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knees (indicating), but I wanted to illustrate
something this morning as we get to the last
point of the message.
Now, nakedness can be in the context of
either physical nakedness or spiritual nakedness.
In the Bible, many times garments speak of
righteousness, especially in a spiritual sense,
and nakedness speaks of unrighteousness or
judgment. Notice verse 15, “Behold, I come as
a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth
his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see
his shame.” So there is a physical nakedness
that’s addressed in the Bible, and there is a
spiritual nakedness as well.
In Revelation chapter 3, verses 4 and 5, the
Lord Jesus said, “Thou hast a few names even in
Sardis which have not defiled their garments”—
This is more in a spiritual context —“and they
shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
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