Cover your cleavage, cover your thighs.
Don't tempt a man to fantasize!
Show him your smile instead of bad style.
Encourage PURE thoughts and NOT straying eyes.
In 1 Timothy, it is addressing the tendency of women to dress in ways that draw attention to their appearance rather than their inner selves. This is a major problem in women today that we need to recognize and deal with. In Bible days prostitutes drew attention to their bodies by wearing excess jewelry, including bells that jingled when they walked. Many women today draw attention to their bodies by barely covering them, instead of dressing modestly and letting the attention go to their godly spirits. Many women do not have godly spirits and so they show off their bodies instead.
Another Scripture that will help us understand this more clearly is:
1 Peter 3:1-6 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection (should say submission - it is mistranslated) to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of Yahuwah (God) of great price. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in Yahuwah, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
These verses tell wives that they can win
unbelieving husbands to Yahuwah by their conversation (meaning by their
lifestyle) rather than their words alone, and by their fear (or respect) of
Yahuwah. In this same text it tells
women not to let their adorning be the excess fancy clothing and jewelry they
wear, but the inner woman, one who is humble and not a show-off. Yahuwah values this. These two Scriptures tell us these things
about how a woman should dress. She
should dress modestly, not like someone who is shameful or drunk. She should not try to draw attention to
herself by the way she dresses, but should get her attention from living a
godly life.
If a married woman can win an unbelieving
husband to Yahushuwa (Jesus) by her actions and lifestyle rather than her apparel,
then shouldn't a married OR single woman seek to win the world (including her
friends, co-workers, neighbors, and strangers who do not know Yahushuwa) to Him
by her godly lifestyle as well? Many
Christian women dress in such a way that the world cannot even tell they are
believers. They wear the same immodest
clothing that the world wears. Romans
12:2 tells us not to be conformed to this world (to the world's way of doing things.) We are to renew our minds with Yahuwah's Word
and dress the way the Bible teaches us to - modestly.
According to Funk & Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary and Webster's New Standard Dictionary, modest means displaying moderate or unexaggerated regard for oneself; humble; not showy, gaudy, or ostentatious; not excessive or extreme; reserved in speech, manner, dress; freedom from vanity, excessive pride, or ostentation; propriety in speech, dress; decent. The term ostentation means displaying vainly or pretentiously in order to excite admiration, awe, etc.; excessive or uncalled-for exhibition; showiness; intended to attract notice. The term immodest means improper, indecency, lacking humility; bold, shameless, impudent. A woman who dresses in a way that shows off her body to excite admiration from others will often excite a man sexually and a woman with jealousy. It is a well-known fact that men are aroused by sight.
Following are some examples of immodestly dressed women. I have seen Christian women, EVEN MINISTERS, dressed in ALL of these types of clothing! Some who read this would never think of wearing clothing like this. Bear with me, because some who read this dress this way and do not think it is wrong! Some women think they are dressing modestly because only one inch of cleavage is showing instead of three inches, or because their skirt is five inches above their knees instead of seven. Some people even think they are dressing modestly at the beach because they have a regular bikini on instead of a g-string bikini! Everyone has a different opinion about what is immodest, but anytime you dress in a way that is likely to sexually excite a normal man, it is immodest.
There are some men with extreme problems in this area who may get aroused by seeing a woman completely covered by a gunny sack, but these are men who need deliverance and inner healing. We should not use them as an excuse to uncover ourselves. I hear women rationalize this way often, "To keep from being a stumbling block for any man I would have to run around in a gunny sack, because some men lust after any woman they see. So, I'll just dress any way that I want to and if they lust, it is their problem!" This is foolishness! If you cover yourself properly and a man still lusts after you, it IS his problem. You obviously cannot be responsible for his sickness. But if you cover yourself scantily and a man lusts after you, it is YOUR problem as well as his. Yahuwah will hold you responsible for leading him into temptation.
Short shorts, short skirts, skirts with high
slits, clothing that clings to every curve, low cut necklines, necklines that
plunge when one leans over, the braless look, bikinis, braless and skimpy cut
swimsuits, and skimpy uniforms, all can breed lust even in a Christian man,
married or single. Men should dress
modestly also. Bikinis or very tight
pants are not appropriate attire for a man.
Women are not usually as tempted by 'sight' as much as men are, but
women can certainly be tempted to lust when a man is showing too much.
