Amen, we are in Proverbs chapter number 7 and verse number 10 where the Bible reads
here and behold there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot and subtle of heart
she is loud and stubborn her feet abide not in her house now she is without now in the
streets and lieth and wait at every corner so she caught him and kissed him and with
an impudent face said unto him I have peace offerings with me this day have I paid my
vows therefore can I forth to meet thee diligently to seek thy face and I have found thee and
the title of my sermon this morning is the attire of a harlot the attire of a harlot
now before we get into you know you prejudge the sermon and you too now just know this
is that that phrase is found in the Bible so the words of the Lord according to the
Bible are pure words okay and these are the words that God has chosen to identify a specific
woman and he calls her a harlot and by the way another word for a harlot according to
the Bible is would be excuse me in our modern terms would be prostitute okay now what does
the Bible mean when it speaks of a woman wearing the attire of a harlot well attire simply
means clothing okay and then as I mentioned a harlot is a prostitute this is a woman who
basically sells her body for money all right now so according to the Bible there is clothing
that will identify a woman and not just a woman of course a man as well and here we
see that it identifies a woman as being a harlot looking like a prostitute so we can
basically determine a person's character based upon the clothing that they wear now we live
in a society today that says well don't judge right don't judge and you shouldn't judge
judge not that you be not judge but you know what that's a bunch of garbage because the
Bible all throughout the Word of God from Genesis to Revelation we see God making judgment
on people we see God commanding prophets to make judgments on people and in fact there's
an entire book in the Bible called the book of Judges where people are judging the people
of God and this book is a very judgmental book Jesus judged all right so it's foolish
to say well don't judge well you know what if we if we're not the judge then we have
to throw out the entire Bible because the entire Bible makes judgment on certain things
and in fact the Bible says we which are spiritual can judge all things so obviously we're supposed
to judge righteous judgment well what is that judging according to the Word of God
we don't just speak things out of our neck with no facts we use the Word of God to judge
specific subjects now the subject I'm preaching on this morning is a subject that a lot of
pastors stay away from and I'm gonna tell you why because they're afraid of the ladies
in their church that's why okay it's a church that's run by women it's a church that's run
by the pastor's wife and the pastor's scared to get up and talk about a subject like this
because he's a weakling that's why okay but you know what why are we afraid to talk about
what the Word of God says you know you know have I become your enemy because I tell you
the truth you know we ought to take what the Word of God teaches us apply it to ourselves
are we guilty of it that doesn't make you a wicked person that just makes you someone
who possibly is just ignorant of the subject and you can change after that now go to Genesis
chapter 38 so what's the subject about today it's it's about modesty okay and obviously
there's a lot more that goes into this this subject here but basically it is about modesty
and yeah we're gonna hit on the men as well because you know what we have today is a bunch
of men who want to dress like women right a bunch of you feminine skinny jeans wearing
pink shirts faggoty men who this society has unfortunately raised up to be soft snowflakes
you know and guess what it portrays in the way they dress they want to look like girls
you have Will Smith's son dressing in the tutu and a dress as if it's like an appropriate
thing no that's an abomination according to God's Word okay and we need to make sure that
as God's people we draw the line and say hey that's wrong that's an abomination that's
wicked that's faggotry okay and not just say well we need to be accepting of all these
things you know we do you know if that's what he wants to do that's his prerogative but
you know that's not God's prerogative Genesis 38 verse 15 says in the process of time the
daughter of Shuah Judah's wives died and Judah was comforted and went up went up unto his
sheep shearers to Timnath and his and his friends Hira the Adulamite excuse me and it
was told Tamar saying behold thy father-in-law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep and
she put her widow's garment off of off from her and covered her with the veil and wrapped
herself and sat in an open place now verse 14 says a widow's garment okay how would we
translate that today well when there's a funeral you don't go to a funeral wearing lavish colors
right just looking all bright and loud what do you wear you wear clothing that's fit for
a funeral which is probably black clothing you see that at funerals you wear black clothing
something that that signifies mourning so the Bible says here that she took off her
widow's garment we don't know specifically what that looked like but obviously it represented
that she was mourning okay and it says which is by the way of Timnath for she saw that
Sheila was grown and she was not given it to him to wife when Judah saw her he thought
her to be a harlot because she had covered her face now Judah's being a little pervert here
because he's looking for a prostitute right okay and he finds this woman a Tamar and the reason he
was able to see oh there's a prostitute was based upon the fact that she was dressed like a
prostitute which is what exactly what she was going for now she was wearing a veil over her
face so in those days obviously that's signified that's a prostitute okay today's day prostitutes
don't do that as far as I know you know what do they wear they wear as little as they can wear
while they're walking the streets so they can advertise what they're trying to sell okay and
that's how you can tell it's a prostitute you can see a woman walking down the street wearing as
little clothing as she possibly can to show off what she wants to sell you understand that so
is it passing judgment to drive by and say oh yeah that's a prostitute no that's what she wants
people to know does that make sense so based upon her clothing look we may not even know her okay we
don't know her life we don't know what's taking place we don't know if she's married we don't know
if it's true or not but based upon the clothing that she's wearing we say oh yeah that's a whore
that's a prostitute but don't let the word whore offend you either that's a biblical word that's
found in the Bible God out of his own mouth says the word whore okay now go with me if you would to
Genesis chapter 3 go to Genesis chapter 3 you see the clothing represents the kind of people we are
it describes us to a world that may not know us personally and the Bible passes judgment on those
who wear specific clothing and we can determine who they are based upon with what they wear now
is it right obviously to just write off a person based upon what they wear obviously in certain
cases it's not you know when we're out sowing if you run into some gangster who's tatted from head
to toe he has piercings like he fell into a tackle box you know he looks worldly as the day as long
we shouldn't say oh that person's not gonna get saved how do you know that you know you ought to
go up to that person and in spite of what they look like give them the gospel you know maybe
it's a woman who's dressed very immodest and she's showing off her body and she's very immodest
almost naked we should not pass judgment say well this person's not gonna get saved you know she's
a whore well you don't know that how do you know that you go up to them give them the gospel make
sure that they get saved you know that's that's the goal obviously okay so we shouldn't pass
