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Modesty

    • We Seek About Once A Year to Explore the Topic of Modesty And What the Bible Says About It
    • Furthermore, Over the Last Year Some Brethren Have Preached Lessons On Modesty That Have Gained Some Attention
      • “I’ve Restudied/Modified My View”
      • Cannot Define the Line As Clearly As We Have Preached In the Past
      • Cannot Say That Exposing the Thigh is Immodest

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    • Such Studies Are Badly Needed
    • Not All Will Accept What I Say 100%
    • Not All Who Accept It 100% Will Conform to the Principles
    • I Ask That You Give A Fair And Honest Hearing to What is Said
    • I Am Going to Speak Plainly And Bluntly Concerning Our Clothing, Modesty, And Nakedness

Give This A Fair Hearing

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Does God Care What I Wear?

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Does God Care What I Wear?

I. If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

II. Our Clothing Must Be...

III. Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

IV. Application of Modesty

V. Clothing For Worship

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

A. Can Wear...

    • Something Extremely Short
    • Something Extremely Tight
    • Something Extremely Low Cut
    • Something See Through
    • Nothing At All

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A. Can Wear...

    • Something Extremely Short
    • Something Extremely Tight
    • Something Extremely Low Cut
    • Something See Through
    • Nothing At All

If

If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

If Not, Why Not?

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
      1. You May Not Believe God Has Drawn It
      2. Yet There is Somewhere You Draw the Line

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
    • You Are Expected to Defend Your Line

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
    • You Are Expected to Defend Your Line

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
    • You Are Expected to Defend Your Line

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If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
    • You Are Expected to Defend Your Line

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B. Everyone Draws A Line Somewhere

    • You Line May Be Arbitrary
    • You Are Expected to Defend Your Line

If

If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

Is Our Line Drawn By Biblical Principles?

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Does God Care What I Wear?

I. If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

II. Our Clothing Must Be...

III. Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

IV. Application of Modesty

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1 TImothy 2:9-10

9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

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1 TImothy 2:9-10

9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

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Modest/Respectable

    • “Orderly, Well-Arranged, Decent,...The Well-Ordering is Not of Dress And Demeanor Only, But of the Inner Life, Uttering Indeed And Expressing Itself In the Outward Conversation” (W.E. Vines)
    • “Well-Arranged, Seemly, Modest” (Thayer)
    • “Respectable, Honorable” (Bauer)
    • “Modest, Respectable” (Kubo)

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1 TImothy 2:9-10

9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

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    • “A Sense of Same, Modesty... ‘Shamfastness’ is Modesty Which is “Fast” Or Rooted In the “Character” (W.E. Vines)
    • Strongs Suggests It May Be From Two Words Which Would Give the Idea of “Downcast,” Thus Meaning “Bashfulness”
    • It Was A Lack of Shamefastness (Blushing) That Plagued the People of Israel (Jeremiah 6:15; 8:12)

Propriety/Shamefacedness

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1 TImothy 2:9-10

9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

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    • “Soundness of Mind... ‘Sound Judgment’ Practically Expressed the Meaning: ‘Is the Habitual Inner Self-Government, With Its Constant Reign On All the Passions And Desires Which Would Hinder the Temptation to These From Arising”
    • “Soundness of Mind, i.e. (Lit.) Sanity Or (Fig.) Self-Control” (Strong’s)

Moderation/Sobriety/Self-Control

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1 TImothy 2:8-9

8 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing,

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    • “In Like Manner Also” - Connects Verses 8 And 9
    • Verse 8 - Men Pray Everywhere
    • Point: As Men Pray Everywhere, Woman Dress Modestly Everywhere
    • This Means We Must Be Modest...

And Be Such In Every Place

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a. In Worship

b. Playing Sports

c. At A Wedding

d. Working In the Yard

e. In “Every Place”

This Means We Must Be Modest...

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Does God Care What I Wear?

I. If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

II. Our Clothing Must Be...

III. Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

IV. Application of Modesty

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A. Nakedness is Shameful (Genesis 3:7; Leviticus 18:6-7; Revelation 3:17)

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

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B. It is Only to Be Uncovered For One’s Mate (Leviticus 18:6-17)

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

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C. Improper Clothing (Partial Nudity) = Nakedness

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

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1. Definition of “Nakedness”

Improper Clothing (Partial Nudity) = Nakedness

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a. “Unclad, Without Clothing” (Thayer) - Completely Nude

b. “Ill-Clad” Or “Clad In Undergarments Only” (Thayer) - Partially Nude

Definition of Nakedness

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2. The Biblical Definition (Genesis 3)

Improper Clothing (Partial Nudity) = Nakedness

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a. “Naked” (v.7)

The Biblical Definition

Nude

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b. “Naked” (v.10)

The Biblical Definition

Relatively

i. They Had On Clothes

ii. Their Clothes Were “Coverings”

1. “Girdle... Loincloth” (HALOT)

2. “Girdle, Loin-Covering, Belt” (BDB)

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c. Clothed (v.21)

The Biblical Definition

Clothed

i. Nakedness is Now Covered

ii. “Tunic”

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“Original I.S.B.E. article on ‘Dress’ says chiton ‘resembled the Roman tunic, corresponding most nearly to our long shirt, reaching below the knee always, and, in case it was designed for dress occasions, reaching almost to the ground’ (I.S.B.E.,II:877). Later in the article, it is noted that the chiton of the peasantry was shorter like modern kamis of Syrian fellah which is to the knee.

