Verse of the Day 2/26

Zechariah 3:4 (HCSB)  "So the Angel of the LORD spoke to those standing before Him, "Take off his filthy clothes!" Then He said to him, "See, I have removed your guilt from you, and I will clothe you with splendid robes."

 

One of the things that my wife Jean makes fun of is that I keep a couple of pairs of old jeans around.  They are heavily stained from doing yard work, getting down in the dirt digging up weeds and spreading mulch.  The best detergents haven't and will not remove these stains.  I wouldn't wear these jeans to church, family get togethers, to work or to go stand before the president.  I would need a change of clothes.

 

Reading this passage this morning reminded me of that and also in our spiritual lives we all have sins.  Nothing we can do on our own can remove those stains. Isaiah 64:6 (NKJV) "But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;"   No amount of good works our own "works of righteousness" can put us back in right standing with God.  We cannot "clean up our act on our own".

 

But if we turn to Christ, seek forgiveness through Him, our guilt can be removed and He will give us "splendid" clothing, suitable to wear in public and before the King of Kings.

 

Colossians 3:8-10(NKJV) ⁸ But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth.⁹ Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, ¹⁰ and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him,

 

In Christ,
Mike

 

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Zechariah 3  New King James Version (NKJV)

Vision of the High Priest

3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him. ² And the Lord said to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?"

³ Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.

⁴ Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, "Take away the filthy garments from him." And to him He said, "See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes."

⁵ And I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head."

So they put a clean turban on his head, and they put the clothes on him. And the Angel of the Lord stood by.