WEBVTT 00:00:01.259 --> 00:00:06.900 Welcome to NECF sermons. Each message here is 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:09.900 designed to uplift and strengthen you in your 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:14.140 walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until 00:00:14.140 --> 00:00:18.160 the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:36.799 right in. I think we have come a long way and 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:47.240 this is wonderful. I will be continuing on women's 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:51.820 dressing. Don't forget that the series is the 00:00:51.820 --> 00:00:57.479 issues about women's liberty and for a while 00:00:57.479 --> 00:01:04.579 we have been discussing about women's or a woman's 00:01:04.579 --> 00:01:14.340 dressing. And we actually took time to explain 00:01:14.340 --> 00:01:19.480 Deuteronomy 22 verse 5. And we saw there was 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:22.700 a need for us to look at the background and to 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:27.260 study deeply so that we can interpret that text 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:34.950 correctly. And we ended on Sunday. by saying 00:01:34.950 --> 00:01:44.450 that the law in Deuteronomy 22 verse 5 was not 00:01:44.450 --> 00:01:49.950 given to believers. So in the first place, to 00:01:49.950 --> 00:01:53.250 use that text for a righteous person is already 00:01:53.250 --> 00:01:59.319 an error. Are we together? Hallelujah. And so, 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:02.000 there is no basis. It's just like Jesus is talking 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:06.180 to Pharisees and saying, you brutal vipers, and 00:02:06.180 --> 00:02:13.539 then you say he's talking to believers. So, today 00:02:13.539 --> 00:02:16.060 we will continue in that light just to look at 00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:19.719 some other issues around a woman's dressing. 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:27.439 Besides, Deuteronomy 22 verse 5, another text 00:02:27.610 --> 00:02:36.310 that is a point of reference when we come to 00:02:36.310 --> 00:02:41.349 the issue of dressing is this text, first Timothy 00:02:41.349 --> 00:02:44.669 chapter two. And I'll start reading from verse 00:02:44.669 --> 00:02:57.490 eight. He said, I desire therefore that the man 00:02:57.469 --> 00:03:03.430 pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without 00:03:03.430 --> 00:03:11.530 wrath and doubting. In like manner also that 00:03:11.530 --> 00:03:16.669 the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, 00:03:18.310 --> 00:03:25.409 with propriety and moderation not with braided 00:03:25.409 --> 00:03:33.009 hair, or gold or pearls or costly clothings, 00:03:33.030 --> 00:03:39.289 verse 10, but which is proper for women professing 00:03:39.289 --> 00:03:50.469 godliness with good works. Now verse 9 has been 00:03:50.469 --> 00:03:57.610 a cornerstone for many churches for their dress 00:03:57.610 --> 00:04:04.710 coats. And particularly that what was known as 00:04:04.710 --> 00:04:13.009 modest apparel is normally considered as long 00:04:13.009 --> 00:04:20.629 garment. So once you talk about modesty, you're 00:04:20.629 --> 00:04:25.709 talking about wearing something that is a gown. 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:33.879 and you are moving with it. Now, I want us to 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:36.740 look at that word, affarel. You know, sometimes 00:04:36.740 --> 00:04:43.480 we turn Bible authors to be Englishmen. At least 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:51.120 in this church, we have taught that one downside 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:57.860 of translation, not because the translators desired 00:04:57.860 --> 00:05:01.480 it, but one downside is that you don't normally 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:07.100 have a word -for -word match when you are moving 00:05:07.100 --> 00:05:13.819 some documents or you are translating from one 00:05:13.819 --> 00:05:17.660 language to another. So for that reason, you 00:05:17.660 --> 00:05:22.120 battle to choose the appropriate word that will 00:05:22.120 --> 00:05:32.589 represent what you are translating. Okay, let's 00:05:32.589 --> 00:05:35.990 look at the word apparel in verse 9. Let's leave 00:05:35.990 --> 00:05:38.069 modest for now. We're coming back to modest. 00:05:38.569 --> 00:05:42.370 Let's look at the word apparel. Apparel was translated 00:05:42.370 --> 00:05:49.750 from the Greek word katastole, that is K -A -T 00:05:49.750 --> 00:05:59.410 -A -S -T -O -L -E. K -A -S -M -K -A -T -A -S 00:05:59.410 --> 00:06:08.069 -T -O -L -E It means lowering to lower something 00:06:08.069 --> 00:06:16.850 lowering or letting down or letting down Interestingly 00:06:16.850 --> 00:06:21.329 this is the only place this word appears in the 00:06:21.329 --> 00:06:25.470 entire New Testament So that means we need to 00:06:25.470 --> 00:06:33.269 study it carefully. Now, catastrophe, which is 00:06:33.269 --> 00:06:37.889 a noun, is derived from the verb catastello, 00:06:39.829 --> 00:06:51.110 which is K -A -T -A -S -T -E -W -L -O. K -A -T 00:06:51.110 --> 00:06:59.040 -A -S... T E W L O It's a noun which means to 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:06.259 quiet Sorry a verb which means to quiet to keep 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:19.860 calm or subdue to quiet to keep calm or to subdue 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:26.920 This word is used in act 19 that is katastelo 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:37.300 is the verb used in act 19 verse 35 look at act 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:49.579 19 verse 35 he says and when the city clerk had 00:07:49.579 --> 00:07:58.000 quieted the So the word quieted is the word catastello. 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:05.560 Quieted the crowd, he said, men of Ephesus, what 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:11.420 man is there who does not know the city of the 00:08:11.420 --> 00:08:18.959 Ephesians is, wait a minute, what man is there 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:23.910 who does not know that the city of the Ephesians 00:08:23.910 --> 00:08:28.870 is temple guardian of the great goddess Diana 00:08:28.870 --> 00:08:36.090 and of the image which fell down from Zeus was 00:08:36.090 --> 00:08:42.929 36. Therefore, since these things cannot be denied, 00:08:44.570 --> 00:08:51.450 you ought to be quiet, that word quiet, and do 00:08:51.450 --> 00:08:58.190 nothing rashly. So, already we see there that 00:08:58.190 --> 00:09:06.730 it is used when a town clerk or the city clerk 00:09:06.730 --> 00:09:15.049 quieted, in other words, calmed already a troubled 00:09:15.049 --> 00:09:25.679 and excited mob. Are we together? Amen? So, you 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:29.740 see, there is another word again in the English 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:37.019 Bible besides catastrophe. You know, we said 00:09:37.019 --> 00:09:42.860 catastrophe is derived from catastrophe, right? 