If you can grab those, pass those out for me, and when he makes his way up here, we'll raise our hands again for him. We're going to go to Genesis, and in chapter number two, we're going to look at a topic tonight. topic Be in June heading into summertime probably applicable to remind ourselves in look at the topic of nakedness tonight, so the topic of nakedness and the dangles coming up the aisle if you need one just wave at him and I'll make sure he gets this to you. They're up here in the front brother Yeah your name is Sutherland. But Sutherland he couldn't remember. I think Wendy Carroll wanted one back there. Anybody else why Daniel's walking by? Alright, in Genesis chapter number two, we're going to look at this being summertime and Just look at what the Bible says about different sins that we've been studying. And tonight we're going to do a study on nakedness because we live in a world today that promotes and praises and parades nakedness. It's unfortunate, but that is the culture that we live in. It's promoted. It's put on magazines and billboards and commercials. And it is praised, made into something to be gloried about, being someone that is posed naked in things. And it's just paraded in front of everyone and everything. And I'm just looking at you and telling you the bottom line. It's wicked. It's wicked. women are praised for it, men have no problem, it's joked about, it's become commonplace. So what is it? What are you talking about when we talk about this topic of nakedness? In Genesis chapter 2, we're going to use our Bibles a lot tonight, but that's why we call it a Bible study. Genesis chapter 2 and verse number 25. It says, and they both were naked, Genesis 2, 25, and they both were naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. They both were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed." Now this is of course talking about Adam and Eve, when God created Adam and Eve in perfect creation. They were created and there was no shame. But we see very quickly in chapter 3 and in verse number 6, The devil came, he tempted Eve, and Adam would sin. It says there in Genesis 3, 6, And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons. We see here when God created man and woman, a woman again, they were naked but they were not ashamed. But when sin came and man fell into sin, They immediately realized nakedness and they were immediately ashamed. What man did first is he tried to make himself aprons. They took fig leaves, the Bible says, and they made themselves aprons. You can see that there again. And verse number seven says, their eyes are open. They knew that they were naked and they sewed fake leaves together and made themselves aprons. They tried to cover their nakedness. But we know that God said that that was not sufficient. And God then took an animal and took the skins of that animal and made for them coats to wear. to cover their nakedness. You'll see it in verse number 21 of the same chapter. And to Adam also and to his wife did the Lord make coats of skins and clothed them. Now, again, it's been, you know, debated what's the difference between an apron and a coat. I can't, I don't know if I can tell you every difference, but I can tell you this, they weren't clothed by what they tried to do. But when God made them coats, the Bible says that he clothed them. So, nakedness, it obviously matters to God. It matters to God how we dress. It's very obvious. If it wasn't, then God wouldn't have addressed this in the Garden of Eden, but He did. Adam and Eve tried to cover themselves with fig leaves, and God said, that will not do, and God then covered them in coats. you see it's obvious it is obvious that it matters to god how we dress and it's also obvious that fallen man's standards on dress are not the same as god's standards on dress now that's just an important principle fallen man he dressed himself and god said that is not right and god gave them the correct kind of clothing that day in the garden now tonight we're going to do our best to look at the cover of the to cover the topic of nakedness. We will look at modesty at a different time when the Lord tells us to. But we're just specifically looking at what the Bible says about nakedness. Number one, same outline as always. The Bible has much to say about nakedness. We'll start with, first of all, letter A. Nakedness is associated with sin. It's associated with sin. You'll notice here again in chapter 2 and verse number 7, As soon as Adam and Eve fell, immediately their eyes were open to nakedness. To nakedness. Now, I said, and make sure you note my words correctly, that nakedness is associated with sin. Now, it's not a, just, you can't make a blanket statement that it is a sin to not have clothes on, otherwise you'd never take a shower and get cleaned, all right? But what I'm saying is publicly and in front of others, it is wrong. It is, and I'll go on to say, it's