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 All right, please take your copy of God's Word and turn to the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 2.

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 Once again, if you do pay attention to the bulletin, you notice in the liturgy, we are not going to be in the book of Mark.

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 But I will remind you that that's where we're at. We've been preaching together through the book of Mark.

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 We've come to the end of chapter 4.

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 And as a general habit, this is what we find to be the healthiest thing,

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 is to go through the Scriptures verse by verse, and that is our work right now in Mark.

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 However, we can become overly dogmatic about that kind of thing and make that somehow an idol.

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 And it's important at times to stop and address some things topically.

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 Now, just to be clear, for those of you who may not fully wrap your mind around what good expositional preaching is all about,

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 which I don't know that I would qualify myself as a good expositional preacher,

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 but expositional preaching takes, as its main point, the main point of the scriptural text.

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 We don't do things with the Scriptures to fit into our own opinion, our own methodologies,

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 but we simply look at what the Scriptures have to say about something.

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 And as we're moving verse by verse through Mark, we're looking at the life of Christ

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 and what it would say to us and to our living.

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 But we can also look at a topic and say, what does the Scripture have to say about this particular topic?

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 And so, this morning, I'm not very apt to do this, but this morning's sermon title is

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 Modesty of the Heart.

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 We'll begin reading in 1 Timothy 2, verse 8.

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 Paul writes,

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 Join me in prayer.

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 Father, we do praise you for this day, and I praise you for all of the souls that are sitting here together in this room.

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 We recognize that they came here today by your providential word.

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 And therefore, Lord, you have something for us, each of us, in this day,

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 some way in which you intend to conform us in greater degrees to the image of your Son.

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 And so, I pray that you will bless the reading and the preaching of your word to that end.

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 Father, we need you for this.

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 I need you to be powerful in my preaching.

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 Everyone needs for you to be powerful in our hearing.

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 That by your Spirit, you will apply these truths to our hearts.

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 That you will make us into new creations.

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 And we pray this in Christ's precious, holy, high, lifted name.

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 Amen.

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 So, this morning we're going to talk about modesty.

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 And as you may assume, that's because it's beginning to warm up a little bit out there.

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 And as we have a church that has so many young people,

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 this is a particular issue that young people need to hear.

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 Modesty ultimately is an issue of the heart.

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 As all behavior is, it's very easy and we're often likely to talk about behavior modification.

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 Tell you how it is you should live.

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 And give you some practical steps for what that might look like.

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 And that is such a temptation here.

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 I so desperately want to make a list.

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 And a bunch of rules.

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 And tell you ladies what it looks like to be modest.

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 Say, do that.

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 And if you don't, I don't know.

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 There will be some consequence.

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 Right?

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 We're going to discipline you some way.

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 Right?

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 But that doesn't really get at the core of the issue.

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 And that is, it is an issue of the heart.

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 In Ezekiel chapter 36, beginning of verse 26, God says,

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 And I will give you a new heart and a new spirit I will put within you.

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 And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

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 And I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

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 So as we talk this morning about modesty and what that looks like, we must remember that Paul was writing to Timothy,

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 who was an elder of Christian people, who was leading believers and was leading women who had hearts that were changed.

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 So the condition of their heart should be, necessitates some outward expression.

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 An appropriate outward expression.

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 An outward expression that honors the gospel of Jesus Christ rather than profanes it.

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 An outward expression that ordains, that lays good works on the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 Ephesians 2.10, Paul says,

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 Now, this is a little bit, potentially, a little bit of a touchy topic.

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 And I hope that most of you ladies in the room have already sighed a big sigh of relief.

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 And have said, yes, a sermon on modesty.

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 That is great.

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 That is something that our culture needs to hear.

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 I hope that none of you have gotten really uptight and are feeling uncomfortable this morning.

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 I want to speak to you plainly this morning.

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 And I want to speak to you pastorally as one who loves you and cares about you.

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 Cares about what's going on in your life and about the things that you're doing that may bring judgment on you one day.

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 It's a great fear of mine.

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 And it has been all week as I've been considering exactly how to say some things.

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 And what should and what shouldn't be said.

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 It's a great fear of mine to embarrass any of you.

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 I think.

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 I want to at least believe that anyone here who doesn't quite understand what it means to be modest has done so out of ignorance.

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 And I don't want to embarrass you because you're ignorant.

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 If I say something this morning that applies to you and makes you want to sink in your seat and sneak out of here as soon as we get back up to sing, please don't.

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 You have a past this morning.

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 We will assume ignorance on your part this morning.

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 And never again from here on out.

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 But this morning, you can be ignorant of why it is you should be modest and how it is that that serves the church.

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 So please don't let me embarrass you.

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 I really, really, really don't want to do that.

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 Sam has coined a little phrase for me and she calls it my stomp hug method.

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 Where I step on people's toes and I give them a quick hug before they can get away.

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 Please hear me now hugging you.

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 Please hear me now hugging you.

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 Not bringing condemnation down on you.

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 If I thought anybody in this room intentionally dressed immodestly, was intentionally trying to cause the men in our church to sin, was really working at that, I would have no problem laying it out for you.

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 But I don't think that's the case in our church.

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 Ladies, let me encourage you to apply this truth to your own heart.

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 To not sit in judgment of other people around you, but to apply this truth to your own heart.

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 And then in turn, in speaking the truth in love, to apply it to the hearts of others.

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 Let me caution you against legalism.

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 Legalism.

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 Proper Christian encouragement says to people, I want you to look more like Christ.

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 Legalism says, I want you to look more like me.

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 Don't do that.

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 Don't fall into that trap this morning as we talk about these very practical matters.

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 Now ladies, as I speak to you and potentially in your ignorance, I say to you that there is not a man in this world.

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 And certainly not a man in this room that does not battle with the temptation of the flesh of sexual lust.

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 Not a man in this world that doesn't deal with that temptation.

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 Now there are men in this world that fight quite well against it.

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 And I don't mean this as a huge boast to myself, but I have been fighting that battle for two decades now.

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 A little over two decades now.

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 I have been battling against sexual sin in my life.

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 And I find massive victory in this by the grace of God.

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 Massive amounts of victory in this.

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 But as you get to know me, you'll learn that I hate the beach.

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 I hate the beach.

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 To me, to go to a place that's hot, that has no sun, makes no, I mean no shade, makes no sense.

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 A place where I have to manufacture my own shade or buy it at Walmart makes no sense to me.

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 I try not to be, but I'm a bit of a control freak.

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 And I cannot control where sand goes when I'm at the beach.

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 And it just absolutely drives me crazy.

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 But let me tell you the primary reason I do not like going to the beach.

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 It's not relaxing to my soul to go to the beach.

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 I don't get to rest when I go to the beach.

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 I've got to be on my game when I go to the beach.

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 I've got to arm up.

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 And I've got armor.

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 And I know how to wield my sword.

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 I know how to fight the fight.