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:48.980 So there is another word to lay down. I mean, 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:55.299 catastrophe. beside catastrophe. You know, in 00:09:55.299 --> 00:10:02.919 English, in this text, festimoti, it uses catastrophe 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:07.759 as apparel. So there's another word for apparel 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:14.799 again. It's in fespita. Let's look at fespita. 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:22.129 Chapter three. Let's see another place that used 00:10:22.129 --> 00:10:27.990 the English word apparel even though the The 00:10:27.990 --> 00:10:41.129 Greek is not the same First Peter 3 verse 3 He 00:10:41.129 --> 00:10:47.149 said do not let your adornments be merely outwards 00:10:47.149 --> 00:10:54.090 Arranging hair wearing gold or putting on fine 00:10:54.090 --> 00:10:59.850 apparel. Then the word there, apparel, was translated 00:10:59.850 --> 00:11:08.750 from the Greek word, Chimaetaeon. That is H -I 00:11:08.750 --> 00:11:21.059 -M -A -T -I -O -N. H -I -M -A -T -I -O -N. Hymateon 00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:27.860 or Hymateon. Now it means, Hymateon means to 00:11:27.860 --> 00:11:33.860 dress, that is, sorry, a dress. It's a noun as 00:11:33.860 --> 00:11:41.740 well just like katas tole. It means a dress, 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:51.120 an inner or outer, a cloth, garment, a rope, 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:58.539 a remnant, a vesture, or a cloak, anyone. A dress, 00:11:58.940 --> 00:12:03.200 a clothe, a garment, a rope, vesture, cloak, 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:11.519 remnant. So, Hemation appears in different places 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:15.379 in the English Bible, the New Testament, about 00:12:15.379 --> 00:12:21.019 62 times in the King James version of the Bible. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:26.019 So Hemation appears several times. It means a 00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:34.700 dress. But interestingly, Paul did not use Hemation, 00:12:35.980 --> 00:12:44.519 rather he used catastrophe. Now let's go back 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:53.120 to that text. Festimoti. We want to study, why 00:12:53.120 --> 00:13:08.700 did he use that? So look at verse 9 of Festimoti. 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:17.259 Look at verse 9 of Festimoti. I mentioned the 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:25.750 two, where we are studying. In like manner also, 00:13:26.769 --> 00:13:31.129 that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, 00:13:31.750 --> 00:13:36.350 with propriety and moderation, not with braided 00:13:36.350 --> 00:13:41.570 hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly clothing. 00:13:44.029 --> 00:13:48.190 Now, to understand this, I think, as we have 00:13:48.190 --> 00:13:50.429 always encouraged when we are studying Bible, 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:56.139 is to depend heavily or majorly on the context, 00:13:56.879 --> 00:14:01.740 because that will help us to know what Paul used, 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:05.179 why he used, and what it means by apparel there. 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:10.759 Now let's start reading from verse eight. A little 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:15.039 bit and then we'll go down. I desire therefore 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:21.940 that the man pray, everywhere lifting up holy 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:31.279 hands without wrath and doubting. In like manner 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.620 also that the women are do themselves in modest 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:40.940 apparel with propriety and moderation not with 00:14:40.940 --> 00:14:45.740 braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothings. 00:14:46.009 --> 00:14:52.009 But which is proper for women professing godliness 00:14:52.009 --> 00:14:59.509 with good works? Please note this word, in verse 00:14:59.509 --> 00:15:11.049 9, in like manner. In like manner. It was translated 00:15:11.049 --> 00:15:20.809 from the Greek word hosautos. h o s a u t o s 00:15:20.809 --> 00:15:33.730 h o s a u t o s it means likewise or similarly 00:15:33.730 --> 00:15:43.370 or in the same manner it means likewise or similarly 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:47.899 Or in the same manner, which is there, but another 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:56.159 word is in the same way. Which ways? Which manner? 00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:04.759 Amen. So you cannot read verse 9 without verse 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.720 8 because it already connects them. You say it 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:13.090 in like manner. Are we together? Oh, talk to 00:16:13.090 --> 00:16:17.129 me. Amen. Yes. So that means we want to know 00:16:17.129 --> 00:16:20.909 which manna was he talking about or where he 00:16:20.909 --> 00:16:24.330 was he talking about in verse eight. Are we together? 00:16:24.970 --> 00:16:29.029 So in verse eight, he was talking to men. So 00:16:29.029 --> 00:16:32.570 Paul was addressing men. He now said, I desire 00:16:32.570 --> 00:16:37.830 therefore that men pray. Okay. Everywhere lifting 00:16:37.830 --> 00:16:43.519 up holy hands with that rat. and doubting. So 00:16:43.519 --> 00:16:46.259 he was talking to men, he was not talking about 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:51.539 men's dressing. Are we together? He was not talking 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:55.779 about what? Men's dressing. Please note that. 00:16:57.820 --> 00:17:01.860 But Paul was addressing order. Paul was addressing 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:05.660 arrangement, conduct, manner during prayers. 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:12.819 Not what they were. but the state of their hearts. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:16.859 Are we together? That's why he said, without 00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:23.700 what? Wrath. Or what? Doubting. See, lift up 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:31.460 holy hands without wrath and doubting. And then 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:35.140 he moves straight away. Please, for now, disregard 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:41.109 these verses. He now say, in like manner. So 00:17:41.109 --> 00:17:44.890 that means the subject of his discussion is not 00:17:44.890 --> 00:17:47.950 dressing. Are we together? He's not dressing. 00:17:50.789 --> 00:17:54.750 He now said in like manner. He then moved from 00:17:54.750 --> 00:17:59.650 men to women. So that means his emphasis or direction 00:17:59.650 --> 00:18:03.069 he was talking to men, that is the same direction 00:18:03.069 --> 00:18:07.710 he is also talking to the women. Are we together? 