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verse 18 and the Lord God said it is not good that the man should be alone I'll
make him a help me for him and out of the ground the Lord God formed every
beast of the field and every foul of the air and brought them unto Adam to see
what he would call them and whatsoever Adam called every living creature that
was a name thereof and Adam gave name salt cattle and took unto the file of
the air into every beast of the field but for Adam there was not found a help
me through him and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof and
the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her
unto the man and Adam said this is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh
she shall be called woman because she was taken out of a man therefore shall a
man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife and they
shall be one flesh and they were both naked the man and his wife and we're not
ashamed bless the reading of God's word let us
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further the truth please bless Lord for our soul winning our fellowship later on
and please give us good health Lord for the people of your church and I
throw it to you please bless the preaching and the preacher of your word
love you today we love you Jesus and we pray amen
all right we're in Genesis chapter 2 and we're continuing our series on the
alphabet of Bible doctrines and for the letter in we're gonna be talking about
what the Bible says about nakedness now the Bible speaks about all manner of
topics and it's important for us to know what the Bible says about all things and
you know this is something that if you were to ask people out in the world you
know what is nakedness you know you'd have a lot of different opinions there'd
be a lot of confusion but the Bible gives us the answers on these things and
so point number one is this when it comes to this topic of nakedness nakedness is
something that is actually inside of our conscience it is inside of our
conscience it's something built in that we have an understanding of Genesis 2
verse 24 therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother and shall cleave
unto his wife and they shall be one flesh and they were both naked the man
and his wife referring to Adam and Eve and were not ashamed and so at first you
know what they're not wearing any clothes Adam and Eve and they're not
ashamed now of course this is a time period where the weather is perfect you
don't have to worry about wearing like a winter coat or anything like that and
they're not ashamed and they don't seem to have an understanding that it's kind
of weird not to be wearing your clothes now go to Genesis 3 Genesis 3 Genesis 3
verse 6 and when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was
pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to make one wise she took of the
fruit thereof and did eat and gave also under a husband with her and he did eat
and the eyes of them both were opened and they knew that they were naked and
they so fig leaves together and made themselves aprons now Adam and Eve were
created as adults not as babies they're created as adults and at first they
don't seem to understand that there's anything wrong with nakedness and at
this point they don't understand the concept of sin fully they've never sinned
they've never done wrong and then in Genesis 3 once they eat the fruit all of
a sudden their eyes are open and they realize actually this is not appropriate
right and when you think about a child the Bible says about a baby naked came I
out of my mother's womb and naked shall I return thither and there's nothing
wrong with a baby not wearing clothes right I mean obviously you change the
diaper of a baby you give it a shower and a baby has no concept that what
they're doing is kind of strange right not wearing clothes I mean if you give a
two-year-old a shower they get out of the shower they just run out without any
clothes and it's like no no let's put a towel on you right let's put on a diaper
let's change your clothes because they don't understand it and here's the thing
I was explaining this my son the other day and I was explaining that you know
what at a young age children are what we would call safe not saved but safe
meaning that if they died as a young child they would go straight to heaven
the Bible teaches that okay and a good way to kind of understand if kids are
kind of ready at the point where they would be held accountable is do they
have knowledge of sin in this regard so basically a three-year-old doesn't feel
weird about not wearing clothes a four-year-old doesn't feel weird about
it but eventually they reach an age where they're gonna feel strange about
it I mean if somebody was a teenager they obviously know they should not go
without their clothes on but a three-year-old doesn't get that a
four-year-old doesn't get that the reason why they wear clothes is because
you tell them hey you know what time to put on the diaper time to put on the
dress time to put on the clothes and they do it because that's what mom and
dad say but they don't really understand like we do as adults so this is
interesting because it's in our conscience but we're not born with it
it's not immediate but it's something that you come to an understanding as you
get a little bit older okay verse number eight and they heard the voice of the
Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and Adam and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden
so you know what I wouldn't recommend this given the fact that you know Adam
and Eve are going without clothes but people watch various animated things on
YouTube and if you've seen one of these it's probably not accurate because
you're going to probably have them hearing a voice from heaven but it says
the Lord God is walking in the garden and so this is the Son of God in the
Old Testament walking and they hear his voice as well so they're hiding because
they don't want to be around the Son of God as they're not covered up and of
course they sewed fig leaves together but it's probably not doing the best job
of you know accurately covering their body so they're basically embarrassed
