All right, Genesis 126, I think you know the verse there. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, and the image of God created he him. And here's the part we're emphasizing through this portion of this series. Male and female created he them. Male and female. That's it. No in-betweens. No confusion. It's not hard to figure out. Male and female. But what are the roles and responsibilities? We may not have been influenced by that part of it, saying, well, I can tell a male from a female, but let me ask you this. Do we act like one? Biblically. Amen? Let's pray. Father, I need your blessing tonight. I ask for a fresh filling of thy spirit. Please lead and direct as I preach thy word. Give us understanding. May we always strive to be biblical and to rightly divide the word of truth. Lord, you know my heart, I want what's best for our church, our church families, for my home, and I know that means that we have to understand what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman. And so I pray as we talk a little bit more about biblical femininity tonight that you'd lead and direct, may your word have free course this evening. Please guide and direct my thoughts and words for it's in Jesus' name we pray, amen. December 2016, an article appeared in Hub Pages. It was entitled, Gender Roles Reversed. The author writes, being a woman or being a man used to mean that you had a certain code of behavior that you had to follow, especially when interacting with the other sex. It meant that you had a particular set of responsibilities, a list of do's and don'ts. and that your lifestyle had to reflect those rules of engagement. This is what we call gender roles. Men had to be this way and women had to be that way. Within every generation, gender roles were clearly laid out. What we call gender roles are mostly determined by simple pragmatism of past generations carried over for little other than traditional reasons. A kind of archaic leftover. There is nothing inherently right or good about living one gender role as opposed to any other. So for us, this means we can choose our own lifestyle or gender role and we don't have to and shouldn't make our biological sex an issue in that choice. Now that's the prevailing attitude of today. You understand that. And as Bible-believing, independent Baptists, Bible-thumping, amen, Bible-believers, we are swimming against the current, if you will. But what has this role reversal done to the family unit? Has it made us better? Are we better off because of it, or are we worse? Well, I don't have to give statistics, but I will give you a few. In the Trumpet, the war, a periodical called The Trumpet, The War Against the Family, Why to Fight It and How to Win, Joel Hilliker and Stephen Fleury tell us the state of our homes. They record some statistics. Four in 10 children are born to unwed parents. Unwed pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are at an all-time high. Over 1 million babies are aborted every year. By the way, it's been that way, 1.3 to 1.4 million since Harvey Wade. Still happening. Hasn't made things better. Fornication is nearly universal. Pornography has gone mainstream. Rebellion and disrespect are rampant and tolerated in children. Boys look and act like girls and girls look and act like boys. The point is, maybe you've realized this, maybe you haven't, the family unit is being systematically destroyed. How do we fix it? What do we do? Well, let me say this, the only way to successfully resist this trend is for you and me that are Bible believers to consistently practice biblical principles for the home. despite what the cultural trend is, despite what the culture dictates. But the question is, do we even know what those biblical principles are? Because they're not being taught in many places today. They're not being stated in many churches today. Again, what does a biblical man look like? What does it mean to be a biblical man? What does a biblical woman look like? What does it mean to be a biblical woman? What does it mean to be a female? It's not just about biology. So tonight I'd like to preach on this subject. You see it there. The look of biblical femininity. Would you know it if it even came up and bit you in the nose? If you stood face to face with someone who was a model, if you will, a role model of biblical femininity, would you see that's what it is? There it is. Would you understand it and know it? Jerry Ross writes in his book on biblical femininity. He says, biblical femininity has all but disappeared in our modern culture. Satan has systematically targeted the tenants of biblical femininity, eliminating them one by one from our society. However, many Christian young ladies are turning their heart to God, their backs on the world, and reclaiming their biblical heritage. I like that. I hope that describes ladies in our church. So tonight I'm gonna ask the question, what does a biblical lady look like? How do we know? Let's look at three characteristics tonight of biblical womanhood. What are they? We've seen a few and some may be a teeny bit repetitious, but let's notice them this evening. Let's notice, first of all, let's look at her labor. She works, amen, but what does she do? Notice, go over to Titus chapter two and verse four. We've been there already, but we're gonna look at it again. Titus chapter two and verse four. Notice here is a description of what the aged women should be teaching the young in verse four, that they may teach the young women, watch this, to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemy. There's a nice list for you. But I want you to notice a phrase that they may teach the young women to be, and notice the