judgment say well these people can't get saved because now they're not dressing a shirt and a
tie you know they don't have their hair some certain way and they have a vulgar mouth or
whatever they can't get saved no that ought not to be the case okay look my experience gangsters
are like them like the best people to witness to sometimes because they're always near death
amen no drive-bys and all they're always getting shot at they're getting beat up and all these
things you know they have a recognition that God exists so this morning I want to preach on this
on the subject of modesty but there's three aspects that I want to talk about first of all
I want to talk about the purpose of clothing then I want to talk about number two the purpose of
modesty and the last part I want to talk about is the purpose of standards okay I want to talk
about those three specific things first and foremost let's talk about the purpose of clothing
so clothing is the attire necessary to cover our bodies all right it's to protect us from the
elements but it's also to cover our nakedness now go to Genesis chapter 3 in verse number 21 Adam
and Eve when God created everything they were naked okay you know obviously they're naked but
here's the thing according to the Bible because they had not sinned there was no shame there okay
there was no shame they didn't know that they were naked it wasn't until Eve took of the forbidden
fruit and gave unto her husband and their eyes were open that they realized that they were naked
and therefore they had shame now look at Genesis 3 21 says and the Lord God called unto 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 thee that thou was naked has thou eaten of the
tree wherever I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat skip down to verse number 21 verse number
21 says and unto Adam also unto his wife that the Lord God made coats of skins and clothed them so
here we see that the first first event of someone making clothing is God and he's making it for Adam
and Eve to clothe their nakedness because it's shameful they understand that they're they're
naked they're ashamed and by the way being naked and being ashamed go hand in hand right so when
you're naked you ought to be ashamed of yourself but what we have today people just half naked
they're showing off their thighs and they're showing off all these things and they're not
ashamed of it there's something wrong with that because nakedness and shame go hand in hand
according to the Bible and if you're not ashamed of it and there's something wrong with you that's
just fact but here we see by the way this is the first instance of God violating veganism
amen he killed he kills the animal and he uses the the the the skins to clothe man okay go to
Proverbs or go to Isaiah chapter 47 I'm gonna read to you from Proverbs 27 go to Isaiah 47 I'm gonna
read to you from Proverbs 27 verse 26 says the lambs are for thy clothing and the goats are the
price of the field so we understand that first and foremost obviously clothing is supposed to
protect us from the elements whether it's jackets you know sweaters things that protect that we
don't just walk out naked into the just even if nakedness was not wrong it'd be wise to wear
clothing right okay but I want to show you that according to the Bible we're gonna see what God
considers nakedness in the Bible okay and a perfect definition of that is found in Isaiah 47
in verse number 1 through 3 it says come down and sit in the dust O virgin daughter of Babylon sit
on the ground there is no throne O daughter of the Chaldeans for thou shalt no more be called
tender and delicate take the millstones and grind meal uncover thy locks make bear the leg uncover
the thigh pass over the river so in verse number two we see here the same make bear the leg and
he specifically references what part of the leg he says uncover the thigh now look at verse number
three thy nakedness shall be uncovered yea thy shame shall be seen I will take vengeance and I
will not meet thee as a man so according to God's definition nakedness is the thigh and anything
around the thigh ie the hinder parts of your body your buttocks okay we shouldn't say but
buttocks is in the Bible as well okay the hinder parts if you don't like buttocks the hinder parts
that's nakedness according to the Bible okay so let me just chase a rabbit here that's why guys
don't sag showing off your hinder parts pull up your pants you know oh but I'm just trying to look
like I'm trying to look like a G yeah you're looking like a like well I was gonna say a gay
but you look like a Q like a queer because if you study the history even of those who would where
that comes from it comes from prison from sodomites who wanted to also prostitute themselves and the
way they would do is they would sag their pants to show off their hinder parts disgusting sodomites
would do that okay so pull up your pants you know and I wish gangsters would know that like hey G
hey homie homos do that okay you know that's not appropriate you're showing off your back parts
you know you're showing off your buttocks and that's ungodly according to the Word of God it's
nakedness but so is the thigh okay now we live in a society that you know to be honest with you the
culture has conditioned people to think that the thigh is not nakedness and the reason why is
because women are always showing their thighs all over television and the movies and the streets
everywhere and it has conditioned people to think that the thighs are not nakedness okay but we need
to go back to what the Word of God says and the Bible says that the thigh is nakedness according
to the Word of God so that means miniskirts go out the window okay because you're showing off
your nakedness now it says there it uses nakedness and shame interchangeably go to
Exodus chapter 28 and we don't have time this morning but if you look at all the references
of what nakedness is it references the thighs and it references the hinder parts you go to
Songs of Solomon which is a book written for everyone but specifically it's a reference to
married people and never references the thighs or never references the hinder parts why is that
because it's in a it would be inappropriate because this is a book that's referencing the
physical relationship between a man and a woman and it doesn't talk about the buttocks and it
doesn't highlight the thighs either it talks about the breast it talks about the stomach it talks
about even the calves but it doesn't reference the thighs or the hinder parts why because God
is appropriate he's holy therefore he's not gonna reference those things to put that image in your
mind okay Exodus 28 verse 41 says and now shall put them upon Aaron thy brother and his sons verse
41 and his sons with them and and shall anoint them and consecrate them and sanctify them that
they may minister unto me in the priest's office and now shall I make them linen breeches to cover
their nakedness from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach so again we see there the linen
breeches what are those those are pants okay they cover the loins up until the thighs the Bible says
and by the way nakedness as far as the thighs are concerned yes it's for ladies but it's also
for men as well so you know biker shorts go out the window as well okay give me some other kind
of shorts where's some weird what speedos way too far let me think of something else uh Daisy
dude that's the way I was saying Daisy Dukes now look no man should even admit if that if you wear
those don't say oh yeah I got a pair of those no no no that's that's like the 70s but even then
even to the Senate that's still nakedness you're showing off your thighs you know and and Christian
churches they have these things backwards today you know there's a church in Laverne who you know
they don't allow their guys to wear shorts when they're playing basketball they make them wear
like sweats but they allow their ladies to wear shorts it's like what's wrong with you that's a
church is run by them by the wife right there by the way okay but the fact remains is that the