Skimpy uniforms are sometimes required for
various jobs or activities. You need to
make a decision here. Do you want to
serve Yahuwah or do you want to serve man?
If your job requires you to do something morally wrong, you need to find
another job. When managers require their
employees to wear revealing clothing, they are doing it to please their male
customers. They are trying to fulfill
sexually oriented fantasies. Cheerleader
outfits with the little short skirts do the same thing. Many times men want to sit in front of the
cheerleaders at the ball games so they can watch them dance and jump around in
their miniskirts. Most men like legs and
breasts, and many of them enjoy watching scantily dressed women bounce and move
around.
A man will often need to look the other way because the woman are showing too much. Many a man ends up committing adultery in his heart because he does not look away. And if the man is married his wife may understandably feel jealous. Yahuwah was jealous over Israel when the Israelites started looking to other gods who were tempting them.
Deuteronomy 32:16-18 says: They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. They sacrificed unto devils, not to Yahuwah; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten Yahuwah that formed thee.
2 Corinthians 11:2 For I am jealous over you with GODLY JEALOUSLY: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Messiah.
Yahuwah's jealousy was to protect Israel from
worshiping other gods and from serving other gods (idolatry and adultery- see
Jer. 3:8,9; Ez. 23:37). When a wife has
this kind of jealousy she will look out for her husband's welfare and steer him
away from a seductively dressed woman.
Ungodly jealousy is the kind that Cain had when
he murdered his brother Abel, in Genesis.
He was jealous because Yahuwah accepted Abel's offering and not
his. Ungodly jealousy is what you feel
when you are jealous of someone because they are prettier than you, make more
money, have a nicer home, or got a promotion and you did not, etc. It questions every move your spouse makes,
always wondering if he is being unfaithful, even when he has always been
faithful with his actions, words, and eyes.
THAT kind of jealousy is evil and breeds hatred and sometimes murder.
GODLY JEALOUSY PROTECTS! If a spouse has
been unfaithful in any of the above three areas, godly jealously makes him
accountable until he has proven that he has changed and is trustworthy.
A common saying in America is "You can
look all you want, as long as you don't touch." Another one is "I do not care if my
husband gets turned on by another woman as long as he comes home to
me." These are not Scriptural. The Bible says in:
Matthew 5:27-29 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Adultery and fornication first take place in the head, not the bed! They often start with what the eyes have seen and not been able to forget.
2 Peter 2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that
cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised
with covetous practices; cursed children:
Ask yourself these questions: Am I dressing in
such a way that I can easily cause a man to stumble? Am I tempting men to lust after my body? Temptation does not come from Yahuwah, it
originates from the devil! Am I
provoking my own husband to jealousy? Am
I provoking other men's wives to jealousy?
Am I showing off my body in a way that draws sexual attention to
myself? Do men have to look away from me
to keep from lusting after me? If you
want a man to look at and be attracted to you, and you dress provocatively, you
are silently asking him to look at your body and not your heart.
It is easy to say that if a man is lusting
after you it is his problem and he should just look away. To some extent this is true, each person is
responsible for his or her own actions and thoughts. But why should someone want to dress in a way
that causes people to need to look the other way when they get near them? It is
asking too much to dress that way and expect a man to be able to face you
without stumbling in his thoughts. You
may be thinking that I am 'legalistic'.
Just because we have Yahuwah's grace and love which does cover a
multitude of sins (when we repent of them), does not mean we should live any
way we want to. The Bible gives us
instructions on how to live, act, dress and so on, for our benefit and the
benefit of our brothers and sisters. It
is not legalistic to confront wrong living.
We should seek to live the way Yahuwah instructs us to through His
Scriptures and teach others to do so as well.
The Scriptures are life to our flesh and health to our bones.
We may be able to dress immodestly and still go
to Heaven, but that does not mean that it is alright to dress immodestly. As long as we are human and have not been
raised incorruptible yet, we have weaknesses.
We need to guard our hearts and others' hearts concerning those
weaknesses. Lust is a weakness everyone
faces.
1 Corinthians 8:9,13 But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are
weak. Wherefore, if meat make my brother
to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother
to offend.