because they're naked and isn't this what a normal person would feel if
you're not wearing clothes in front of somebody else you would feel embarrassed
it'd be inappropriate it would be wrong and see what I'm saying is it's built
into your conscience but it's not really built at birth it's kind of once you get
a little bit older verse number nine and the Lord God called on to Adam and said
unto him where art thou and he said I heard thy voice in the garden and I was
afraid because I was naked and I hid myself and he said who told me that thou
was naked has thou eaten of the tree whereby commanded thee that thou shouldest
not eat he's like well how do you know you're naked and they're immediately
embarrassed about it look you give your kids a shower or a bath you change their
clothes but they're eventually going to reach an age where they don't want to be
around mom and dad whether or not wearing their clothes because they feel
embarrassed about it because it's built inside of them but it wasn't built at
birth it kind of takes several years before they fully get this okay turn
your Bible to Romans 2 Romans 2 Romans chapter 2
and look obviously a child that is one year old two years old I mean they're
completely innocent they're born without clothes and it's part obviously you put
clothes on as a parent you don't want your child to be without clothes there's
nothing sinful about the baby it's oh it's not wearing clothes yeah it's a
baby and unless you've got a perverted mind you wouldn't think anything weird
about it it's just it's a baby right baby a child that's one years old two
years old but as a parent obviously you want to cover up now I will say this
though sometimes you go soul winning and some parents don't really care that much
if their child's running around without clothes it's it's especially if you go
to kind of some of the poor areas it's kind of awkward you're preaching the
gospel and then there's like a three-year-old running around without
clothes on it's kind of like okay this is a bit distracting but you know what
obviously as a parent you understand it but that three-year-old doesn't
understand that because they're young and they're safe if they died they would
go to heaven they're too young to understand the gospel at this point once
they start feeling ashamed for that that's kind of a sign wait a minute
they're starting to understand a little bit better they need to be able to
believe the gospel and get saved right Romans 2 verse 14 for in the Gentiles
which have not the law do by nature the things contained in the law these having
not the law are a law unto themselves when it says here they do by nature the
things contained it's not saying they're following mother nature and what the
Lions are doing and what the zebras are doing it's saying naturally by nature
biologically genetically they just do the things contained in the law what are
we saying we're saying every child knows it's wrong to hurt somebody every child
knows murders wrong every child knows lying is wrong kids do things that are
wrong and they don't want to tell mom and dad because they're afraid to get in
trouble but they know inside of themselves it's wrong how by nature by
how God created them they understand certain things look you don't have to
teach everybody the Ten Commandments for them to get the fact that it's wrong
to steal and wrong to lie and wrong to kill someone they already know that how
by nature it's born inside of them they do by nature the things contained in the
law verse 15 which show the work of the law written in their hearts their
conscience also bearing witness and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing
or else excusing one another the Bible says their conscience bears witness and
people are born with a belief in God and they're also born with a conscience and
this conscience will tell them right and wrong people sometimes try to compare
like Christianity and say hey you know what Islam and Christianity are so
similar they both have the Ten Commandments Buddhism so similar look
everybody's born with a belief it's wrong to steal it's in their conscience
there are certain things that are in your conscience and nakedness is one of
those things but it's not at birth it takes them to be at least several years
old to understand that it's kind of embarrassing or wrong to be without
clothes in front of other people now turn in your Bible to Exodus 28 Exodus
28
you say over the study if that's true if it's building your conscience how come
you have like native religions and people that live off the land and kind
of do their own thing and oftentimes they're just going without any clothes
on or very little clothes because they're rebelling against God and inside
of themselves they know it's wrong just because you have some native religion
where they're wearing no clothes doesn't mean they don't understand it's wrong
it's called they just don't care what the Bible says because we see the story
with Adam and Eve nobody taught them and they just know and everybody when they
reach a certain age they know it's inappropriate they know it's wrong in
fact probably the most extreme example I know is with the religion of Jainism now
if you've heard me talk about Jainism before this is the religion where
they're against brushing your teeth they're against using a toilet because
you could harm the bacteria so they just use the bathroom just out in
public in India and make it just a filthy place to live and they're but
they're but they would never use a toilet because that's wrong right these
are the ones that it just the most bizarre religion you could find now
there's basically two denominations of them and the one denomination of Jainism
they're monks the Jain monks they wear no clothes no clothes and of course
these are people that are just walking the land they don't really have a home
that they go to so they just walk around naked everywhere right and you know a
few years ago I was watching a documentary on Jainism and apparently
YouTube doesn't censor this and I'm just like immediately they just show this guy
without any clothes and I'm like what is that right and so you know you say