a sin because God tells us not to do that. Now, again, in your own privacy and in the bonds of marriage, but immediately in this case, Adam and Eve publicly, when sin came, something changed. They were naked before the fall and were not ashamed. After sin, they were ashamed. And now I'll tell you why. Because after man fell, man had something he did not have before. That is a lustful eye. A lustful eye. And so man could no longer look upon nakedness in purity. And from here on out, from Genesis 3, verse number 6, to the rest, to the time that we stand in, nakedness is associated with a lot of things, but one of them is when someone's running around without their clothes on, there is a sin problem there. Because the lustful eye, Adam and Eve immediately knew, because of their sin, that public nakedness was wrong. Second thing is this, nakedness is associated with shame. Again in Genesis chapter number 2, there was no shame before sin, but when they sinned, look down in Genesis chapter 2 and verse number 10, and he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked and I hid myself. All of a sudden now there's shame. Adam was always free to talk to the Lord, but now because of sin, He realized the nakedness of his life and he realized that he was ashamed and he was afraid Look at some other verses with me real quick in Exodus chapter number 32 Exodus chapter 32 and in verse number 25 Exodus 32 and verse number 25 you say well, this is kind of an odd topic. Well, it's a biblical topic It's something that no one ever wants to talk about and because of it we've raising we've raised generations They don't think anything about it Because of, now everybody look at me for a second, because of television, because of computers, because of all the things you can look at, because of all the publicity that's out there, because of just what's allowed and accepted and no one ever preaches against what the Bible preaches against, a younger generation is rising up, don't even think about it. They don't even think twice about it. They'll look at it, they'll see something, I even recently addressed some young people. You know, they looked at something and, you know, it had a very immodestly dressed person on it. They didn't think nothing about it. I said, well, you know, it's not on there long. It's just there for a second. We get used to it. Tonight I hope that God breaks our heart a little bit, that we would quit getting used to it. That we'd realize, I read on my way home today, Something flashed on my telephone screen, a topic of a pastor who decided to spend the day today at a public swimming pool, laying by the pool. That's wrong. To sit there with a bunch of people running around naked and you yourself. That's wrong. I can tell you that, because I'm responsible for you someday. And I don't want you, and a lot of our young people are going to see that, and I want you to know they're wrong for that. I hate that, but they're wrong. You shouldn't look at it. See, that's part of the problem, saying, well, we shouldn't say anything. Yeah, we should. People need to know what's wrong. Amen. If you're going to publicly say, hey, it's OK, I need another voice that's going to say, no, you know what? That's not right. I'm not out to embarrass anybody, but I am trying to help and preserve some young people's purity. to try to help some parents realize that, hey, we got to really start taking a stand on this. Some of you are afraid to aim in because you know you do it and you need to stop. Not being mean tonight, but sin is sin. We aim in all nice and loud when we talk about stealing and cursing and things, but this is wrong too. You see, nakedness is associated with shame. Exodus chapter 32 and verse number 25 says, And when Moses saw that the people were naked, now this is when they made the golden calf, and Moses came down and he sees all the people and they're running around naked. For Aaron had made them naked unto their shame. You see, nakedness is associated with shame. Look over in Isaiah chapter number 20, Isaiah chapter number 20, and in verse number four, Isaiah 20, and in verse number four, Isaiah 20, verse number four, and then we'll go to chapter 47. But in Isaiah chapter 20, and in verse number four, it says this, Nakedness associated with shame. We see it in Adam's life. We see it here. Moses rebukes Aaron because the people were naked to their shame. In Isaiah chapter 20 and in verse number four, so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners and the Ethiopians captives. Now this is prophecy about what God was going to do or what was going to happen to a group of people, but you're gonna catch a principle here. Young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered to the shame. of Egypt. Nakedness is associated with shame. In Isaiah chapter 47 and in verse number 3, Isaiah 47 and in verse number 3 says this, thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea thy shame shall be seen. Now, someone may be quick to say, well, this is all Old Testament. I'm glad you mentioned that. Go over to Revelation chapter number 3. Revelation chapter 3, easily found last book in the Bible. Chapter number 3 and in verse number 18, we'll talk about this a little bit more later in the message tonight. But in Revelation chapter 3 and in verse number 18, it says, To the church at Laodicea, I counsel thee to buy me of gold tried in the fire. that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment that thou mayest be clothed, that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear." Now, I could give you more verses, but for time's sake, we'll cover those. But the fact is this, nakedness is associated with shame. I say it because we live in a world today that doesn't say anything about it. We live in a world today that promotes it. We live in a world today that parades it. We live in a world today that praises it. We live in a world today that makes laughter about it, makes light of it, when God says it is a shameful thing. You know, the innocence of a child will show you the way that God made us. I mean, I don't care, you know, what child it is as they begin to grow up and, and they begin to mature, uh, even just a little bit. They immediately know the shame of nakedness. You can tell someone is actually coming to the time of accountability in their life, because when the first things that begins to change in their life is they recognize the shame of nakedness. You take a one-year-old doesn't care. Y'all with me? They don't care. All right. It's a little bitty infant hasn't grown to the discern between good and evil. But as that child learns the difference between good and evil, one of the first things you're going to find is that child understands the shame of nakedness. They'll be standing and a mother will say, well, let me change your shirt. No. And they try to, you know, throw their arms up or whatever, even in cartoons. Even in cartoons, the shame of nakedness is something that they, you know, you watch the old Tom and Jerry's and things like that, right? I mean, you know, they understood the shame of nakedness today. No. Today, no one cares. It's promoted. It's praise. The Bible says that there's shame there. There's shame. Now, We don't have a problem, you know, running around church. I've never been a problem here. Never been a problem. People be, you know, uh, dressing, showing off nakedness, running around the church. And I don't believe it's an issue running around out in the public with, with us that are here tonight. But I will say this, the first steps of it becoming an issue is us not thinking anything about it while it's in front of us. When we just look at it and know, Hey, who cares? When it doesn't even trigger an alarm in our mind that says, this is not right. When we allow visions in front of us and don't think anything about it, we're heading down a path. It's going to eventually take step after step until it controls our life. I want you to understand something tonight. Nakedness is associated with sin and nakedness in the Bible is associated with shame. Number three, nakedness is associated with spirits. And by spirits, I mean evil spirits. Look over in Luke chapter 8, a familiar passage of scripture, Luke chapter number 8. Here Jesus comes across the sea. He comes and here's that demoniac of Gadara, and he's there sitting amongst the tombs. And the Bible says in Luke chapter 8, And in verse number 27, it says this, and when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils a long time. Now look what it says, and wear no clothes. So you see, nakedness is associated with demons and spirits. That's not the only place. Look over in Acts chapter number 19. Acts chapter number 19 and in verse number 16. Acts chapter 19 and in verse number 16. Acts 19 verse number 16. Says this, and the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them and overcame them and prevailed against them so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. I just made a statement earlier and it's absolute truth that nakedness is promoted, it is praised, and it is paraded in our culture that we live in. And I'm telling you one of the reasons why is because the devil's working in a mighty way amongst people today. And you see nakedness associated with demonic activity. Demonic activity always brings people to shame. Shame, that's what the devil wants because God created man in what? His image. We were created to glorify and to praise God. Sin brought shame. So the devil and the devil tries to move and work in people's lives, even in believers lives to try to get them to bring shame upon themselves. Did you know even he say, well, I don't feel any shame. It's just because you've given a place to the devil in your life and you've become callous to it. But the fact is this, you are shaming