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 I just don't want to fight when I'm on vacation.

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 I want to go someplace where I can relax and be calm a little bit.

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 I don't want to get up in the morning and go, it's battle time.

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 Let's go play with the kids at the beach.

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 I don't want to.

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 Somebody suggested to me this week, they said,

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 couldn't you just bury your head in a book when you're at the beach?

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 And I said, not with toddlers.

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 This last year, Judah wanted to walk up to people laying down on the beach and say, hi.

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 And you had to go, come on, Judah.

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 Come with me.

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 It doesn't quite work that way.

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 Ladies, you need to understand that this is something that all men battle with.

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 And we live in a culture that is highly sexualized.

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 Highly.

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 It is everywhere.

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 Men are asking most of the time for these things to be in front of them,

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 for these images to be presented to them.

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 It's in magazines.

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 It's in our Facebook feeds.

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 I can't believe some of the advertisements that are showing on Facebook now.

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 I may just have to stop using it altogether because it's just horrible.

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 The shows that we watch, the casual nature of sex and the presentation of women in our culture

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 is there all the time.

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 You don't want to be a part of that problem.

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 Now hear me clearly.

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 Secondly, I am not this morning making men's sexual sin your fault.

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 Please, please hear that.

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 I'm not going to say it to you over and over again throughout this sermon.

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 It is not your fault.

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 Men have their own deal.

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 They have to deal with their own deal.

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 They will be held accountable for their own sin.

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 However, you could be sinning and contributing to that factor.

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 If I were single and had a roommate who was an alcoholic,

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 and I always had the fridge stocked full of cold beer,

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 and had a liquor cabinet full,

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 and offered to him on every occasion a drink,

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 would I not be somehow accountable for his sin when he fell back into his alcoholism?

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 Certainly, that would be true.

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 And so there's a negative feedback loop that we find in our society.

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 Men struggle with this.

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 Women want to be accepted.

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 This is big picture.

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 Culturally, women want to be accepted.

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 So they dress the way they perceive men want them to dress,

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 which causes men to sin,

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 which causes them to desire that,

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 which is this bad negative feedback loop.

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 And men, we really need to be the ones that are responsible

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 for getting that loop going the opposite way.

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 We need to be the ones saying to women,

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 I don't want to be attracted to you for that.

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 I want to be attracted to you for your mind,

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 and your heart, and your actions.

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 We need to be saying that to women.

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 We need to be saying it to them verbally.

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 We need to be saying it to them practically.

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 We need to be finding ways of showing them

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 that we don't want to see them dress immodestly.

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 Like, we've got to be working at that.

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 But ladies, help us do that.

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 Be part of that process of getting that feedback loop

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 to be a positive feedback loop,

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 where we are growing together in grace.

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 I want to read to you a short testimony

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 of a young guy in our church

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 that most of you love and respect,

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 a godly young man,

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 to just give you some idea

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 of what young people are dealing with these days.

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 He wrote,

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 When I walk on the college campus,

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 I must confess as a man

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 that each and every day is a battle.

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 If I do not spend sufficient time in prayer

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 and meditation on the word of God,

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 I find that I have already lost this battle,

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 the battle of lust.

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 I am so thankful that my father is faithful

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 to provide the grace to stand in purity

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 and to keep my heart from wandering from him.

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 I am truly thankful that he has created me

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 to be a man attracted to women.

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 However, when walking the college campus,

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 I enter into a spiritual war zone,

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 especially when the weather is warm.

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 I must constantly be on guard,

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 using every weapon at my disposal

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 to survive in the battle for purity.

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 Scripture memory, prayer, and music

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 aid me greatly.

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 I try to bounce my eyes

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 as not to gaze at immodestly dressed women,

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 yet it seems nearly impossible

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 to heed the apostles' exhortation

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 to flee sexual immorality

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 and youthful lusts

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 when around every corner

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 I find the same temptation.

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 There are certain days

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 I know my only option

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 is to look down at the ground.

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 When I see a girl immodestly dressed,

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 my heart breaks for her.

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 Little does she know

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 that in a campus setting,

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 she probably will be devoured

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 in the hearts and minds of many men.

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 Then again, perhaps she is aware.

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 I honestly don't know.

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 I truly think the majority of women

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 have no idea how serious

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 that battle against lust is

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 for every man, young and old.

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 It never, ever stops seeking

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 to turn us aside,

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 to draw us into its paths,

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 to count us amongst its victims,

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 to drag us down

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 to the chambers of death.

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 For the most part,

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 the church is a sanctuary

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 from this battle against lust.

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 Yet today, the struggle

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 is slowly becoming

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 just as hard

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 in the congregation

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 of God's people.

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 The manner in which

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 some women dress at church

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 can cause major distractions

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 for a man.

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 I would dare say

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 that most girls

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 are ignorant concerning dress,

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 but some are not.

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 I plead with you

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 to embrace the truth

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 that you are a woman

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 created in the image of God

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 and beautiful apart

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 from what this world

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 would make of you.

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 Though my sin is my own

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 and I will be held

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 accountable to God for it,

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 I plead with women,

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 especially sisters in Christ,

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 to choose to aid their brothers

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 in this unending battle.

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 For the godly women

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 who refuse to dress

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 according to the pattern

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 of this world,

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 a thousand thank yous.

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 You have chosen to follow

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 in the beauty,

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 honor,

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 and dignity

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 of Sarah,

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 Ruth,

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 and Esther.

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 You have considered

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 serving,

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 caring,

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 and loving your brothers

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 of higher value

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 than what this wretched world

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 thinks of you.

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 You are the truly attractive women

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 in the eyes of a godly man,

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 and I am forever grateful for you.

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 Lastly,

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 I think it is right

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 to ask the forgiveness

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 on behalf of all men,

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 for we have failed

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 to treat you

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 with the honor

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 and respect you deserve

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 as those created

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 in the likeness

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 of our wonderful Creator.

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 The result has been

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 you dressing in a way

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 which appeals to the eyes

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 of sinful,

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 depraved men.

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 Change must start

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 with men

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 loving you

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 and treating you

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 with the dignity

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 you deserve.

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 Only then will your dress

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 reflect your love

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 and care for you

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 with sincerity,

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 your brother in Christ.

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 This is a very common issue.

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 Now,

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 to be very clear,

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 if all of you ladies

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 in this church

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 got it just right,

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 and many of you do,

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 to be sure,

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 men are still going to deal

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 with this temptation.

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 It's still going to be

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 on our college campus.

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 There's no doubt about it.

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 I was there the other day

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 visiting with some students,

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 and I'll address

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 a particular fashion

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 that's come about

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 and was just shocked.

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 Like,

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 oh,

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 poor guys.

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 Winter used to be so safe.

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 It used to be so easy

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 in the wintertime.

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 It's not really the case

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 anymore

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 on our college campuses.

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 So,

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 it's going to exist,

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 but you do not

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 want to be a contributor

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 to the issue.

