“DRESS STANDARD
Smart casual dress required at all times.
Admission at the discretion of the management.”
If we want to be admitted to certain places, we need to dress appropriately.
There are only two places where we are eventual going and that is heaven or hell. All of us are on the way to hell since birth.
What must we wear now in order to enter heaven?
Some people are dressing themselves by saying, “My sins are not so bad. I am not as bad as others are. But that does not work. We need a new dress!
Some people are wearing the dress of their own righteousness. They are doing good works. We can fool other people by doing that, but not God. No! We need something completely different.
Do you remember the Parable of the Lost Son in Luke chapter 15? In Luke 15:22 it says, “But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; …” (Authorized Version) He received a completely new robe from his father.
God will give us also a new robe, the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ wrought for us sinners on the cross.
AT THE ST JAMES CHURCH IN KERIKERI / NEW ZEALAND