of sin, but His own robe of righteousness, which is perfect obedience to the law of Jehovah.
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The guests at the marriage feast were inspected by the king. Only
those were accepted who had obeyed his requirements and put on
the wedding garment. So it is with the guests at the gospel
feast. All must pass the scrutiny of the great King, and only
those are received who have put on the robe of Christ's
righteousness.
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Righteousness is right doing, and it is by their deeds
that all will be judged. Our characters are revealed by what we
do. The works show whether the faith is genuine.
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It is not enough for us to believe that Jesus is not an impostor, and
that the religion of the Bible is no cunningly devised fable. We
may believe that the name of Jesus is the only name under heaven
whereby man may be saved, and yet we may not through faith make
Him our personal Saviour. It
is not enough to believe the theory of
truth. It is not enough to make a profession of faith in Christ and have our
names registered on the church roll. "He that keepeth His
commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know
that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given
us." "Hereby we do know that we know Him if we keep His
commandments." 1 John 3:24; 2:3. This is the genuine
evidence of conversion.
Whatever our profession, it amounts to nothing unless Christ is revealed in works of righteousness.
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The truth is to be planted in the heart. It is to control the
mind and regulate the affections. The whole character must be
stamped with the divine utterances. Every jot and tittle of the
word of God is to be brought into the daily practice.
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He who becomes a partaker of the divine nature will be in harmony
with God's great standard of righteousness, His holy law. This is
the rule by which God measures the actions of men. This will be
the test of character in the judgment.
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