This is talking about eating meat that has been offered to idols, but the Biblical principle here is what I want to point out. If what you do offends another and causes him to stumble then you should not do it. Dressing immodestly definitely will cause many men to stumble into lust. For every one who does not struggle with that there are probably five or ten who do. I have worked with men and heard their conversations, and most of them get turned on by certain things that they see. And for those who do not get turned on I have heard Holy Spirit filled believers, men and women alike, complain that they are humiliated by the immodest clothing that some Bible believing sisters wear.
What about the new Christian brother who is trying to leave a life of immorality? He gets born-again and begins to feel convicted about his lifestyle. He turns on the television and realizes there is hardly anything to watch that does not tempt him to lust. So, he turns it off. He goes to his old hangout, but the ungodly women there provide much temptation, so he goes back home. Could it be that he can find comfort by making new friends in a Bible study or prayer group? Or does a Christian woman sit across from him with her dress so short that her legs may be seen up to her thighs? Or when she leans forward does her neckline plunge so that he can see down her shirt? When he goes to the congregation to worship Yahuwah, does the woman in front of him turn around and bend over to fix her seat and expose herself in the process? Showing the thighs is called >nakedness= in the Bible: Exo 28:42 AAnd thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach@
In a Christian college with a dress code that
is not always enforced, I have seen students and employees wear miniskirts and
when they walked up the stairs their buttocks showed. I saw women sit down in their tight, front
button dresses that ride up and split open at the bottom of the last button,
exposing all of their thighs and part of their panties. And the braless look is not acceptable!
There was a teacher in a dress that was too low
cut when she stood up straight and she bent over in front of little boys and
girls, exposing most of her chest. I
remember feeling grateful that I was picking up my child instead of my husband
picking her up. I have seen
Spirit-filled believers wearing bikinis and other revealing swim suits. Some have no lining in the tops and are like
wearing plastic wrap over one's body.
This is almost like walking around naked in front of others. In America sex is an advertised thing, and
it is advertised with showing skin and curves.
Most modern swimsuits show far too much!
I heard a television celebrity excuse showing her breasts in her low-cut dress by saying, "Women breast feed everywhere!" Many women believe that because breasts are used for feeding babies, they are not necessarily sexual in nature. Many also believe that because breast feeding is so natural it is all right to open their shirt in front of men and feed their babies without covering themselves. This is WRONG! Just because something is natural does not mean it is all right to whip it out in front of others. When I breastfed my babies, I took a thin small bassinet sheet and covered us with it, very discreetly. A woman opened her shirt and flopped out her breast in front of my husband, to feed her baby, and he was very embarrassed, and I decided at that moment to not befriend her as we originally had planned. It is extremely rude. The person who made the image below had enough sense to cover with an ice cream cone! People in real life should have enough sense to cover with a thin sheet or something.
Going to the bathroom is natural, yet we women do not do that in front of other people's husbands. Having sex is natural, yet we do it in the privacy of our own bedroom. Taking a shower is natural, yet we do not do it while the neighbor's husband watches. If we did, it would lead to all kinds of trouble, because the husband would lust after us. Look at what happened to Bathsheba who bathed on her patio while David watched. David lusted so much that he committed adultery with her and then had her husband murdered so he could marry her (See 2 Samuel 11:2-17).
If breasts were just for feeding babies and something to be exposed to the opposite sex without worry, they would be flat like Chimpanzee's breasts. These monkeys nurse their babies, yet have flat chests. The size of the breast has nothing to do with milk production. It's to excite the man.
Yahuwah made women's breasts to be the shape they are for the husband's benefit. Men like the looks of them. In the Song of Solomon, he talks of this. Ezekiel 16:7-8 describes a woman as ready for a husband when her breasts are developed. They are definitely a sexual thing. That is why Yahuwah said in Proverbs 5:19 for men to be satisfied with their wives’ breasts always. He knows how easily men are tempted by them and wants the men to enjoy only their wives’ breasts. If you are exposing yours, you make it very difficult for men to refrain from enjoying yours in their thoughts and imaginations. You are leading men into temptation and this is a horrible sin that you will be held accountable for. Please do not do this anymore if you have been. Wear shirts and dresses that look nice and do not expose you.