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.900 That's why that word, in like manner, is crucial. 00:18:12.900 --> 00:18:17.779 Then you move to women, in verse 9, in like manner 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:22.700 also. That the women adorn themselves. You know, 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:25.119 sometimes when we hear the word adorn, the first 00:18:25.119 --> 00:18:30.180 thing that comes to us is about painting, you 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:34.960 know, about fashion, what we wear outside. But 00:18:34.960 --> 00:18:39.519 he said adore themselves in modest apparel with 00:18:39.519 --> 00:18:47.180 propriety and moderation. So to the women by 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:51.599 using in like manner also, Paul suggests that 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:58.920 just as men must resolve issues internally, because 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.660 he talks about rats, doubting, are we together? 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:06.410 He was focused on the heart, internal issues, 00:19:07.950 --> 00:19:14.170 first and foremost. For them to pray effectively, 00:19:14.430 --> 00:19:19.250 he now said, women also, in that manner, should 00:19:19.250 --> 00:19:27.410 adore themselves in modest apparel. Here, modest 00:19:27.410 --> 00:19:32.529 apparel, as we have noted in the word study, 00:19:33.869 --> 00:19:38.450 Is talking it will not be talking about dressing 00:19:38.450 --> 00:19:44.930 But it will be referring to the menu behavior 00:19:44.930 --> 00:19:58.369 Because manners personal bearing Now if cut us 00:19:58.369 --> 00:20:04.500 to lay what we studied which is apparel means 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:09.740 a dress the word in like manner will not make 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:18.279 sense here as it will mean Paul was moving because 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:20.500 he wouldn't say in like manner because if he 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:26.720 is just discussing men on their attitudes and 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:31.059 conducts he will not say in like manner because 00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:33.980 he would just go straight to talk about the physical 00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:44.299 in regards to the women. Just follow me. So Paul 00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:47.380 was not just moving from men talking about their 00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:52.079 spiritual requirement to just women focusing 00:20:52.079 --> 00:21:00.269 on purely material or the outside. Now, let's 00:21:00.269 --> 00:21:07.170 look at the word modest, that word modest. The 00:21:07.170 --> 00:21:11.789 word modest in verse 9, when you say modest apparel, 00:21:12.910 --> 00:21:19.849 was translated from the Greek word cosmos. Cosmos 00:21:19.849 --> 00:21:28.390 is an adjective which means well -arranged. actually 00:21:28.390 --> 00:21:36.150 it has a link with the word cosmos it is it means 00:21:36.150 --> 00:21:44.650 well arranged orderly simply of good behavior 00:21:44.650 --> 00:21:54.569 well arranged orderly simply of good behavior 00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:00.079 This word is used only in two places. That's 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:07.440 this word modest. Only in two places in the New 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:13.920 Testament. The first one is of course here in 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:19.680 1st Timothy chapter 2 verse 9, our text. The 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:23.339 second one is in the next chapter, immediately 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:28.779 Paul still used the same word. modest. In 1 Timothy 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:32.779 chapter 3 verse 1, well let me read the place 00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:39.839 exactly, verse 2. Look at verse 2. A bishop then 00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:46.220 must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:51.579 sober -minded, of good behavior. That word of 00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:59.339 good behavior is the word modest. of good behavior. 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:13.240 So, the word cosmos is now seen here as a qualification 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:17.359 for a bishop. They're not talking about dressing. 00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:22.079 As a qualification of a bishop. This shows that 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:27.430 the word described is referring to order. or 00:23:27.430 --> 00:23:31.630 a well -regulated life. Not talking about dressing. 00:23:34.369 --> 00:23:40.329 So, now that we have seen what in the word study 00:23:40.329 --> 00:23:44.390 and looking at the context, let's move to the 00:23:44.390 --> 00:23:51.930 next verse, which is verse 10. He now said, let 00:23:51.930 --> 00:23:55.309 me read verse 9 first, in like manner also, like 00:23:55.309 --> 00:23:58.759 that means, In the manner in which I spoke to 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:04.119 the men, he said that women adorn themselves 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:09.480 in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:19.740 not with braided hairs, or gold, or pearls, or 00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:24.579 costly clothings, but instead, he said, goth. 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:31.680 which is proper for women professing godliness 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:39.259 with good works. With good works. So in verse 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:44.940 10 here, Paul clarifies that his focus through 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:54.380 adornment for a godly woman isn't something she 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:59.160 puts on her body. So the emphasis he was making, 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.220 of course, we are coming back later on, because 00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:05.940 what Paul is trying to teach here has, of course, 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:09.339 implication on our dressing. But that's not the 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:11.680 first thing he is talking about, because most 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:16.740 times the word, once we interpret it wrongly, 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:20.759 it deviates from the direction or the emphasis 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:28.599 of the text. But the focus is good works. But 00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:32.440 where is this good works coming from? It flows 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:36.119 from her character. That's why the emphasis, 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:41.779 and I wanted to see verse 9. More or less verse 00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:49.670 9 puts what Paul first is emphasizing. and then 00:25:49.670 --> 00:25:51.910 said, I'm not talking about outward appearance, 00:25:52.029 --> 00:25:54.150 I'm talking about the character of the woman, 00:25:54.289 --> 00:25:55.849 just the same way he was talking to the men. 00:25:57.109 --> 00:26:01.589 So we can divide the empathy, I mean, or what 00:26:01.589 --> 00:26:05.069 Paul was saying here into two. The first one 00:26:05.069 --> 00:26:07.390 is spiritual, which means he's talking about 00:26:07.390 --> 00:26:11.789 the inner, the heart, the character, which is, 00:26:12.410 --> 00:26:16.630 look at it, he said, So it's in no doubt that 00:26:16.630 --> 00:26:19.829 Paul uses the word propriety and moderation. 