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 You want to be a help to it.

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 You want to be

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 a service

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 to men.

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 Ladies,

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 you must know,

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 as I say,

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 that all of the men

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 in this room

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 deal with this,

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 that so many of them

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 deal with it so well.

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 I know a lot of the young men

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 in this room

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 very well,

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 and they fight,

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 and they fight well.

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 They really,

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 really want to be pure

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 in everything that they do.

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 They want to relate

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 to you appropriately,

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 so please,

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 please help them.

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 So,

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 back in our text,

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 we see,

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 beginning there

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 in verse 9,

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 that women should

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 adorn themselves

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 in respectable apparel

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 with modesty

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 and self-control.

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 And modesty

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 is an interesting word

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 we use in English

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 that in the Greek

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 has a bit more meaning

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 to it.

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 It carries the idea

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 of bashfulness,

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 right?

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 That you actually

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 would feel

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 that it's inappropriate

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 to expose yourself

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 to men,

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 right?

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 But it's a bashfulness

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 that has a regard

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 to others,

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 right?

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 That cares about

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 others seeing you

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 in a particular state.

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 The truth of it is,

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 you can dress however

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 you want to

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 when you're by yourself.

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 I don't care.

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 When you're all by room,

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 in your room,

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 all alone,

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 by yourself,

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 it really doesn't matter.

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 But when you go out

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 into the world,

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 you must consider

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 how it is that other

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 people are looking

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 at you.

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 And ladies,

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 I know you have

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 a culture that feeds

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 attention for the way

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 that you look,

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 right?

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 And you guys are all

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 beautiful girls,

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 especially the young ones

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 amongst you.

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 You're young,

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 which is what our

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 culture worships,

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 right?

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 You have the ability

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 to wear scanty clothes,

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 to not be modest.

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 But is that really

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 the attention

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 that you want?

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 Is that really

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 the attention

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 that you want?

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 If in your heart

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 you say yes,

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 then we have so many

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 things to talk about.

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 Let me say to you,

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 that is not the attention

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 that you want.

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 You do not want

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 the type of attention

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.779
 that is fleeting,

00:18:27.099 --> 00:18:27.319
 right?

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 That objectifies you.

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 You want people

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 to care about

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 who you are

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 as a person,

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 to look at you

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 in the eyes.

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 What would be my

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 encouragement to you

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 is to dress in such

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 a way that people

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 want to look at you

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 in the face.

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 They want to look at you

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.960
 in the eyes

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 when they're talking

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 to you.

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 So you're to be

00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:46.839
 dressed appropriately

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.700
 with modesty

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.700
 and with self-control.

00:18:48.819 --> 00:18:49.539
 And self-control here

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.299
 just simply means

00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.299
 soundness of mind.

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 Be rational about this.

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 Think about what

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 you're wearing.

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 There's a particular

00:18:57.619 --> 00:18:58.960
 type of bug

00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.559
 called a

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.740
 processionary

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.359
 caterpillar.

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.940
 We talked about

00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:02.359
 this in a community

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.599
 group.

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.480
 I thought it was a beetle.

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 It's a caterpillar.

00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.859
 A processionary

00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.279
 caterpillar.

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.279
 And this caterpillar

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.759
 will follow another

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.639
 processionary caterpillar

00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:10.059
 to food.

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 And you can actually

00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:12.519
 get them to work

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.220
 in a circle

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.420
 where they get

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.259
 head to tail,

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:15.779
 head to tail,

00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.220
 head to tail,

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.639
 and you can work

00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:17.460
 them around in a circle.

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 And they will go

00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:20.019
 around and around

00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:21.299
 and around and around

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.960
 in a circle

00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:23.099
 looking for food,

00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.299
 following the person

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.839
 in front of them

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.079
 for food until they die.

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.539
 Don't be a

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.180
 processionary

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:29.740
 caterpillar.

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 Operate with

00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:33.559
 soundness of mind.

00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:34.539
 Lift your head up.

00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.379
 Look around you.

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.180
 Don't let this

00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:39.480
 culture lull you

00:19:39.480 --> 00:19:40.299
 to sleep and tell

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:41.279
 you what's appropriate.

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 But look to the

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.659
 scriptures.

00:19:43.139 --> 00:19:44.039
 Look to the church

00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:45.019
 and ask them

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:46.539
 what is appropriate.

00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.059
 Function with

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.740
 modesty

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.559
 and with

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.099
 self-control.

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.240
 As I said to you

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.500
 before,

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:54.099
 I don't want to

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.720
 embarrass anybody.

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.099
 I don't want to

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:55.980
 offend anybody

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.460
 this morning.

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:56.960
 So I'm going to

00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:57.420
 let the scriptures

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.140
 do that for you.

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.299
 Proverbs 11,

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.980
 22.

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:03.140
 I absolutely

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:03.680
 love this

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:03.960
 proverb.

00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.220
 Maybe even a

00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:07.700
 little less for its

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.500
 application and just

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.640
 for its brilliance.

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.839
 Proverbs 11,

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.539
 22 says,

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.160
 Like a gold ring

00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.299
 in a pig's

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:15.420
 snout is a

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.180
 beautiful woman

00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:17.140
 without discretion.

00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:20.180
 Like a gold ring

00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.759
 in a pig's

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.259
 snout is a

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.880
 beautiful woman

00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.880
 without discretion.

00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:23.860
 The gold ring

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.600
 here is

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.440
 the beautiful

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.860
 woman.

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:27.500
 The gold ring

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.840
 is a beautiful

00:20:27.840 --> 00:20:28.120
 woman.

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.560
 It's something

00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.980
 to be treasured.

00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.680
 It's something

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:32.060
 of great value.

00:20:32.820 --> 00:20:33.140
 And the

00:20:33.140 --> 00:20:34.160
 contrast here

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.500
 is that

00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.460
 this type of

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:36.160
 thing should

00:20:36.160 --> 00:20:37.180
 not belong

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.660
 in a pig's

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:37.840
 snout.

00:20:37.940 --> 00:20:38.540
 It does

00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:39.880
 not belong

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.260
 there.

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.900
 So the

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.600
 implication is

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:42.900
 that a

00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.740
 beautiful woman

00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:45.040
 necessarily

00:20:45.040 --> 00:20:46.440
 should operate

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.620
 with discretion.

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.260
 The pig's

00:20:49.260 --> 00:20:49.820
 snout is

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.700
 the lack

00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.679
 of discretion.

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.460
 See that

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.740
 there.

00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.439
 And pigs

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:54.879
 in this day

00:20:54.879 --> 00:20:55.299
 were not

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.740
 in any way

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.139
 attractive.

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.579
 Some of you

00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:57.859
 might have

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.099
 thought,

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.460
 Oh,

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.139
 but pot-bellied

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.639
 pigs are so

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.379
 incredibly cute

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:00.799
 and adorable.