I know that not all women are deliberately trying to seduce men when they dress wrong. Some dress inappropriately out of naiveness. They do not realize what they are doing. They like the clothing and do not even think about what it may do to a man. Some do it because they do not care about anyone but themselves. They like the style and figure if it turns a man on or offends a wife it is too bad. Some do it because deep inside they crave male attention. They may not have gotten enough appropriate love and attention from their father, so they crave it from men now and this is the way they have learned how to get it, inappropriately. Others dress seductively because they were abused as a child and sexiness has become the normal thing for them. They think sex and love are the same. Daddy said "This is how a daddy loves his daughter," and then defiled her, and she grew up with a distorted idea of love. Then there are women who are looking for a man and try to attract one by showing their body instead of their heart.
Marriages based on physical sexual attraction usually do not last. They are attracting them in the wrong way, for the wrong reasons, and they can be attracting other women's husbands as well as single men. That is the reason I look out for my husband.
Sometimes husbands want their wives to dress sexily in public so they can show them off. This stems from pride in the man. A man should not want his wife, or girlfriend, to expose herself to boost his ego. Any man who wants his woman to sin does not love her the way Yahuwah instructs him to, like our Messiah loves the Church, His bride.
Men have been exploiting women for many years in the entertainment industry, for love of money and for their own lustful pleasure. This is bad enough, but what is worse is that many women enjoy this and go right along with it. This is especially true for actresses and models. A woman's body can be a very beautiful thing, but it is beautiful for her husband, not for other men to appreciate and enjoy. Many women know they are beautiful and enjoy giving others the opportunity to 'appreciate their beauty' in a sexually stimulating way. Some even believe they were made for this purpose. The Bible says woman was made to be a helpmeet for her husband, someone who is equal to and suitable for him.
Just because one is playing a role in a movie or posing for a magazine, does not excuse dressing inappropriately. These women may say they have self-respect but they are deceived. They are not respecting themselves or others. During advertising on a 'family safe viewing channel' I saw a Christian video about the Bible character Joseph. There is a woman wearing a dress with a v-cut neckline that exposes much of her breasts.
Christians buy this video and the women let their husbands watch it and be exposed to this woman's scantily clad body. Just because a Christian in Hollywood wrote the movie about a Bible character, does not make it a family safe viewing video. Even if the actress was playing the role of a harlot there are other ways to let her identity be known without showing off her body to the public. Movies do not need to be so realistic that they show inappropriate things that the eyes should not see. In reality, Joseph had sex with his wife. Does that mean that the movie should show that too? Christians would have a fit if that were done, yet they will put up with the woman's breasts being exposed.
The main problem is apathy! Christians sit back and tolerate the ungodly
things of the world instead of speaking out against them, confronting them, and
doing something to stop them. Many
believers will pray about things that bother them, but will DO nothing. The Bible says that faith without action is
dead. Many other believers will not even
be bothered by bad things and will even make excuses and twist the Scriptures
to do those things themselves. They are
desensitized and deceived.
The devil has been slowly and steadily
desensitizing people for years. In the
'old days' movie stars did not really kiss.
They made it look like they were going to kiss and then turned their
heads away from the camera so you could not see their lips. Also, they wore more clothing and were rarely
seen in bed together doing anything passionate.
With satan in control, the movie producers began introducing more
seductive scenes and clothing, slowly so that it would not shock us. Now the average believer watches movies and
shows with nudity, partial nudity, sexual content such as passionate bedroom scenes
with or without nudity, and many, many sleazy revealing outfits and swimsuits,
and does not even blink an eye. 'Mature
adults' can be sexually aroused by the things they see on television just as
much as teenagers. They should not put
themselves in this kind of temptation.
Many Christian women like romance movies. They speak out against the violent movies
that men frequently enjoy, but love the romantic movies and soap operas. I have heard Christians say "There was a
sexually oriented scene in the movie, but it was TASTEFULLY DONE" if the
couple in the scene was married. This
appalls me! Not only is it wrong for the
actresses and actors to be exposing themselves to the viewer, but it is just as
wrong for them to expose themselves to each other. These people are usually not married to each
other in real life. Just because the
characters that they played in the movie were married does not excuse the
actors hugging, kissing, necking, snuggling in the bed, undressing, and so
on. This is a form of adultery. These people are usually either single or
married to someone else in real life. Do not deceive yourself into thinking
they do not get aroused when they play these roles. I have read numerous articles and seen
interviews on television where the actors admitted that they get sexually
aroused. One couple said while they were
doing a nude or partial nude passionate bedroom scene their spouses were
sitting there watching, and they were all four laughing so hard they could
barely do the scene. These actors live
like this on a regular basis, but take a look at all their broken marriages and
affairs.
