“He hath clothed me…He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness.” There is no doubt the songwriter had this text in mind when he penned, “Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne.” I can understand the lost religionist, as the Jews of Paul’s day, “…going about to establish their own righteousness”; but for saints “complete in Him,” it’s hard to understand.
Why anyone would go back to an old discarded pile of “filthy rags” to adorn themselves, when they are clothed in His spotless robe, I’ll never know. I can only guess that it is the old self-righteous, Adamic nature still attempting to cover itself with shrinking “fig leaves.” I find such people live under constant condemnation in just about everything they do, not realizing they’re “accepted in the Beloved.”
Righteousness is not naturally ingrained, it is divinely imputed! The more cracks in the earthen vessel the more it shines forth. God is not fooled by our external showmanship. We may impress blinded believers but never an all-knowing God. To acclaim one’s own righteousness is a slap in the face of Jesus Christ. For the Bible plainly tells us, “But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us…righteousness.”
As people grow older they no longer concern themselves with impressive attire, but rather, with comfortable clothing. I am very comfortable and relaxed clothed in His Righteousness!
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