She walked out into the street with mincing steps, letting the deliberate rhythm of her strides to gently twist her waist, causing her hips to sway enticingly to the admiration of onlookers.
She already knew that she was beautiful, and that she also looked too seductive to be overlooked in the street, but the complimentary whistles and hisses from male admirers each time she walked in the street were more proofs, which she never failed to expect. Even the ladies from across the street could not help stealing a glance or two – she sees them all with the corners of her eyes! How could she fail to notice all of that, anyway, when she actually expected them? How happy she felt to have all eyes on her, from so many admirers, can only be imagined! From the mischievous taxi driver who poked his head out of the window, and blew a lustful kiss, to the sales girl who stole envious glances at her – the silent applause and unspoken compliments kept pouring in from all directions of the street in a steady stream, filling her to the brim with pride as she minced voluptuously into the distance ahead.
What was it that brought her so much attention? Was it her over-pampered face, so bleached out of tone with the rest of her skin, or the different shades of colour smeared on it?
Jer.4.30 : “What are you doing, O devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why shade your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.” NIV.
What brought her so much street fame? Was it the outline of her naked body, so conspicuously
projecting from underneath her tight-fitting cloth? Was it her half exposed and compressed breasts, threatening to pop out at any moment from that generous neckline? Was it her exposed thighs or protruding hips? Whatever it was, it sure got her male admirers enchanted, and swept away in an orgy of lust and immoral reverie, until their whole bodies were aflame with uncontrolled desire and lust.
Matt.5.28 “But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart”. NIV
The fiction captured above represents the reality in our
streets today as both the old and the young (especially of the female gender) go about the streets in skimpy garments, designed to reveal instead of to cover their nakedness. To be naked does not only mean to be without clothes,
but also to be dressed in such a manner that the naked parts of the body, sought to be covered by the use of clothing, are actually
exposed or clearly projected from underneath it.This is called virtual nakedness, and such kind of dressing is sinful in the eyes of God who desires that all humans, whom He has made in His image and likeness, be properly dressed. Those who labour under the misguided belief that God does not look on the outward appearances of mankind, but only in the inside of the heart, should consider the precedent (with regards to proper
dressing) set by Him in the Garden of Eden:
1 Adam and Eve stood naked before God, stripped of His glory by sin; so they sewed fig leaves to make aprons in order to cover the shame of their nakedness. Genesis 3:7.
2 As they heard God approach their habitation, they ran away to hide among the lush plants of the garden because the aprons, which they had invented, did not give sufficient covering for their naked bodies. Genesis 3:8-10.
3 God noticed their plight, and He made coats of skin to clothe them properly . Genesis 3.21 .
Now, let’s get this straight: if God was not concerned about their outward looks, wouldn’t He have left them still dressed in their skimpy aprons? Worthy of note, also, is the fact that the clothing, which God provided for Adam and Eve, were coats: the aprons did not give them sufficient covering, and that was why they had earlier run to hide! However, God’s coats adequately covered their nakedness.
If you look critically at most of the fashion trends of today, you’ll notice that they are like that apron, which Adam and Eve sewed; it reveals, not cover, the nakedness of the body. Young ladies (with some elderly women also) spend quite a fortune in buying clothes that offer anything, except to properly cover their nakedness. That is not proper! God’s word says in Rev.3.17: “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
Rev.3.18: I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see”. NIV.
Virtual nakedness is promoted by the following clothing items: body hugs, transparent cloths, or cloths deliberately styled and sewed to bring out the shapes or curves of the naked body, which modesty and decency would rather have concealed from all others, except from a person’s legally wedded spouse.
Undersized clothes, and cloths deliberately styled to expose the breasts, thighs, and other sexually sensitive parts of the body, are all complicit in promoting lust and sexual orgies. Those fashion trends defeat the actual intention of the use of cloths, which is to properly cover the naked body. Such dressing should not only be considered as indecent, and condemn-able in any decent society, but should also be considered that it is immoral and sinful in the eyes of our Almighty God who frowns at such indecent dressing.
When any one is sexually aroused because of the indecent dressing of another person, passing by or sitting, he or she is actually having a virtual sex with them. Jesus Christ gave the understanding that it is the same thing in God’s sight as having a literal sex with them! See Matthew 5:28.
Young men, and a growing number of older men, too, have formed the habit of feasting their eyes on ladies and older women who delight in exposing the nakedness they should have kept concealed with proper clothing.They call it fashion, but God sees it for the truth that it actually portrays: a deliberate and provocative sexual appeal! A lustful drive, which ultimately promotes virtual street sex. Those who are guilty of this indecency may disagree with what’s been said here,
but they must know also that what we think of, or how we see this message, is inconsequential in the light of divine justice: what will matter in the end would be God’s verdict, because He is the righteous judge who knows the motives of the heart. For those who dress to entice the opposite sex (2 Kings 9:30); whose dressing is immoral, aimed at attracting attention, and to please or seek a lover (Jeremiah 4:30
Songs of Solomon 7:2,3); whose dressing encourages or promotes sexual immorality or prostitution (Ezekiel 23:40-44); whose dressing inspires pride or too much consciousness of their looks: God is sounding the warning now:
James 4.4: “You’re cheating on God. If all you want is your own way, flirting with the world every chance you get, you end up enemies of God and his way.” MSB
2Pet.2.14 – “They commit adultery with their eyes, and their lust is never satisfied. They make a game of luring unstable people into sin. They train themselves to be greedy; they are doomed and cursed”. NLT
If this message reflects your dressing habit or lifestyle, just know that God is calling you to repentance now: amend your ways!
Believe in the Lord, Jesus Christ, and confess your
sins to Him. Ask Him to save your soul, and give you a new life free of the old sinful habits, which has estranged you from God. He is faithful, and will do it.
1John.1.9 : “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” NIV
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