Bridegroom Of Christianity

to be different and dressed in such a way as to be distinct from everyone else at the wedding. When you see a wedding you do not have any trouble identifying the bride even if you cannot tell who the bridegroom is. Almost all brides look different in their bridal outfit because bridal outfits are transformational as far as appearances are concerned.

The same thing applies to salvation; it changes people so completely they are hardly recognized. This happened when a mad man called Legion found grace with Jesus and was healed and when the news spread abroad people rushed to see this man and when they saw him they were astonished and the Bible recorded it thus, "And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the

Whatever state or condition they were in when they were found was no barrier to their acceptance for when they put on the wedding garment they were completely covered. It stands to reason that many were filthy or in rags or in some way had on unsuitable garments but provision was made for them. This is life as it really is for we often have to put off some things before we can put on others. This is amply demonstrated throughout the Bible as Isaiah comments on the state of our garments, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6) They are those, sadly, who are still not convinced and put great store on their own self righteousness. When we are saved we are covered absolutely by the blood of Jesus through the grace of God and not by any work of our

When the king inspected his guests he saw a man not wearing his wedding garment, "And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment" (Matthew 22:11) There were all now assembled and the king, as caring and courteous host, inspected them to see that all was in order. Any breach in decorum was a reflection on the king's ability to organize an efficient wedding for his son as well as an affront to fellow guests who would have been pedantic in conforming to requirements. The king could not let this pass for this was too serious a matter and the guest not wearing a wedding garment was confronted, "And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment" (Matthew 22: 11a)

Let there be no doubt that a day is coming when we shall face God one on one either at the Judgment Seat of Christ (to be judged for awards) or at The Great White Throne Judgment (to be judged and sentenced to eternal damnation) as John tells us, "And I saw a great white throneAnd I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second deathAnd whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of