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:01.899
 Now,

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.579
 these would have

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:03.539
 been like

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.259
 our modern

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.799
 hogs,

00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.139
 the kind of

00:21:05.139 --> 00:21:05.539
 hogs that

00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:05.919
 are down

00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.799
 south just

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.799
 ravaging farms

00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.539
 and you can

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.039
 kill them all

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.519
 year long

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:09.960
 and you want

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.500
 to and they're

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.159
 hairy and they're

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.720
 disgusting.

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.519
 They're pretty

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.019
 good eating,

00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:15.700
 but this type

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.399
 of a hog is

00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:16.700
 what would have

00:21:16.700 --> 00:21:17.200
 existed here.

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.839
 Remember that

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.679
 the Hebrew people

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.740
 didn't eat pigs

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.660
 and pigs

00:21:20.660 --> 00:21:21.720
 would be out

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.500
 at the edge

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:22.900
 of town

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.420
 where refuse

00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.060
 was dumped

00:21:24.060 --> 00:21:24.460
 and they would

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:24.799
 go through

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:25.220
 the refuse.

00:21:25.560 --> 00:21:25.779
 These were

00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.840
 not attractive

00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:27.860
 animals.

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.920
 This is not

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.660
 where a beautiful

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.840
 woman should

00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.519
 reside.

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.759
 It should not

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.960
 be as a gold

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.060
 ring in a

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.840
 pig's snout

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:38.140
 at all.

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.779
 It does not

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:40.140
 belong there.

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.299
 Now,

00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:42.019
 the exhortation

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.000
 that he continues

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:44.600
 with is that

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:47.039
 women should be

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.400
 adorned in

00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.000
 respectable apparel

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.400
 with modest

00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:48.859
 self-control,

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.579
 not with

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:50.319
 braided hair

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.380
 and gold

00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:52.900
 or pearls

00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.380
 or costly

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:54.859
 attire.

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.059
 Now,

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.940
 we could get

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.559
 ourselves into

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.940
 a little bit

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.339
 of trouble

00:21:59.339 --> 00:22:00.220
 with this,

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:00.819
 can't we?

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.700
 And I am

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.500
 one who

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.559
 takes the

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.119
 word of God

00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:05.619
 as the word

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.079
 of God

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.180
 and I take

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:07.859
 the word of

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.500
 God literally

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.420
 in its literary

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.059
 forms.

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.559
 And so we

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.039
 have to wrestle

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.539
 with this a

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:12.859
 little bit.

00:22:12.940 --> 00:22:13.119
 What does

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:13.579
 this mean

00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.740
 exactly to

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.880
 us and to

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.480
 our culture?

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.620
 Should we

00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:19.000
 take it just

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.559
 at its face

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.039
 value and

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.319
 say,

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.279
 ladies,

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.900
 do not

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.259
 braid your

00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.480
 hair.

00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.160
 It's not

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.680
 appropriate for

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:23.799
 you to

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.039
 braid your

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.220
 hair.

00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:24.880
 It's not

00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.400
 appropriate for

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.779
 you to wear

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.700
 gold or

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.720
 pearls or

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:29.380
 costly attire.

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:29.700
 I don't know

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.180
 how we would

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.799
 define that

00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.339
 exactly.

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.839
 What I say to

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.700
 you is no.

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.680
 It's important

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.039
 for us to

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.539
 understand the

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.420
 culture that

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.799
 was being

00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.579
 spoken to here

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.640
 and then pull

00:22:38.640 --> 00:22:39.200
 the reality

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.860
 out for us.

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.500
 What is being

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.559
 taught to us?

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.799
 Paul is saying

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.279
 to Timothy

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.960
 that women

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.480
 should not

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.440
 ever improve

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.899
 the way they

00:22:45.899 --> 00:22:46.119
 look,

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.379
 that they

00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:46.720
 should never

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.240
 do any

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.700
 dressing up

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.419
 at all.

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:49.980
 I would say

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.419
 to you,

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:50.819
 no.

00:22:50.940 --> 00:22:51.279
 But what you

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.500
 need to

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.539
 understand is

00:22:52.539 --> 00:22:53.079
 that the

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.279
 way in which

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.639
 these particular

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:58.000
 characteristics

00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:59.460
 were true

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.679
 at best

00:23:00.679 --> 00:23:02.319
 of the

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:02.700
 wealthy,

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:03.619
 these were

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.039
 things that

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:05.240
 wealthy would

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.720
 have done,

00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:07.159
 at worst

00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:08.460
 of prostitutes.

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:10.940
 So as the

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.600
 early church

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.259
 was finding

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.579
 some liberty

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.559
 in their

00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.559
 faith in

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.000
 Christ,

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.799
 they were

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.279
 beginning to

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.640
 do some

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.100
 things that

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:18.319
 they would

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.680
 never have

00:23:18.680 --> 00:23:19.759
 done previously

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.779
 as respected

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.279
 parts of the

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.620
 community,

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:24.180
 as Jewish

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.860
 adherents,

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.340
 or as

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:27.420
 just well-to-do,

00:23:27.600 --> 00:23:28.079
 normal,

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.680
 good,

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:30.140
 Gentile people.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.940
 They were

00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.380
 beginning to

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:31.579
 say,

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:31.779
 well,

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.519
 we like the

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:32.860
 way the

00:23:32.860 --> 00:23:33.400
 pretty women

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.259
 dress.

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:35.240
 We want to

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.799
 look like

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.059
 them.

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.519
 We want to

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.180
 put on the

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.059
 airs that

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.539
 we are

00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.319
 these

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.200
 women,

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:40.679
 whether that

00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:40.940
 would be

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.579
 the wealthy

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.460
 or those

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.960
 whom the

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.539
 whole culture

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.119
 looked at

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.619
 as the

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.220
 epitome of

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:46.399
 sexual desire.

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.200
 And that's

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.039
 what they

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.500
 were doing.

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.639
 That's what

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.299
 the instruction

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:51.679
 is against,

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.759
 is to be

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.059
 sure that

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.440
 when people

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.179
 see your

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.639
 apparel,

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.480
 they see

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.279
 godliness,

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.779
 not the

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.879
 things of

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.339
 the world.

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.639
 Now,

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.639
 specifically,

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.259
 we're speaking

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.500
 about modesty,

00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.419
 but ladies,

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.899
 this is going

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.460
 to affect a

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.139
 lot of other

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.880
 things that

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.340
 you do

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:08.920
 and ways

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.240
 that you

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.780
 think.

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.360
 Now,

00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.280
 I'm not

00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:12.560
 going to be

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.220
 legalistic at

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.580
 this point.

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.060
 I could come

00:24:14.060 --> 00:24:14.660
 up with

00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:15.460
 some for

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:15.680
 you,

00:24:15.780 --> 00:24:15.940
 but I'm

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.420
 just not.

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.240
 I'm tempted

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.440
 to,

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:18.640
 but I'm

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.960
 just not.

