Are You Dressed?

I read a verse today that got my mind spinning. As I waited for my son to get out of school, I felt the Holy Spirit pouring this out in a flood. I could not look up the verses fast enough. These are my musings, so here we go.
I John 2:28 in the Amplified Bible "And now little children, abide (live, remain permanently) in Him, so that when He is made visible, we may have and enjoy perfect confidence(boldness, assurance) and not be ashamed and shrink from Him at His coming."
There was a slight remembrance of something when I heard this verse, and it harkens all the way back to Genesis. After Adam and Eve had sinned and eaten of the tree, God made His usual trip to the garden to walk with them in the cool of the day. Let's look at this passage in chapter 3 verses 7-8 "Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles. And they heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden." Sounds like they were ashamed and shrinking from Him at His coming.
After this my mind quickly tripped over to the parable of the wedding guests. This is found in Matthew 22: 1-14. Verse 11 says in the King James "And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there was a man which had not a wedding garment: And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless."
By now, I have looked in the margin of my chain reference, and I saw the next verse under "robe of righteousness" I went to Luke 15:22. This is the story of the prodigal son. When the son returns home to his father, the father calls for the best robe to be put on his returning son.
The word "clothed" began ringing in my head, so I looked it up in my concordance. I was referred to Isaiah 61:10 in the King James "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God: for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels." Aha! I'm getting somewhere, but at the same time, I feel there is something vast out there waiting for me. The chain reference leads me to Zechariah 3:4
in the King James "And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with a change of rainment."
I'm realizing that God provides these proper garments with which we need not be ashamed in His presence. Back to Genesis. After God deals with Adam, Eve and the serpent for their sin, verse 21 is the foreshadowing of what I have just seen later in scripture. " Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins and clothed them."
During all of these revelations, I called to remembrance a verse in Revelation regarding garments and shame. Rev. 16:15 in the King James "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame."
By this time I am starting to assimilate a train of thought regarding being clothed with garments, and not being ashamed. Here's what I see. (And please, if I seem off, please show me through scripture how I am off. Don't leave me in error.)
God is the one who provides the garments of salvation, the robes of righteousness. They are provided through the shedding of Jesus' blood on the cross of Calvary. Those are the only acceptable garments. Without those garments, you will be ashamed at his coming. He will come as a thief, so we must always be ready. We cannot put off accepting these garments. But, from the parable of the wedding feast, I see that some will come to the feast with improper garments. Adam tried to make his own garments, but still was ashamed when God came to walk with him. God made sure before He left the garden that he provided an animal skin garment for them. We also see this concept of improper garments in a practical way in Matt. 7:21-23 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."
What garments are you wearing? I John says that if we abide in Him we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. Jesus says in Matthew that only those who do the will of His Father which is in heaven will enter the kingdom of heaven. God gives out the garments of salvation and the robes of righteousness as in Isaiah and Zechariah says that God takes our filthy garments of iniquity and gives us a change of rainment.
Are you wearing robes of your own righteousness? Are you wearing the robes of prophesying in His name? Casting out devils? Many wonderful works? If we are trying to create our own robes of righteousness, Isaiah 64:6 says, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags;"
I see only one way to be fully clothed and unashamed in the day of Christs return. We must acknowledge our sin and our separation from God. We must acknowledge that Jesus, God's Son is the only way to obtain the rightful robes. We must accept his sacrifice as payment for our sin and allow Him to be Lord of our life. We must do the will of the Father which is in heaven and abide in Christ. I believe that this is the narrow road. We cannot find our own way of coming to Jesus or we will be looked on as the man at the wedding feast. We will be thrown out.
In this day when the American church is a machine, looking for volunteers to serve in their "ministries", I urge you to search your heart and search God's heart. Don't be flattered that you are wanted. Don't be flattered that you are promoted. If you see ministry as making you look better in God's eyes, beware! Don't be caught unclothed and ashamed.
Are you dressed?