Now Clearly No Cloak

“Arise, O God, plead Thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth Thee daily” (Psalm 74:22).   “If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest” (Proverbs 29:9).  “If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin… If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both Me and My Father” (John 15:22,24). 

How clearly Christ our Savior spoke

With heaven’s wisdom when He came,

And thereby took away the cloak

Of sinners who would hide their shame.

How clearly also Jesus did

The works that no one else has done.

His miracles were never hid

That proved that He was God the Son.

Our God has come to plead His cause;

The evidence is manifest!

Yet somehow this does not give pause

To fools contending without rest.

They do not know their cloak is gone 

As they are led by sin’s seduction.

The way is broad they’re marching on

Which leads at last to their destruction.

The emperor which had no clothes

Is thus a fitting illustration

For those ignoring that Christ rose

And thus reject His great salvation.

O Lord, we have observed Your proof

That takes away the cloak of fools.

How strangely now they stand aloof!    

Against all logic, blindness rules!

We thank You, Lord, for evidence

That gives us boldness in our day,

That gives our faith a clear defense,

And takes the cloak of fools away.