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Title: A Question of Modesty


1
A Question of Modesty
  • Opinions on Biblical Teaching Regarding Modesty
  • Summer Goreham

2
Clothing and Modesty
  • Many religious groups have differing opinions on
    the Bibles views of modesty
  • A few have rather extreme views
  • Minority
  • More conservative than most
  • An example is the Amish

3
Online Shopping
  • Jewish Orthodox womens clothing site
  • http//modestclothing.bizhosting.com/
  • Purpose
  • To counteract the messages from the media
    promoting immodest dress
  • Help girls to be valued for who they are instead
    of seen as objects

4
Modesty Standard
  • Immodest clothing
  • Short skirts
  • Skirts with slits
  • Short sleeves or sleeveless tops
  • Low necklines (uncovered collarbone)
  • Tight, clingy garments
  • Sheer garments
  • Pants or shorts

5
Christian Views
  • Christians have different views on Biblical
    modesty
  • 2 articles written by women
  • 1 article from a church website
  • 1 article written by a man
  • Sometimes they take Bible passages out of context
    or add speculation

6
What is Biblical Modesty?
  • Christian women should be concerned with Gods
    views
  • Adam and Eve made clothes out of leaves but God
    later made clothes for them himself
  • Why were they (the leaves) not
    appropriate?...they did not suit God, because
    they did not adequately cover parts of the body
    that God knew would become a temptation to sin
    for mankind.
  • Speculation--this explaination is not found in
    the Bible
  • Prostitutes wear clothing to draw attention

7
What is Biblical Modesty?
  • Godly women avoid attention by not wearing
  • Revealing clothing
  • High fashion
  • clothes so out of date they are conspicuous
  • Help keep men from falling into sin
  • Modest clothing discourages lustful thoughts
  • Modesty standard
  • Skirts/dress whenever possible

8
The Attire of An Harlot
  • References Proverbs 71-27
  • Warning to young men about immoral women
  • Links the harlots heart to her clothing
  • This womans clothing speak for her.
  • A Godly woman dresses herself in virtue
  • Proverbs 31
  • Christians have began to measure themselves
    against the worlds lowering standards
  • Should measure themselves against the Bible

9
Modesty Standard
  • Do not think of dressing old fashioned
  • Many of these styles are not appropriate
  • Dress as God says
  • Do not wear
  • Expensive clothing or jewelry
  • Short hair
  • Shortened skirts
  • Low necklines
  • Pants
  • Shorts

10
Teens and Modesty
  • Wolfeboro Bible Fellowship
  • A Fundamental Bible Church
  • A headline from their homepage, How can you be
    saved from Gods wrath?
  • Teen Corner
  • article about modesty, Biblical Clothing
  • Your clothing on the outside should represent
    godliness on the inside.
  • Your clothing should not be a stumbling block
    for believers or unbelievers.
  • Would the older men women in the church be
    offended at what youre wearing?

11
Modesty Standard
  • Dress appropriately
  • Clean and neat
  • Nice clothing for worship service
  • What not to wear
  • Clothing that draws attention yourself in a
    sexual way.
  • Clothing that causes others to lust
  • Shorts that are too short
  • Dresses that are too short or tight
  • Low necklines
  • Skirts with slits on the sides
  • Spaghetti straps that dont cover undergarments

12
Another Opinion
  • Is it necessary to dress up for church?
  • Ties and head coverings
  • Is there a Biblical Basis?
  • Christ and his disciples did not wear nice
    clothing
  • Pharisees, Scribes, and rich men dressed well
  • Which company do you prefer to keep?
  • More false conclusions
  • Early Church did not dress nice
  • Neat and clean
  • James 22-5 warns about showing favoritism based
    on dress

13
Inconsistencies and Reverence
  • Inconsistencies
  • Dress up for church service but not for
  • Church meetings
  • Sunday and Wednesday night services
  • Daily devotions
  • Every time one speaks to God
  • Reverence
  • Important in the ways God calls for
  • Not in the ways man devises
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