The Royal Wedding Gown

Text: Matt.22:2-13
More Lessons: Rev. 16:15
Bible Reading in one Year: 2 Timothy 1-4

Wedding day is a very important day and event of life. Everyone’s wish is to make it special and memorable; everything has to be beautiful and grand. Moreover, what the bride and groom wear really matters. Wedding day is not a time to be nude and indecent as some people think.

Part of a tract about a girl who was privileged to do her wedding shopping in the US reads: “I tried up to five beautiful wedding gowns before making my final choice. I settled for a tube-like gown that had a small jacket on it”. That night, she had a dream that a man in a silk robe sat in front of her and began to chat her up.
Stranger: Why did you choose that wedding gown?
Me: It was the one that fitted me best.
Stranger: Do you know that half of your breasts was revealed when you wore it?
Me: But there is a jacket to cover the exposed part of my breast.
Stranger: When you get to the reception, will you not remove the jacket?
Me: Removing the jacket at the reception is the fun of the gown.
Stranger: With your breasts out for public consumption?
Me: But we would have left church.
Stranger: At the reception, will there not be unbelievers there who will blaspheme my name? Those who will say, “See what she is wearing, and she calls herself a Christian”
Me: People don't think like that anymore, moreso it is this tube-like gown that are reigning now.
Stranger: You seem to be adamant on wearing the tube.... What if I ask you to return it and pick a decent one, that covers the upper part of your body?
Me: But I like this one I'm not sure I want o return it
Stranger: You are my precious daughter and I know you would not like to hurt me just as I would not like to hurt you.
Me: Who are you, please?
Stranger: I am the Holy Spirit, and your body is my temple, holy and I will keep my temple your marriage holy. I will also keep your body holy. If you insist on wearing it, can you cope with breast cancer?
I woke up sweating. By mid-day, I returned the gown to pick one that would not expose my breast.

In that shop, she met the daughter of a very popular king in Nigeria, who did not even go to the section of tube styles. When she asked her why she did not try the tube styles, she said, “My father says that royalty does not dress indecently”. This story teaches some eternal lessons. from the Holy Spirit: 1) Royalty does not dress indecently. 2) Every believer is born of King Jesus and so is royal.

Prayer / Action
* Repent of all forms of indecency whether in word or in deed.
* Ask God to purge you of every mentality that is inconsistent with the divine royalty in Christ Jesus.
* Declare that your mind is conformed to the mind of Christ.

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