{"id":39764,"date":"2026-03-25T23:51:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=39764"},"modified":"2026-03-25T23:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:55:37","slug":"26-0326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0326\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clothing of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-39765 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Scripture often describes our behavior as the clothes we wear. In 1 Peter 5:5, Peter urges us to be \u201cclothed with humility.\u201d David speaks of evil people who clothe themselves \u201cwith cursing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garments can symbolize character. The character of Jesus was a seamless fabric woven from heaven to earth, from God\u2019s thoughts to Jesus\u2019 actions. From God\u2019s tears to Jesus\u2019 compassion. From God\u2019s word to Jesus\u2019 response. All one piece. A picture of the character of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>But when Christ was nailed to the cross, He took off His robe of seamless perfection and assumed a different wardrobe\u2014the wardrobe of indignity. He wore our sin so we could wear His righteousness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39467\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1-unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" \/>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"He Chose the Nails: What God Did to Win Your Heart\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=1c377a84be&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3D1c377a84be%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1772583866612000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0df-PrEkRsQJ3BHvDcyXZU\"><em>He Chose the Nails: What God Did to Win Your Heart<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture often describes our behavior as the clothes we wear. In 1 Peter 5:5, Peter urges us to be \u201cclothed with humility.\u201d David speaks of evil people who clothe themselves \u201cwith cursing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garments can symbolize character. The character of Jesus was a seamless fabric woven from heaven to earth, from God\u2019s thoughts to Jesus\u2019 actions. From God\u2019s tears to Jesus\u2019 compassion. From God\u2019s word to Jesus\u2019 response. All one piece. A picture of the character of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>But when Christ was nailed to the cross, He took off His robe of seamless perfection and assumed a different wardrobe\u2014the wardrobe of indignity. He wore our sin so we could wear His righteousness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39766,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39764\/revisions\/39766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}