thighs are still nakedness all right you should not be showing off oh you know I just you know I
just like I work out you know and you know I know how to deadlift this many this much and so I got
these big thighs it just it just pops out everyone so hide it because it's considered nakedness
according to the Bible yeah okay and so we need to make sure that whatever sport we're doing
whatever activity we're doing we're conscious of the fact that we're not showing off our shame okay
now breaches in the Bible are pants you could look it up anywhere in the internet and I know
there's people out there and say well you know women have always wearing pants okay and I'm
gonna get into that all right we're gonna talk about pants on women so hold your hold your seats
okay but I want to first mention the fact that clothing is for is for to cover the nakedness
is to cover our shame but it's also to differentiate genders okay what does that mean is to show that a
woman is a woman and a man is a man okay and there's no in-between fluid gender whatever
sick title you want to come up with no a man is a man and a woman is a woman go to Deuteronomy
chapter 22 say well what happens if you blend the lines well I'm going to show you what happens
when you blend the lines Deuteronomy 22 and verse number five says here the woman shall not wear
that which pertaineth unto a man neither shall a man put on a woman's garment for all that do
so our abomination unto the Lord thy God abomination means God finds you disgusting
he loathes you that's what abomination means so when you would a woman wears that which pertains
to a man and vice versa God says you're an abomination now people try to argue this and
say yeah but it doesn't say pants you know it doesn't say pants it just says that which pertains
into a man so how do you know that that's referencing pants well this is how you can
know this okay because in that same verse it says this neither shall a man put on a woman's garment
so if I were to ask you what would that look like you would say well that's like a man wearing a
dress why because you understand that a dress is something that pertains to a woman it makes sense
so if when it says a woman shall not wear that which pertaining to a man we say pants he's all
except for pants what we just said that a dress pertains to a woman so obviously we know we don't
need a biology class we don't even need the Bible for this we understand the pants automatically
that's referencing a man what a man wears that which pertains to a man okay now look and I know
you you're probably up you're sitting there you're thinking oh man he's probably talk about me I'm
talking with everyone today okay because we need to get this down pat we need to understand that
this is abomination this is sinful and look it's not just and look we're not saying don't wear
pants when you come to church I don't wear pants at all because there's another theology that
teaches this well we're supposed to be modest and wear skirts when we come to church you ought to be
modest at all times you don't wear that which pertaining to a man ever because I mean is God
only in the church right he's omnipresent that means he's at home too right what about your
what my wife has never worn pants ever in her life okay and when we're home guess what she
wears she wears a skirt why because dude around me 22 to 5 I don't want my mom my wife to be an
abomination okay oh you're just being mean and I'm just quoting what the Bible says here
and just be honest with yourself that's what it means okay so obviously we would see if a man
walked in here with the stinking dress on we throw them out because we're saying that guy's
wearing that which pertains to a woman he's probably a sodomite you know but the but the
problem is is that we don't bat an eye when a woman does it now obviously a man wearing a dress is
like an extreme okay that would be extreme because that's that's that's obviously signifying this guy
something's wrong with this guy he's a sodomite or something but women have been conditioned to wear
pants for many years now to the point where even pastors and churches accept it as a norm but it's
not normal okay now you can argue this as much as you want and say well you know pants this and pass
that but here's the thing in the Bible you will not find a woman wearing pants anytime breaches
our references in reference to a man okay and he said well I thought people in the Bible wore
dresses didn't the men wear didn't Jesus wear like a long dress no tear tear up the Mormon you know
picture that you have of Jesus he wasn't wearing that okay now he wore a coat according to the
Bible because if you remember when he was crucified they were casting lots for his coat and the reason
why is because obviously it was an expensive coat because it was woven from from top to the
bottom the Bible says okay so it's hand woven from top to bottom and that's something that men
would wear back in those days you say well how do you know that well many times in the Bible you'll
see you hear this phrase gird up thy loins like a man so if a man is wearing a dress and no breeches
no pants girding up your loins means you have to pull up your pants to run or to work or whatever
well at that point it would become naked however if you have breeches on you can gird up your
loins you can gird up your coat and tuck them into your breeches okay this so you can work
and you can run you can do all those activities okay and another way to prove that as well is
that when in the Bible when men would use the restroom it would use the phrase to cover their
feet okay that means something's dropping okay they're not pulling up their their dress to do
so is what I'm saying so this this false teaching that men in the Bible wore dresses is exactly that
it's false they wore pants now obviously they weren't pants like this okay they weren't jeans
there are breeches it would come from the knee all the way up into the loins the Bible says but that
was necessary because that's exactly what they needed in order to work okay now so don't give
me this you know you know Jesus were dressed in the Bible not the Jesus of the Bible of the of
the King James Bible right okay he wore pants and there's never a recording of a woman ever wearing
pants in the Bible okay now look for sometimes this subject for women is very difficult they can
all in King James all in post trip all in hate sodomites all in all these other things often
this is like the last thing to go this is a struggle for a lot of ladies okay it's fact
I've been in church long enough to know this for a fact I've known godly ladies who love the Lord
but they struggle with this matter of modesty you say why I don't know I don't know why and if I
could pinpoint to something it's because they're so brainwashed by Hollywood too much Hollywood too
much TV too much feminization of this country too much too many feminists who have inserted
their false ideologies into the minds of the ladies of different churches okay so now let
me talk about this okay you say well you know there's there's pants that can be modest though
brother Bruce you know well first of all obviously if a woman wears tight pants it's a modest because
it's showing their form okay he said well what if they're loose though you know like business
well at that point she looks like a man yeah okay so that goes out the window window because then
she's starting to look masculine okay you said what about leggings okay because that's a big
subject what about leggings you know is that a modest I don't think it is a modest for a woman
to wear leggings under her skirt and the reason for that he said well you know it's crotched you
know so it's almost like she's putting on pants you know what I mean but here's the thing if it's
wrong tool for a woman to wear leggings then that means they can't wear undergarments either right
because undergarments are crotched right so they're doing that but the reason I don't think
it's a modest is because if a woman wears leggings typically it's for the purpose of if they're
wearing a skirt if they fall or something happens and their dress goes up they're not showing their