Even Christian actors do passionate scenes with actresses they are not married to. If it does not bother their wives, their wives are not very wise! Imagine your spouse in bed laying atop a naked man or woman, kissing and necking, and then tell me you think there is nothing wrong with that because it is just acting. I do not think it is right for them to even 'just kiss', because now days they really kiss. I certainly would not want my husband to be an actor who kisses other women for certain movies. Do you realize that by watching this stuff and by not speaking out against it you are supporting it? When you rent the videos you are helping pay the salary of these actors, so you are paying them to seduce and sin. That is what the devil wants! He wants you to be so apathetic and numb that you do NOTHING while he seduces your husband, wife, children and friends. He is having a party while you sit on your couch allowing it.
Look at the cartoons that your children watch Saturday morning. You have probably noticed all the violence, and maybe have noticed all the occult content; have you not also noticed how the heroes and criminals are dressed? The females wear skin tight outfits that show every ripple and curve, and mini-skirts and low tops with you know what bulging out. Do you not realize that this will affect how your children will behave and dress when they get older?
The pictures below came from a Batman comic book, and a Superman comic book. Some readers are wondering what is wrong with the picture of Lois Lane and the other woman in the short skirt and the short shorts. I have seen where born-again parents allow their teenage daughters to go to church in skirts this short. I see their teenagers, and even some of the parents, in the grocery store in short shorts.
For those of you who allow this, do you not realize that you are allowing and even encouraging your teenage daughters to be sex symbols who lead men into temptation to lust, which is sin? And do you not realize that you as adults are also acting as sex symbols and leading men into temptation to lust (like the guy on the phone staring at the gal’s butt)?
Legs (and buttocks) tend to turn men on, as do breasts, and exposing too much of your legs or any amount of your breasts (cleavage) by wearing short shorts or skirts, tight pants or tops, or low-cut tops, is wrong. I am certainly not the final say on just how long a skirt or pair of shorts should be, but I think that if skirts go below the knees and shorts come almost to the knees, that is reasonable. Many Christian women who would never consider wearing short skirts, wear short shorts that expose most of their thighs, like in the comic. They think it is alright because they are ‘shorts’. Ladies, it is not the ‘skirts’ nor the ‘shorts’ that turn guys on, it is the ‘legs’ hanging down beneath them. And the more they see, the more of a temptation it is if you happen to have pretty legs!
Parents need to take authority over their children and stop them from reading inappropriate comic books, magazines, and other literature, and watching inappropriate movies and shows, and also need to set limits on the clothing they wear, so they do not look just as seductive as the comic book characters.
People wrote in and complained about three popular Disney cartoon movies. I borrowed the movies and checked them out myself to see if the accusations are true. In the "Lion King" there is a scene where the adult Simba plops down onto a ledge and some flower petals are blown up into the air. The word "SEX" is spelled out in the petals!
The article I read said that the Disney representative said this is a figment of the viewers' imagination, yet the word is plainly seen! The producers claim it actually says "SFX" but viewers disagree. The store clerk said this video will be taken off the shelves soon and people will no longer be able to rent or buy it, but didn't happen. And check out this Lion King poster;
Next, in "The Little Mermaid" there is a
wedding scene and the priest appears to have a very noticeable erection while
he looks at the bride.
In the next
scene I realized that the bump that sticks out is really his knobby knee
cap,
but in the first scene you cannot easily tell it is a kneecap. It has the appearance of evil and may have been put in that way as a subtle suggestion coming from a sick sense of humor of someone who drew it. These moving scenes are drawn frame by frame, and the artist can see what each movement will look like. It is hard for me to believe that a professional artist would not notice the sexual connotation and did it innocently. The castle picture on the front of the video cover has spheres sticking up that look MUCH like phallic symbols.
Look closer at the pictures below and you’ll see that Disney wanted to include all sizes and shapes to plant seeds into our children’s minds.
One day on the 'family safe viewing channel' my children and I watched a Christian cartoon in which the Adam and Eve story shows the cartoon characters completely naked! It covers a little bit of them, but not nearly enough. And of course, they have perfect shaped bodies.
