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Immodesty, lust, adultery, deceit, drunkenness, murder. Not a very nice
list of words, is it? You might wonder why immodesty is listed with the
others. The reason is that all of the words listed belong to the same
narrative, and are listed in the progressive order of events, beginning with
immodesty and ending with murder. The incident concerns David and
Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11-12:25).
Many women apparently do not realize the power they exercise over the
thinking and actions of men, by the way they dress. Who could have
believed this woman would have ever been able to make David do the
things he did after she displayed herself immodestly within his view?
There was a time when immodesty was limited to such haunts of
unrespectability as houses of prostitution, bars and night clubs. The circus
has often displayed women in costumes which "hesitated to begin and
ended almost immediately," as one Kentucky preacher complained in the
Apostolic Times, May 6,1875.
No longer do we need to look in such places of ill repute to find
immodest dress. Any public gathering place will suffice, or even ob serving
people walk down the street. The sad reality of this situation is that in many
places church members are going along with the modern trends and
practices of the day in this regard. Some even claim there are no standards
or biblical guidelines in such matters, and that dress is a matter of self
determination. For this reason, it would be good for us to remind ourselves
of some very basic Bible principles:
Professing Godliness or Harlotry?
Modest Apparel
by Ronny F. Wade
Introduction
"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel . . .
which becometh women professing godliness ..." (1 Tim. 2:9-10).
"And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle
of heart" (Prov. 7:10).
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