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.220
 I'm not

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.380
 going to

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.040
 say anything.

00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:20.600
 I'm going

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:20.759
 to let

00:24:20.759 --> 00:24:21.180
 this work

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.700
 in your

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.220
 own heart.

00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:22.940
 How is

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.420
 it that

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.200
 you make

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.820
 yourself up

00:24:24.820 --> 00:24:25.280
 to look

00:24:25.280 --> 00:24:26.080
 more like

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.680
 the world

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:27.940
 and your

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.980
 motivation in

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.200
 that,

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.700
 the heart

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.140
 in it all,

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.700
 is to

00:24:30.700 --> 00:24:31.880
 not look

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.800
 godly?

00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.140
 Our culture

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.780
 does a lot

00:24:34.780 --> 00:24:35.460
 of things

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:37.020
 to epitomize

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:38.600
 particular types

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.560
 of people,

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.540
 like celebrity.

00:24:41.780 --> 00:24:42.380
 You must

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:42.800
 think about

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.160
 this.

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:44.140
 Peter wrote

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:45.060
 in 1 Peter 3,

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.780
 3 and 4,

00:24:45.840 --> 00:24:46.340
 do not let your

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:46.880
 adorning be

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.420
 external,

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.220
 the braiding

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.680
 of hair,

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.340
 and the putting

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:49.800
 on of gold

00:24:49.800 --> 00:24:50.180
 jewelry,

00:24:50.340 --> 00:24:50.820
 or the clothing

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.200
 you wear.

00:24:51.280 --> 00:24:51.800
 See the same

00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:52.880
 cultural issue

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.560
 happening there.

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.360
 But let your

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:55.060
 adorning be

00:24:55.060 --> 00:24:55.780
 the hidden

00:24:55.780 --> 00:24:56.640
 person of the

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.040
 heart,

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.820
 with the

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:58.540
 imperishable

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.880
 beauty of a

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.800
 gentle and

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:01.680
 quiet spirit,

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.400
 which in

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.180
 God's sight

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:04.180
 is very

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.180
 precious.

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.279
 This is the

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.200
 way you

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.560
 should want

00:25:07.560 --> 00:25:08.080
 to adorn

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:09.340
 yourself.

00:25:10.360 --> 00:25:11.340
 With respectable

00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:12.140
 apparel is

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:13.740
 the terminology

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.860
 used here.

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.740
 With respectable

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.740
 apparel.

00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:17.539
 And you must

00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:17.980
 think about

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.400
 what that

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:18.960
 looks like.

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.279
 What does

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:19.900
 respectable

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.279
 apparel look

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.620
 like?

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.620
 And again,

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:22.940
 it would be

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.600
 so tempting

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.259
 at this point.

00:25:24.380 --> 00:25:24.720
 In fact,

00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:25.400
 I found some

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.160
 great resources

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:26.640
 that were

00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:27.940
 checklists for

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.220
 you.

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:31.140
 Most schools

00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:31.660
 have dressings

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.180
 code.

00:25:32.300 --> 00:25:32.600
 Most of you

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:32.920
 probably went

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.160
 to some

00:25:33.160 --> 00:25:33.440
 kind of a

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.880
 high school

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.360
 that had a

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.779
 dress code

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.060
 of some

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.360
 sort.

00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.240
 I'm just

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.820
 not willing

00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.220
 to make

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:40.820
 laws where

00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:41.360
 the Bible

00:25:41.360 --> 00:25:41.820
 doesn't make

00:25:41.820 --> 00:25:42.200
 laws.

00:25:43.040 --> 00:25:43.279
 I'm just

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.660
 not willing

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.220
 to do it.

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:44.900
 However,

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:47.140
 we do need

00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.960
 to address a

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.440
 few things to

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.779
 give you an

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.860
 idea of what

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:50.680
 I may be

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.279
 talking about.

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.700
 And here's

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.040
 the part where

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:52.240
 I'm really

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.540
 worried to

00:25:52.540 --> 00:25:52.980
 embarrass you.

00:25:53.060 --> 00:25:53.320
 Don't be.

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.720
 Please don't

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.360
 be embarrassed.

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.080
 You're ignorant

00:25:55.080 --> 00:25:55.560
 this morning.

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.840
 Tights or

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.360
 leggings,

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.800
 whatever you

00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.380
 want to call

00:26:01.380 --> 00:26:01.840
 them, ladies

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.520
 are not

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:03.120
 pants.

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.440
 Hug.

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.080
 They're not

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:07.680
 pants.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.900
 And if in

00:26:10.900 --> 00:26:11.800
 your mind the

00:26:11.800 --> 00:26:12.860
 natural progression

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.580
 from the

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:14.100
 tightness of

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.560
 your jeans is

00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:16.040
 that you might

00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:17.100
 as well, then

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.620
 your jeans are

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.340
 too tight too.

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.280
 Right?

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:20.060
 If you can't

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.780
 comfortably sit

00:26:20.780 --> 00:26:21.460
 down in your

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:23.120
 pants, you

00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.860
 need to wear

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.480
 bigger pants.

00:26:26.760 --> 00:26:28.140
 Ladies, bikinis.

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.940
 How did that

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.580
 become culturally

00:26:29.580 --> 00:26:30.040
 acceptable?

00:26:31.100 --> 00:26:31.580
 How is that

00:26:31.580 --> 00:26:32.080
 something that

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.640
 it seems that

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.960
 everyone does?

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.860
 Even people who

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.100
 from the world's

00:26:36.100 --> 00:26:36.580
 terms shouldn't

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.720
 possibly ever

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.800
 be seen in a

00:26:38.800 --> 00:26:40.180
 bikini, they

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.880
 would not wear

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.520
 anything else at

00:26:41.520 --> 00:26:41.860
 the beach.

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:43.000
 It's bizarre that

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:45.000
 the culture really

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.320
 says that you get

00:26:46.320 --> 00:26:47.380
 within an hour of

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.440
 the beach and your

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.840
 brain turns off.

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.380
 And you begin to

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:52.460
 think entirely

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.520
 differently.

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:54.340
 Right?

00:26:54.339 --> 00:26:55.159
 Would any of you

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:56.559
 ever walk into

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.299
 this building in

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.859
 your underwear?

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.240
 No.

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:02.379
 Why is it okay in

00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.259
 a different context?

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:05.339
 I don't understand.

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.099
 I honestly do not

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.619
 understand.

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.279
 Right?

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.099
 If it would be

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.699
 normative to wear

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.980
 something on top of

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.500
 something that you're

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.399
 wearing, you probably

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:15.679
 should be wearing

00:27:15.679 --> 00:27:16.399
 something on top.

00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.559
 Tights would be an

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.659
 example of that.

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.459
 If it would be

00:27:19.459 --> 00:27:20.279
 normative to wear it

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:21.519
 as an undergarment,

00:27:21.899 --> 00:27:22.439
 treat it as an

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:23.319
 undergarment and wear

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.079
 something else.