well why would he go around without any clothes on well I'll just read you from
this the Digambara monks in India the Jainism religion which by the way is
four million people it's not a small religion monks of this denomination or
sect reject all worldly possessions in order to live a totally ascetic life so
apparently clothing is worldly is what they're saying we're against all
worldliness so we don't wear clothes right because what these Eastern
religions believe is you must have zero attachments to this life if you're going
to stop the process of rebirth in your life and so basically you go away from
all food away from everything and so they're against wearing clothes it says
because they're allowed no possessions what whatsoever they live without clothes
and go sky-clad so they go without any clothes sky-clad which means naked
Digambara nuns wear simple white clothes now here's what it says in this article
their nakedness is also a statement that they are beyond feelings such as
modesty and shame do you notice that let me read that again their nakedness is
also a statement that they are reprobates right they're beyond shame
right well let me just read you one of the 20 psychopathic traits on the
psychopathy test one of the traits is called no shame or guilt no shame or
guilt they're beyond shame yeah they're reprobate right no shame or guilt
psychopaths see no shame or guilt even when the person's behavior was obviously
hurtful normal people feel significant levels of guilt remorse even shame when
they manipulate others steal cheat or lie so look someone who's a psychopath
they never get embarrassed about doing wrong or making people feel bad look I
promise you those Jane monks realize people don't want to see you going
sky-clad but they don't care you say why they don't have a conscience and people
try to look at that and say well wait a minute they don't realize it's wrong to
wear clothes yes they do they just don't care about other people because they're
bad and evil people it's really bizarre and Jane isn't because it's like these
Eastern religions where they don't work and they just like live off the land or
they just ask for donations and money and in part of Jane ism if you are a
Jane and a Jane monk or a Jane nun that are trying to reach that level of
enlightenment they come to your house you're supposed to let them in your
house and you feed them and so these Jane monks that are going sky-clad they
knock on your door I'm hungry and then you say okay sit on my couch I mean can
you imagine that what a bizarre religion you know it is of Jane isn't
but here's what I'm saying they know it's wrong it's building their
conscience and we saw that in Genesis 2 and Genesis 3 so in Genesis 3 they
realize we're naked there's something wrong with that and look people that are
part of these native religions that are not wearing any clothes they know it's
wrong it's built inside of their conscience now I'm not saying all of
those people are reprobates but they realize this is wrong it's not right
but they don't care why because they don't care what God thinks they're going
and rebelling against God or they're just following the crowd of what
everybody else is doing point number one nakedness is in our conscience point
number two what is the biblical definition of naked what is the biblical
definition Exodus 28 verse 41 Exodus chapter 28 verse 41 and thou shalt put
them upon Aaron thy brother and his sons with him and shall shall anoint him and
consecrate them and sanctify them that they may minister unto me in the
priest's office and thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness
from the loins even on the thighs they shall reach now a couple things to keep
in mind breeches is in a makalu among spelling for breeches B R I T C H E S and
that's kind of a makalu among word for pants so breeches is basically pants but
here's the thing in the Bible when you see pants it could be referring to
shorts or it could be referring to pants like we would say pants so in our modern
day you think of shorts and pants in the Bible pants are just you know basically
from here to here or from here to here or from here to wherever below the knee
okay so it's the same word that's being used now what it says here is these
breeches or pants are used to cover their nakedness by the way the first
reason for clothes in the Bible is to cover their nakedness in Genesis 3 we'll
look at that here in a second but it says linen breeches to cover their
nakedness and it says from the loins even on to the thighs now the loins by
definition are the part of the body on both sides of the spine between the
lowest false ribs and the hip bones that definitions being discreet and
basically it's your reproductive organs okay on the front or the back the
certain parts of the body that we would consider you know the areas that you
definitely want to cover up so basically when the Bible saying loins to your
thighs it's basically look at your waist and then go to the bottom of the thighs
you say well why not go to the top of the thighs because the waist to the top
of your thighs is the same location basically it's saying the pants cover
from the waist to the knee to cover the nakedness right now this this should
logically make sense because obviously that part of the body is the one that
would put certain thoughts in people's minds and what the Bible is saying is
when you're wearing clothes to cover your nakedness it should go from your
waist unto your knee on both sides of the body so if this part of your body is
exposed any part of it it would be biblically naked according to the Word
of God whether it's on the front or the back right turn your Bible to Genesis
chapter 3 Genesis 3 Genesis chapter 3
the Bible says in Genesis 3 verse 21 onto Adam also into his wife to the Lord
God make coats of skins and clothe them the first purpose of clothing found here
in verse 21 is to do what to cover their nakedness that's the first purpose of
clothing now obviously depending on where you go you wear different types of
clothing for example we wear shoes to protect our feet right you wear socks so
your feet don't get dirty right you wear a suit if you're in a formal occasion or