yourself, whether you realize it or not in the eyes of God, it is a shame. you When you look at it, young people, it's a shame. When you make a joke about it, it's a shame. We'll turn there in a little bit, but in Genesis chapter number nine, Ham, Noah's sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth, Ham walked into his father's tent. Noah had gotten drunk and he was wicked for doing so, but Noah had gotten drunk and he was laying there naked. And Ham went in and made a joke about it. Ham went in there and made light of it. Ham went outside and told his brothers and made fun of his father. They went in and did the right thing. They took a apron or some coat of cloth, I forget the Bible word for it, and they took it and the Bible says they put it on their shoulders and they turned with their face backwards to their father and walked back and covered their father's nakedness. They weren't gonna play around with sin. They weren't gonna laugh at it. They weren't gonna make light of it. And by the way, him and his sons were cursed for that act in which they did. God took it seriously, looking at nakedness. Now it's everywhere today. It's flaunted in front of everyone today. And we as Christians, again, part of this year of Jubilee is searching in anguish our souls. What are some things that maybe we know is wrong, but we're allowing in our life? And I think this is one that let's be honest, we've all at times put our guard down. Maybe not so much what we're doing, but what we're comfortable looking at. It's associated with spirits. The Bible has much to say about nakedness. Number two, biblical truths about nakedness. The origin, and we don't have to turn back there, but in Genesis chapter three, we know that nakedness first came and was realized by man when man sinned. In the garden when man sinned and man, the lustful eye took over, the carnal man began to rage in this flesh. It introduced him to nakedness. That is the origin. That's where naked, because before they were naked, but they didn't realize nakedness, because they were in God's glory and perfection and in righteousness. So sin was the origin. You see the operation of it, number one, let's look at a definition. Turn with me in Exodus chapter number 28, a definition of nakedness. Now again, I'm just trying to give you on Thursday nights what the Bible says. I'm trying to give you, and everyone can take the Word of God, study it, and let the Holy Spirit do what the Holy Spirit does. But my job is just to point us to the Word of God tonight. This is not my preference. This is not my personal opinion on it. I want you to know what the Bible says. In Exodus chapter number 28, God is speaking here, and in verse number 42. Exodus 28 and verse number 42. and thou shalt make them linen breeches." Now listen, I know it's talking, it's talking to Aaron and giving all these instructions on how to do their priestly duties. But you see something that God introduces that is repeated throughout the Bible that we're going to look at, a principle here. In Exodus chapter 28 verse 42, "...and thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness." God didn't want them as they were walking and bending down and putting things in the altar or walking up steps later on to ever show their nakedness. So therefore they were to wear linen breeches, those are pants, to cover their nakedness. But the sentence then end, God defines it, from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach. So the definition, a biblical definition, this is not Travis Burks, this is what the Bible says. We wanna say we believe the Bible, amen? We wanna hold to the Bible. Well, the Bible says that the definition of nakedness, God gave it here, is that from the loins, even to the thighs, that it should be covered. Look over in Isaiah chapter 47, book of Isaiah chapter 47. Isaiah chapter 47 and in verse number 23, two and three, sorry, Isaiah 47, verse number two and three. You'll see this in. For time's sake, if you want the rest of the scriptures, I can give them to you. The minor prophets over and over and over again refer to nakedness and shame and a description of it. Isaiah chapter 47 and verse number two, take the millstone and grind mill, uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, comma, uncover the thigh. Pass over the rivers, thy nakedness shall be uncovered. Yea, thy shame shall be seen. So again, you see this definition of making bare the leg, and it even goes into more detail by uncovering the thigh. By making bare the leg, by uncovering the thigh. We don't have to turn there, we've already read the verse, but in Isaiah chapter 20, and in verse number four, it talks about the Ethiopians and Egyptians, how they will be naked and barefoot, and it says that their buttocks will be shown. That's what the Bible says. So I can take now these three definitions of nakedness that I've just read to you from the Bible