Good morning and welcome in everyone. Today, we are going to take a look at a passage of scripture, but before we do that, I wanted to tell you a little story.
The word “reveal” means to make something known that is supposed to be kept secret or hidden. There’s millions of dads and husbands all around the world that will agree with the things that I’m teaching you here today.
I have always taught my wife and my girls that they need to dress modestly in their apparel in their appearance when they’re out in the world. I explained to them that they are not supposed to be too revealing or to draw attention to themselves.
When you are married your body becomes the property of your spouse. I’ve never felt that there’s anything wrong with putting on makeup or dressing up and having a date night with your spouse and enjoying one another in the bedroom.
The bedroom is undefiled. As a married couple you enjoy each other’s physical being. In marriage the wife becomes the property of the husband and the husband becomes the property of the wife.
I really don’t believe that a wife or a husband should publicly show themselves off out in the world. If you’re going to do that it’s called vanity, not modesty.
No matter how much I have worked out or tried to get in shape, I don’t think I could ever do that to my wife. It has always felt so wrong to me to flaunt myself in public. The reason why is because I love her. As a married man that I am, my physical appearance and the way that I look all belongs to her.
Today we are talking about the modesty of a woman but I guess if we are going to treat others the way that we want to be treated, I have always tried to be modest in public because I belong to my wife. My body belongs to her.
From my eyes to my feet from my nose to my knees, its hers. I’m sure a lot of you men out there might not agree with me but the truth is we belong to our wives. They are never to usurp, but our body belongs to them.
For many many years I had a very long beard. Eventually my wife finally came forward and told me how much she couldn’t stand it. I actually really liked having a beard because I didn’t have to shave all the time. She told me that my face belonged to her. She said you need to cut that thing off. Do you know what I did husbands, I cut it off. I haven’t had a beard for 10 years.
In a marriage our bodies belong to your spouse. I don’t expect anything less for my wife to treat me the same way. She belongs to me. I also expect the women of the church to treat their husbands in the very same manner with respect and dignity.
Sexuality is fine. God created it but it is meant for the bedroom between a man and a woman. It is not to be displayed at a public beach or at a shopping mall. As I’ve always told my family, dress modestly.
I have done this while I was in public for my wife’s sake. I don’t expect her or anybody else to do any less.
30 years ago I actually attended a church service where some of the girls were dressed in mini skirts . Hopefully it was because of their ignorance and a lack of Biblical teaching. Vanity and immodesty is a sin and it’s just as bad as any other sin.
1st Timothy 2:9 says in like manner also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with broided hair or gold or pearls or costly array.
If you look in the dictionary the word modest means shy or bashful. It’s quite different today from a woman in the world who is overly concerned about how they look or how they appear in public. Their appearance is meant for their husband in the bedroom. And the same thing goes for you men too!
Ever since I’ve been married I have tried not to dress in a manner that would attract someone to me and I don’t expect any less from my wife or others in the church.
A lot of things have changed in society. Things that were considered immodest 1000 years ago are considered modest today. That’s how far the world has changed. To be completely honest with you, it’s going to get worse and worse and worse.
The word modest actually means having or showing a moderate or a humble estimate of one’s own importance. It means to be free from vanity, egotism or ostentation.
Modesty is something that women need to learn but you men as well.
Take it from somebody who knows. I used to spend all kind of money on clothing because of vanity. I used to wear $160 boots. I used to wear $200 leather jackets and at the time I think I really felt people were going to notice me because of what I wore.
I guess there’s a lot of us in the church who would probably say the same thing, but Jesus died on the cross so a loser like me could get forgiven for his sins.
When I look back at my past life I realize that it was all vanity.
Like a woman who tries to dress up and walk around in public places thinking that everybody is going to notice her because of what she wears or the way that she puts on her makeup.
What’s the old saying,…been there done that. I recognize vanity because it was something that I was filled with as a disobedient rebellious kid. I guess, not only me, but each of us.
Really, what is the church but a place for wretched sinners to become redeemed and to restart their lives at the point when they wrecked them. Welcome to Christianity! Thank God for his mercy and Grace.
Modesty means that we need to be shy about showing off our appearance in public. It means to be shy about wearing certain clothing in public. I don’t feel modesty is just meant for wives alone . Whether a person is a man or a woman you shouldn’t want to draw attention to yourself or to your personal appearance.
I told my family and people in the church for many years that when Jesus was taken in the garden that they couldn’t even tell who he was. Judas had to give him a kiss.
Jesus did not appear in a way that would draw attention to himself. They didn’t even know who he was. That is called modesty.
1st Timothy 2:9 in like manner also that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly array.
A woman is not supposed to draw attention to herself. She certainly doesn’t want to do that if she is married! This verse is being fulfilled if a woman walks down the street and a man walks by her and doesn’t even give her a second thought.
What does God want from a woman? Obedience and faithfulness.
It doesn’t matter what she appears like and it doesn’t matter the clothes she puts on. She needs to be of a meek and quiet spirit to impress God.
Does that sound corny to a lot of people in the church? Well it didn’t a thousand years ago. Beware of the times that we live in. Beware of the age that we live in.
Remember modesty is a form of humility. Humility is a trait that belongs to a true Christian. Women in the church are supposed to be meek and modest. That’s completely different than being bossy and fleshy. Meekness means to be quiet gentle, submissive and to be easily controlled.
1 Peter 3:3 who’s adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair and of wearing of gold or of putting on of apparel but let it be the hidden man of the heart in that which is not corruptible even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God of great price.
Once again, in the bedroom the bed is undefiled. Whatever a man or wife do in their bedroom is between them. It’s a private personal relationship between them and them alone. But I really don’t believe that a man or wife should parade themselves out in public.
I’m not alone on this belief because there are a lot of conservative Christians who believe the same thing that I do.
I wouldn’t do that to my wife and I wouldn’t want her to do that to me either. It’s sin. The Christian woman is supposed to be meek and modest in the way she dresses. She needs to be very plain. Plain means she’s not supposed to be decorated or “dolled up” but rather simple and ordinary in public.
Proverbs 31:30 favor is deceitful and beauty is vain. But a woman that feareth the Lord she shall be praised.
Sadly there are some women who think that they’re going to get to heaven on their looks. Sadly they are very mistaken. The Lord Jesus teaches us that he wants women to be meek, quiet, submissive and obedient. Those qualities are more important to God than anything that one could posess in their makeup bag. God wants a beauty that goes beyond what’s on the exterior. God wants our obedient hearts. Therein lies salvation.
Let’s think about these things for right now. We can be found on your web browser by searching tlkjbc, or by going to hipcast, buzzsprout or amazon, or by going to our blog at tlkjbc.com, or I suppose, you can find us somewhere up here, in the Great Northern Minnesota woods. Lord willing, we will talk with you some more tomorrow. Till then, bye bye everybody. ❤️
tlkjbc.com
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 