whatever you might wear a hat to protect you from the Sun but of course at the
beginning that the weather conditions are basically perfect in the Garden of
Eden so I don't think they had to worry about a lot of the stuff that we would
today and so the first purpose of clothing is to cover up your nakedness
and here's what I would say when you're getting dressed the first thing you
should probably consider is am I covering up my nakedness because
obviously it's a shame it's an embarrassment to be showing off your
nakedness right go to Isaiah chapter 20 Isaiah 20 Isaiah chapter 20
Isaiah chapter 20 and let me show you a few other verses that talk about
nakedness and what the biblical definition of nakedness is Isaiah chapter
20 verse 4 Isaiah 20 verse 4 I'll be honest I I'm very thankful that the
Bible talks about all subjects it gives us wisdom on everything right when
there's a question you can go to the Word of God and find out what is the
answer because here's the thing if you were go were to go to the world for
advice and ask them well what is naked what's your definition the first thing
somebody's going to say is wearing no clothes so of course the question is
what if you are wearing no clothes except for one shoe well you're still
naked well then you have your definition of naked is not wearing zero clothes in
right the world wouldn't even know what their definition is and so it's an
honest question well what is the actual definition well the Bible said is from
your waist to your knee that part of your body would be nakedness okay Isaiah
20 verse 4 so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners and
the Ethiopians captives young and old naked and barefoot even with their
buttocks uncovered to the shame of Egypt so it's not just the front part of your
body but if you're shown off the back part below the waist and above the knee
area then guess what it's naked because the Bible says your buttocks uncovered
is naked now this should be very obvious preaching but you know what in 2023 a
lot of the stuff is not that obvious based on the way people dress and if I
was says if you're shown off that part of your body it's naked right that's
what the Bible teaches go to Isaiah 47 Isaiah 47 Isaiah chapter 47
is a 47 verse number verse number two is a 47 verse 2 is a chapter 47 verse 2
take the millstones and grind meal uncover thy locks make bare the leg
uncover the thigh pass over the rivers thy nakedness shall be uncovered the
says uncover thy thigh and it's linked with thy nakedness shall be uncovered in
verse 3 and so what the Bible teaches consistently is that if your thigh is
exposed it's actually naked according to the Word of God now a lot of you say
yeah you know brother stuck you already know this but there's probably a lot of
people in here that are like I've never heard that before but that's what the
Bible teaches if anything from your waist under your knee is uncovered that
would Bible define that as being naked turn in your Bible to name chapter 3
name 3 name chapter 3 and so let me ask you answer some of the questions that
people might ask is that was nakedness always wrong well obviously you know
what you take a shower obviously you change clothes and obviously there's
nothing wrong with Adam and Eve being around each other without clothes
because they're married obviously if you're married there's nothing wrong
with that but the problem would be is if you go out in public around other people
being naked that would obviously be wrong right so valid exceptions are
taking a shower right you're around your spouse let me explain things that are
not valid exceptions going to the beach why is it that if you go to the beach
all of a sudden God's rules don't apply and you can be naked I mean if you're
wearing a bikini at the beach number one you're probably showing off some of your
butt and you're showing off all your thigh basically you're naked it's
inappropriate it's wrong you say why because it's wrong to be naked around
somebody that you're not married to it's inappropriate and it doesn't matter if
everybody does it it's wrong it's wrong you say the brother stuck you know I
don't know if I agree with you look I you know I mentioned this before that
when I first started going soul winning and I think there's a terrible idea by
the organization I was a part of campus crusade but they go to the beach in
Florida and then they preach the gospel now that's probably the worst area that
you're gonna preach to because people are just going without clothes but you
start talking about the Bible with with women or even guys without shirts on and
they start just covering up you know parts of their body they start getting
embarrassed you say why because it's built into their conscience because they
know it they're doing it because everybody else is doing it but they know
it's not appropriate you start talking about the Bible and they cover up or you
know I've done so many before knocking a door and someone's dressed in an
immodest way you start preaching the gospel and they start just you know
covering up and they pretend like they're just crossing arms but you know
what they're doing they're trying to cover up parts of their body because
they feel a bit embarrassed you say why is it they feel embarrassed because it's
in their conscience they know it's not appropriate they don't need somebody to
tell that to them they already know that and people yes they get brainwashed by
the world but why would there be an exception if you go to the beach now I'm
not saying it's a sin to go to the beach but if you're gonna go to the beach I
would highly recommend going into an area that's not super crowded because
this is how people are gonna be dressed a family sort of atmosphere but I would
say cover up your nakedness it you know it's the same reason that you know what
I used to go to the gym a lot when I was younger and obviously having kids it
makes it a lot harder now but one reason I didn't really like to go to the gym as
you know when I was in college right oftentimes you know is it's just because
the way women were dressed and it's like I'm trying to get that out of my mind
and I just want to work out you know I love exercise and then it's just like
