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

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“The White Robe Parable”

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