Wed eve talk, NH, Aug 20, 1986
Modest Apparel
I Timothy 2:9-10
modest - (Vines) orderly, well-arranged, decent
shamefacedness - (Vines) a sense of shame Exodus 32:25, Genesis 2:7-11
sobriety - (Vines) that habitual inner self-government, with its constant rein on
all the passions and desires, which would hinder the temptation to these
from arising
How much?
Genesis 2:7-10 made aprons and still naked (apron - translated "girdle" other
places (e.g. II Samuel 18:11), like a bathing suit or shorts)
Genesis 2:21 God made coats of skins and clothed them (coat - (Thayer) an
inner garment next to the skin, generally with sleeves, coming down to the
knees, rarely to the ankles)
Proverbs 5:18-19 breasts for husband, only (low cut dress tops probably cause
more lust than any other one thing in women's fashions)
Galatians 5:19-21
lasciviousness - (Random House College Dictionary) arousing or inciting sexual
desire (low cut tops, high cut bottoms, revealing split skirts, see through,
etc., ask yourself - why is it there? ask - does my clothing profess godliness
(I Timothy 2:10)?)
SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD