THE BEST ROBE

^[p. 61] THE BEST ROBE

I quite agree that the best robe is Christ. It is Christ subjectively; but though it is ours for ever by the grace of God, and though no one can enjoy the fatted calf without it, yet many are not in their true dress. It is pure Antinomianism for a saint to say that it is his dress, though he is not walking in it, not enjoying the access to the Father’s house which it secures for him. The Galatians had so departed from it that the apostle writes to them, “I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you” (Galatians 4: 19). And again in Romans 13: 14 we read, “Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”. The robe for ever belongs to every saint, but every saint is not always walking in it, and in consequence always enjoying the Father’s house. The fact is that very few do enjoy the Father’s house and the feast. I have been trying to call the saints up to their privileges, and my opposers are seeking to give them a false rest.