I would just I would try to go like early in the morning where there's not a
lot of people there or because I was just like man I don't want to be in this
atmosphere right because you know the way women are dressing it's like I'm
trying to get out of that from my mindset I just want to have a clear mind
and it's hard if all these images are popping in your mind where you are right
but it's inappropriate to be showing off your nakedness and that's the first
purpose of clothing you see in the Word of God is to cover up your nakedness
Nahum chapter 3 verse 4
it's kind of frustrating because the beach is like one of the greatest places
in the world to go isn't that true
the beach is awesome and you know what I've done family vacations before in
areas that don't have a lot of people and it's an awesome time it's like the
greatest thing that you can do but unfortunately if you're going where
there's like a bunch of college students
yeah it's not only gonna be the way they're dressed there's gonna be a lot
of alcohol flying around loud music blaring it's just not the best
atmosphere if you got young kids it's something you're trying to get out of
your mind rather than just having it right in front of you
right Nahum chapter 3 verse 4
here's another verse in verse 5 that talks about nakedness and this can be a
confusing verse because of the word skirt
when I talked about men I said for men it talks about breeches which is pants
and that could include shorts or pants
it's the same thing with women as well this word skirt is not referring to like
a half dress
it's not what it's referring to what a skirt is and I'm gonna give you the
definition then I'll show you what I'm talking about
the first definition if you go to an old dictionary is this a free-hanging part
of an outer garment or undergarment extending from the waist down
so right now this is the skirt of my garment
you understand what I'm saying because they'll say well Saul wore a skirt in the
Bible
no no he was wearing something like this where there's part of the object is
going past his waist
this would be called the skirt of my garments
ok now the second definition of skirt that you're going to find is what we
would think of as a skirt of a woman wearing like a half dress that goes to
the knee and of course you can see where it gets that that the name skirt because
the skirt of the garment is below the waist it starts at the waist and this is
the skirt of the garment
ok and so the Bible saying here when it says I would discover that skirts upon
my face it's basically saying like uncover and he's saying and I will show
that nations by nakedness so it's saying that you know if you have an in a
garment like this covering your nakedness and you bring it up
what are you showing you're showing your nakedness because this was covering
your nakedness
ok so in the Bible the word skirt it's consistent it's referring to basically
starting at the waist and going below so this is not a skirt in totality but this
is the skirt or the bottom of the garments that makes sense what I'm
saying it's kind of an old way that it expresses it but that's what the Bible
is referring to here now get a Matthew chapter 5 Matthew 5 Matthew chapter 5
so there's a couple things I want you to keep in mind here about this as we go
into the next point but the question that's obviously going to come up is
well brother Stuckey you said it's naked from your waist to your knee but what
about starting from your waist to your shoulder that's the obvious question
that everybody would have and here's what I would say that if you read the
Bible you're not going to find a clear verse that will say this part of your
body is biblically defined as being naked
ok there's not a clear verse the one verse I can think of we're basically
gonna be taken different ways is when Peter is fishing naked ok now I remember
the first time I'm reading through the Bible and I come across that part of
Peter fishing naked I just thought naked was like no clothes and I'm like why
would you be inside of a ship or a boat without any clothes on I was like that's
weird now I'm gonna say this that biblically speaking if you remember
Isaiah preached naked right I do not believe God was asking him to sin
because he's only preaching in front of other men and so biblically speaking
it's actually not a sin for a guy to be naked in front of another guy I still
think it's weird though right if we have a men's preaching night event make sure
you're wearing clothes okay but it's actually not considered sinful in front
of someone of the same gender okay but I think it's still strange like for
example when I was in high school you know when I played soccer you know
before you go back on the bus to drive home people could get a quick shower and
a lot of guys in the team did I never did because it's like I don't want to be
around other guys without my clothes on I think it's weird it's strange but
biblically speaking that would not be considered inappropriate so as Peter is
naked in front of the other you know basically shown off part of his body
that would be naked he's around the other apostles there'd be nothing sinful
about that but if you go to a public place you don't know who you're gonna
run into so for example you know if you walk out in public and you're showing
off this part of your body you say well you know I'm not front in front of
somebody of the opposite gender but you're gonna walk by somebody of the
opposite gender and you realize that and so the thing is that would actually be
considered inappropriate but when it comes to Peter fishing naked you know
what if we're looking at the Bible and the Bible is consistent where it says
this is nakedness then you would say probably that part of his thigh is
exposed some people say well maybe he's wearing long pants and he's without a
shirt but there's not really a verse that you can point to that I'm aware of
that would say this part of your body is naked you say brother Stuckey are you
saying there's nothing wrong with showing off this part of your body but
it doesn't really matter if it's naked or not because there's something called
point number three modesty and it might not be considered biblically naked but