Christians buy these for their children! You can't just assume that because it's a cartoon or a Bible story that it's appropriate for your children to see. They probably think it is okay because the book of Genesis says that Adam and Eve were naked and not ashamed, and the producers probably wanted to be realistic. It was all right for them to be naked then, but it is not all right now days to run around nude, and we should not be watching other people do it either. Cartoons are very real to children. My daughter when she was twelve cried when cartoon characters got hurt. Nudity and improper dress are not excusable because they are 'just cartoons'. There are X-rated cartoon videos that sexually stimulate adults. Cartoons are a very successful way to implant thoughts and ideas into people's minds.
Most producers have enough sense to cover Eve's breasts with her hair and their bottoms with leaves from the trees or other scenery. This producer does not do such a good job of that. Adam and Eve had sex and conceived Cain and Abel. Should they show that also, to be realistic? Noah's sons saw him naked and drunk. Should they show a naked drunk man lying in his tent, to be more realistic? Think about it. The devil has very craftily gotten into even the sincere believers’ homes with his junk, by coming in the back door. How much further will this go before believers refuse to tolerate it any longer? How about this far?????
Do not think that children cannot be
titillated, because they can and at quite a young age. Six-year-olds have raped two-year-olds in
severe cases where there has been sexual abuse in the home. Witches and Satanists begin sexually
stimulating their children when they are still preschoolers, by molesting them,
to prepare them to be breeders for offspring that they use as human sacrifices
in their meetings. The children can get
pregnant at younger ages because the stimulation causes their bodies to go
through puberty sooner.
Here's a few more clips. On the left is from Hercules, and on the right I don't remember which cartoon it's from:
There is a common saying: 'stop and smell the roses'. As we walk through life we need to stop and notice the little things that Yahuwah created, like the roses, and not get so busy that we miss or ignore those things. We also need to wake up and weed the rose garden. The weeds will strangle out the good crops if we do not become aware of them and get rid of them. They will spread and deposit bad seeds for more weeds to come into our families. Strychnine is made mostly of good corn, but the tiny percentage of rat poisoning in it can kill you. Small amounts of bad seed can overpower the good. If we want to overpower evil with good, we need to quit tolerating the evil and get rid of it instead of allowing it to sprout up in our homes.
Much of what goes on in the entertainment
industry is garbage, and when the garbage stinks it is time to take it
out. If we do not, it will rot, draw
flies and rodents, and will overpower the good smell of the roses. If you smell garbage in your home for a long
time you will get used to it and not even realize it stinks anymore. A visitor who comes to your home will notice
it immediately, and if you come in after being in fresh air for a few hours you
may notice it right away, but if you have been in its presence for a long time,
it will not bother you as much. That is how the devil has subtly and gradually
desensitized many believers.
As for you men . . . When will you stop
tolerating the exploitation of women and start speaking out against it? I am
not just talking about hard-core pornography.
Many Christian men and women are taking a stand against this
already. But it is time to take a stand
against the seductively dressed women pictures lined up at the checkouts at the
grocery store, in the magazine racks, the suntan lotion isle, in the videos
(Christian, children's, and secular videos), in the pews at the churches, Bible
schools . . . Let the women know that you do not want them to expose their
bodies to you. Let the store managers
know that you do not appreciate yourself and your children being exposed to
scantily clad women every time you buy groceries. Stop buying the Christian videos that have
this stuff in them and write or call the companies and tell them why you are
not buying their products.
Look the other way when women are dressed sexy
and let them know you are not interested in their bodies and that what they are
doing displeases you. If women approach you for sex, stop telling them,
"It's a nice offer, but I'm married and I love my wife, so I cannot,"
and tell them it's a disgusting offer that only shows how much they do not
respect themselves, you and your family.
Stop telling them, "I'd sure like to, but”… Stop telling others how much you 'wanted to'
or how tempted you were. A man who is
dead to sin as we are supposed to be does not even 'want to'. If you notice any thoughts of 'want to',
immediately recognize the source and rebuke it.
Abhor the offer. Tell the woman
to look in the Bible and read about what happens to the adulteress and tell her
she needs to get saved. Then go ask a
Bible believing woman to witness to her to try to get her to become a
born-again believer. If there is no
woman around, walk away and pray that Yahuwah will send one. He can handle that. You should not be the one to minister to
her.
The Bible instructs the older women to instruct
the younger ones, and the younger men to listen to and respect the older
men. It does not tell the men to
minister to the women, and to do so when you are alone or someone is trying to
tempt you, is asking for trouble. The
Bible says to flee from youthful lusts.