00:26:21.130 --> 00:26:26.789 It's not a mystic. It's an order. So modest apparel 00:26:26.789 --> 00:26:31.809 is related to propriety, is related to moderation, 00:26:32.230 --> 00:26:35.490 these three. So in our set, not. So that means 00:26:35.490 --> 00:26:38.490 these three is not talking about dressing at 00:26:38.490 --> 00:26:43.579 all. Modest apparel. Propriety and moderation. 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:47.640 They are not talking about dressing. So in our 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:50.940 said not, they is talking about the outwards, 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.779 which is a second, the material things, the braided 00:26:56.779 --> 00:27:00.960 hair, the gold, the pearls, the costly clothing. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:04.819 So by saying that the women adore themselves 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:11.099 in modest apparel with propriety, and moderation, 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:14.759 not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:21.099 costly clothings. Pearl was emphasizing character, 00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:29.160 spiritual attitude, the inner attitude. That 00:27:29.160 --> 00:27:34.079 is the modest apparel, the propriety, the moderation 00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:38.400 over out -toward appearance, which is the braided 00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:45.900 hair. the gold, the pearls, the costly clothings. 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:52.559 So Paul is discussing priorities here. He was 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:56.440 not given a dress coat. You know what I'm saying? 00:27:57.099 --> 00:28:04.900 You know, that word, apparel, cutters, telo, 00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:14.089 or tole, sorry. talks about letting down or lowering. 00:28:14.769 --> 00:28:17.470 So because of that thing, and of course in Greek, 00:28:19.849 --> 00:28:26.650 sometimes in the secular Greek, what I mean secular 00:28:26.650 --> 00:28:30.309 Greek, I mean the one that is not captured within 00:28:30.309 --> 00:28:34.230 scriptures, the language itself, sometimes is 00:28:34.230 --> 00:28:39.450 also used as a dress. So translators, if you 00:28:39.450 --> 00:28:42.170 look at others, translators, I mean translations 00:28:42.170 --> 00:28:45.930 of the Bible, they use dress in there. Because 00:28:45.930 --> 00:28:48.410 they assume that it's talking about long dress. 00:28:49.029 --> 00:28:51.410 You do want something? Because it's letting down. 00:28:51.410 --> 00:28:55.329 Of course, it's sometimes used elsewhere, that 00:28:55.329 --> 00:29:03.069 is outside the scripture, as dress. But it's 00:29:03.069 --> 00:29:09.039 also used as character. But I don't know why 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:12.500 the translators in most of the translation pick 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:15.400 the dressing instead of the character, because 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:19.400 even in the Greek general language it's also 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:21.660 used as character, just the same way as it's 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:31.299 used also as a dress. So what Paul is talking 00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:36.299 here is that the woman give priority to her character. 00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:42.240 that eventually produce good works. So it's about 00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:48.839 piety. That's why he said not, right? That is 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:54.619 the focus. The piety should not be on appearance, 00:29:56.359 --> 00:30:01.960 on braided hairs, on gold, on pearls, on costly 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:06.359 clothings. The piety should be on her character. 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:11.980 attitude, you understand, and eventually produces 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:14.599 or will produce good work. He said, that's why 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:20.400 Vaisten says, but which is proper? That is, once 00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:26.359 the focus is the insight, it is proper. That 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:31.220 is what is proper for godly women or women professing 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:41.230 godliness with good works. The word propriety 00:30:41.230 --> 00:30:48.029 means reverence. The word propriety means reverence. 00:30:49.450 --> 00:30:56.210 It is used in two places in the New Testament. 00:30:56.329 --> 00:31:02.009 One is in this first Timothy 2 .9 and the other 00:31:02.009 --> 00:31:07.140 is in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28. That word 00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:12.339 propriety which means reverence is used in the 00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:16.200 other place that is used is in Hebrews chapter 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:23.039 12 verse 28 verse 28 says therefore Since we 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.559 are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:33.660 Let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably 00:31:34.009 --> 00:31:39.670 With reverence that what reverence is propriety 00:31:39.670 --> 00:31:44.869 The word moderation, let's go back to first Timothy 00:31:44.869 --> 00:31:50.369 2 verse 9 The next word is moderation The word 00:31:50.369 --> 00:31:57.910 moderation there means self -control or propriety 00:31:57.910 --> 00:32:04.779 Self -control or propriety that is S -O -B -R 00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:12.160 -I -E -T -Y. This word is used only in three 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:18.640 places in the New Testament. One is in 1 Timothy 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:23.839 2 -9. The other is in 1 Timothy, just some verse 00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:29.500 ahead. 