there's something called modesty and when we dress of course number one
cover up your nakedness number two dress in your appropriate gender but number
three be modest and when we dress well I'm not showing off my nakedness but are
you modest because modesty is actually very important in the eyes of God Matthew
chapter 5 verse 27
Matthew 5 verse 27
Matthew 5 verse 27 you 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 hath committed adultery with her already in his heart now this is a
verse that would condemn guys that have a lustful heart and they're setting
their eyes upon things that they ought not but in any way that's a proper
application but I would also show you that it says with her and it seems to
indicate the woman can also be guilty you say why brother Stuckey because
here's the thing guys do not lust after women if they're dressed in a godly
inappropriate manner now I've talked about beauty before in the Word of God
and I said that when women dress as a woman it's a very beautiful thing but it
does not cause guys to lust in the way that somebody that's dressed like a
harlot would you see them and they look beautiful they look like a lady but it's
not going to cause them to lust in that way and what I would say is for a guy to
lust after woman it's probably because she's showing off parts of her body
that's the reality and so as a lady you say well guys shouldn't do that but you
know they're going to and you ought to dress in a modest way so number one of
course you're covering up your nakedness but you should also try to dress in a
modest way where you're not drawing lustful attention onto yourself you
got addressed modestly go to first Timothy chapter 2 first Timothy chapter 2
first Timothy chapter 2 now I want to be very clear on something point number two was the
biblical definition of nakedness and I could stand up here and say thus saith
the Lord this is what the Bible says modesty is a matter of opinion so one
person might think something is immodest someone else might not and what I would
say to that is that every man be fully persuaded in his own mind but all of us
should strive to be modest so what I'm saying is your law I mean the line for
nakedness I mean there's no arguing this part of the body is naked nobody could
argue that a question of modesty people could disagree or argue about various
things is this modest is this modest but you know what we should just all strive
to be modest it's kind of like when we talk about hair length the Bible says
men have short hair and women have long hair well I mean how short can I let it
get as a woman or how long can I let it get as a guy how about just not trying
to get close to the level of sin and just have the fact that you're trying to
do right and God approves with what you're doing don't even go close to the
line and when you're dressing modestly I'm not saying you have to look like a
Muslim woman right I mean the way Muslim women dress they cover up their entire
body I mean that's insane that's extreme I mean they're covering up like both
their eyes I mean I think women were given eyes so they can see where they're
going I don't think you got to cover up every part of their body like that but
at the same time there's kind of an in-between with how the world dresses
and with how a Muslim woman would dress and what you should strive to be modest
in the way you dress first in the chapter 2 verse 9 and like men are also
that women adorn themselves in modest apparel apparel is what you wear it's
your clothing and the Bible says adorn yourselves wear modest clothing with
shame-facedness and sobriety not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly
array the Bible says and it says not with broided hair which would be an old
spelling for the word braided and then gold or pearls or costly array now I'm
going to give you my opinion on this because an obvious question that comes
up is why is the Bible mentioning braided hair is there something wrong
with braided hair I don't believe there's anything wrong with braided hair
but it's kind of a verse that kind of stands out why does it mention this and
what I read online and this is not the Word of God so you can believe it or not
believe it I can't be a hundred percent dogmatic but what it says is in first
century Roman culture women would customarily braid or twist their hair
high under their heads often decorating their locks with jewels gold adornment
gold adornments and more to garner attention so the braided hair was a
means to put like costly stuff if you have a lot of money I don't know for
sure if that's true it sounds believable to me I wouldn't see anything that would
be wrong with braided hair that's my personal opinion but you know what I'm
not dogmatic I mean but that's what I would say about that but the idea is to
dress modestly not to draw attention to yourself well if you got gold in your
hair and costly pearls people are going to look they're going to say wait a
minute you know that person's rich and you're drawing attention on yourself now
here's the thing there's nothing wrong with showing this part of your body
right we're not Muslims or we're not a nun we're covering up everything right
but here's the thing if you're putting gold and silver people are going to look
at it from afar and say wait a minute that person's rich right now go in your
Bible to 1st Peter 3 I would also say there's nothing wrong with earrings for
a woman but the Bible speaks about women wearing earrings but obviously there can
be a balance where something that's flashy and trying to draw attention as
opposed to just trying to look nice there's nothing wrong with a woman
trying to look nice you can't point to a verse that would say it's a sin to wear
makeup or lipstick either there's nothing wrong with a woman doing that
but I would say and what we're going to see here is women ought to focus more on
the inside than the outside and it's more important to be right with God on
the inside and quite honestly it's going to be more beautiful to other guys
if you're right on the inside than on the outside and look I didn't just preach
that sermon on Mother's Day about beauty vainly I mean it it's true if women are
