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Someone’s at the door – Could one of you answer it – I’m not dressed!

Someone’s at the door – Could one of you answer it – I’m not dressed!. It’s probably my friends – we’re going to Wild River Country. I’m dressed – I’ll get it. The Word of the Lord: OT.

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Someone’s at the door – Could one of you answer it – I’m not dressed!

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  1. Someone’s at the door – Could one of you answer it – I’m not dressed! It’s probably my friends – we’re going to Wild River Country I’m dressed – I’ll get it W. 65th St church of Christ / April 15, 2007

  2. The Word of the Lord: OT Deut 22:5– A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.

  3. The Word of the Lord: NT 1 Tim 2:9-10 – that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety & moder-ation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women profess-ing godliness, with good works.

  4. Type: “Modest” • “Orderly, well arranged, in good taste, & in a way that will yield the respect & honor of saints” (Thayer). • “The well ordering is not of dress & demeanor only, but of the inner life; uttering indeed & expressing itself in the outward conversation” (Trench). • “It describes one who disciplines himself & who may thus be regarded as genuinely moral & respectable” (Kittel).

  5. Attitude 1: “Propriety” • “Not forward, but shy or reserved. Behaving according to a standard of what is proper, decent, & pure. And has particular reference to not displaying one’s body either in the removing or putting on of clothing” (Thayer). • “The sense of shame & honor, which hinders one from doing an unworthy act. It implies reverence for the good as good [and not fear for reputation alone]. That which shrinks from over-passing the limits of womanly reserve & modesty” (Trench).

  6. Attitude 2: “Moderation” • “It is that habitual inner self-government, with its constant rein on all the passions & desires, which would hinder the temptation to these from arising” (Vine). • “Soundness of mind, self controlled, good judgment” (Thayer). • “An entire command over the passions & desires, so that they receive no further allowance than that which the law & right reason admit & approve” (Trench).

  7. Attitude 3: “godliness” • “The fear or reverence of God” (Vine). • SUMMARY: A Christian woman is to dress as one who feels a sense of shame when lines of decency are crossed, & as one who is restrained by God’s principles of virtue. • Solomon referred to “the attire of a harlot” (Prov 7:10); clothing meant to stimulate unholy thoughts (Matt 5:28).

  8. Married women 1 Pet 3:1-2 – Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste conduct accompanied by fear.

  9. Married women 1 Pet 3:3-4 – Do not let your adornment be merely outward -- arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel -- 4 rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle & quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.

  10. Married women 1 Pet 3:5-6 – For in this manner, in former times, the holy women who trusted in God also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daught-ers you are if you do good & are not afraid with any terror [not afraid to do what is right]

  11. Historical Perspective • Robert Collen(“East of Cathay; The Silk Road”): Some Roman women unraveled silk & rewove it into flimsy gauze (see through) material. • Roman philosopher Seneca (4-64): “I see clothes of silk, if clothes they can be called, affording protection neither to the body nor to the modesty of the wearer, & which are purchased for enormous sums, from unknown people.” • Pliny: “Render women naked” – “Made of glass”

  12. Historical Perspective • Clement of Alexandria, late 1st century: “Fabrics foolishly thin, & of curious texture in weaving. For these superfluous & diaphanous [transparent] materials are proof of a weak mind, covering as they do the shame of the body with a slender veil. For luxurious clothing, falling close to the body, takes its form more easily, & adhering as it were to the flesh, received its shape, & marks out the woman’s figure, so that the whole body is visible.” He associated such clothing with “vice” & not with “modesty” (The Instructor”, II, xi).

  13. Historical Perspective • Tertullian, 2nd century: “Garments which, light & thin, were…heavy in price alone.” “Prostitutionarygarbs” appealing to “the provocative charms of apparel” (On the Apparel of Women, II ix x). • When Paul commanded against the wearing of “costly clothing” (1 Tim 2:9) he was partly alluding to the indecency of this type of fabric.

  14. Biblical Perspective Genesis 2:25; 3:7-11, 21 • Adam & Eve tried to hide their shame with a “covering” for their midsection, but they were still naked & ashamed (3:7, 10). • Hebrew: “Girdle, belt, loincloths, apron.” • Greek: “Compound word meaning “around” plus “life” (euphemism for the area of the body where life comes from). Used in Jer 13:1-4.

  15. Biblical Perspective Genesis 2:25; 3:7-11, 21 • God made them “tunics” of skin to cover the shame of their nakedness. • Kuttonet (Hebrew) or Chiton (Greek LXX): “a tunic, generally with sleeves, coming down to the knees, rarely to the ankles. • The word is used to refer to Joseph’s coat of many colors (Gen 37:3; cf. Job 30:18).

  16. Biblical Perspective “Naked” Strict sense: complete nudity, sometimes MORAL SHAME sometimes NOT • Adam & Eve (Gen 2:25; 3:7) • Noah’s drunkenness (Gen 9:21-23) • Job’s state at birth (Job 1:21) • Young man at Jesus’ arrest (Mark 14:51-52) • Demon possessed man (Luke 8:27, 35)

  17. Biblical Perspective “Naked” Partial sense: not fully clothed, NO MORAL SHAME (covered) • David’s dance (2 Sam 6:14, 20) • Isaiah prophetic work (Isa 20:2-3) • The poor (Matt 25:36; Jas 2:15-16; Job 22:6) • Peter, while working (John 21:7) • Seven sons of Sceva (Acts 19:16) • Jews, who threatened Paul (Acts 22:23)

  18. Biblical Perspective “Naked” Partial sense: not fully clothed, MORAL SHAME (partially exposed) • Adam & Eve’s aprons (Gen 3:10) • No steps at the altar (Exo 20:26) & linen breeches for priests (Exo 28:42) to prevent it. • Bare behind (Isa 20:3-5) • Bare leg, uncovered thigh (Isa 47:2-3) • Bare breast (Ezek 16:7) Exodus 28:42 And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs. Isaiah 47:2-3 Remove your veil, take off the skirt, uncover the thigh, pass through the rivers. 3 Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame will be seen

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