"Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head" (Eccles. 9:8).
White garments always speaks of holiness and purity in Scripture. (Interestingly, righteousness is always addressed as "fine linen", a specific kind of fabric.) Oil always represents anointing from the Holy Spirit. Holiness without the anointing of God becomes harsh legalism; it focuses on externals. The holiness that God enjoins is holiness with His anointing; it focuses on purity of heart, which leads to the externals. May all of us pursue holiness and the Holy Spirit; after all, He's the origin of all true holiness.
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