Greetings all,
I hope you are all as excited as I that summer is practically here! With that said (alas) that also means the hotter it gets, the less dressed many will be :-(.
In my last post, we started a study on what it means to 'Put On Christ' and before we can be 'dressed' in Christ, we must know what this even means.
In many, many cases, to understand the application of a phrase, word or quote mentioned in the New Testament, one will have to go back to the Old. When a phrase search was done of the words 'put on' {in the Old Testament; KJV}, there were 30 verses found.
-- The first mention of those two words together was found in Genesis 28:20. The Hebrew word for 'put on' is lil·bōš. It means to put on; to wear.
-- Another Hebrew word for 'put on' found in Genesis 38:19 and Esther 5:1 is wat·til·baš which also means to put on.
-- There are other Hebrew words that are related to the previous words already mentioned: wə·lā·ḇaš (to put on), wə·śîm (to put, to lay, set), and yil·baš (to put, will be clothed, shall be clothed, will wear).
-- The only instance I found (so far in the OT) of a putting on of a figurative outfit is found in Job 29:14. The scripture says I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. The Hebrew word used in this verse is lā·ḇaš·tî and it is only mentioned once in the Word. It is very similar to the previously mentioned words, and another (lā·ḇā·šə·tā) which is found in Psalm 104:1 and it means 'to be clothed'.
As we have seen so far, to 'put on' means to be clothed or covered. To put on Christ must mean to be clothed in His Character, and in His attributes. We already know that we cannot clothe ourselves so we need Christ Jesus to cover us. In the Garden, Adam and Eve tried to create their own garment to cover themselves (Gen 3:7), but that wasn't good enough. Only God could create clothing that could cover their nakedness AND protect them from the elements (Gen 3:21)!
Yes our Heavenly Father desires us to be covered with His righteousness. He wants to take away our filty garments and give us a change of garments (we see a great example of this in Zechariah 3:4-5). He wants to show us how to walk and talk with Him, and how we can thrive in a God-starved world. Enoch walked with God, Abraham was a friend of God, Moses talked with God and we can have that same experience as we ask The LORD to clothe us with His garments and not our own each day!
Happy studying!
I hope you are all as excited as I that summer is practically here! With that said (alas) that also means the hotter it gets, the less dressed many will be :-(.
In my last post, we started a study on what it means to 'Put On Christ' and before we can be 'dressed' in Christ, we must know what this even means.
In many, many cases, to understand the application of a phrase, word or quote mentioned in the New Testament, one will have to go back to the Old. When a phrase search was done of the words 'put on' {in the Old Testament; KJV}, there were 30 verses found.
-- The first mention of those two words together was found in Genesis 28:20. The Hebrew word for 'put on' is lil·bōš. It means to put on; to wear.
-- Another Hebrew word for 'put on' found in Genesis 38:19 and Esther 5:1 is wat·til·baš which also means to put on.
-- There are other Hebrew words that are related to the previous words already mentioned: wə·lā·ḇaš (to put on), wə·śîm (to put, to lay, set), and yil·baš (to put, will be clothed, shall be clothed, will wear).
-- The only instance I found (so far in the OT) of a putting on of a figurative outfit is found in Job 29:14. The scripture says I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. The Hebrew word used in this verse is lā·ḇaš·tî and it is only mentioned once in the Word. It is very similar to the previously mentioned words, and another (lā·ḇā·šə·tā) which is found in Psalm 104:1 and it means 'to be clothed'.
As we have seen so far, to 'put on' means to be clothed or covered. To put on Christ must mean to be clothed in His Character, and in His attributes. We already know that we cannot clothe ourselves so we need Christ Jesus to cover us. In the Garden, Adam and Eve tried to create their own garment to cover themselves (Gen 3:7), but that wasn't good enough. Only God could create clothing that could cover their nakedness AND protect them from the elements (Gen 3:21)!
Yes our Heavenly Father desires us to be covered with His righteousness. He wants to take away our filty garments and give us a change of garments (we see a great example of this in Zechariah 3:4-5). He wants to show us how to walk and talk with Him, and how we can thrive in a God-starved world. Enoch walked with God, Abraham was a friend of God, Moses talked with God and we can have that same experience as we ask The LORD to clothe us with His garments and not our own each day!
Happy studying!
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