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Wright says, “The tunic (inappropriately translated ‘coat’) was a shirt which was worn next to the skin. It was made of leather, hair-cloth, wool, linen, or in modern times, usually of cotton. The simplest form of it was without sleeves and reached to the knees or sometimes to the ankles. The well-to-do wore it with sleeves and extending to the ankles. Women as well as men wore it [see Cant. 5:3, A.R.V.], although there was no doubt a difference in style and pattern in what was worn by the two” (Fred H. Wight, Manners and Customs of Bible Lands, 91)

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Naked (v.7)

Nude

Naked (v.10)

Relatively

Clothed (v.21)

Divinely Made Clothing

From Shoulders

to the Knee

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D. Exposing the Thigh = Exposing Nakedness

    • Examples:
      1. Divinely Made Clothing - Shoulders to Knees (Genesis 3:21)
      2. Linen Trouser to Cover Nakedness - From Waist to Thighs (Exodus 28:42)
      3. Uncover the Thigh...Nakedness Uncovered (Isaiah 47:1-3)

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

Thighs

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D. Exposing the Thigh = Exposing Nakedness

    • Examples:
    • “From...To” Language Includes All That is Named

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

Thighs

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“From...To” Language Includes All That is Named

a. Genesis 11:31

b. Exodus 11:4-5

c. Exodus 12:29-30

d. Leviticus 13:12-13

e. Numbers 4:29-30

f. Numbers 4:34-39

g. Numbers 6:4

h. 2 Samuel 14:25

i. Jeremiah 31:34

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D. Exposing the Thigh = Exposing Nakedness

    • Examples:
    • “From...To” Language Includes All That is Named
    • Hebrew Word For Thigh - Yarek (Exodus 28:42)

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

Thighs

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a. Argued By Some Brethren That Yarek is Used “Euphemistically” to Refer to “Private Parts”/Sexual Organs

b. Most Translations Render It “Thigh”

c. If “Euphemeisitc” - Would Suggest That the “Thigh” is Considered A “Private Part” And is Thus Not to Be Seen

d. Could the Term “Thigh” Be Used As A Euphemism For “Private Parts” When There Is No Problem Exposing the Thigh?

Hebrew Word For Thigh - Yarek (Exodus 28:42)

Thighs

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D. Exposing the Thigh = Exposing Nakedness

    • Examples:
    • “From...To” Language Includes All That is Named
    • Hebrew Word For Thigh - Yarek (Exodus 28:42)
    • Word For “Thigh” - Soq (Isaiah 47:2)

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

Thighs

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a. Argued That Soq is Used to Refer to Leg (ESV) From Knee to Foot

b. If That is the Case, Then It Goes Further Than We Ever Suggested

c. Would This Mean the Whole Leg Must Be Covered?

Word For “Thigh” - Soq (Isaiah 47:2)

Thighs

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d. No One Denies Soq Can Be Translated Leg (Deuteronomy 28:35; Psalm 147:10; Proverbs 26:7; Song of Solomon 5:15)

e. No One Denies It Can Be Translated “Hip” (Judges 15:8)

f. More Often Translated “Thigh” - Used of the Part of the Leg Reserved For the Priest to Eat (Exodus 29:22, 27; Leviticus 7:32-34; 8:25-26; Numbers 6:20)

Word For “Thigh” - Soq (Isaiah 47:2)

Thighs

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D. Exposing the Thigh = Exposing Nakedness

    • Examples:
    • “From...To” Language Includes All That is Named
    • Hebrew Word For Thigh - Yarek (Exodus 28:42)
    • Word For “Thigh” - Soq (Isaiah 47:2)
    • Thus, When One Sees Your Thigh - They See Your Nakedness

Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

Thighs

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a. Bathing Suits

b. Short Shorts

c. Short Dress

d. Short Skirt

e. Something Riding Above the Knee

f. Splits That Give A Peek

g. Holes In Jeans

h. Etc.

THus, When One Sees Your THigh- They See Your Nakedness

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Does God Care What I Wear?

I. If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

II. Our Clothing Must Be...

III. Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

IV. Application of Modesty

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A. It Applies to Men And Women (Genesis 3:21)

Application of Modesty

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B. It Applies In All Situations

Application of Modesty

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Standing

Sitting

Reaching

Overhead

Bending

Over

Modest In Every Situation

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C. Ways One Can Be Immodest

Application of Modesty

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    • Too Short
    • Too Tight
    • Too Thin
    • Too Low
    • Too Loose

Ways One Can Be Immodest

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D. Clothing That Is Immodest

Application of Modesty

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    • Swimsuits
    • Cheerleading Outfits
    • Short Dresses
    • Split Dresses
    • Tight/Formfitting
    • Sun Dresses
    • Low-Cut Blouses And Dresses
    • Shorts (Revealing the Thigh)

Clothing That Is Immodest

    • Jogging Shorts
    • Strapless Dresses
    • Swimming Trunks
    • See-Through Styles
    • Majorette Uniforms
    • Etc.

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Does God Care What I Wear?

I. If Not, We Can Wear Anything...

II. Our Clothing Must Be...

III. Our Clothing Cannot Expose Nakedness

IV. Application of Modesty

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Does God Care What I Wear?

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Does God Care What I Wear?

YES!!