nakedness so it's pretty it's to prove prevent showing your nakedness is what it is okay now I
understand this people there's ladies who cross the line sometimes and what they'll do is they
wear leggings and there were black leggings and they wear a skirt up to here no I'm modest you
know you can't really tell you know no at that point you're still a modest okay because you're
showing the form of your thighs still okay that's why and this is my opinion you don't have to take
it you can throw this in the garbage if you want to not if you want the standard that I have for
my family is that my wife wears long dresses oh I think we should just be right at the knee then
do whatever you want okay but my wife wears long dresses okay cuz we I want the standard for my
family to be something so far that when she sits down her skirts not not gonna go up and you're
gonna potentially be able to see something you're not supposed to see or for her to show something
that she's not supposed to show okay better to be safe why be at the borderline why be at the very
edge and say yeah I'm just gonna obey right at the border right at the line because that's where
God allows me to do it so that's where I'm gonna do it why not just go a little further have a
standard that's a little bit higher and I'm not teaching doctor the commandments of men for
doctrines I'm not doing that I'm telling you what the standard is for my family for the sake of their
safety for the sake of not you know the filing some guys mind that if she sits down her skirt
goes up that you can see up her skirt okay now my opinion according to the Bible is that women
should never wear pants okay so why because the Bible tells us that that's an abomination all
right now you say well are you gonna allow me to keep coming to church if I wear pants yeah you
can keep going to church I mean but you're gonna hear preaching like this often so you know sure
if you want you're just gonna think I'm talking about you every time you do you see what I'm
saying and look don't think that I hate you don't think that I'm mad at you you know I need to teach
the Word of God and I need to talk about this subject just accept it okay and if you don't want
to change and that's your prerogative but at the end of the day I'm just telling you what the Word
of God says better to tell you what God's Word says then to glaze you over with some some
encouraging sermon and you don't grow out of anything you think you're just doing right all
the time we need to be told that we're doing wrong at times so we can correct it okay look guys today
you see a lot of guys wearing jeans that are just like ripped up showing off their thighs you know
it's like you paid money for that for those jeans why don't you just take a knife to you the
jeans that you have now and they often pay more money for the jeans that are cut up is that true
they pay a lot of money for some jacked-up jeans that they could have just done themselves with
the pair of scissors at home but you know what it's all it's it's interesting it's like before
it was before when I was a kid you know we would have ripped up jeans because we would be playing
and it was you know the knees would be torn and stuff like that my mom would get mad he's like
you're always going messing up your jeans but now you see like slit slit slit slit slit slit it's
like what is that you think that I mean what do you want to look like you just got out of a car
accident right what's the deal with that but you know what the fact remains is that still that's
still a modest because you're showing off your thighs okay and look we the Bible says it right
there in verse number five these these people who do this are transvestites they're an abomination
to the Lord right okay and we need to bring back that term transvestite I used to hear it all the
time when I was a kid transvestite is a guy who's just like a woman and a woman who dresses like a
man those are trans best sites no they're fluid you know gender equality whatever no the transvestites
an abomination of the transvestites okay now let's move on here go to Exodus 28
so not just the ladies but obviously the men in our culture today have just been brainwashed
and conditioned to just look soft you know what the colors and stuff like that and I understand
there's colors in different countries that signify something else but you know what we're
living in the United States the United States if you're wearing like pink and you're a guy
there's something wrong with that I remember when I was growing up probably in year 2000 2001 or 2
it became very popular for rappers to wear pink they have pink coats you know pink timberland
boots pink everything and it was just like you're a man if you were a pink and I was just like I
don't know no I never as an unsaved person I was like I'm not a girl why would I want to wear pink
you know but we have today guys who want to emulate the Hollywood queers look and sound easy
feminists the day is long and I said it before and I'll say it again get off the soy because
the soy is what's making you effeminate okay you want to just start talking like this and all
you know and he's like yeah but these guys get all the girls they get the girls but look who
they're attracting though you know that girl's gonna run him by the way she's not dating that
guy cuz he's a strong leader he's dating and she's dating him because he's cute in her eyes you know
if you want something that's cute get a puppy but you know what happens is they get these guys who
are soft but they're not running anything they're not leaders they're not manly they don't even have
control over their emotions these are the same guys who still cry over everything and they're
hanging like girls but you know what the the girls of this world that's what they like unfortunately
you know and I'm not to be that and by the way girls don't go for guys like that you know you're
gonna be gravely disappointed but he's so cute you know what that's only gonna last for so long
and you're gonna be like man this guy sucks as a man he can't make any decisions he can't provide
for me he gets hurt every time I make a comment to him he's all sensitive you know that I'm not
to be the case with men we ought to be manly and that displays in the clothing that we wear okay
that displays in how we portray ourselves how we talk how we shake hands okay all those things now
there's people who are not saved and those people who don't have biblical principles that do all
those things and obviously some of them are ungodly okay we're just saying that the things
that you wear obviously is supposed to reflect your heart it's supposed to reflect the godliness
of your heart all right now what what else is clothing for it's to represent Christ okay so what
you wear ought to portray Christ in some way I'm not saying we're a Jesus shirt okay you know I'm
not I'm not against Christian t-shirts I have Christian t-shirts but what I'm saying is this
is how you wear certain things and what you wear ought to signify okay this is a obviously a
Christian man or this is a Christian young lady and look that's why it's good for women to wear
dresses I mean if you go to the grocery store everyone has done this at one time or another
they go to their grocery store some public forum and what do they see they see a woman wearing a
long dress and what's the first thought that comes to mind well that person is probably a Christian
now they might be like Mormon or something like that Luz del Mundo or something but for the most
part we correlate a modest dress with Christianity not a hoochie dress you know because obviously you
don't go into a grocery store see a girl with the hoochie miniskirt and say oh yeah that must be like
the pastor's wife right there all right that's not the first thought that comes to mind but when you
see a woman with the dress you say okay that person must be a Christian okay and I've had
multiple times when I'm out with my wife and people stare at us you know possibly because of
the way we're dressed the way my wife's dressed and you can you already know what's going through