2 -15, look at verse 15. Nevertheless, 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:35.009 she will be saved In childbearing, if she continue 00:32:35.009 --> 00:32:39.269 in faith, love, holiness, with self -control, 00:32:39.430 --> 00:32:44.470 that word self -control is the word moderation. 00:32:46.049 --> 00:32:49.390 Is the word moderation. Now you see also where 00:32:49.390 --> 00:32:51.809 it appears here, he's not talking about dress, 00:32:51.930 --> 00:32:55.210 he's talking about character, attitude. Are we 00:32:55.210 --> 00:33:05.599 together? The other one is in... Act 26 was 25. 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:22.599 Act 26 was 25. What he said, I am not mad. Oh, 00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:55.079 Act 26. I think I mix this. I'll check it out. 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:58.380 I'll tell us. But that's the second one is in 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:17.289 act. Are we together? oh yes the word reason 00:34:17.289 --> 00:34:37.630 i'm not hungry you understand means with uh with 00:34:37.630 --> 00:34:51.220 uh with which you are not you understand are 00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:58.440 we together amen so the mention of the word modest 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:03.239 now the modest as we see are we together is not 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:05.679 in relation in all the places that this is used 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:09.599 it's not in relation to dressing it's in relation 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:21.980 to behavior to conduct So the mention of modest 00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:30.500 apparel, propriety, are we together? Which means 00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:41.820 reverence and moderation or self -control aligns 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:46.769 together. That means emphasis of Paul is on character, 00:35:47.769 --> 00:35:55.690 on the attitude, on the inner posture. It shows 00:35:55.690 --> 00:36:08.309 Paul's call for order, for being quiet, godly 00:36:08.309 --> 00:36:16.050 behavior and conduct. and of course translating 00:36:16.050 --> 00:36:22.610 into good works when you read verse 10. So the 00:36:22.610 --> 00:36:25.710 main message of the text is not teaching a dress 00:36:25.710 --> 00:36:30.250 code that you must wear long gown. You understand? 00:36:31.230 --> 00:36:35.050 That's not what he's saying. Paul cannot give 00:36:35.050 --> 00:36:43.510 dress code. Of course, we will always use the 00:36:43.510 --> 00:36:48.070 word modest as in use of English. You understand 00:36:48.070 --> 00:36:51.250 what I'm saying? In terms of let your dressing 00:36:51.250 --> 00:36:59.909 be modest, meaning don't be appear to provoke 00:36:59.909 --> 00:37:10.809 lust. Are we together? But this is not the text 00:37:10.809 --> 00:37:17.900 we will use. Here is talking about not dress 00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:24.059 code. The style of a dress. Just like some people 00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:32.760 have interpreted the tronomy 22 .5 as also dress 00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:38.420 code for believers. A style of a dress. Women 00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:42.099 you cannot wear trouser. You know, when your 00:37:42.099 --> 00:37:43.739 village people are following you, that's how 00:37:43.739 --> 00:37:51.300 you do. So, all men can not wear this. No, it's 00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:59.880 not about dress code. No. But the teaching of 00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:03.119 Paul that women should focus on a character, 00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:08.980 does it have implication in their dressing? Yes. 00:38:12.110 --> 00:38:20.190 What about the men? Yes. Also. I want us to note 00:38:20.190 --> 00:38:29.010 that word, go back to first, Timothy. He now 00:38:29.010 --> 00:38:33.469 said that women should adorn themselves. That 00:38:33.469 --> 00:38:39.769 means the emphasis is adorning yourself. The 00:38:39.769 --> 00:38:44.869 focus is that, and what do you adorn themselves? 00:38:46.750 --> 00:38:50.750 He said the adorning of a woman should be first, 00:38:51.469 --> 00:38:57.510 or the character must be prioritized. That is 00:38:57.510 --> 00:39:06.010 it. Her character must be prioritized above her 00:39:06.010 --> 00:39:11.219 outside. That's why he said not wheat. You know 00:39:11.219 --> 00:39:13.880 because so many people interpreted the first 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:18.360 one and many churches and they are sincere but 00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:21.199 they are wrong. You see being sincere is different 00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:25.480 thing. Being right is a different thing. So people 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:28.679 are forced if you enter the church you see like 00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:33.500 a dress code as if it's a profession. When you 00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:36.699 enter a hospital, you see doctors in white, some 00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:40.639 in blue, attendants in the same color. When you 00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.539 enter a certain church, you see everybody looking 00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:46.199 almost the same. And they point to some of these 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:48.139 texts and say, that's what the Bible is saying. 00:39:48.400 --> 00:39:53.739 No, that's what the Bible is saying. So the priority 00:39:53.739 --> 00:39:58.119 is to add on yourself. You know, because this 00:39:58.119 --> 00:40:01.159 generation, we are more attached to material 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:05.010 world. So immediately we are adorned. The first 00:40:05.010 --> 00:40:08.230 thing is physical. You understand? It doesn't 00:40:08.230 --> 00:40:11.889 occur that no, it can be the inner part that 00:40:11.889 --> 00:40:15.349 we're talking about. So you adorn yourself with 00:40:15.349 --> 00:40:18.010 this character, with reverence. You understand? 00:40:18.789 --> 00:40:23.070 With modest apparel that is orderly, well -behaved. 00:40:23.329 --> 00:40:28.829 You understand? With self -control. And there 00:40:28.829 --> 00:40:33.659 is a note. By using the word not with braided 00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:38.659 hair or gold or pearls or costly clothings Paul 00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:41.480 was not suggesting is prohibiting these items 00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:45.260 because this is the problem Then they prohibit 00:40:45.260 --> 00:40:49.099 you cannot many churches don't wear. What do 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:52.619 you call it? Attachment rights. Yes is because 00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:56.719 of this they say Paul said not that is he prohibited 00:41:00.139 --> 00:41:11.199 Not! With gold, with pearls, with costly clothing. 