00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.819
 on top of it.

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:29.619
 Ladies, Facebook is

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.859
 a dangerous medium

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:32.319
 both for you and

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.279
 for men.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.559
 When you go to the

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.939
 beach and you make

00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:36.720
 your pose, your cute

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.679
 little picture in your

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.879
 bikini, you know it

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:40.059
 ends up on a place

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.859
 where everyone can

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.319
 see it.

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:44.419
 And sometimes, more

00:27:44.419 --> 00:27:46.179
 often than not, when

00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:47.599
 they didn't choose to

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.019
 see it.

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.439
 Right?

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.359
 It shows up there in

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.779
 the feed and that

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:52.819
 image is imprinted in

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.759
 a guy's mind and he's

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.619
 got to deal with it and

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.220
 he's got to wrestle

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.640
 with it.

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.359
 He's got to go to

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.740
 battle because you

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.779
 thought it'd be cute to

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.500
 post a picture like

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.740
 that.

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.920
 Or your friend did.

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.019
 Right?

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.779
 You need to really

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:04.039
 think about what you

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:06.859
 wear everywhere that you

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.099
 go.

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:11.400
 Now, clearly, also none

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.180
 of you would walk into

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.579
 this room in a modest

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.440
 one-piece bathing suit.

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.379
 That would also be very

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.900
 strange.

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.960
 I think there is

00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:19.220
 appropriate swimwear

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.940
 that you can wear.

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.799
 And I would encourage

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.680
 you ladies to be the

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.900
 unique ones amongst your

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.980
 groups of friends that

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.880
 finds the cute,

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:26.180
 appropriate swimwear.

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.940
 And there are companies

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:28.000
 out there doing this

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.460
 now.

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.200
 Right?

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:29.960
 That you can be the

00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:31.039
 most adorable one on the

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.539
 beach and be very

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.240
 covered.

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.080
 Right?

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.080
 And I would encourage

00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:38.759
 you to do that.

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.480
 You may not be able to

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.580
 keep up with the latest

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:44.279
 trend if you desire to be

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.620
 godly.

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:47.759
 You may not be able to

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:49.879
 fit in with the crowd if

00:28:49.879 --> 00:28:50.739
 you desire to be godly.

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.979
 Is this shocking to you?

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.359
 That God has sanctified

00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:55.399
 you, He's taken you, and

00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:56.519
 He's set you apart from

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:58.199
 the world to serve Him and

00:28:58.199 --> 00:28:59.239
 His ways, and you may not

00:28:59.239 --> 00:29:00.659
 be able to fit in in every

00:29:00.659 --> 00:29:00.939
 way?

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.119
 Right?

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:03.599
 That your pants may not be

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.579
 as tight?

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.859
 That you may be the one on

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:09.039
 the beach in the one-piece?

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.579
 The modest one-piece?

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.279
 There are some horrible

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.279
 one-pieces as well.

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.059
 Right?

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:15.480
 Is this a surprise to you?

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.480
 It shouldn't be.

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.659
 It shouldn't be.

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.980
 And it shouldn't be

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.039
 heartbreaking to you.

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.240
 It shouldn't hurt you in

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.460
 any way whatsoever to say,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.859
 I would gladly give up

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.159
 that.

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.139
 To serve my Lord?

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.960
 No problem.

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:27.919
 Right?

00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:29.000
 That's easy.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.599
 Right?

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.359
 That is low cost.

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.339
 Right?

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:34.139
 To be a servant of the

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:34.940
 Most High God.

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.879
 He's called us to much

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:37.399
 higher costs than that.

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.019
 Right?

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:39.159
 He's called us to suffer

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.919
 for His sake.

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:41.019
 To potentially lay your

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.480
 life down for His sake.

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.680
 To be martyred one day?

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.980
 Don't wrestle over

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:46.279
 swimwear with Him.

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.700
 Be modest.

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.319
 Serve your brothers.

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.380
 Right?

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.680
 How can you possibly know

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.819
 what is and isn't

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.299
 appropriate?

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.660
 Right?

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:56.120
 Nathan, give us the list.

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:57.000
 Just give me the list.

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.900
 I'm not giving you the list.

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.059
 But what you can do

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.819
 is you can ask your fathers.

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.140
 Many of you have

00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:03.279
 godly fathers.

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.319
 And even if they're not

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.920
 godly fathers,

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.099
 they probably know

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:07.839
 the way men's minds work.

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.640
 And you could say to your

00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:08.860
 dad,

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.120
 Dad,

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.439
 is this appropriate?

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.879
 The little ones do it.

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.699
 If I ever have daughters,

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.259
 oh,

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.939
 I can guarantee they're

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.639
 going to get screened

00:30:16.639 --> 00:30:17.419
 before they go out of the

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:17.779
 house.

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:18.579
 Right?

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:19.359
 And I'll also check the

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.159
 backpack to make sure

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.899
 there's nothing stuffed

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.639
 in the bottom of it.

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.719
 Right?

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:24.119
 Ask your fathers and be

00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:25.039
 willing to take something

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.459
 back.

00:30:26.099 --> 00:30:26.199
 Right?

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:27.259
 Go to the store and buy

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.139
 something, bring it home,

00:30:28.219 --> 00:30:28.799
 show it to your dad,

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.059
 and go,

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.500
 okay, dad,

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.199
 I'll take it back.

00:30:30.439 --> 00:30:31.419
 I will honor you in that

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.759
 way because you're a man

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.699
 and you understand men.

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:34.839
 And I don't want to be

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.819
 consumed in the minds

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.339
 and hearts of men.

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:39.699
 Ask the women of your

00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.159
 church.

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.959
 If this is your church,

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.459
 we have many godly women

00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:45.299
 in our church that dress

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:47.179
 very modestly.

00:30:47.579 --> 00:30:48.199
 Do that.

00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.399
 Talk to those women.

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.559
 Ask them,

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.459
 is this appropriate?

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:52.859
 I'm feeling a little on the

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.259
 edge here.

00:30:53.339 --> 00:30:54.159
 What do you think?

00:30:55.359 --> 00:30:55.500
 Right?

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:56.899
 Ladies who are married,

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.740
 ask your husbands.

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.000
 I,

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:01.099
 without ever talking to Sam

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.439
 about it,

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.099
 Sam has always asked me

00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:04.459
 about things she just

00:31:04.459 --> 00:31:05.399
 wasn't sure about.

00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.199
 Is this alright?

00:31:06.199 --> 00:31:06.919
 And you know what I'll tell

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.100
 you,

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.420
 that I really appreciate her

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.800
 because she,

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:10.620
 she really errs to the

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:11.380
 side of caution.

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.960
 And more often than not,

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.820
 my response to that is,

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.100
 yeah,

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.680
 it's fine.

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.019
 Like,

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:16.019
 totally fine.

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.580
 No big deal.

