A Wedding Garment
"Friend,
how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was
speechless" [MATTHEW
22:12].
He had a garment, but not a wedding garment. It was one of his own
providing, like those who have a righteousness of their own, of whom
the Lord elsewhere speaks, "Woe
to the rebellious children, saith the LORD,
that take counsel, but not of Me; and that cover with a covering, but
not of My Spirit, that they may add sin to sin" [ISAIAH
30:1].
Precious Lord Jesus, clothe me with the wedding garment of Thy
righteousness; and feed me with the rich food of Thy body and blood;
yea, Lord, be Thou my covering, my joy, my all; that when at Thy
church, at Thy table, at Thine house of prayer below and at Thy
kingdom of glory above, the King cometh in to see His guests, my soul
may cry out, in Thine own blessed words and with a joy unspeakable
and full of glory, "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 a robe of
righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as
a bride adorneth herself with her jewels" [ISAIAH
61:10].
—Gospel
report by preacher Robert
Hawker (1753–1827
A.D.)
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