If a woman is trying to get you to lust after her, flee from her, even
if you think you are strong enough to handle it! Scripture also says let any man who thinks he
can stand, beware lest he fall. Never
allow yourself to be alone with a woman who is dressing or acting seductively!
The women have been complaining about many of
these things for years. The men do not
say much. I believe it is partly because
many men enjoy it, but do not dare admit it.
It is easier to be apathetic and quiet, and secretly enjoy what their
eyes see. It is time to repent of this
apathy and take a stand against it. Some
of you men complain about it among other men, but you need to tell the women
you do not like it. If you do like it
you need to ask Yahuwah to forgive and help you because you are living in sin.
If you do not protect your woman from exploitation and yourself from
temptation, you are not being a protector that Yahuwah
has called you to be.
Christian women need to approach immodest women
about their dress. Christians flippantly
say that we are not supposed to judge one another. This is not Scriptural! We are taught in Matthew 7:1-5 not to judge
another until we have cleaned up our own life in that area first. It we dress sleazy we should not try to tell
our sister not to dress sleazy, or she will judge us as well. That is being a hypocrite. However, if we learn how to dress modestly,
we can then help our sister learn how to dress modestly.
Matthew 7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in
thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me
pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? Thou
hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou
see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
1 Corinthians 5:1-6:5 tells us not to judge
unbelievers because Yahuwah judges them, but to judge fellow believers when
necessary. This is done for the purpose
of correction. These verses do not say
"Go and pray, and do nothing."
They instruct us to correct the believer who is going the wrong way, and
to do it in love.
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man (or woman) be
overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit
of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Men need to be especially careful in this area with women. But it would be good for men to let women know that they do not appreciate the immodest dress.
Sister, Yahuwah did not create you to be a sex object. He created you in the image of Himself. The Bible says that Yahuwah can tempt no man. Examine yourself and make sure that you are following in Yahuwah's steps and tempting no man to sin. Study your Bible and find out what Yahuwah's image is like. Strive to be more like Yahushuwa our Messiah every day. Ask Him to help you.
John 3:16 For Yahuwah so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Yahushuwa is the Son of Yahuwah, who died on a cross in place of us, so we would not have to die for our sins. When we believe this and repent of our sins, and confess Him as our Savior and Lord, we become a born-again believer. We receive His forgiveness for our past sins and become willing to turn away from anything that does not please Him. We must then seek to obey Him in all areas of our lives, and if we commit a sin, we should be quick to repent, and stop that sin. As a believer, we can have eternal life in Heaven with Yahushuwa who loves us and will never exploit or seduce us. As a believer, we have the power to pray against evil and see results. Yahuwah gives us ideas on what we can do to act on our faith, and then opens the proper doors to accomplish His will. Let Yahushuwa be the Lord of your life. Pray this prayer right now and He will wash you clean of all of your past sins.
"Yahushuwa, I know I have sinned in my lifetime and only You can save me. Please forgive me of all my sins and take control of my life as my Lord and Savior. I believe that You died on the cross so that my sins can be forgiven and I thank You for saving me. Help me to go and sin no more."
The Bible says to refrain from the very
appearance of evil. If it even appears like we are trying to seduce we should
get rid of the clothing. I destroyed mine so other women would not get them and
wear them around the neighborhood. I
kept things that could be worn in the privacy of our home to please my own
husband. There is nothing wrong with dressing
sexy in front of your own husband, but please do not do it in front of the
children or my husband.
The Bible also says that we are not to give the devil a foothold. Many women are opening themselves up to Satan by dressing in questionable attire and leading their brothers to stumble. They are opening a door to trouble by dressing that way, and the devil sticks his foot in the door and slowly pushes it further and further open.
We are not to be a stumbling block to our brothers.
Matthew 18:6-8 says: But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
This is a warning to those who offend little children. We should be careful not to offend Yahuwah's children. All believers are Yahuwah's children. Offenses will come, but it should not be through fellow believers. We should build up and comfort one another, and find peace and safety with each other.
1 Peter 1:14-16 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1 Peter 4:1-4 Forasmuch then as Messiah hath suffered
for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that
hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should live
the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of
Yahuwah. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will
of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: Wherein they think it
strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of
you:
Please dress to kill the lusts of the flesh and
bring alive the glory of Yahushuwa and dress modestly!!!!
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Scripture verses taken from the King James
Version of the Bible.
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