00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.360
 But on occasion,

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:17.680
 I've said,

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.039
 yeah,

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.400
 I don't,

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.440
 I wouldn't do it.

00:31:20.060 --> 00:31:20.180
 Right?

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.539
 Ask.

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.759
 Just ask.

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.300
 It's such a simple

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:25.519
 thing to do.

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.740
 And when in doubt,

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:28.100
 don't.

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.180
 Just,

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.500
 if you don't know,

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:31.200
 you're standing in your

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:32.039
 dorm room and you just

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.019
 don't know if it's

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.420
 appropriate.

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:35.000
 You don't know if it's

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:36.019
 going to serve your

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.319
 brothers.

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.019
 Just don't.

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.619
 Just don't.

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.299
 Caring for them matters

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:42.339
 more than how cute you

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.779
 might be.

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.799
 Right?

00:31:44.740 --> 00:31:45.299
 Verse 10,

00:31:45.379 --> 00:31:45.619
 though,

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.000
 is kind of the

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:49.119
 continuation of the

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:50.559
 beginning of 9.

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.180
 Right?

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:53.220
 What is it that you're

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:54.180
 to be adorned with?

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:56.259
 Respectable apparel.

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:56.740
 Verse 10,

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:58.279
 but with what is proper

00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.480
 for women who profess

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.620
 godliness.

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.099
 With good works.

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.339
 So what should make

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.460
 women attractive

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:07.059
 to men?

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.079
 Good works.

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.839
 Guys,

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.240
 that's the kind of

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:11.519
 woman that you want.

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.160
 Our cultural

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:14.519
 definition of beauty,

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:15.380
 so hear me carefully

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.720
 here,

00:32:16.140 --> 00:32:17.660
 our cultural definition

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:18.180
 of beauty,

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.440
 we epitomize youth.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.420
 And guess what?

00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:22.200
 Your wives are going

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.000
 to get old.

00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:25.339
 They're not going

00:32:25.339 --> 00:32:26.119
 to hold together

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.700
 the way they held

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.359
 together when they

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.859
 were younger.

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.859
 Speaking as a

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:30.519
 spiritual man,

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:32.200
 who loves my wife

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.859
 for spiritual reasons,

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.920
 she gets more

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.160
 beautiful to me.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:35.599
 Right?

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.519
 Physically and

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.940
 spiritually,

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.900
 she's increasing

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.880
 in beauty

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.519
 day by day.

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.700
 But if you

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.960
 epitomize

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.380
 beauty the way

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.000
 culture epitomizes

00:32:47.519 --> 00:32:47.940
 beauty,

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.660
 you're going to be

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:49.619
 disappointed one day.

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.480
 Someday,

00:32:51.559 --> 00:32:52.119
 you'll wake up

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:53.479
 to an older woman

00:32:53.479 --> 00:32:54.219
 who'll be laying

00:32:54.219 --> 00:32:54.599
 next to you

00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:54.959
 and you'll say,

00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.639
 that is not the

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.319
 woman that I married,

00:32:56.739 --> 00:32:57.500
 if that is what

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.099
 you care about.

00:32:58.479 --> 00:32:59.619
 Do not care about that.

00:32:59.899 --> 00:33:00.500
 Look for women

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.919
 who profess godliness

00:33:01.919 --> 00:33:02.939
 and adorn that

00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:05.599
 with good works.

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.000
 Proverbs 31.30,

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:08.039
 speaking of our

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.399
 famous Proverbs 31 woman,

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.639
 says,

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:10.599
 Charm is deceitful

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:12.519
 and beauty is vain,

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.539
 passing,

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.279
 fleeting,

00:33:14.479 --> 00:33:15.379
 but a woman who

00:33:15.379 --> 00:33:16.359
 fears the Lord

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:18.399
 is to be praised.

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.739
 Ladies,

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.379
 this is the way

00:33:20.379 --> 00:33:21.079
 you want to orient

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.819
 yourself.

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:23.899
 If guys don't

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:25.359
 like that in you,

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.459
 then they're not

00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:27.459
 worth your time.

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.579
 Right?

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:29.519
 If you have to

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.359
 show off any

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.479
 part of yourself,

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:33.539
 any part of yourself

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.599
 physically to a guy

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.519
 for him to like you,

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:37.639
 kick him to the curb.

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:39.039
 And if you can't do it,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.139
 call me and I'll come

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.759
 kick him to the curb

00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.099
 for you.

00:33:41.419 --> 00:33:41.599
 Right?

00:33:42.659 --> 00:33:43.979
 Not worth

00:33:43.979 --> 00:33:45.019
 your time.

00:33:45.179 --> 00:33:46.179
 You want a man

00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:47.559
 who is attracted

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.719
 to godliness

00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.579
 as you should be

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:52.779
 displaying godliness.

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.400
 1 Corinthians 10.31

00:33:54.400 --> 00:33:54.680
 says,

00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.460
 So whether you eat

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:56.460
 or drink

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.900
 or whatever you do,

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.079
 do all

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.299
 to the glory of God.

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.240
 This would include

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.299
 the way

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:03.279
 in which

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.460
 we dress.

00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.579
 So it's important

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.460
 that you see

00:34:07.460 --> 00:34:08.579
 that

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:10.559
 part of the way

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.119
 that you give

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.679
 legitimacy

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:13.119
 to the gospel message

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.579
 is how you dress.

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:14.960
 It includes

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.960
 all so many things

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.079
 about the way

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.139
 we function in our life.

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.599
 We've been talking

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.920
 about that in Mark

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.639
 chapter 4

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.159
 as we've been preaching

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.639
 through that

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.779
 about not hiding

00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.279
 our light

00:34:23.279 --> 00:34:24.139
 under our bed

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.980
 but putting up

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.619
 on a lampstand

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.079
 where it's meant

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.679
 to be seen.

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.500
 We've been talking

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.119
 about how we should

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:29.480
 be sowing seed

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.380
 in the world.

00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:31.759
 This is the activity

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:33.500
 that's fitting Christians.

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.059
 We should be

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:35.019
 functioning in this way

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.059
 and that includes

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.940
 the way

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:38.579
 that you dress.

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.679
 A really classic

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.639
 example of this

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.739
 is 1 Corinthians

00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.500
 chapter 9

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.039
 verse 19-23.

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:45.819
 Now hear me

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:47.139
 we have great

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.699
 liberty in Christ.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.479
 That's one of the

00:34:49.479 --> 00:34:50.099
 great blessings

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.779
 is that we are

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:51.319
 no longer

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:52.279
 under law

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:53.459
 but under the spirit.

00:34:54.239 --> 00:34:54.859
 So we have been

00:34:54.859 --> 00:34:56.279
 given access

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.859
 we've been granted

00:34:56.859 --> 00:34:57.359
 permission

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:58.419
 to do things

00:34:58.419 --> 00:34:59.819
 like eat pork

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.419
 would be a very

00:35:00.419 --> 00:35:01.299
 simple example

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.279
 of that.

