In a way our old self must be nailed to the Cross…or as Oswald Chambers called it, we need to have a White Funeral… a burial of self. Both Ephesians 4:22-24 and Colossians 3:9 speak of this taking off of our old self and putting on our new self…the imagery being that of taking off old frayed & tattered clothes and a putting on brand new ones. Thus a White Funeral is where our old self dies in order that our new self can be dedicated wholly to Christ. The term White, in a White Funeral, references back to Revelations and a sign of purity as the saints washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14)
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