and tell you in complete confidence that from the word of God, nakedness is described as being uncovered from the waist to the top of the knee. Loins, loins to your thighs. That's what God defined as being naked. Now y'all can stare at me, but that's what the Bible says. Loins to the thighs. That's what the Bible says. We live in a world today that every 95% of the people say that's ridiculous. I'm sure about 70% of people that we know are saved are gonna say, that's ridiculous. But that's what the Bible says. That's what the scriptures say. When we uncover the loin to the thigh, the loins, of course, refers, you got the buttocks and the loins, everything around the waist, down to the thigh, God said that's nakedness. That's a biblical definition. So I can look at you in confidence and say from the word of God, God said not to show any nakedness. And he defined it as from the loins to the thigh. Most people don't think twice about it, but that is a biblical definition. You see the depravity, what happens What happens? As we allow nakedness into our lives, you'll see nakedness, you know, it's a result of other things. And these are terrible things. All the way back in Genesis 9, I referred to it, let's read it, with Noah's sons here in Genesis chapter number 9. Genesis 9. And you'll notice, and I've heard other people say that Ham did something more than look. I don't think you can prove that from the scripture here. But regardless, it says here in Genesis chapter number 9 and in verse number 21, it says, and this is Noah, he drank of the wine and was drunken and he was uncovered within his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brethren without. And Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father and their faces were backward and they saw not their father's nakedness. You'll see here, number one, nakedness is associated with alcohol. Those two always seem to go together, quite often. You say, well, why are you even referring to these things? I'm gonna show you that nakedness is, you know, we may take it lightly, but God associates it in the word of God with these, some pretty wicked sins. The two go hand in hand. And the problem with Ham here is that he looked upon his father, the Bible said. He looked at things he should not look at. The reality is, folks, that even on a Thursday night crowd, a lot should bow the knee tonight and say, God, I'm sorry. This sermon today, and I started working on it this morning, And it's about all I got done all day. I wanted the scriptures, I studied, I prayed, I stopped, I prayed, I studied, I read. I read all kinds of different things and articles and commentaries. Because I wanted to be right on this tonight. I just bowed the knee during our prayer time and asked God one more time because I want to be clear, biblical, decent. But the fact is this, it is associated with some wicked things. Alcohol is a wicked sin, we're gonna cover it soon. But alcohol is, nakedness is associated with alcohol, you're in this passage. Number two, nakedness is associated, you don't have to turn there, but Leviticus chapter 18 is pretty much the entire chapter, it's associated with incest. It's a wicked sin. And that's why I wanna look at you real quick and tell you this, that in your homes, Nakedness is still an issue. And be careful inside your own home. Brothers and sisters and aunts and, I mean, Leviticus 18 mentions so many dangers there in uncovering nakedness and the wickedness of it. Number three, nakedness is associated with adultery and whoredoms. In Ezekiel chapter 23, I can read this verse to you quickly tonight, Ezekiel chapter 23, And in verse number 29, Ezekiel 23, and in verse number 29, it says this, Ezekiel 23, and in verse number 29, and they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare, and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered. both the lewdness and my whoredoms. Nakedness is associated with adultery and whoredoms, wicked, wicked, immoral sins. I'm just gonna summarize that by making a statement that when you get comfortable and start allowing nakedness in front of you, and again, you say, everybody's got a different definition of nakedness. I'm going with a biblical one. And we just sit there, and I know in the world we live in, it is difficult. It's difficult. I mean, you can't go to Kroger's and walk around and not have to really be careful. But I think we all can take the attitude of Shem and Japheth that when it's there, we'll turn our eyes. Job said this, I will make a covenant with my eyes that I will not look. We ought to make God, everybody in this auditorium should make God again, even renew a promise, God help me to watch my eyes. Because every immoral and sexual sin that has ever been committed started with looking at nakedness. And when we get comfortable with that sin, our flesh will take it to the next level. It's a wicked sin. It's associated with