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.879
 We're allowed

00:35:03.879 --> 00:35:04.679
 to do

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.919
 some things

00:35:05.919 --> 00:35:06.799
 not all things

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.519
 but some things

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.199
 we're allowed to do

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:08.599
 we've been given

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.679
 liberty in Christ

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.739
 but you can practice

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.339
 your liberty

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:13.000
 for yourself

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:14.460
 or for service

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.059
 to the kingdom.

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.559
 Let me give you

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:16.960
 an example

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:17.720
 in my life

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.820
 I find it

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.340
 perfectly

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.260
 permissible

00:35:20.260 --> 00:35:21.019
 by the scriptures

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.600
 to consume alcohol

00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:23.860
 not to become

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.320
 drunk

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:25.800
 but to drink

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:27.440
 but because of

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.160
 my position

00:35:28.160 --> 00:35:29.480
 and because of

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:29.980
 the culture

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.840
 we live in

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:32.300
 this hyper

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.519
 Christianity

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:35.320
 fairly legalistic

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.780
 culture

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.880
 that we live in

00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.800
 I choose not to

00:35:37.800 --> 00:35:38.560
 and I am

00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:39.300
 practicing my

00:35:39.300 --> 00:35:39.660
 liberty

00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:40.460
 in choosing

00:35:40.460 --> 00:35:40.860
 not to

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:42.140
 as in no way

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:43.180
 profanes the gospel

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:44.360
 Christ has set me

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.539
 free

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.740
 I'm free to do it

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.160
 but I'm also

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:47.180
 free to not do it

00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:48.840
 I would encourage

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.320
 the same

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:50.180
 for all of you

00:35:50.180 --> 00:35:51.380
 not a law

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.680
 but think about

00:35:52.680 --> 00:35:53.300
 where you live

00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:53.880
 and what you do

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.519
 and how it is

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:55.100
 that you serve

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:56.080
 the kingdom of God

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:56.600
 I would never

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:57.660
 want anybody

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:59.039
 in our culture

00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.400
 to not hear the gospel

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.120
 from me

00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:02.220
 because they saw me

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.539
 drink

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:04.100
 it's just not worth

00:36:04.100 --> 00:36:04.480
 it to me

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.519
 I don't care

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:08.719
 1 Corinthians 9

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.679
 beginning of verse 19

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.659
 Paul says

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.159
 for though I am

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.739
 free from all

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:12.699
 I have made myself

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.840
 a servant to all

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.079
 that I might win

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:16.159
 more of them

00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:17.340
 to the Jews

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.159
 I became as a Jew

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.940
 in order to win Jews

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.039
 to those under the law

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.599
 I became as one

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.019
 under the law

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.619
 though not being

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.619
 myself under the law

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.559
 that I might win

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.820
 those under the law

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:27.480
 to those outside the law

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.199
 I became as one

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:29.139
 outside the law

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.320
 not being outside

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:31.159
 the law of God

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:32.019
 but under the law

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.639
 of Christ

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.559
 that I might win

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:35.119
 those outside the law

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.440
 to the weak

00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:37.659
 I became weak

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.400
 that I might win

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.980
 the weak

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.960
 I have become

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.779
 all things

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.539
 to all people

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:42.900
 that by all means

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:44.319
 I might save some

00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:45.599
 I do it all

00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.199
 for the sake

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.839
 of the gospel

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:48.119
 that I may share

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.739
 with them

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:50.400
 in its blessings

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:52.799
 what do you

00:36:52.799 --> 00:36:53.819
 ultimately care about

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.719
 in this world

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.259
 right

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:56.219
 do you care about

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:57.460
 being cute

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:58.619
 do you care about

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.699
 fitting in

00:36:59.699 --> 00:37:00.559
 do you care about

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.819
 attracting the wrong

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:02.900
 type of attention

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.960
 from guys

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.740
 or do you care

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.179
 about the kingdom

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.539
 of God

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.880
 do you care

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.860
 about advancing

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.019
 the good news

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:09.300
 of Jesus Christ

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:10.579
 and if you do

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:12.619
 if your heart

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.720
 is modest

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:14.840
 it is going

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:16.019
 to affect

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:17.300
 the way you live

00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.480
 it's going to affect

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.460
 the way

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:21.139
 that you dress

00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:23.500
 Titus 2.10

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:24.460
 Paul says

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.579
 that good works

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:26.440
 adorn

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.579
 the doctrine

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:29.000
 of God

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.420
 our Savior

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:33.119
 so how we dress

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.680
 guys this applies

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.139
 to you

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:36.619
 my two year old

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.380
 and my three year old

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.300
 outclass some of you

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:39.260
 guys on Sunday mornings

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:40.800
 might not want that

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.740
 to be the case

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.119
 right

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:43.240
 this applies to guys

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.579
 as well

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.200
 how we dress

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:45.340
 matters

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:45.820
 because

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:47.639
 it's about the gospel

00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:49.900
 everything that we do

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:51.079
 should adorn

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:52.099
 the doctrine

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:53.059
 of God

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.019
 our Savior

00:37:54.019 --> 00:37:56.059
 now ladies

00:37:56.059 --> 00:37:57.200
 let me say to you again

00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:59.379
 it is the fault

00:37:59.379 --> 00:38:00.119
 of men

00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:01.759
 that men sin

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:03.659
 sexually in their minds

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:05.619
 it is their fault

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:07.899
 but it is your fault

00:38:07.899 --> 00:38:08.980
 when you feed it

00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:10.119
 you will be judged

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:11.039
 one day

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:12.939
 for your actions

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:14.619
 and it is my great prayer

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.719
 for this church

00:38:15.719 --> 00:38:17.839
 as an odd group of people

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:19.259
 we're fluctuating constantly

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:20.219
 college students

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:21.000
 I love you

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.980
 you make our group weird

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.679
 and that's okay

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:24.279
 like I'm really content

00:38:24.279 --> 00:38:25.500
 being weird that way

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:26.339
 you come and you go

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:27.059
 many of you

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.719
 and I look out at your faces

00:38:27.719 --> 00:38:28.579
 I've never even seen you

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.279
 before this morning

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:30.739
 that's okay with me

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.699
 I'm glad that you're here

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:33.279
 but we ebb and we flow

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.840
 and we change

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:35.279
 but I just don't care

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:35.960
 what I want

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.799
 Christ Family Church

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.539
 to be known for

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.539
 is being set apart

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.159
 from this world

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.599
 not for the sake

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.259
 of being different

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.940
 we're not trying to be

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.420
 rebels against our church culture

00:38:43.420 --> 00:38:44.599
 that's not the intention

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.400
 of what we're trying to do

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.259
 but to be set apart

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:47.099
 from the world

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.420
 that we might magnify

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:49.079
 Christ

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.960
 in all

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 that we do

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 and that includes

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 the way

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 you ladies dress

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together

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 let's pray together