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The Bible reveals two ways which people are following to get into heaven. One way, the true way, is God’s way. God’s way into heaven is the way of peace and truth and righteousness. It is the only way approved of God. This way centers in the Lord Jesus Christ who said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). The Bible declares that there is another way. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Prov. 14:12).

There are so many popular ways today filled with lost multitudes all over the land, such as the way of morality, the way of respectability, the way of religion, the way of churchianity, the way of baptism, the way of christening, the way of confirmation, the way of penance, the way of confession, the way of “doing the best I can”, the way of self, the way of education, the way of philosophy, the way of false isms and cults that crowd the street. Little wonder then when we speak to people about the way of salvation, that so many have asked, “How can I know which is the true way? There are so many different ideas and so many religions.”

But there is ONE difference between God’s way of salvation and man’s way, and that difference is found in a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. You will notice that man leaves Christ out of the center of his way. You will discover that the modern false cults and isms demote Christ to a mere man and add something to what He has already done for your salvation and mine. We become children of God through a supernatural birth. Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Jesus also said, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:7)

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                                           Christians Must Dress Modestly

                                               Sound advice from a younger Christian

    (The modernism of our appearance will nullify the fundamentalism of our doctrine.)

    Copied: Leslie Cox, A “younger” Christian voice in the Dallas Morning News, July 14, 2002 and reprinted in the Christian News.

    “It is a hot Saturday afternoon and I, along with some of my friends, am headed to a Christian concert. A local Christian radio station is celebrating 20years of service to the community, and many popular Christian artists are scheduled to perform.  As I walk toward the stadium where the concert is being held, my attention is drawn to the other teenage girls around me. What catches my eyes is the way the girls are dressed. Their clothes leave little to the imagination. They must have misunderstanding what is happening here. I think, surely they wouldn’t come to a “ Christian” concert dressed like that. But I was wrong.

    In fact after finding my seat, I noticed that almost every girl in the stadium is dressed in the same manner; scantily, with lots of skin showing. Suddenly, I feel out of place in my knee-length skirt and navel-heading, button down shirt. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to paint myself as super spiritual. But when I see girls dressed like Britney Spears at Christian events, I can’t help but question their reasons for attending altogether. Are they there to praise God? Or are they there to see how many guys heads they can turn?   I have discussed this subject with my friends, while some agree with me, others say God only looks at the heart. How a person dresses doesn’t matter to God. Wear whatever, wherever. But how a person dresses does matter to God. In fact, the Bible gives specific guidelines as to how Christians should dress.

    According to 1st Timothy 2:9 we have to dress “modestly, with decency and propriety” The word “decency” refers to purity. In other words, what a girl wears shouldn’t provoke a guy to think about her in an ungodly fashion. She should be seen by her peers as wholesome and not as flirtatious and cheap. Admittedly dressing virtuously isn’t easy these days. Fashion designers push the moral envelope more and more every season. What once was considered racy – tight clothes, sheer clothes and underwear- looking clothes- now is viewed as the norm.

    But just because fashion designers throw modesty to the wind where teen cloths are concerned, God doesn’t. And as Christians, we shouldn’t either. Personally, I respect myself too much to wear certain things, but I respect God’s opinion [ Ed: we understand what this young lady meant, but God’s word is not an opinion on this subject] most of all.  So whether I am going to a Christian concert or a ball game, I ask myself the following question. “If Christ returned today, would I want to meet him dressed like this? ” It is a question I believe all Christian girls should ask themselves before leaving home.

    N.B.  While we (The PGH Ministry) don’t endorse non KJV English translations, this young lady manifested some desperately needed discernment that is rare among Christian young people today. Delinted below are several possible reasons why professing teen-age Christian girls sometimes dress so immodestly.

    1.The parents of these teen-age girls don’t care how their daughters dress or care enough to have clothing-apparel checks at home or when leaving home. Parental authority and parental discipline is obviously missing. Parental delinquency is a major culprit! [ if there is no father figure in the home, the mother must assume this authority role alone- a difficult but not impossible task]. These teen girls have not been taught Scriptural modesty at home. If this Christian virtue is taught, it is not enforced.

    2.A large percentage of these teen girls are probably attendees/members of the so-called theological conservative churches that have minimal standards or no standards for young people with regard to apparel and music. Youth pastors in those churches have frequently adapted to the teen-bop culture themselves, promoting and utilizing sensually oriented CCM music by worldly CCM performers in their youth programs.

    3.While the religious radio station that sponsored the concert would vehemently deny it, the music the station regularly plays undoubtedly caters to a lowered moral standard. The music the teen-girls hear at this concert is the same music they undoubtedly regularly listen to on the sponsoring station. The performers music-both the recorded discs heard on the religious station and performed live – does nothing to rebuke worldly life styles. The music at the average CCM concert caters to / is conducive of and sympathetic to lowered standards as reflected in decorum and dress.

    Guiding Principles for Believer’s Dress:

    Let the WORD and not the world determine the matter. There are four basic principles to follow, all seen in 1st Timothy 2:9-11 which reads, “... in like manner also let the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamfacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becomes a woman professing godliness) with good works.”

    1. Modesty – nakedness covered by clothes that are not too low at the top, too short at the bottom, and too tight or too thin.
    2. Propriety – “becoming” – fit, appropriate, seemly
    3. Femininity (or Masculinity for a man!) somethings “becoming” to a man that are not to a woman. Deuteronomy 22:5 reads, “the woman shall not wear that pertainth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.” God made the sexes distinct. Our dress is to reveal that.
    4. Identification – The sincere Christian must not dress in a manner in which anyone would be surprised to hear you say that you are a Christian. We should value our influence so much that we will not count proper dress a sacrifice.

    Yes, we are to follow all four, not just one. Above all, a believer must have a right attitude toward the whole issue of right and wrong to come out on the right side. We must be willing to do right and not just know it. The timeless principles the Apostle Paul by inspiration of the Holy Spirit laid down for the trouble Corinthian church must be followed. He cautioned them about demanding their own “rights”. In 1st Corinthians 8:9 we read, “ but take heed lest, by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak.” and in a verse that answers it all, he said, in 1st Corinthians 10:31, “ Whether therefore, ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”

    No woman is so beautiful as when she is clothed in modesty !!

                                                  From The Peoples Gospel Hour Staff

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