godly it isn't a very attractive thing to other guys especially a guy that is
right with God there's no doubt there is an attractiveness to a person that's
dressed like a harlot the Bible speaks about that in a lustful and sinful way
but if you're a godly lady y'all don't want to dress in a way you can dress
nice I'm not saying you have to wear clothes from like hundreds of years ago
or I'm not saying you can't wear colors but you know I dress modestly dress
godly and you want that is actually going to be a very attractive thing to
other guys when you're dressed in a modest and godly way and and here's the
great thing it's not going to cause guys to lust after you if you're dressed
appropriately Bible says in 1st Peter 3 verse 1 likewise he wives being
subjection 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 will they
behold your chase conversation coupled with fear who's adorning let it not be
that outward adorning of plating the hair and of wearing of gold or putting
out 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 God of great price what these verses are saying is care less about the
outside and care about the inside the meek and quiet spirit the godly
attitude the godly person it is in the sight of God of great price but in the
sight of a godly person of a godly man it's also a great price as well right
that is more important than the outside the inside matters a whole lot more than
the outside now here's the thing there's nothing wrong with trying to look nice
on the outside you would be going outside the Bible if you said it was
wrong for a woman to try to make her hair look nice and you know it'd be
wrong for her to ever wear anything nice it's wrong for her to wear makeup or
anything like that but the Bible is very consistent and clear focus more on the
inside then focusing on the outside go to Luke chapter 20 Luke 20
as I said with modesty things are a matter of opinion I don't have a verse
that would say well this is not modest this is modest I would just say that you
know what we ought to all strive to be right with God and we should strive to
be modest and when you dress in something make sure hey you know what
I'm covering up my nakedness it's gender appropriate but wait a minute am I
modest that is also important for example you know what you could be
wearing clothes that cover this part of your body but if they're extremely tight
I don't consider that modest I mean if they're drawing attention to guys
looking because it's like you're covering up that part of the body but
they're extremely tight so every curve and every part of the body is very
visible it's like I wouldn't consider that modest I would say you ought to
strive to dress in a way that is appropriate and modest and that is in
the sight of God of great price now here's the thing it is a lot easier for
men with clothing than women it's a lot easier the way I mean here's here's what
you got to understand who is it that runs the fashion industry women and
sodomites how do you think they want people to dress right I mean women and
sodomites are the ones that run the industry and probably mainly sodomites
run the industry how do you think they want people to dress I mean even even as
a guy anymore with pants they try to make them like super tight it's not
comfortable as a guy no guy wants to wear pants like that not something that's
comfortable and the way the fashion industry is they're trying to get people
to dress bad trying to get people to dress in ways that are not appropriate I
mean it's a fact I mean you'd have to be foolish to not realize that when homos
are running the fashion industry they want women to be shown off their body
and they want guys to be dressing like women that is a fact and I realize it is
more difficult for a lady to get proper and godly clothes than a man guys what
we do in the morning if you're not aware ladies we go inside of our you know
cabinet at home or closet and you know what if we haven't had our coffee we're
like but it doesn't matter because we just randomly grab whatever right it's
like I don't spend time like what am I gonna wear today it's like you just
grab whatever and just put it on it's like as guys it's just not that big of a
deal right and so I understand it's more difficult for ladies but here's what I
would say men also should dress modestly men also should dress modestly you know
here's the thing a guy's a guy could also dress covering showing off his
nakedness also because this is naked for both a woman and a guy for example what
about the NBA shorts in the 80s right I mean when you see those players from the
80s you see the Michael Jordan I mean the highlights of Michael Jordan doing
that slam dunk like half his thigh is exposed now I remember when I was
younger and I played soccer you know there would always be a set day where
the uniforms came in and you didn't know how long they were gonna be and it's
like you know on that day I remember sometimes you got your uniform and your
soccer shirts shorts for the year would go to like here every single guy was
angry you say why it's built into your conscience you don't want to show off
that part of your body you want long shorts to just cover it up even if you
don't know what the Bible says is that not true for men that have played shorts
you want to cover up that part of the body you feel weird about it right guys
also we should strive to dress in a modest way cover up our nakedness
dressed in a modest way also now I'm gonna give you an example what I'm
talking about here and you can agree or disagree but but here's what I want to
say I believe if it is a modest for a woman to show off this part of her body
it's a modest for a guy to show off this part of his body also now you can agree
or disagree and that's fine I'm giving you my opinion as I said modesty can be
something that it's a matter of opinion but I would certainly consider it
immodest if a woman is showing off this part of her body I would say it's
immodest if a guy's showing off that part of his body now when I was in
college I was probably 21 years old I remember me and my friends were planning
to go to the beach one summer which I am NOT recommending this these are stories
from my past over 15 years ago but we were college students that worked out
