God Cares How We Dress

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Isa.520,21 20 Woe unto them that call evil
good, and good evil that put darkness for light,
and light for darkness that put bitter for
sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them
that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in
their own sight!
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Many have difficulty
answering these questions

• How tight is too tight?
• How short is too short?
• How low-cut is too low-cut?
• How high should the slit go?
• How sheer is too sheer?
• Is it okay to wear a bikini?
• Is it okay for a man to mow the lawn or play
  sports bare chested?

• Can I attend the dance?
• Can I go swimming with members of the opposite
  sex?
• Is it okay to look at pornography or watch movies
  filled with nudity?

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I believe the reason many Christians have such a
problem answering these questions is because they
want to follow as closely as possible perverted
social standards (so they wont appear to be
different from the world) while at the same time
trying to serve the Lord (which by nature demands
we be different from the world)
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• Survey of why men and women go to the beach
• 69 of men go to see women in swim suits
• only 7 of women said they went to see men
• Beach Motives, Psychology Today, Dec. 1982, p.10

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Can be seen in the Garden of Eden
Gen.37-11 7 And the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they were naked and
they sewed fig-leaves together, and made
themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of
Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of
the day and the man and his wife hid themselves
from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the
trees of the garden. 9 And Jehovah God called
unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,
and I was afraid, because I was naked and I hid
myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou
wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof
I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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Genesis 3
Gen.321 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for
his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
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Tunic
From an unused root meaning to cover ... 1)
tunic, under-garment 1a) a long shirt-like
garment usually of linen. Strongs
Concordance A tunic, worn next the skin ...
generally with sleeves, to the knees, but seldom
to the ankles, Gen.321. Wilsons O.T. Word
Studies
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Genesis 3
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Can be seen in Priests Garments
Ex.2840-43 40 And for Aaron's sons thou shalt
make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles,
and head-tires shalt thou make for them, for
glory and for beauty. 41 And thou shalt put them
upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with
him, and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them,
and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me
in the priest's office. 42 And thou shalt make
them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their
nakedness from the loins even unto the thighs
they shall reach 43 And they shall be upon
Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto
the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto
the altar to minister in the holy place that
they bear not iniquity, and die it shall be a
statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after
him.
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1) underwear, drawers, trousers 1a) a priestly
undergarment of linen
BDB/Thayers A garment, extending from the
waist to or just below the knee or to the ankle,
and covering each leg separately
ISBE
To expose the thigh was to uncover ones nakedness
cf.Isa.472,3
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Can be seen in 1 Timothy 29,10
1 Tim.29,10 9 (KJS) In like manner also, that
women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with
shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided
hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array 10 But
(which becometh women professing godliness) with
good works.
Modest Orderly, well-arranged, decent, modest
Shamefacedness A sense of shame,
modesty Sobriety Denotes soundness of mind,
soberness, sound judgment
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Can be seen in 1 Peter 31-6
1 Pet.31-6 1 In like manner, ye wives, be in
subjection to your own husbands that, even if
any obey not the word, they may without the word
be gained by the behavior of their wives 2
beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be the outward
adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing
jewels of gold, or of putting on apparel 4 but
let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the
incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit,
which is in the sight of God of great price. 5
For after this manner aforetime the holy women
also, who hoped in God, adorned themselves, being
in subjection to their own husbands 6 as Sarah
obeyed Abraham, calling him lord whose children
ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in
fear by any terror.
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Can be seen in the word Lasciviousness
Wanton (acts or) manners as filthy words,
indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling of
males and females

Thayer Denotes excess, absence of restraint,
indecency, wantonness

Vine Lewdness is defined as tendency to
excite lust
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What Body Parts incite lust?

• The Womans Body
• The Bosom (Including cleavage)
• The Midriff
• The Loins
• The Thigh
• The Tush (backside)

• The Mans Body
• The Chest
• The Abdomen
• The Loins
• The Thigh
• The Tush (backside)

Common sense says that outside of marriage, these
should be covered!
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Questions to ask

• Is it decent?
• When sitting?
• When bending?
• Does it reflect my true thinking?
• Will I have to constantly tug on it to keep my
  nakedness covered?
• Will I need a newspaper, magazine, coat or the
  like to cover myself while sitting?
• When it reveals my shapely form, exposes or calls
  attention to my private parts, or reflects
  seduction, is that really how I ought to dress?

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Mary Quant, the fashion queen of Britain's
1960's, and the inventor of the miniskirt, made
public boastings of how she intended the clothes
she designed to seduce men. She declared that her
creation was for the purpose of making sex
(illicit sex) more available in the afternoon. In
an interview she was asked what kind of person
today's woman wants to be, and she answered, A
sexual creature. She displays her sexuality
instead of this coy business of hiding it. Today
she dresses to say, I am sexy. I like men. I
enjoy life. Then she made this bold statement
Mini-clothes are symbolic of those women who
want to seduce a man. Later in the interview,
she was asked where this line of clothing was
headed. She responded in one word Sex
November 13, 1967
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Prov.710 The attire of a harlot
1 Tim.29,10 Clothing which becometh
women professing godliness
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What Modest Dress Does

• Covers nakedness (Gen. 3)
• Reflects shamefacedness, sobriety,
  godliness good works (1 Tim. 29-10)
• Reflects purity, reverence a quiet
  spirit (1 Peter 33-4)

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Justifications Some Offer

• Some will lust regardless of what I wear.
• Thats THEIR problem. They ought to learn to
  control their minds.
• Matt.186,7
• Its hot!
• Its okay at the beach since that is accepted
  attire for the beach.

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Sports
Does Modesty Apply When We Participate?
Weddings
Yard Work