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:15.719 And I'm just wondering, who measure what is costly? 00:41:27.860 --> 00:41:32.519 I was here, I traveled back to meet my damsel. 00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:37.360 When I spoke to her and she said she will follow 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:46.460 me. You know, at that time I paid the flight 00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:59.019 ticket. It was 4 ,000 Tia, to and fro. At that 00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:04.059 time, I think it was around, that 4 ,000 tier 00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:07.840 was barely, around three, 400 ,000, something 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:12.519 like that. I forgot. So when I arrived and my 00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:15.659 uncle saw me, he said, you, since you have gone, 00:42:15.780 --> 00:42:18.739 you have not returned to this country. I said, 00:42:19.539 --> 00:42:21.659 the problem is that it's a flight ticket. How 00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:23.440 much is a flight ticket? You can't access the 00:42:23.440 --> 00:42:26.980 car. I said, it's 400 ,000. He said, did you 00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.099 understand what he said? Now that one you are 00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:33.460 saying is not money to somebody is because it's 00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:37.719 expensive. So how do you measure costly clothing? 00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:42.800 The one you are wearing, if somebody sees in 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:46.559 your village, they will pursue you. You say you 00:42:46.559 --> 00:42:48.840 are wasting resources. You carry that money to 00:42:48.840 --> 00:42:53.739 go and buy shoe. What shoe? So, you know, when 00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:56.659 you are blind by religion, you will be thinking 00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:59.280 that my own is all costly. It's their own that 00:42:59.280 --> 00:43:01.760 is costly. Did you understand what I'm saying? 00:43:03.699 --> 00:43:07.500 So, because you're using your mole to measure 00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:19.579 everyone. Don't do that in the sun. Because... 00:43:19.789 --> 00:43:22.730 Many years ago, what you are affording now, you 00:43:22.730 --> 00:43:25.170 couldn't afford it, but now you could afford 00:43:25.170 --> 00:43:27.949 it. It looks normal to you, but it wasn't normal 00:43:27.949 --> 00:43:35.289 five years, 10 years ago. So Paul will not be 00:43:35.289 --> 00:43:38.889 saying that he's prohibiting those things, no. 00:43:39.869 --> 00:43:43.409 Remember, when you miss the main thing, you keep 00:43:43.409 --> 00:43:48.610 going saying other things. Paul is saying no. 00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:53.380 While we do and wear those things, your priority, 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:58.420 where is it? I'm coming to that. But I want to 00:43:58.420 --> 00:44:01.519 finish with the interpretation first. Are we 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:07.900 together? Amen? So stay in the context. He was 00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:12.780 not saying you should dress shabbily. Are we 00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:16.420 together? He was not saying you should dress 00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:20.969 shabbily. Some people have taken shabbiness as 00:44:20.969 --> 00:44:32.429 a mark of holiness You want to appear in a tart 00:44:32.429 --> 00:44:42.710 way so that they will say you are humble No, 00:44:44.769 --> 00:44:50.960 no not at all Some of us have refused to learn 00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:55.400 how to dress Because the Bible said don't consider 00:44:55.400 --> 00:45:04.579 it. It is prohibited You don't know colors When 00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:10.500 you dress they will see you as if you're a firefighter 00:45:10.500 --> 00:45:21.599 That's not what Paul is saying Listen, it's good 00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:28.360 to dress properly. So by interpreting katastole, 00:45:28.840 --> 00:45:34.920 that is apparel, as diminu, as orderly conduct, 00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:39.460 now the passage becomes clearer that Paul was 00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:42.739 giving instruction on worship. Because if you 00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:45.739 look at it, that's where he started. Are we together? 00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:54.500 Amen. Yes. He started by talking to men. He said, 00:45:54.820 --> 00:46:04.519 be careful, wrath. Doubting, disputing. That's 00:46:04.519 --> 00:46:11.159 that word, disputing. He now said, in like manner, 00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:17.880 women, in like manner. Your focus should be your 00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:23.539 character. Your focus should be your character. 00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:30.380 So Paul's emphasis starts with the inner adornment, 00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:35.119 verse nine, and then he ends in the practical 00:46:35.119 --> 00:46:42.739 expression of it. So if you are going to please 00:46:42.739 --> 00:46:48.400 and walk in the ways of God, Your emphasis must 00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:52.840 be on your inner beauty that translates into 00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:58.460 expressions of good works. We should see that 00:46:58.460 --> 00:47:06.039 more than any other thing. Are we together? We 00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:09.420 should see that more. That is what it means by 00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:17.210 emphasis. When somebody Visit your house. What 00:47:17.210 --> 00:47:22.309 is the first thing that is greeted with? Is it 00:47:22.309 --> 00:47:34.170 40 shoes? Huh? Or is greeted by an attitude? 