Got your attention, didn't I? Uncomfortable situation. In Genesis 9:20-29, dad (Noah) got drunk and is lying in his tent naked!!! What to do....what to do.... Ah ha! I'll not cover him up and go tell my brothers what I saw! He's naked!!! Bad choice. How does one handle a situation like this? In verse 23, we see how Shem and Japheth, Ham's brothers, take the high road. They turn their backs (literally) on their father, get a blanket and cover him up - without looking. They cover his nakedness. Nakedness is a vulnerable state. There are times when covering another's "nakedness" is the right thing to do. It actually brings blessing. We have all been vulnerable at times - naked. Vulnerable and exposed. We are called to cover and protect, not run and tell like Ham did. No matter how ashamed they were of their father - respect for him won over. Jesus addresses nakedness in His own words, in a way only He can. In Matthew 25, Jesus is discussing the Judgement. He is describing those before the Judgement Seat. There are some prideful "saints" full of themselves and their awesome feats while here on the earth. On the other side are humbled saints, "righteous" Jesus calls them. In verse 36, Jesus says to the righteous, "(I was) naked and you clothed me". "When?", they ask? The prideful are told when He was naked, they didn't cloth Him. "When?", they ask. Jesus' famous response sobers all of us up. In verse 40, He says,"...inasmuch as you have done it unto the least of the, you have done it unto Me."
Nakedness is no laughing matter. Sometimes you are called to cover another's sin.
"Love covers a multitude of sin"
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
Jesus always cuts it to the quick.
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