adultery and whoredoms. It is associated, number four, and we know at the turn there we already looked at it in Luke chapter 8 and verse number 27, with demonic activity. Demonic activity. I don't know about you, but that's something that we should want no part of. Demonic activity in our life and and when we started allowing and you say well if you inundate your life with with posters and signs and messages and and whatever it is of Nakedness you're giving place to the devil if he can get his foot in the door The old saying sin will take you farther than you want to go I Nakedness is also associated, turn over to Revelation chapter 3, I told you we'd look at this verse a little bit later. Here we are, Revelation chapter number 3. You say, well we're Christians, don't bother us, right? Wrong. In Revelation chapter number 3, you'll see that nakedness is associated with lukewarm Christianity. Revelation chapter number three, look with me please in verse number fourteen, unto the angel of the church at Laodicea, Laodiceans right, these things saith the amen and faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God, I know thy works that thou art neither cold nor hot, I would that thou were cold or hot, So then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing. And knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear. And anoint thine eye with eye salve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous, therefore, and repent." You know what part of the problem with the Laodicean church was, their lukewarm Christianity? They had gotten used to nakedness. They were fine. They didn't even realize it was a problem. They were just going on, and God said, you need to be clothed in white raiment. You need to be dressed in purity and in honor. But instead, nakedness is mentioned with a lukewarm Christianity. You see the depravity of nakedness. Then you see, lastly, the overcoming. The overcoming. The operation, now the overcoming. What do we do? How can we fight against this sin? Number one, dress appropriately. Dress appropriately. How do I do that? By number one, covering your nakedness. Exodus chapter 28, verse number 42 again, says that they would wear the clothing that would cover their nakedness. As a believer, as a believer, wear clothing that covers your nakedness. Don't allow. That's why, you know, I know it's summertime. I know it's summer. And you say, I get hot. Well, guess what? You're not gonna die. You're not gonna die. It amazes me, some of the same men that say, well, I just get hot during the summer. Yeah, but you would never budge on your wife in the wintertime. putting on anything but a dress or skirt. Well, no, that's wrong. And it is wrong, by the way. Talk about that later. That's the modesty issue. But we say, well, I get hot. Well, you're going to live. If you don't believe me, travel over. Go visit Brother Terrell over there in the Middle East, missionary support. They wear a lot of clothing over there in some very warm temperatures. and they're okay. I'm 41 years old. And by God's grace and to his glory, and I'm thankful for the parents that raised me. I've never run around, you know, grocery store or gone out anywhere. Some of you are like, please don't picture this in my mind, right? In a pair of shorts, right? Never have done it. I've never gone on a basketball court, played basketball all through high school. Never wore a pair of shorts. Guess what? I lived, never once suffered. You say, well, I'll keep them down to my knee. If you can, nothing wrong. Biblically speaking, if you can stand there and you cannot bring something above your knee, I'm not gonna look at you and tell you you're wrong. But the problem is most people don't stand like a statue all day. And when you sit down and they ride halfway up your thigh, you're wrong. You're wrong. Amen, preacher. You're wrong. It is not me judging you. I'm just comparing to what the Bible says. The Bible says to cover your nakedness from the loins to the thigh. So if you show that, God said not to. So if you sit there and you prop your legs up and your shorts, Come all the way up, halfway up your thigh, you're showing your nakedness. Now again, I'm not here to try to make you do anything. I'm just here to present what the Bible says. And now you please take that and pray over that. But that's what it says. That we are to cover our nakedness. So we cover, I have two words, cover, Exodus 28, 42, and compensate. And I say dress appropriately. You know what, with our boys in high school, at our school, I know, I think there's one other team that wears long pants when they play basketball, and I even hear some of our boys many times say, are we ever gonna be able to wear these? No. And I hope someday you're not just doing it because I'm making you, but that you would understand this, that because, and all you young men look at me, I want to honor God. I want to honor God. And if