their minds like oh these people must be Christian they must go to church why because that's what
we're representing you see what I'm saying so and obviously there's an extreme to that where
you're just a hypocrite you look like a Christian but you don't act like one we're talking about
those who act like Christians then we're talking about those who are trying to live a righteous and
holy life you ought to reflect that in your dress as well okay in your clothing that that's why
Christians Christian men should never wear like worldly clothing with worldly logos all right or
sodomite logos or satanic stuff on their shirts vulgar things on their shirts like oh yeah but
I'm saved bro you know yeah but you know what you misrepresenting Christ by your shirts by the way
you dress you're looking worldly okay the Bible says in Exodus 28 verse 1 and take thou unto thee
Aaron thy brother and his sons with him from among the children of Israel that he may minister unto
me in the priest's office even Aaron Nadab and Abihu Eliezer and Ithamar Aaron's son and now
shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty and now shall speak unto all
that are wise hearted whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom that they may make Aaron's
garments to consecrate him that he may minister unto me in the priest's office so here we see and
you say well that's the priesthood yeah but you know what we're all spiritually priests as well
and our clothing ought to represent Christ it ought to represent who the Lord is okay and look
are you saying you should party we should part our hairs like you know okay I'm not saying that
that's my that's my stand that's this is how I've combed my hair for the last 11 years okay I have
my son comb his hair like this but that's the standard I have for my family okay that's what
I want for my family but what I'm saying is this you ought to represent Christ in some way okay
with your clothing all right and look when it comes to the matter of hair you know the Bible
specifically says if we'll get into it too much today that a woman ought to have long hair okay
but not only that it shows that a man ought not to have long hair okay and does not nature even
teach you that a man have long hair it is a shame unto him the Bible says and look there's no
specific standard in the Bible or some sort of template that we can go by but look if it's
starting to get a little shabby if it's getting a little too long if I can't tell you are a man
but when you're walking away from me you should probably cut your hair you determine the standard
by which how you should cut your hair okay you can shave it you can keep it short somewhat long
but as long as it's not representing what a woman would look like if she had her hair as long as you
did okay and look that's we're not hippies here we're Christians okay cut your hair I just you
know I'm just blessed with nice hair man get off that you know we have too many guys that are
concerned about their hair right you know they make sure that they they have specific shampoos
and stuff like that they comb it they make sure they brought no they don't call me they brush
their hair her you know no you know we ought to make sure and I be well groomed but don't look
like a woman right okay cut your hair do it okay now let me get off that first just a second so
that's what clothing is I already talked way too much about clothing but you know what it is it's
to protect ourselves from the elements it's to cover our nakedness it's to represent Christ but
now I'm going to talk about modesty specifically about modesty go to first Timothy chapter 2 what
is modesty modesty is having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits importance free
from vanity and really the basic definition of modesty is to be humble okay now look what
1st Timothy 2 verse 8 says I will therefore that men pray everywhere lifting up holy hands without
wrath and doubting in like manner also so just the way this man is to pray everywhere he's lifting up
holy hands and like manner also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shame
face and it's in sobriety not with broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly array but which
become its women professing godliness with good works let the woman learn in silence with all
subjection I just threw in verse 11 in there for good measure so it says there to adorn themselves
with modest apparel okay and it says there with shame face and it's in sobriety that means with
humility so that means you ought to dress with humility not flashy not acting like you got your
bougie it out and you got it all together and you got money beyond days no shame face and this
means you're you're ashamed it's humility is what it is and sobriety then it says not with broidered
hair gold pearls or costly array now there's two things I want to say about this one I don't think
it's sinful to have these things but I do think it's sinful to have these things to the point
where you're no longer have shame facing this you're no longer humble okay in other words
your diamond is about this big okay you just how's your day oh you know and it's just like the only
thing you see is a diamond I'm exaggerating here but when it becomes excessive okay now the reason
I say that is because of this go to 1st Peter chapter 3 same thing with broidered hair what
is broidered hair that's braided hair there is a modest way to have braided hair but then there's
also an immodest way to have braided hair and the way you say well how do I determine which
one's which does it call attention are you calling attention to yourself by your broidered hair gold
pearls and costly array okay or if someone's talking to you can they not pay attention to
your face because of all these things that you have on your body okay if all they can see is the
gold the pearls the braided hair all these things then it's taking away attention from your face
then yeah that actually does become immodest okay now look at 1st Peter chapter 3 and verse
number 3 it says there likewise you wise being subjection to your own husbands that if any obey
not in the word they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wise why they
behold your chase conversation coupled with fear who's adorning let it not be the outward adorning
of the plating of the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel so we can't say
necessarily that what that which we see in 1st Timothy chapter 2 should not be done at all
because in 1st Peter chapter 3 it says or of putting on of apparel well which women have to
wear apparel you know in order to cover their nakedness what it's saying is this don't let
your adorning be that what is the adorning verse 4 but let it be the hidden man of the heart and
that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight
of God of great price the Bible says for after this manner in the old time the holy woman also
who trusted in God adorned themselves how being in subjection unto their own husbands you see what
we need today is women who are not focused on what they're wearing but how their character is
okay it's not necessarily the gold the pearls and cosy array how's your heart today because look
there's women who wear they just modestly but their heart is probably wicked you know they're
not right with God they're they're not reading the Bible they're not praying they're not living
a holy life when they're outside of the church what we want is both what God wants is both okay
and he says look not bad to have brooded hair gold pearl cosy array but that's not the adorning
that necessarily God is steams you know what he steams the meek and quiet spirit which is in
stark contrast to the woman in Proverbs chapter number 7 who's loud and boisterous okay no this
woman right here is meek and quiet and look what it says it says the holy woman also who
trusted in God adorned themselves with what with being in subjection to their own husbands you see
that speaks louder than the fat diamond on your ring okay because you want not to find your value
