Beyond Modesty – New Testament
Romans 4:5-8, Isaiah 61:10-11, Ps 132:9
Throughout our studies in Romans, we have been examining Paul's delight in justification by
faith which is the imputation of Christ's righteousness upon the believer. Justification is a judicial
act whereby God declares the sinner righteous, covers his sin and shame and nakedness
through the substitutionary atonement of Christ. In this context we are looking at a biblical
theology of clothing. In the Bible clothing is a metaphor for justification by faith, and the robes of
righteousness, with which the Lord clothes the believer.
The purposes of clothing in the Old Testament– Review:
For covering shame and nakedness, Genesis 3:6-21 (esp v7,11,21); Isa. 61:1-11; Rev.
3:5.
For God's devotion to beauty and glory, Exodus 28, Ex. 28:2-8; Ps. 45:13-14al Isa. 52:1-
12; Isa. 59:17, Isa. 62:5; Eph 5:27; Ezekiel 1
For manhood and womanhood, Deut 22;5
For God's passion for purity, Prov 7:10-12, Matt 5:27-29
For God's identification of worldliness of foreign apparel, Zeph 1:8
I. The Gospels, Matt 22:11, Matt 23:1-7, Matt 27:28, Mark 15:24, Lk 23:35, John 19:18
II. The Pastoral Epistles, 1 Tim 2:1-10, 1 Peter 3:3-4, James 2:2-3
III. Revelation, 2:10, 3:4-5, 3:15-17, 19:8, 19:11-16, 17
Words for kids to listen for: Justification, Robes of righteousness, clothing, nakedness, shame,
modesty, humility, Tunic, wedding garments, pride |
