This Job

"This job has been given to me to do.  Therefore, it is a gift.  Therefore, it is a privilege.  Therefore, it is an offering I may make to God.  Therefore, it is to be done gladly, if it is done for Him.  Here, not somewhere else, I may learn God’s way.  In this job, not in some other, God looks for faithfulness." 

~Elisabeth Elliot

{Painting: Depleted Power - Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller}
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Women's Responsibility to Dress Modestly

Yesterday we looked at how adultery begins in the heart.  This is most certainly true, for both men and women, and if you have not yet read that post, I encourage you to do so.  But we Christian women have a GREAT responsibility in how we dress, so as to not try to stir up the lusts of men.  We cannot dress in immodest clothing and then state that it is not our fault if men look with lust.  Of course it is our fault if we do this!  We don't control what the men do, but we certainly have a responsibility to dress in a way that is not drawing attention to ourselves and revealing things that should be kept private. 

And to the ladies who say that their husbands want them to dress in a provocative way, let me be forthright with you:  It does not matter!  If your husband wants you to dress this way outside of the privacy of your own bedroom, then he is in sin, and will have to be dealt with by the Lord in this area--hopefully sooner, rather than later.  But it must be said, our husbands can never give us commands where the Lord God has already given us a command, and He has commanded us to be modest in our apparel.  We must obey God rather than man, and you must respectfully decline if your husband asks you to dress in this way, either out in public or even at home in front of your children.

Now, we will turn again today to a straightforward quote from A.W. Pink to give us some much needed direction in this area:

  By clear and necessary implication, Christ here also forbade the using of any other of our senses and members to stir up lust.  If ensnaring looks be reprehensible, then so much more unclean conversation and wanton dalliances, which are the fuel of this hellish desire.  Again, if lustful looking be so grievous a sin, then those who dress and expose themselves with desires to be looked at and lusted after--as Jezebel, who painted her face, tired her head, and looked out of the window (II Kings ix, 30)--are not less, but even more guilty.  In this matter it is only too often the case that men sin, but women tempt them so to do.  How great then, must be the guilt of the great majority of the modern misses who deliberately seek to arouse the sexual passions of our young men.  And how much greater still is the guilt of most of their mothers for allowing them to become lascivious temptresses.

~A.W. Pink, from Sermon on the Mount

I must also add, in case you are wondering, that indeed men also have an obligation to dress modestly. So if you are raising boys, please do teach them this as well.

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The Culture Hates What the Bible Says About Women

Scott Brown has written a list of the top eleven things the culture hates about what the Bible says about women.  The list starts off with...

Women should be keepers at home.

Women should submit and obey their husbands following the example of Sarah and regard their husbands as "lord."

Women should dress modestly.

Women should be fruitful and multiply.

You can read the full list here.

This list is the main reason why this blog exists.  Christian women who want to follow the Bible in our modern times are fighting against the culture and often even what is popular in the church.  We hope to encourage you here to not worry about what everyone else around you is doing, but to devote your life in service to the Lord in following His Word.  If we are His children, one day we will meet Him face to face, and it will all be worth it!

Edited to add: This list is not meant to be instructive--it is exactly what it says it is--a list of the top eleven things the culture hates about what the Bible says about women.  That is why there are no explanations given in this post.  Every thing listed here can be backed up by Scripture, and if you are unsure what each thing means, most of these topics have been posted about on this site.  You are also free to contact me if you still have questions.  Husbands have their own duties that are given to protect women, as laid forth in Scripture, but that is not what this post is about.  While our feminist society has no problems with a man loving his wife sacrificially, it does have a great problem with the things listed here, which is the reason for this list.

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How Young Women are Protected

"If a woman does not have a husband to be her provider and protector, her father as the natural authority from her birth or her brother - as seen above [see Lev. 21:2-3] - ought to care for her.  A wedding ceremony is the time when a girl moves from being under the care of her father to being under her groom's care.

This is how God designed men and women to function in a family. Girls should not be trained to 'be independent on their own,' but to learn how to follow, to be the helper and encourager and comforter to the man God places in her life."

~Patricia Regar


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