Wrap Yourself in Godliness

Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Wrap yourself in godliness. Put on, therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering, forbearing one another, and forgiving one another. Colossians 3, 12-13. The verb choice in this portion of the command is different from those used earlier.

Here the word is induo, which describes sinking down into a garment. it is more often used of a robe or seamless cloak that covers the whole body. There are several passages that allude to this total change of behavior, like enveloping oneself in a body-covering cloak. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh to fulfil the lust thereof. Or, For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. Perhaps an even more precise picture is what happens to us when we are brought into the resurrected and eternal condition that is like the Lord Jesus. Then we will put on incorruption and put on immortality. The character traits of God cannot coexist with the members of flesh, which must be mortified. Neither can godliness control our minds when evil thoughts dominate.

They must be put off. Yet for us to put on the character of God, we must glue the character traits identified in today's text together by charity or love, and let God's peace rule in our hearts. Even then, the word of Christ must dwell in our lives richly, so much so that whatsoever we do in word or deed is done in the name of the Lord Jesus. Colossians 3. 14 through 17.

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