God says that's nakedness and it shouldn't be revealed and that is a shameful thing, then I don't want to take a chance on doing it when I don't have to. I've never had a boy dive heat exhaustion on the basketball court. Never. I've had a couple look at me and say, I need a break, and I look at them and say, you need to lose weight. I said that to them, all right? But the fact is this, they're doing okay. And it all comes down to one thing. I'm getting ahead of myself in this sermon. I'm almost done, so I can't get too far ahead. It's because you don't want to. You just don't want to. You're setting your ways, and this is something you endure most people, brush it off, because you don't want to change. And that's between you and the Lord. But I at least have to present what the Bible says about it. And you have to take the Word of God, and now you go with the Holy Spirit. But dress to cover nakedness and compensate for whatever you're doing so that you don't show that nakedness. Dress appreciatively. Turn over to 1 Corinthians 10. Almost done. 1 Corinthians 10. Last point takes like a minute. So 1 Corinthians chapter number 10 and in verse number 31, 1 Corinthians 10 and verse number 31, dress appropriately and dress appreciatively. 1 Corinthians 10 and verse number 31, whether therefore you eat or drink or whatsoever you do, say that last phrase to me out loud. Ready, go. Do all to the glory of God. True or false? I'll pick on somebody. Somebody that won't hate me. Alex, you have to love me, all right? True or false, Alex? The Bible defined nakedness as being from the loins to the thigh. True. So if I'm gonna live my life to glorify God who said that, Why would I even think about doing otherwise? If God said it, I should have a desire, whatever I do, to glorify God. If it is something that God will say will bring shame, then I probably should avoid that. Dress three acceptably. I said, just take a minute and it will. Say, what do you mean by that? Dress acceptably, all right? Just a couple of things. Number one, be honest. Malachi 2 verse 17 says there are cursed people who are able to look at evil and say it's good. And when we look at a topic like this and we say, well, it's no big deal. I don't think it's bad. When it is, the Bible says otherwise. Well, we're a cursed people. We're gonna lose a lot of the blessings of God. Be humble, number two, 1 John 1, 9, if we confess our sin, he's faithful and just. The book of James says that we are to humble ourselves before God. Look over in James real quick. Let's read that verse, because it's awesome. James chapter number, I didn't write it in my notes. Is it chapter four? I think I put it in your notes, didn't I? James four, and what verse are we starting? Six, thank you. James four and verse number six. Humble, says James 4, verse 6, but he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Submit yourselves therefore to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up. The reality is this, that when we humble ourselves before God and we say, all right God, I will submit to you, I will do whatever you ask of me to do. It's gonna, what's gonna happen is we're gonna be cleansing our hands, purifying our thoughts, we'll be getting our life right, and as we humble ourselves, God will exalt, He'll lift up. Be honoring, number three, we've already read the verse, 1 Corinthians 10 and verse number 31, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. And then, and then also, we might have to do some house cleaning. Look over in Ephesians chapter number five, Ephesians chapter five. And we're done. Ephesians chapter 5, and in verse number 11, Ephesians 5 and verse number 11, says this, "...and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them." Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. So what do you mean by house cleaning? There may be some things you need to go home and get rid of. If God lays it on your heart, I'm just looking at you, telling you from my life experience, in my life and in being, if you will, give me the years growing up in my home, 41 years of living in the ministry, people who see something and make a decision but don't go home and get rid of those things, always go back to those things. Always. No exceptions. You keep it, you'll go back to it. I've had people come and say, I'm done with beer, I'm done with alcohol, but they just don't go home and throw it out of the refrigerator. They may go three weeks without it, but they'll go back. Well, I'm done. I'm never going to smoke another cigarette. And they go home, but they keep them up in the cabinet. They always smoke them again. No matter what it is, I'm done. I'm not going to listen to any wrong music anymore. But they keep the CDs. They always go back to it. If you see something from God's word and God speaks to your heart tonight, go home and get rid of it. Rid yourself, as it says, reprove these works of darkness.