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In the future there will be a fountain, where David's descendants and the people of Jerusalem can wash away their sin and guilt. The LORD All-Powerful says: When that time comes, I will get rid of every idol in the country, and they will be forgotten forever. I will also do away with their prophets and those evil spirits that control them.
Zechariah 13: 1 - 2
The back porch is usually the place where kids take off their muddy and filthy clothes before coming into the house after a hard day of play! If the dirt is bad enough, sometimes we would get out the hose pipe and spray them with water until the worst of it was gone.
Sin and guilt are like dirt on your clothes. You cannot come into God’s house while still covered with the mud of unrighteousness! It may not sound “politically correct” but God does care about what you wear when you come into His presence! Unless you are covered with the Righteousness of Jesus Christ, God will not allow you to approach Him in His Glory! The “Dress Code of Heaven” is the “Robe of Righteousness” that comes from Jesus Himself.
Some people decide that they would rather dress in their own righteous robe! But that robe is like a filthy rag compared to the Robe of Righteousness that Jesus will give you! If you approach the gate of Heaven wearing your own righteous robe, you will not be allowed to enter.
Dress codes on earth are important because they are a picture of the only Dress Code that really matters. When you come to Jesus with faith and obedience He covers you with His Righteous Robe! In a real sense this earth is the Back Porch to Heaven. It is where we take off our filthy rags and are washed by the Blood of the Lamb and put on His Righteous Robe so that we can enter the House and live with Jesus forever!
“Lord Jesus, thank You that You not only wash my sin and guilt away by Your death on the Cross, but You give me the Robe of Your Righteousness to wear forever in Heaven. Praise Your Holy Name now and forever. Amen.”
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