Many look at the Bible and think it is out-of-date or archaic. They do not see how a 'document' written thousands of years ago could apply to our lives today! While some of the Old Testament was given to the nation of Israel and doesn't apply to us today (laws concerning leprosy and food restriction etc.), there are Biblical principles that do apply.
Take, for example, the principle of modesty. 1 Timothy 2:9 says, "I also want the women to be modest and sensible about their clothes and to dress properly..." I am shocked sometimes at church by the immodesty of dress by some of our ladies. I think most ladies do not see wearing the latest fashion as being immodest because they have not been taught the principle of modesty at home or in the church. Romans 12:2 has something important to say to women about their style of dress. “Don’t live the way this world lives.... One interesting translation says, “And be not fashioned according to this world:”
Ladies, you may think that the way you dress is your business, and it does not affect anyone else, but nothing could be further from the truth. When women dress immodestly; another Biblical principle comes into play. Matthew 5:28 tells us “But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” You may think that men should not look but men are created to be attracted to the opposite sex through their eyes and by you dressing provocatively, you violate another principle.
Galatians 6:2 tells us to “Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.” By dressing immodestly, you create a burden for a brother who is trying to keep his thought pure. Philippians 4:8 Most of women's magazine have articles how to be sexy. My question is, why would a woman who is trying to live for Christ want to be sexy? Makes you wonder.
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