Some folks who would never think of wearing shorts or any apparel that insufficiently covers their bodies leave their souls without a stitch on them. This is a shameful condition, just as physical nakedness has always stood as a symbol of shame (2 Samuel 10:4; Isaiah 20:4). If physical nakedness is a shame, then we should really be embarrassed about spiritual nakedness.
The church at Laodicea thought they were rich and clothed spiritually but Christ said, “…and knowest not that thou are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind and naked,” (Revelation 3:17). He counsels them to purchase “white raiment that thou mayest be clothed” (v. 18). It is, therefore, altogether possible to think that one is sufficiently clothed and not know that the shame of his unrighteousness is laid bare to the eyes of the Lord.
The only way one can clothe his soul is by righteousness. This righteousness involves purity of character (white raiment as Jesus used it); love for the Lord and complete submissiveness to his will. Jesus said to John concerning his baptism – “For thus it behooveth us to fulfill all righteousness,” (Matthew 3:15). Jesus was totally submissive to God’s will – so must we be that we do not appear naked and ashamed.
Are we truly righteous? Let us anoint our eyes with the Lord’s eye salve that we may see ourselves as God see us. – Jim R. Everett
Some folks who would never think of wearing shorts or any apparel that insufficiently covers their bodies leave their souls without a stitch on them. This is a shameful condition, just as physical nakedness has always stood as a symbol of shame (2 Samuel 10:4; Isaiah 20:4). If physical nakedness is a shame, then we should really be embarrassed about spiritual nakedness.
The church at Laodicea thought they were rich and clothed spiritually but Christ said, “…and knowest not that thou are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind and naked,” (Revelation 3:17). He counsels them to purchase “white raiment that thou mayest be clothed” (v. 18). It is, therefore, altogether possible to think that one is sufficiently clothed and not know that the shame of his unrighteousness is laid bare to the eyes of the Lord.
