The Robe of Righteousness

Represents God’s wonderful and beautiful creations GREEN

Represents sin, your sin and my sin BLACK

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (NIV) Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Represents the Blood of Jesus RED

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life

Hebrews 10:4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins

JESUS Blood Redeemed You & Me Redemption is the price that you have to pay to get back what is yours, but has been lost

1 Peter 1:18-19 Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, that you were redeemed from you vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of the Lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ

Represents our Newness in Christ WHITE

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.) 2 Corinthians 5: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come; the old has gone, the new is here! Revelations 19:8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God’s holy people.)

1 Peter 1:18-19 …we were bought with the precious Blood of Jesus Christ… 1 Corinthians 6:20 You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

The Robe of Righteousness Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

The Robe of Righteousness Before being clothed with the Robe of Righteousness, a person’s sins must be first washed away. God cannot clothe a person with a robe of righteousness on top of the filthy garment

The Robe of Righteousness 1 Timothy 2:9-10 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

The Robe of Righteousness Romans 3:19-20 19 Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. 20 For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.

The Robe of Righteousness Modesty is a HEART MATTER

The Robe of Righteousness Modesty in the way we dress up

The Robe of Righteousness Modesty is about behavior & attitude

The Robe of Righteousness Modesty in dress reveals a modesty and godliness of the heart. An attitude that should be the desire of all women and men

The Robe of Righteousness Genesis 2:25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

The Robe of Righteousness Genesis 1:31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good….

The Robe of Righteousness Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

The Robe of Righteousness Genesis 3:21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

The Robe of Righteousness In the way you dress, see to it that you will not be a stumbling block for others

The Robe of Righteousness 1 Thessalonians 5:19  Do not quench the Spirit

The Robe of Righteousness 1 Corinthians 6:19  Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, (NLT)

The Robe of Righteousness Help others not to commit sin Matthew 5:27-28 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

The Robe of Righteousness Modesty in dress reveals a modesty and godliness of the heart. An attitude that should be the desire of all women and men In the way you dress, see to it that you will not be a stumbling block for others Help others not to commit sin