00:47:38.250 --> 00:47:40.210 Many people because of my house, I had to be 00:47:40.210 --> 00:47:44.099 teaching many of us. We read the Bible, pray 00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:48.139 in tongues, but there's this attitude, you understand, 00:47:48.440 --> 00:47:53.260 that is lacking. You see an elderly person, you 00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:56.619 understand, in your head, it does not occur to 00:47:56.619 --> 00:48:02.400 you that this person deserves respect. You come 00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:18.139 and pass as if you brush the person. No. In the 00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:22.079 church you always complain, I was sick, they 00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:25.079 didn't call me, they didn't visit me. How many 00:48:25.079 --> 00:48:37.360 people did you call? You is everyday complaining, 00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:43.480 they didn't visit me. You are not focused on 00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:47.420 developing an inner beauty that translates into 00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:56.260 daily good works. Hallelujah. So modest apparels 00:48:56.260 --> 00:49:00.699 is modest quietness, not a loud woman. That's 00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:03.619 what it means. That's what it means. In terms 00:49:03.619 --> 00:49:06.639 of behavior, means somebody that is not loud. 00:49:09.340 --> 00:49:12.800 You know, that's why I use that. Greek word I 00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:14.980 invented. Raga, raga, raga. You understand what 00:49:14.980 --> 00:49:20.599 I'm trying to say? That's what he's talking about. 00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:24.059 It's not referring to clothes. Modest Apparel 00:49:24.059 --> 00:49:31.480 is talking about quiet spirit. It implies an 00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:40.820 attitude that is worthy of emulation. a way and 00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:46.039 a manner of doing things that reflect your identity 00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:53.320 in Christ. It reflects on all that a good conduct. 00:49:58.619 --> 00:50:04.840 That's exactly what Peter was teaching. First, 00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:09.659 Peter chopped the tree. Let's go there now. If 00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:12.980 you ever have any parallel texts that was discussing 00:50:12.980 --> 00:50:15.719 the same thing I was teaching, it was Peter. 00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:27.500 Are you in verse, Peter, chapter three? He said, 00:50:27.579 --> 00:50:33.280 wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husband 00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:40.889 as Husband that even if some do not obey the 00:50:40.889 --> 00:50:48.590 word, they without a word may be won by the conduct 00:50:48.590 --> 00:50:53.269 of their wives. What's the emphasis? Conduct. 00:50:53.449 --> 00:50:58.269 What's the emphasis? Conduct. Look at verse two. 00:50:59.110 --> 00:51:04.449 When they observe your chaste conduct accompanied 00:51:04.449 --> 00:51:09.949 by fear, Verse three, do not let your abdomen 00:51:09.949 --> 00:51:18.230 be merely outwards, arranging the hair, wearing 00:51:18.230 --> 00:51:27.210 the gold, or putting on fine apparel. Rather 00:51:27.210 --> 00:51:37.570 let it be the hidden person of the heart. incorruptible 00:51:37.570 --> 00:51:43.570 beauty of a gentle and a quiet spirit, which 00:51:43.570 --> 00:51:52.329 is very precious in the sight of God. For in 00:51:52.329 --> 00:52:00.590 this manner, in the former times, the holy women 00:52:00.590 --> 00:52:05.639 who trusted God also are done themselves. Did 00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:09.199 you see what we were talking about? The adamant. 00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:14.079 Is a bill submissive to their own husbands. Asera 00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:18.719 obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, that is master. 00:52:21.300 --> 00:52:29.780 Whose daughters you are, if you do good and are 00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:35.320 not afraid with any terror. Did you see that? 00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:41.260 So Peter, like Paul, was contrasting outward 00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:44.719 adornment with the hidden person of the earth, 00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:50.280 of the heart. So this instruction is timely. 00:52:52.760 --> 00:52:58.260 It's timely because of this day we are in what 00:52:58.260 --> 00:53:06.809 we normally call the attention economy. The temptation 00:53:06.809 --> 00:53:14.489 to focus on the physical appearance above the 00:53:14.489 --> 00:53:18.849 good works, the attitudes, the character is high. 00:53:23.530 --> 00:53:27.969 I want to ask you, how many hours do you spend 00:53:27.969 --> 00:53:44.210 in the front of Miro? Refining. adjusting tilting 00:53:44.210 --> 00:54:00.170 straightening coiling compared to the time you 00:54:00.170 --> 00:54:09.400 spent to build the inner character in prayer, 00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:18.820 in the world. You know, I don't have a problem 00:54:18.820 --> 00:54:23.719 with you making and looking good, but I have 00:54:23.719 --> 00:54:27.539 a problem with the priority. There are some sisters 00:54:27.539 --> 00:54:31.860 that are sad. They spend more than two days making 00:54:31.860 --> 00:54:39.969 me hair. Two days. But check, they are canonical. 00:54:44.090 --> 00:54:46.570 Something you just, few minutes you read it a 00:54:46.570 --> 00:54:52.110 day. They are, they don't even know where they 00:54:52.110 --> 00:54:58.389 are. They are like jumping frogs. They will do 00:54:58.389 --> 00:55:01.010 today, today, today. Then they will jump two 00:55:01.010 --> 00:55:04.269 weeks. Then they will do one, two. Then they 00:55:04.269 --> 00:55:14.659 will jump another two weeks. That is what Paul 00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:16.960 is addressing. That's what Peter is addressing. 00:55:22.980 --> 00:55:41.460 Your attitude, it stinks. It stinks. I mean your... 00:55:41.340 --> 00:55:45.940 Character is not just about you, it's about also 00:55:45.940 --> 00:55:49.380 your mission. Did you understand what I'm saying? 00:55:50.219 --> 00:55:56.559 Yes. To the woman we are reading in Peter, he 00:55:56.559 --> 00:55:59.739 said, even if her husband did not obey the word, 00:56:00.260 --> 00:56:05.980 he would be warned when he will see her chase 00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:14.730 conduct. So that means there are people who have 00:56:14.730 --> 00:56:18.369 heard the word, but they are still disobedient. 00:56:22.489 --> 00:56:26.630 So don't look down because there is supposed 00:56:26.630 --> 00:56:30.710 to be the attitude, our attitude supposed to 00:56:30.710 --> 00:56:40.170 be given a parity. Are we together? How much 00:56:40.170 --> 00:56:46.030 do we invest in your cosmetics, in your hair. 00:56:46.630 --> 00:56:49.110 You know, I told my wife, stop, forget about 00:56:49.110 --> 00:56:51.869 these sisters. She'll be say, ah, maybe they 00:56:51.869 --> 00:56:54.230 don't have money. I want to give them discount 00:56:54.230 --> 00:56:56.449 when I'm making hair for them. I say, I laugh. 00:56:57.090 --> 00:56:59.949 You'll be shocked. And always she's shocked. 