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Staying Holy in a Sin-filled World Be Holy in Dress

Staying Holy in a Sin-filled World Be Holy in Dress. Holy Apparel. Be holy in our conduct. 1 Pet 1:14-16. Holy Apparel. Specific instructions to the women. 1 Tim 2:9-10 Modest = kosmios = well arranged, seemly, modest. Propriety = aidos = a sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness

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Staying Holy in a Sin-filled World Be Holy in Dress

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  1. Staying Holy in a Sin-filled World Be Holy in Dress

  2. Holy Apparel • Be holy in our conduct. • 1 Pet 1:14-16

  3. Holy Apparel • Specific instructions to the women. • 1 Tim 2:9-10 • Modest = kosmios = well arranged, seemly, modest. • Propriety = aidos = a sense of shame or honour, modesty, bashfulness • Moderation = sophrosune = 1) soundness of mind 2) self-control, sobriety.

  4. Holy Apparel • Men are to take care for what they wear. • Could his apparel (or lack thereof) cause a woman to lust after him? • Men are to lift up holy hands in prayers. (1 Tim 2:8) • Cannot be done if he is guilty of leading a woman into lustful thoughts.

  5. Unholy Apparel • The opposite of holy dress would be unholy dress. • When a person dresses in a way that incites a person to lustful thoughts, that person has engaged in lascivious behavior. • (Gal 5:19)

  6. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence.

  7. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust, excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • any type of lust that is not kept in check or in control.

  8. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. disregarding commonly accepted rules or principles. 2. not restrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral...." (The World Book Dictionary)

  9. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. feeling lust. 2. showing lust; lewd; wanton. 3. causing lust or wantonness..." (The World Book Dictionary)

  10. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. reckless; heartless...2. without reason or excuse...3. a. not moral; not chaste...b. lewd; lascivious..." (The World Book Dictionary)

  11. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. very offensive or insulting; shocking..." (The World Book Dictionary)

  12. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. without shame; improper... 2. not modest." (The World Book Dictionary)

  13. Unholy Apparel • What is lasciviousness? • unbridled lust,excess, licentiousness, lasciviousness, wantonness, outrageousness, shamelessness, insolence. • "1. bold rudeness; insulting behavior or speech..." (The World Book Dictionary)

  14. Unholy Apparel • How lasciviousness is used . . . • ". . . I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and LEWDNESS (lasciviousness, KJV, licentiousness, NRSV) which they have practiced." 2 Cor 12:21, NKJV

  15. Unholy Apparel • How lasciviousness is used . . . • "Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, LEWDNESS (lasciviousness, KJV, licentiousness, NRSV)" Gal 5:19, NKJV

  16. Unholy Apparel • How lasciviousness is used . . . • ". . . have given themselves over to lewdness (lasciviousness, KJV, licentiousness, NRSV), to work all uncleanness with greediness." Eph 4:19

  17. Unholy Apparel • How lasciviousness is used . . . • "For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness (lasciviousness, KJV, licentiousness, NRSV), lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries." I Pet 4:3

  18. Unholy Apparel • How lasciviousness is used . . . • "For certain men have crept in unnoticed,...ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness (lasciviousness, KJV, licentiousness, NRSV) and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ." Jude 1:4, NKJV

  19. Unholy Apparel • We must recognize . . . • there are external enticements which can lead one's mind in the direction of possessing lustful and lewd thoughts. (Matthew 5:28) • The most common form of external enticements is the wearing of certain types of clothing.

  20. Conclusion • If we engage in any type of behavior that would entice another person to have lustful thoughts about us, then we have sinned. • If our apparel leads or entices another person to lustful or lewd thoughts, then we have sinned.

  21. Conclusion • If you are a women, or a young lady, then dress yourself as a woman professing godliness. • If you are a man, then please behave as one who has every intention of lifting up holy hands in prayer to God.

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