in the clothing that you wear or the jewels that you have because what God finds valuable is that
which is in here okay that the woman who is in here the inner man according to the Bible you see
what I'm saying and then applies to men as well but there's a reason why God put it twice for
women in the New Testament okay because this is a big thing you know women sometimes they want to
be and look and here's what people get confused they hear a sermon like this is like oh you just
want me to be like like an Amish person or something huh you know you want me to be like
little house on the prairie you know or whatever you know no I'm not saying that because it talks
about gold pearls and cost your rate and even in Isaiah it talks about a woman who is a bride
who's getting prepared for her husband wearing jewels and it talks about in a good manner okay
there's nothing wrong with these things but where the emphasis is that you say well you know I'm
walking with God I read the Bible I just like wearing my bling bling but you know what what are
you trying to attract men to your bling bling what you wear or your spirit okay if you're
attracting if you want to track men by your bling bling that you're gonna attract the wrong kind of
guy because guess what once all that is over and done with the thing that still remains is your
meek and quiet spirit yeah and if they don't like your meek and quiet spirit and they're all about
how you look and the modest dress you have and the fact that you're showing off the goods you
know what once that is over and done with what else is there gonna be well if you get a man who
emphasizes the meek and quiet spirit and that's what they're looking for doesn't matter how old
you get or how many wrinkles you have or how much weight you gain after a couple children guess what
your husband will still admire you for your meek and quiet spirit that's the most important aspect
you see what I'm saying that's what's most valuable a woman who could look and you know
these guys who they just wish they can have one of these Hollywood you know babes and stuff like
that you know cuz they're so beautiful and all these you would kill yourself after a week being
with these the Kardashians these wicked women you say but they're so so beautiful but they're evil
in their hearts they're wicked in their heart and after a while the looks don't mean anything
you know that's why women we need to make sure you need to make sure that you evaluate yourself
and say what's how's my meek and quiet spirit how's my heart today you know am I fearing God
that's what God values is a woman who fears God and a woman who fears God is a woman who has
humility well if you have humility you're gonna dress as though you are humble okay and again I'm
not saying Little House on the Prairie style it's okay to be fashionable you know there's nothing
wrong with that you know and look and this goes with my third point and I'm getting ahead of myself
is this you just need to ask your husband you know what what makes you happy oh that's that's
so chauvinistic then call me whatever you want that's fine I'll take chauvinistic sure ask your
husband what makes you what makes you happy and look husbands you need to know what's biblical
what's nakedness what's modest because look I've been in churches where there's ladies in that
church that is just like man I don't want to run into this lady at church cuz she's a modest man
and it's just like she's always always a modest and it's just like she's coming this way I'm going
that way you know I don't want to I don't want to look I don't want to look because I'm not a homo
you know but I love my wife I'm trying I'm trying to love the Lord here but this woman's in modest
but you know what it's not necessarily her fault you know fault it is it's her it's her husband's
fault he needs to wake up right you know and lead his wife and teacher and look I understand that
there's women who they have different body forms and people are born differently and some things
are bigger than others I understand that but at the end of the day the husband needs to help out
with that and say yeah you probably shouldn't go out dressed like that yeah why don't you try
something else oh you can't how can you say something like that I'll rewind and I'll do it
again that's how it needs to be done say because look women often don't see the things the guys
see they don't pay attention like oh this looks cute whereas the guys are like whoa I don't know
we're cute as a puppy that's not cute okay so wake up lead your wife and say look I'm not
saying be some dictator but to a certain extent we kind of have to be and say hey you can't go
out like that and with our daughters as well amen you said you know people who've done who have led
like that and have been successful yes my father-in-law was like that all the time he would have like
inspections you know cuz he had three daughters and and they wanted to dress modest but you know
they did sometimes you know they're young girls are naive I think it's cute and what happens the
the my father-in-law would say turn around go back upstairs change that you know I like what
pastor Anderson said on Wednesday he was he hit on modesty he just went off on it for a little
bit and he was talking about weddings you know weddings we just had a wedding and then Mark and
Lucy just got just got married actually there's like three weddings in our in our movements you
guys know that one at Verity faith forward here and then pastor manly Perry had another one as
well but we need modest women at weddings yeah but it's so hard to find dresses for bridesmaids
that are modest then just go find a dress at a store you don't have to match better to be modest
and please God with what you're wearing then to look like a hoochie mama for someone's important
day and why are you trying to take the attention away from the bride and the groom and place it on
yourself so you know we need husbands and inspect amen we need husbands that can inspect our wives
and inspect their children to make sure that our households are pleasing unto the Lord and how we
dress and everything that we do okay do it it needs to be done now I know that's not popular
but this isn't the popular Baptist Church amen this is faithful word so we can't don't wear
things that drown out the spiritual ornaments of a meek and quiet spirit is what I'm saying okay
now let me see here now go to Proverbs 31 just so just so you know in regards to this thing of
being fashionable okay or however you want to call it modern fashionable we're not saying dress
in rags and look all like you came from the 1920s or whatever criticism you have in your mind that
you're throwing at me in your mind okay insert here whatever you want to say you can still be
dressed nice I think my wife dresses nice I like the way she dresses I'm pleased with the way she
dresses you know and I believe her father trained her well and taught her well and her mom was a
great example unto her of how to dress I can never look at her mom and say that there was ever a time
where I felt that she was a modest I'm not saying she was perfect but I think she practiced this
matter of modesty in such a way and look if you're gonna ask me who's the most meek and quiet woman
do you know I was obviously I would say it's my wife but after my wife it's my mother-in-law she's
the most meek and quiet woman that I've ever met I'm not saying she's the only one I just feel like
she's one of the greatest women that I've ever met that are meek and quiet but I can honestly say
they're her dress represents that perfectly because if I were to see my mother-in-law today
and then an hour later you would ask me what was she wearing I probably wouldn't be able to tell
you but if you were to ask me how was her spirit I could probably get that down pack pretty well
because what stands out to me is not what she's wearing it's the her meek and quiet spirit that's
what I walk away with you see what I'm saying but if she was dressed the modest and she had a meek
and quiet spirit I probably would have remember what she wore you see what I'm saying which is