00:57:01.889 --> 00:57:04.429 Because the same person that she's pitying that 00:57:04.429 --> 00:57:07.650 doesn't have money, if she sees how they blow 00:57:07.650 --> 00:57:11.670 money, she'll tell you, my love. hey i can't 00:57:11.670 --> 00:57:21.130 believe it i say welcome back you see you come 00:57:21.130 --> 00:57:26.690 here to support god's work and you will give 00:57:26.690 --> 00:57:30.550 20 tears shame on you understand it's a shame 00:57:30.550 --> 00:57:35.849 i'm telling you it's a shame but you can carry 00:57:35.849 --> 00:57:39.840 two thousand three thousand tears to just put 00:57:39.840 --> 00:57:44.539 on here, one hair. You understand? Just to make 00:57:44.539 --> 00:57:47.539 your nails. You understand what I'm saying? Sometimes 00:57:47.539 --> 00:57:52.039 they will say $150, no problem. You just give. 00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:56.519 When you be coming, sometimes fastidious to tell 00:57:56.519 --> 00:58:05.739 us the TL is even torn. That is a misplaced priority. 00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:09.659 Something is not happening in you. Understand? 00:58:11.079 --> 00:58:14.380 Let me tell you the truth. There are a few things 00:58:14.380 --> 00:58:16.539 that should be markers. Write it. You will know. 00:58:16.579 --> 00:58:19.059 I'm telling you the truth. That you will know. 00:58:19.119 --> 00:58:21.239 These are markers of your spiritual life. If 00:58:21.239 --> 00:58:24.400 you see them doing sheke sheke sheke, know that 00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:29.099 that's the reality. Where you spend your money 00:58:29.099 --> 00:58:32.559 more. That's where your heart is. Forget about 00:58:32.559 --> 00:58:34.659 I love the Lord. You don't know. You don't. You 00:58:34.659 --> 00:58:37.090 don't. You don't. Where are your money going 00:58:37.090 --> 00:58:40.369 more? That's where your heart is. Check. Look 00:58:40.369 --> 00:58:45.030 at in a month, check all the year. Look at where 00:58:45.030 --> 00:58:48.030 do I spend more of my money? You will know where 00:58:48.030 --> 00:58:54.530 your heart is. Another thing is prayer. It tells 00:58:54.530 --> 00:58:59.250 you whether you are healthy. Did you get what 00:58:59.250 --> 00:59:02.070 I'm trying to say? So I can keep telling you 00:59:02.070 --> 00:59:05.739 some of these markers. It's no use, you will 00:59:05.739 --> 00:59:12.280 know. Is Paul saying you shouldn't buy shoes? 00:59:12.280 --> 00:59:15.119 No. Is Paul saying you shouldn't have your hair? 00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:18.119 No, that's not what he's saying. But he's saying 00:59:18.119 --> 00:59:23.119 the priority should be on your character that 00:59:23.119 --> 00:59:29.940 eventually is expressed through good works. You 00:59:29.940 --> 00:59:33.099 have to be deliberate in this season of your 00:59:33.099 --> 00:59:43.750 life. You have to be deliberate. When people 00:59:43.750 --> 00:59:47.670 come close to you, they need to be provoked. 00:59:48.750 --> 00:59:53.590 They need to feel that I need to work more for 00:59:53.590 --> 00:59:59.590 God. Are you a quenching machine? One that quenches 00:59:59.590 --> 01:00:03.590 people's fire? Immediately they come close to 01:00:03.590 --> 01:00:10.889 you, they stop coming to fellowship. That is 01:00:10.889 --> 01:00:14.349 what Paul is addressing here. It's not long clothes. 01:00:14.889 --> 01:00:24.090 You know something? It's not a style of addressing. 01:00:25.670 --> 01:00:31.250 It's the attitude of the heart. You know, I've 01:00:31.250 --> 01:00:33.710 watched so many things. You have to adjust. Many 01:00:33.710 --> 01:00:35.809 of us are individualistic because I discovered 01:00:35.809 --> 01:00:38.849 that, sir, this place, this country, somehow 01:00:38.849 --> 01:00:41.250 subtly, if you're not careful, it makes a person 01:00:41.250 --> 01:00:44.349 selfish. Many of the homes we are staying in 01:00:44.349 --> 01:00:48.489 were selfish. You go out, you don't discuss with 01:00:48.489 --> 01:00:51.369 anyone, you don't talk to anyone. When you come, 01:00:51.510 --> 01:00:54.329 you know, I understand. But I'm saying you be 01:00:54.329 --> 01:00:56.429 careful. I'm not saying you allow yourself to 01:00:56.429 --> 01:00:59.059 be taken advantage of. but i'm saying be careful 01:00:59.059 --> 01:01:03.860 lest your your love will wax coil i see that 01:01:03.860 --> 01:01:06.139 when they enter my house they finish drinking 01:01:06.139 --> 01:01:08.659 water they will just go and wash their own cup 01:01:08.659 --> 01:01:12.059 alone and they found so many things inside the 01:01:12.059 --> 01:01:14.460 sink they only wash their own because that if 01:01:14.460 --> 01:01:17.159 you give them food they they eat you know they 01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:19.059 will just go they are seeing all that is there 01:01:19.059 --> 01:01:21.239 no matter what they will just carry sponge and 01:01:21.239 --> 01:01:23.519 clean their own and keep it and go you see your 01:01:23.519 --> 01:01:32.300 life I am saying be careful because that's how 01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:38.980 you know when inequality is growing okay you 01:01:38.980 --> 01:01:41.539 know the rest you can complete it but what I 01:01:41.539 --> 01:01:43.960 am saying is that you have to be careful in these 01:01:43.960 --> 01:01:50.559 seasons of your life so the modesty Paul is talking 01:01:50.559 --> 01:02:03.449 about is not a call To reject beauty is to prioritize 01:02:03.449 --> 01:02:10.570 spiritual substance. Something more heavier. 01:02:14.949 --> 01:02:22.170 So it asks whether our outwards appearance, that's 01:02:22.170 --> 01:02:25.269 the question. Your outwards appearance, is it 01:02:25.269 --> 01:02:29.210 a proper, is it an honest reflection of your 01:02:29.210 --> 01:02:37.590 inner quiet spirit? Catastellu. Or a Marx, you 01:02:37.590 --> 01:02:44.269 understand? That is designed to hide your soul 01:02:44.269 --> 01:02:48.829 disorder. That the soul is in desire, but the 01:02:48.829 --> 01:02:54.809 outside is a Marx. For our modern sisters and 01:02:54.809 --> 01:03:01.190 brothers, the challenge remains to be as well 01:03:01.190 --> 01:03:08.590 arranged in character as we strive to be in appearance. 01:03:08.909 --> 01:03:14.030 That's the challenge. To what? To be as well 01:03:14.030 --> 01:03:21.190 arranged in character as we strive to be in appearance. 01:03:22.380 --> 01:03:26.619 Can you just pray? Say, Lord, I need you to help 01:03:26.619 --> 01:03:30.840 me. Sometimes some of these attitudes is because 01:03:30.840 --> 01:03:36.360 of the generation that we are. There is an emphasis 01:03:36.360 --> 01:03:47.320 on appearance than substance. Lord, I want you 01:03:47.320 --> 01:03:54.579 to help me. Can you pray? We appreciate you being 01:03:54.579 --> 01:03:57.239 here today. We hope you carry this word with 01:03:57.239 --> 01:04:00.179 you throughout your week. Don't forget to check 01:04:00.179 --> 01:04:02.940 the show notes for additional insights. Stay 01:04:02.940 --> 01:04:05.460 connected with us through our website or follow 01:04:05.460 --> 01:04:09.340 us on social media. If you were encouraged, share 01:04:09.340 --> 01:04:12.300 this message with someone you care about. Until 01:04:12.300 --> 01:04:14.019 next time, stay blessed.