Are You Walking in White Clothes?

Prayer – Lord, what are those qualities, those requirements of our God? For Moses writes that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. Romans 10:5

That would be obeying all of the Ten Commandments. Can it be done?

I know a lady who always wears white—year-round. You know her, too! It’s like she’s doing a dress rehearsal for the day when she walks with You in heaven. Her character is just what You are looking for in Your followers—blameless, helpful, sincere, honest, alive in the Spirit, joyful, peace loving, patient, kind, faithful, and self-controlled. Yes, her actions would meet the requirements of God the Father—keeping the Ten Commandment, but who am I to judge? 

Those in White Robes
aren't just angels.

Write this letter to the angel of the church in Sardis. This is the message from the one who has the sevenfold Spirit of God and the seven stars: "I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don't wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief. Yet there are some in the church in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes with evil. They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine." Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. Revelation 3:1-6

Meditate. Consider God’s requirements in scripture.

 

God’s requirements are pretty strict. Have you seriously tried to keep the Ten Commandments? It is not easy considering that Jesus taught that to think one of those actions, like adultery or coveting, is the same as to do it. We must be careful that we don’t set ourselves apart like the Pharisees—self-righteously making extra rules by which to live in order to appear to please God. No. That would not satisfy Him at all. See the scripture passage below that describes just what God desires, what He requires.

What can we bring to the LORD? What kind of offerings should we give him? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves? Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins? No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:6-8

The beauty of God’s plan is that we are saved by grace—we can be forgiven for sinning…for not fulfilling the requirements that God set forth. Listen to what Jesus also said to the church at Sardis. Repent. He expects us to ask for forgiveness and to turn away from evil actions. Those that do…or who weren’t even involved in evil practice…will wear white robes. Robes of victory and purity. A second promise provides security to those who are victorious—their names will never be blotted out of the Book of Life. Eternal life guaranteed. It is an honor to have one’s name in the Book of Life—to belong to God as proclaimed and declared by His Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. John wrote about the final judgment which occurs at the end of the Millennium—the thousand-year reign of Christ.

And I saw a great white throne and the one sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books. The sea gave up its dead, and death and the grave gave up their dead. And all were judged according to their deeds. Then death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This lake of fire is the second death. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. - Revelation 20:11-15 (Underlined for emphasis.)

Are you listening? Are you a believer? Then your name is in the Book of Life and chances are you will be walking with Jesus wearing a white robe.

 

Verses of Salvation ~ For Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, 'The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.' There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Acts 4:11-12

 

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