What Is the Wedding Garment and Who Is the Friend?

Q. Matt. 22 F. R. asks, what is “the wedding-garment,” and who the “friend” is, who is consigned to outer darkness?
A. By the use of the garment is meant putting on Christ, Had the man put on Christ, he would have had everything: Christ of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. The same thing is true practically. (Comp. Rom. 13:14; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 4:24, &c.) If Judas, the son of perdition, could be styled “friend,” (in the sense of “companion,” and not of a link formed by real love,) this man might be called no less.