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By Dr. Charles Smith
Take a few minutes and imagine something
wonderful! On the day that we were born,
God gave us all a splendid white robe. This
robe was the whitest of whites; so bright
and shining that you could
hardly bear to look at it. You
will wear this robe for the rest
of your life like a little lamb
wears its coat.
However, every time you
commit a sin, in thought,
word, or deed, an angel
of the Lord comes from
Heaven with a blood red
permanent marker and
makes a mark on your
beautiful white robe of
innocence.
As the years go by, the angel
continues to mark your robe
every time you sin.
WHAT WOULD YOUR
ROBE LOOK LIKE?
WOULD IT STILL BE
WHITE?
Imagine a planet that is higher than
the stars, and is one thousand times
bigger and prettier than the earth.
God is there! It is perfect! No sick-
ness! No death! No goodbyes! God
says, “I love you and want you
here, but you MUST have a white
robe!”
A perfect robe for a perfect place!
With your red robe, could you get in?
The answer is “NO!”
In fact...
NO ONE COULD!
If the story
ended
here, it
would be
a sad
story.
When we die, we
either go up or down.
No one wants to go
down, because we
know what is down
there!
Let’s continue
the story…
In the
beginning God
created Adam,
took a rib and
made Eve.
Eve sinned first, but
sin does not pass
from mothers.
You’ve never heard
the phrase, “In Eve
all die” but you have
heard the phrase “In
Adam all die.”
In the Ten
Commandments it says,
“visiting the iniquities
of the fathers unto the
children…” Sin is
always passed from the
father, never from the
mother.
every child born into this world with
a human father has a nature to sin.
Hypothetically, a child born without
a father has the potential to be
sinless.
With this in mind...
T hat was the case with Jesus. He was born
without a human father. He was born with-
out sin and never sinned.
Jesus, the
Holy Child of Bethlehem
Now, imagine this…
Place a watch on a coffee table, down
where a two-year old can reach it. Tell
the child, “Don’t touch!” Then go in the
other room. What will
the child do? When the
child hears you coming
back into the room, he
will put the watch back
on the table.
When you ask, “ Did you touch it?” what will
the child say? We know what this child is go-
ing to do! The child will shake his head, NO!
That is human nature coming out. The child
knows how to lie! This is
the natural instinct of sin-
ful man! Jesus, being born
of a virgin, did not have
this. Jesus never sinned.
II Corinthians 5:21
How does Jesus’
robe look?
He went to the cross to die
for sin, with a white robe, in-
dicating no sin! Jesus had no
sin to die for!
Jesus invites you to
trade your red robe for
His pure white robe.
Suppose you traded: He
would take your old
robe and nail it to the
cross with a big cruci-
fixion spike and give
you His pure white robe
so you could live for-
ever. Your old robe is
nailed to the cross.
What would God see if you had this white robe?
1. Your sin would be gone!
2. All of Jesus’ purity, innocence, and
goodness would be on you.
WHERE WOULD YOU GO IF YOU HAD
THIS WHITE ROBE?
Will you
receive
Christ and
His total
forgiveness
for all your
sin now?
Romans 10:13 says,
“For whosoever shall
call upon the name of
the Lord shall be
saved.” Pray this prayer:
“Dear Jesus, Please give
me Your white robe and
nail it to the cross.
Come into my heart and
save me. Amen.”
Now that you have received
Jesus you have His white robe
of righteousness. Now, should
you sin, when the angel comes
to mark your robe where
would he put that red mark? If
he marked on your beautiful
new robe, it would be
disastrous.
But the angel cannot
mark of this robe be-
cause this robe belongs
to Jesus and to us. And
Jesus is God - as in God
the Father, God the Son,
and God the Holy Ghost.
Then where would he put
the mark?
According to
Colossians 2:14, our
sins are nailed to the
cross. “And, having
make peace through the
blood of his cross…”
(Colossians 1:20)
The angel says, “I cannot mark this white robe, it
has Jesus written all over it. Where is your
original robe?”
Jesus will never take our
white robe away. The
white robe remains with
us, and the red robe re-
mains on the cross.
“And I give unto them
eternal life; and they
shall never perish, nei-
ther shall any man pluck
them out of my
hand.” (John 10:28)
Let us suggest you begin your Bi-
ble reading in the book of John, in
the New Testament.
Now that you’re saved,
you should be baptized
and attend a good
church.
“Behold the Lamb of
God, which taketh
away the sin of the
world.”
John 1:29
Supporting Verses
The White Robe Parable
Gen. 3:21
Lev. 16:4
Job 29:1,14
Ps. 22:18
Isa. 1:18
Isa. 22:21
Rom. 13:14
Eph. 5:27
Rev. 6:11
Rev. 19:7-8,14
Isa. 53:6
Isa. 61:10
Zech. 3:3-4
Matt. 22:12-13
Matt. 27:28
Luke 15:22
Baptism
Matt. 3:13-15
Acts 2:41
Acts 8:36-37
Rom. 6:3-5
I Pet. 3:21
Eternal
Security
John 3:36
Tit. 1:2
Heb. 8:12
I John 5:13
Doctrines found in the White Robe Parable
Eternal security– I Pet. 1:5
Resurrection– I Cor. 15:20
Never-dying soul– Gen. 2:7
Hell is eternal– Rev. 20:10
Exclusive salvation– John 14:6
God is love– I John 4:8
Jesus loves you– John 13:1,34
John 15:10,12
Bible is truth– John 17:17
Substitutionary sacrifice–Heb. 9:28
Virgin birth– Isa. 7:4/Matt. 1:23
Deity of Christ– Matt. 28:19/Phil.
2:6/Col. 1:16/Heb. 1:8
Sinlessness of Jesus– II Cor. 5:21/
I Pet. 2:22
Resurrection of man– I Cor. 15:45
The last Adam– I Cor. 15:45
Sanctification– Heb. 2:11
Doctrines found in the White Robe Parable
All have sinned– Rom. 3:23
Not of works– Rom. 4:4
By nature the children of wrath–
Eph. 2:3-4
Wages of sin is death– Rom. 6:23
Heaven is up– Acts 1:11/Eze. 1:4
Hell is down– Isa. 14:15/Luke 16:23
God is– Heb. 11:6
Perfect Heavenly Father– Matt 5:48
Redemption in Christ Jesus– Rom.
3:24
Righteousness of God without the
law– Rom. 3:21
Justification– Rom. 5:18
Saved by grace– Eph. 2:8
Through faith– Rom. 5:1/Acts 20:21
Salvation is a gift– Rom. 6:23
Preaching of the cross– I Cor 1:18
One offering for sin– Heb. 10:14
To order your own copy of
“The White Robe Parable”
call Pastor Charles Smith @
(937) 444-2493
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