
The Naked Truth
Toni Babcock
"And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment…" (Matthew 22:11)
Jesus told a parable about a king who prepared a great wedding banquet for his son. One man, in particular, arrived at the banquet quite confident he had dressed just right for the occasion. But the king spotted him right away and asked:
"Friend, why aren't you wearing your wedding garment?" The man was speechless. The man was naked in the eyes of the king because he was not wearing the garment the king required for entrance to the marriage feast.
Surely the man believed he was dressed adequately for the occasion. He was confident in his position in the world; his status, his goodness, his generosity, his own righteousness, etc. He thought himself so much more deserving than others at the feast.
For the first time, he was exposed for missing the one essential thing.
He wasn't clothed in the righteousness of Christ, and to his surprise, was turned away. At the threshold of eternity, he learned the naked truth about himself, but it was too late to change his clothes.
Toni M. Babcock is author of The Stone Writer, Christian Fiction for Young Readers and Teens. Contact
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