The Naked Emperor

“And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?”

There is an old story about a vain emperor who went out one day wearing no clothes at all. He had been persuaded by some cunning people that only clever people could see this particular material and he didn’t want to admit that he was not intelligent so he pretended to see the material even though it didn’t really exist. No one else wanted to be seen as not being clever so no admitted that they didn’t see the material either. However, one child in the crowd wasn’t concerned about looking clever, just telling the truth, suddenly the awful truth was published abroad, the emperor was completely naked. I wonder if that story had its roots in the story of the Fall. Adam and Eve wanted to look clever before the talking serpent so they didn’t point out that he was telling lies. However, by the end of this historical episode we see that they are exposed, completely naked. The father of lies doesn’t care if we look stupid, he just wants to take the glory and honour that belongs to God and give it to himself. However, God is not mocked, whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap (Galatians 6: 7). They chose not to believe God and were exposed before God as being fools. God knew exactly what they had done and they couldn’t hide from Him microscopic forensic gaze.

God knows every thought that we have but we have been redeemed by the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. We may look well dressed before all our friends but if we do not believe the truth then we will be naked before the Judge of the Earth and be exposed as fools.

Are you naked, hiding in the folly of your own wisdom or are you willing to be clothed in the garments of the Lord Jesus Christ’s righteousness?

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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)