It says in verse 1, "Like wives ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that
if any obey not the word, they may be one without the word, be won by the conversation
of the wives."
Meaning they're going to be won over by the conversation of the wives.
"While they behold your chaste conversation, coupled with fear," talking about the fear
of the Lord there, "who's adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plating 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 God of great price."
And so what we see next about the virtuous woman is that she's more concerned with what's
inside of her heart than with her outward appearance.
It doesn't say she riseth also while it is yet night that she may begin to apply her
makeup, that she may begin the toilette, you know, that's going to take hours and hours
of primping and preening and making herself look oh so perfect.
You know, the Bible says let the adorning not be the outward adorning of plating the
hair, of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel.
He said it's not about fancy clothes, fancy hairdo, fancy jewelry.
It says let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible.
Even the ornament, because ornament is the word the Bible uses about the accessories
or accoutrements that women wear, right?
Accessories, bracelets, watches, necklaces, earrings.
It says the real ornament is the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
Now, what is meekness?
Meekness is the opposite of pride and arrogance.
And the Bible says pride and arrogance and the foward tongue that the Lord hate.
God hates pride and arrogance.
And so a woman should be meek and quiet, not loud, stubborn, arrogant.
Now a lot of women that are lifted up as role models today to our young people out in the
world, what are they?
Loud, arrogant, prideful, and stubborn.
You know, they have this attitude.
You look at the celebrities, you look at the music stars, the pop stars, the movie stars.
The women are these very independent, you know, I can do it all myself, I don't need
a man types.
And that is not biblical.
And that is not who I want my children emulating.
I'm not going to let my daughters listen to that music or watch those movies.
Because I don't want them to think that that is what a woman should strive to be.
The Bible says a woman should strive to have a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight
of God of great price.