not the most important aspect I should be able to tell her character her heart her walk with the
Lord because of these things but it doesn't mean I'm not saying she's not fashionable because I
think my mother-in-law dresses well okay look at Proverbs 31 verse 22 just speaking of the Proverbs
31 woman says she maketh herself coverings of tapestry her clothing is silk and purple okay so
silk and purple that's kind of like that's you know that's nice clothing is what it is now I
don't know I mean do women wear silk anymore I don't know if that's what they wear but if we were
to compare it to today it would be considered something that's fashionable something that's
nice she's styling okay but here look look what it goes on to say so it talks about her physical
clothing right verse 23 her husband is known in the gates when he sitteth among the elders of the
land she maketh fine linen and selleth and delivereth girdles unto the merchants strength
and honor are her clothing and she shall rejoice in time to come so it says there yeah she's she's
fashionable but you know what really her is her clothing is her strength and her honor is the fact
it's her character is what it is so at the end of the day what is this point right here that we're
trying to make the point is this you need to make sure that you stop focusing so much on what you
wear pay attention to it to make sure you're in the line with God's Word and the convictions found
within God's Word but we need to make sure we're paying a lot of attention to our spirit our heart
now here's some things that are not nakedness but still would be considered a modest and I want to
point these out because they just need to get pointed out okay now for example cleavage people
say what about cleavage what about breasts okay that's not nakedness it's not so you can't say
well you know all you're showing off your nakedness by showing off no you won't see that in the Bible
you see women breastfeeding in the Bible okay breastfeeding is completely normal now my standard
for my family is that I have my wife feed covering okay and it's not ungodly for her to do that it's
not in golly if she were to do it the opposite way why because the Bible makes it very clear
that it's not okay it's something that's very normal but it's my preference and my standard
that my wife is covered when she's feeding the baby now if you feed your child uncovered I'm not
gonna be like oh man she's so ungodly I can't believe she's doing that you know no because
it's normal but the standard that I have for my wife and my family is that she's covered that's
what I want okay and I'm the I'm the boss of my home so I choose that okay but obviously there's
there is a point in time when cleavage is showing that it becomes immodest because now you're
drawing attention to yourself by showing the cleavage on your chest okay so it's not nakedness
but it can be immodest all right it's like this you know for example I'm gonna give you this this
extreme example obviously we don't believe on pants on women but this is one of them I remember
Lancaster Baptist Church Paul Chapel son put out a video one time you know and on this video he had
his wife dressing in leggings right or spandex or whatever you want to call those things pants
right but it just with no with no dress over it I like workout clothes is what she was wearing but
on her hanger parts she had the the word pink over her hanger parts okay it was the word pink
but it was in pink so everything was black and that was pink now so as the cameras panning guess
where it's panning towards her hanger parts what is it calling attention to her hanger parts you
see what I'm saying so not only is that nakedness obviously but that's also a modest because you're
actually calling attention people's eyes to that part of your body you see what I'm saying so you
should apply that to every area of your body to not make sure you're just calling attention to
that part all right so and look what I mean modest I mean this and I know we're going a little deep
today but we need to talk about these things okay for example a wedding dress is very mod like if
you have a covered dress Lucy would that your dress you had was very modest on Thursday we
would say that's modest for her to wear on a wedding day right but wouldn't we say that Lucy
would be in modest if she was wearing her wedding dress today right you're like what are you doing
you know you're like why I'm modest you know but she has her long train and stuff and everything
she's gonna call attention to herself so that would become in modest so you got to know what
to wear at what time what's appropriate to wear at what time at what time okay does that make sense
to everyone so like for instance for a funeral obviously it's not simple to wear sandals and
some shorts and maybe like a tank top you know when you're at your house or at the beach or
something like that but what if when you go to a funeral are you gonna be wearing like a tank top
sandals and short that would be inappropriate I'll be a modest you know you're not being
appropriate at that time okay or how about this if you're doing construction work and you're
wearing a shirt and tie who would do such a thing it happens okay people who wear certain ties and
slacks and dress shoes and all these things to go paint a wall we'd be like what are you doing
that's not that's not appropriate for you to wear for the thing that you're doing well brother you
know I'm a Christian well you know Christians can wear paint shirts okay be appropriate is what
I'm saying so modesty also covers this matter of just being appropriate for the event that you are
at all right that's why I wear a shirt a tie and a dress coat when when I'm when I'm at church okay
now does the Bible say thou shalt wear a tie and thou shalt wear a shirt thou shalt wear a coat no
it doesn't say that but you know what I want to make sure I represent leadership here okay so what
if I came with like my bearded Baptist shirt you know and my zero shoes or whatever and my sweats
and I was up here you'd be like that's not sinful but it's inappropriate for you to wear if you're
like the pastor here and you're preaching that'd be inappropriate see what I'm saying so we got to
understand that modesty obviously is a step above covering the nakedness but it's also a matter of
just being appropriate when the event calls for it okay let's see here so let so I talked about
that also those skirts with slits okay because there could be skirts that are very long and
they're modest but what happens they have a slit it goes all the way up the thigh so what happens
when a woman's walking you're playing peekaboo with the leg you know that's a modest and it's
really it is showing off the nakedness as well you know so the so it could be an extreme you
can have a long dress but still be modest because why because you have a slit that goes all the way
up to your hip showing off your thigh okay and again husbands help out with that that's just
at the bottom at the end of the day can't blame your wife it's your fault bud you're the one
who's supposed to say yeah let's let's stitch that up real quick before we go to church or
something you know skirts that show the form of the body that's another one when it's too tight
that would be considered a modest okay now here's the last part and we're done is the purpose of
standards okay now I grew up in a church where standards was very much emphasized greatly not
only by my father-in-law but just the leadership there in general for it to a certain extent they
emphasize standards now in my opinion I think there could be a point where you emphasize
standards even to the exclusion of doctrine which I don't think it's right okay because the most
important thing is the world Bain doctrine okay standards are preferences that we use that we
implement in our personal lives to protect biblical doctrine but they don't supersede
doctrine so if you're not careful there's sometimes Christians who have standards and
they almost have this holier-than-thou mentality you know because they address a certain way and