all the time that were shallow and vain and so you know what we were trying to
get muscular abs and here's the thing the darker the skin the more your
muscles show that's the way it works that's why body builders will put on the
spray on tan and so I remember when I was in college we're getting ready to
go to the speech trip and I remember I I went running a lot in college and I
remember I went running without my shirt on to try to get a tan and I'll tell you
what as I went running without a shirt on I felt weird as I ran by other people
I felt embarrassed I felt shame I felt you know it's like you know I couldn't
wait to get back to my car because it's like man this is not right it's not
appropriate now I wouldn't have felt that way in front of another guy because
guys around a guy it's like whatever when you grow up in sports you play
shirts and skins as guys no big deal but in front of another woman it's like
you're running by other women it's like I felt weird about you say why did I
know a Bible verse about it no but here's the thing it was just inside of
me I just felt like it was inappropriate and as guys I would say that this part
of the body is also something that should be covered up I don't see
exceptions for going to the beach either I think it's something that is
immodest now if you disagree that's fine you're welcome and entitled to your
opinion but I think both for guys and girls that this part of the body it's
immodest now it's not naked I can't point to a verse that would say that
well what I would say is we should strive to be modest and I would say I
don't think that is modest Luke chapter 20 verse 45 Luke 20 verse 45 it says in
Luke 20 verse 45 we'll look at just a couple more places Luke 20 verse 45 it
says then in the audience of all the people who said unto disciples beware of
the scribes which desire to walk in long robes why would a guy desire to walk
in a long robe like seriously is that the way you would want to dress if you
go to Robinson's do you want to wear a long robe look I would never wear a suit
to Robinson's grocery store to the Plan K or anything like that you say why I
would feel weird about it so why would a guy want to wear a long robe that's not
going to be comfortable what says they desire to walk in long robes and love
greetings in the markets and the highest seats in the synagogues and the chief
rooms of feasts which devour widows houses and for a show make long prayers
the same shall receive greater damnation they like the attention they like to be
called oh it's a pastor right they want to dress in a way we're
strong attention to them let me give an example this if a Buddhist monk is
wearing his orange garb his orange attire his orange clothing and he goes
to Robinson's everybody will stare at him why because it's gonna just stand
out from people that are dressed like normal people is that modest no because
modest means you're not drawing attention to yourself when I grew up in
the Protestant Church that the ministers would wear these long robes just like
you see in the Bible that were bright purple right they're wearing these
purple garments and they had this giant scarf over their neck I mean I don't
know why except for the fact they're drawing attention and when people see
them it's like oh it's the minister it's it's the reverend is how they would call
them it's like what are they doing they're trying to draw attention to
themselves it's like why are the nuns dressed the way they are to draw
attention to themselves so when people see them oh it's a holy person it's a
nun right to draw attention to themselves that is not modest either so
here's the thing if you saw me in Pampanga when I go to the grocery store
you know how I'm dressed you know I'm dressed in a normal shirt I don't wear a
suit I don't wear a tie right we have the ATM near our house and when I go to
the ATM I usually wear shorts and a t-shirt shorts that go down to the knee
you say why brother Stuckey because it's hot because I don't want to put on
like a bunch of clothes if it's just a little bit away so make sure I cover my
nakedness go to the ATM get the money out go back to the house because I'm
dressed like a normal person and if you're trying to dress to stand out
that's not modest even if you're covering up every part of your body look
the way Muslim women dress is not modest it stands out you can see them
from a mile away the way they're dressed it's like that's not modest and so when
we're wearing clothing obviously we should cover up our nakedness it's not
really part of the sermon but gender specific but we should also strive to
dress in a modest way so the recap of this sermon is that what is the biblical
definition of nakedness if you look at all the verses what is the thing that's
very clear this part of the body from the waist to the knee on both sides
would be considered naked according to the Word of God I can't point to a verse
that would say this part of the body is naked but what I would say is it's not
modest we ought to dress in a way that's modest so number one make sure you're
covering up your nakedness and number two dress gender specific but number
three we should dress in a way where we're modest we're not standing out
right I mean this is not what the Bible has in mind where it's like oh they're
gonna see your good works let's your light so shine before men that they may
see your good works let's your long flowing robe shine before men no that's
not what the Bible is saying the Bible is saying you look and act like a normal
person so when you're a godly person and you're a little bit different that
stands out because they look at you as a normal person that is what the Bible is
actually saying let's go to more to prayer dear Heavenly Father thank you
for allowing us to be here today and getting to see this topic on nakedness
God and help all of us to number one make sure we dress to cover up our
nakedness number two dress gender specific but number three help us also
to dress in a modest way help us just to strive on the inside to dress in a way
that would be pleasing to you God we pray this in Jesus name amen
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