GARMENTS/ CLOTHES
The differentiation between different people is best understood from the point of view of garments. Garments depict status, purpose, designation, ability, belonging to a group etc.
The scriptures have a different types of garments refered to. for example, the possibility of being clothed with 'our habitation from heaven'2nd cor 5:1. This is being covered spiritually.
There are many references concerning garments being as white as snow. these are garments adorning believers. White garments, in the old testament adorned the priesthood as a show of righteousness. they spiritually,symbolize our status with God. So in scripture, you'll come across phrases like getting washed white, being given new clothes
Humility and obedience is one example of a "heavenly" garment. There are also numerous references to the garment of humility, and in the first chapter of proverbs, honor of parents is refered to as ornamental on the obedient.
The priests in the Israelite temple adorned themselves with different frocks, ornamented by what was a likeness of fruits. Their colours matched the temple. This was a reflection of their significance. They had become living temples. We too have been adopted into the holy priesthood through Christ. In this instance, garments depicted status. It was a reflection of their ministerial roles before God. Each ministry is a kind of garment ... special power to execute it's purpose.
The fruits of the holy spirit, like humility, are refered to as garments.It therefore follows that these garments, spiritual in nature, are also fruits of the work of the Spirit of God in Us, starting with the first grace we received, of conviction by the Spirit of God. The garments can therefore be refered to as depiction of the grace of God as we are gradually transformed by his Spirit. We do grow in grace; 2nd peter 3:18. Each believer is adorned differently according to their fruit. Because what goes out to God gets returned, reinforced.
The fuctions of the garments are as our physical garments. they are protective, which is also in reference to the angelic protection accorded to all, from the elements and there is a type of garment for war/ combat; Eph chapter 6. This armoury is the culmination of the grace of God over our lives. All these heavnly powers are alive ... they have intelligence and are thus angelic beings with authority to do their purpose.
The Wrong Garments.
Christ had afew parables of people invited to his supper and found not wearing the right garment. They were thrown into the outer darkness.
There is another kind of dressing, that we need to be ware of the condition of our garments. We need to keep them clean. This is the function of continued cleansing of our sirits before God, continued fellowshipfwith Christ. We should not leave the presence of God regardless of what we are doing. It's why it is written ..
There are also wolves dressed in sheep clothing. Believers are refered to as sheep and therefore a wolf dressed as a sheep is a masquerader. the description also depicts mischief (1Tim 4:1). Wolves are those that come to steal, kill, destroy.
The first step in unclothing these mischief is in the basics. If it is a sheep, the the grace of God availed as described above should enable them give forth fruit worthy of their alleged repentance.
Bear fruit worthy of salvation.We are grafted into a vine which is Christ. We therefore are directly connected to His soul, to produce what he does. A mismatch between the type of vine and the type of fruit it is bearing should raise eyebrows.
Growth in the grace and the resultant power is of course gradual and space should be given and therefore this distinction should not stand on its own. Neither should it be ignored. The lord delt with these kind of unfriutful people.
(All Scriptural reference is to the Authorized King James Version of the bible.)
The differentiation between different people is best understood from the point of view of garments. Garments depict status, purpose, designation, ability, belonging to a group etc.
The scriptures have a different types of garments refered to. for example, the possibility of being clothed with 'our habitation from heaven'2nd cor 5:1. This is being covered spiritually.
There are many references concerning garments being as white as snow. these are garments adorning believers. White garments, in the old testament adorned the priesthood as a show of righteousness. they spiritually,symbolize our status with God. So in scripture, you'll come across phrases like getting washed white, being given new clothes
Humility and obedience is one example of a "heavenly" garment. There are also numerous references to the garment of humility, and in the first chapter of proverbs, honor of parents is refered to as ornamental on the obedient.
The priests in the Israelite temple adorned themselves with different frocks, ornamented by what was a likeness of fruits. Their colours matched the temple. This was a reflection of their significance. They had become living temples. We too have been adopted into the holy priesthood through Christ. In this instance, garments depicted status. It was a reflection of their ministerial roles before God. Each ministry is a kind of garment ... special power to execute it's purpose.
The fruits of the holy spirit, like humility, are refered to as garments.It therefore follows that these garments, spiritual in nature, are also fruits of the work of the Spirit of God in Us, starting with the first grace we received, of conviction by the Spirit of God. The garments can therefore be refered to as depiction of the grace of God as we are gradually transformed by his Spirit. We do grow in grace; 2nd peter 3:18. Each believer is adorned differently according to their fruit. Because what goes out to God gets returned, reinforced.
The fuctions of the garments are as our physical garments. they are protective, which is also in reference to the angelic protection accorded to all, from the elements and there is a type of garment for war/ combat; Eph chapter 6. This armoury is the culmination of the grace of God over our lives. All these heavnly powers are alive ... they have intelligence and are thus angelic beings with authority to do their purpose.
The Wrong Garments.
Christ had afew parables of people invited to his supper and found not wearing the right garment. They were thrown into the outer darkness.
There is another kind of dressing, that we need to be ware of the condition of our garments. We need to keep them clean. This is the function of continued cleansing of our sirits before God, continued fellowshipfwith Christ. We should not leave the presence of God regardless of what we are doing. It's why it is written ..
"Whatever you do, do it as ... to me"
There are also wolves dressed in sheep clothing. Believers are refered to as sheep and therefore a wolf dressed as a sheep is a masquerader. the description also depicts mischief (1Tim 4:1). Wolves are those that come to steal, kill, destroy.
The first step in unclothing these mischief is in the basics. If it is a sheep, the the grace of God availed as described above should enable them give forth fruit worthy of their alleged repentance.
Bear fruit worthy of salvation.We are grafted into a vine which is Christ. We therefore are directly connected to His soul, to produce what he does. A mismatch between the type of vine and the type of fruit it is bearing should raise eyebrows.
Growth in the grace and the resultant power is of course gradual and space should be given and therefore this distinction should not stand on its own. Neither should it be ignored. The lord delt with these kind of unfriutful people.
(All Scriptural reference is to the Authorized King James Version of the bible.)
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