you're not dressed the way they are and all these things you're ungodly no that's not true because
if they're reading the Bible they're doing God what God calls them to do according to the Bible
they're right with God but maybe they don't have the same standards as you have okay and you can't
say someone's not right with God based upon that the standard that they hit that they have or if
they don't have your standard but that's not to say the standards are not important because what
is the standard it's basically a rule or principle that is issued as a basis for judgment okay
because sometimes you're like well man I don't know where to start we're how should I start
dressing well look for someone that has a good standard and copy them so for example my wife
this is the standard that I have for my wife and I mentioned this earlier is that when she wears
skirts it's always below the knee okay that is the standard that I have for my wife and the reason
for that is because in my observation of me being a Christian when a woman wears a skirt and they
sit down guess what happens the skirt goes up that makes sense so when a woman sits down and the skirt
goes up guess what if it's up here then you can see through here and what's in here the thighs
the parts that only the husband should be able to see and none else so but when she rises up
obviously it goes below her knees but what it's when she sits down that it goes above her knees
so the standard that I have for my wife is that it's the skirt needs to be longer than that so that
when she sits down the skirt comes up but it doesn't go above her knees it stays covered she
can sit like a lady she can still she doesn't have to worry about you know she's causing someone to
stumble you know a guy might potentially look there on accident whatever it may be that's the
standard I have you know well that's not in the Bible yeah of course it's not in the Bible what's
in the Bible is that she's not supposed to be naked what's in the Bible is that she's supposed
to have she's supposed to be modest but we're implementing the standard to protect that modesty
and then naked principle you see what I'm saying so that's there not to say oh I'm holier than now
my wife's skirt is longer than yours no it's there to protect my wife to make sure hey when you sit
down you're still modest and that's the standard I will have for all my daughters that's the
standard that I will always have in my family is that the skirt is long you know there's there's
people who say well you know what about nylons you know is know what nylons are are those even
popular anymore nylons okay stockings churches they they use that and they'll say well you know
you're not you're not modest if you don't have stockings well that's not true you know that's
if that's a preference that you have then keep that preference but you can't teach that as
doctrine either okay so at the end of the day you need to ask yourself this what is my standard
to protect this principle of modesty and this principle of covering my nakedness and look don't
try to be right at them at the edge if you want to be then that's your prerogative but at the
end of the day you need to recognize so are you potentially gonna call someone a sin or are you
sinning yourself by setting such a low standard in your personal life that if something were to
happen obviously you'd be crossing that line there's a lot of other things that I want to
mention but there's this we're already at a time what do you say what about makeup okay it's makeup
bad I don't believe makeup is bad okay I don't believe it's it's it's obviously you can overdo
it you think of Jezebel who the Bible says painted on her face the Bible literally says she painted
on her face I don't think that's just reference to her printing on makeup I think like you the
Bible's being facetious in a sense God's being facetious saying she caked that makeup on is what
it means that's what I believe it means that's what I've always believed that it means but can
you become immodest based upon the makeup you wear absolutely you know you know you could look
very worldly by the makeup that you put on your face but again you have to ask your husband your
husband has to tell you can you do this or can you not okay he said what's the bull what's your
standard regards to makeup my wife can wear makeup but she really doesn't wear makeup very often I
think she's beautiful without makeup my opinion you know and she does wear makeup on special
occasions and stuff like that but I remember when we got married I said you don't have to wear makeup
I was like I like your face the way it is I think it's I think it's pretty you know I married I like
the way my wife looks amen now you know if there's a special occasion she wears makeup I still think
she looks pretty but if makeup never existed I'm fine with that because I think my wife looks
pretty so and that's why I say at the end of the day the husband needs to figure out what's the
standard because often the woman is looking for guidance from the husband in this area and you
can't get mad at your wife for being this way if you're not teaching okay if you're not leading
her in that in that way he said what if my husband's not you know a Christian or he's not
home then you take the principles that we taught today and create these standards and don't drop
them raise them up a little bit okay if your husband's not leading you in that area then you
know you need to pray for God's wisdom and find a template in the church that you can emulate to
help you in that area okay so what's that what's the sermon today the sermon is basically this
cover the nakedness don't wear skirts with slits that go all the way up your thigh where men can
see your thigh and you're making bare the leg but not just that you need to make sure that what
you're wearing is representing Christ in an appropriate manner don't look so worldly don't
look like a rock-and-roller don't look like a hip-hopper okay don't look like a cholo you want
to look like what a Christian because you have Christ in you the hope of glory represent him
well where the Bible says we're ambassadors for Christ but only that be modest in your apparel
you know there's churches out there North Valley is one of them where it's just like they gotta
have the Armani suit the nice you know bright pink tie that's garbage you know and I've told
the story before and I'll tell it again when my brother-in-law went there a student from that
college came up to my brother-in-law say hey man that's a nice tie and then he looked at the brand
he said oh never mind that's wicked you know that's a guy who is not reading this Bible he's
not praying I guarantee he could care less about souls when he cares about getting the deals at
JC penny or something you know getting the sales no we ought to be people who specifically focus
on the inner man and making sure that that is where it needs to be and that our clothing would
represent that as well okay and then lastly you got to make sure you have your standards if you
don't want standards then that's up to you but standards help okay to have a rule of thumb to
go by all right let's pray by our heads in every word of prayer follow me thank you so much for
your word I pray God that you'd help us in this area and Lord we want to be a holy church we want
to be a church that is pleasing to you we want to be a church that represents you well I pray
to you to give us wisdom and guidance and leadership and help us to make sure that we're
adhering to the principles found within your word and Lord not to not to show our nakedness not to
be immodest make sure making sure that we're adhering to every single doctrine that we
highlighted today and make the necessary changes I hope no one leaves here today offended and mad
you know if they do that just goes to show the level of maturity and the fact that they don't
want to adhere to what God says in his word I pray that every single lady here would take
to heart that which was said and realize that it's for their benefit but also for the glory
of God and in Jesus name we pray Amen