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The
Green Jacket
Two
personal friends came very close to winning one of
golf’s premier tournaments, the 2009 Masters
championship. Instead,
Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell reached a three-man
playoff that was won by Angel Cabrera.
Instead of Perry becoming the oldest winner in
history, Cabrera became the first golfer from
Argentina to wear the coveted green jacket, given to
the winner of the tournament.
Perry’s
attitude in defeat put things in proper perspective:
“If this is the worst thing that happens to me, I
can live with it.”
The Associated Press reported, “He was as
gracious as ever.”
Perry said, “I may never get this opportunity
again, but I had a lot of fun being in there.
I had the tournament to win.
I lost the tournament.
But Angel hung in there; I was proud of him.”
Of
infinitely more importance than this special GREEN
JACKET is a WHITE ROBE pictured
in the final book of the Bible.
This imagery reflects wonderful spiritual and
eternal blessings.
In Revelation 7:13-14, John wrote: "These
in white robes--who are they, and where did they come
from? … These are they who have come out of the
great tribulation; they have washed their robes and
made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
John,
guided by the Holy Spirit, also recorded Jesus’
description of some faithful Christians in Sardis: “You
have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their
clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for
they are worthy.
He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in
white. I will never blot out his name from the book of
life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father
and his angels” (Revelation 3:4-5).
In
these beautiful, symbolic passages, John describes a
splendid reality: because God so loved the world He
gave His only begotten Son to die for our sins so that
we might wear “white robes,” representing the
cleansing power of the blood of Jesus (John 3:16).
Very
few of us will ever wear the “GREEN JACKET,”
but EACH of us has a far greater opportunity!
By accepting God’s offer of grace on His
terms, we can wear a “WHITE
ROBE”
of glory!
We
are clothed with that “WHITE
ROBE”
when we: believe
in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in repentance
(Acts 17:30-31), confess
Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and are baptized
(immersed) in His name for the forgiveness of sins
(Acts 2:38).
Have
YOU, in trusting,
obedient faith, chosen to receive the Gift offered by
Divine grace?
Do
so while opportunity is yours and continue, in
faithfulness, to overcome and to serve God.
Won’t
YOU?
--
Allen Dixon* /
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Allen Dixon is the uncle of David A. Sargent and
member of the Germantown (TN) church of Christ
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