phrase keepers at home. You know, as a biblical woman, as a biblical lady, biblical femininity, your primary assignment from God is to be the keeper of your home. That's primary. Again, there may be some God-given circumstances that may require you to adapt to your situation. Perhaps there's a sick or chronically ill husband, or perhaps there's no husband there because of death or departure, or maybe it's an emergency situation, a financial emergency or a physical emergency, so things have to adapt. But in ordinary circumstances, understand the lady of the house is to be the keeper of the home. This is your labor. What does that mean though? What does it mean to be keepers of the home? This means that under your husband's leadership, and I like to put it this way, the husband kind of would be like the owner of the business and the wife would be like the CEO, if you will. You may not like that illustration, but I just use it. But it means as the keeper of the home, you are responsible for the success and the efficiency and the spirit that is in your home. Imagine, this is a great and sacred God-given trust. Imagine what you've been given as a woman. Because our homes are supposed to be, and I emphasize supposed to be, the closest thing to heaven on this earth. It's supposed to be in our homes. When we get home, it ought to be a wonderful, peaceful, joyful place. Deuteronomy 11, 21, that your days may be multiplied in the days of your children in the land which the Lord swear unto your fathers to give them as the days of heaven upon the earth. What's it supposed to be like? I wonder if that describes our homes. Or maybe the word chaos better describe it. Now, there are two areas that a biblical woman gives her labor to. Letter A, write this down. The first area that she is to be the keeper of home and give her labor to is this, to her husband. To her husband. Titus 2.4, I just read it a moment ago, that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands. Ephesians 5.22, wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord. Colossians 3.18, parallel passage, wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands as it is fit in the Lord. Ephesians 5.33, and the wife see that she reverence her husband. So understand your first ministry, your first labor as a keeper of the home is to be to your husband. The wife has been created, the woman has been created to provide both help and companionship to her husband. And every husband will tell you what a wonderful thing that is. This is God's primary purpose and plan for your life. Do you know that next to God, your husband is to be number one? Genesis 2.18, and the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Notice, I will make him and help me for him. God wanted not man to dwell alone, but he wanted to have a helper, someone who would be a companion and a help to him. Hence, he created the woman. 1 Corinthians 11, for the man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man. Neither was a man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. That means you should be, as a woman, keeping the home, ministering to your husband, looking for things you can do that'll save him time, that will make his days go better, that will be a blessing and a help to him. You could do things like this. Schedule your day around your husband's schedule and his work schedule. Make yourself available to him when he gets home from work. Make sure you're there when he gets home. Be in a good mood when he gets there, by the way. Amen? Have a meal together. Talk to him about your day and his day. Make coming home the very best part of his day. That's the way it ought to be. You see, as a woman, you're to do whatsoever is necessary to help him to be successful in what God has called him to do. You say, preacher, you make it sound like I'm supposed to do things to please my husband. You're right. You're right. Let me show you. Go over to 1 Corinthians 7. 1 Corinthians 7, notice verse 34. It's gonna be one of those quiet messages, huh? If I could take tonight and balance it out with Sunday night, meet somewhere in the middle, we'd all be happy, wouldn't we? Anyway. Notice verse 34, 1 Corinthians 7, at the very end of the verse, but she that is married careth for the things of the world. Notice how she made please her husband. You see, too many today, that seems so old-fashioned, that seems so archaic, it seems so like it just shouldn't be that way, but that's the way the Bible says it's supposed to be. And that's the way to have a blessed marriage. A Christian woman named Freda Lansing wrote the following in a letter. Here's what she says. She says, when I married, I became Mrs. Lansing. His life, his agenda, and his desires became mine. I considered my marriage to be my career for the rest of my life, and I intended to be successful at it. I worked at this for almost 33 years. It is still my goal to be pleasing to my husband. I am pleased to tell you that he delights in me. She signed the letter, older and wiser and still very much in love. You see, the primary labor that a woman has is to her husband, but there's also another labor. Notice letter B, if you'd write this down, there's a labor to her husband, but there's also a labor in her home. You know, it takes a very skilled, I'll say consistently determined and somewhat disciplined woman to run a home. Takes a lot. Often the man works eight, nine hours a day with travel, and a woman's there and she has to keep that home. Her labor's in the home, and a woman's labor includes several things. Would you write these things down? Also, while being flexible to unexpected and unplanned events, these are the three things in the home she ought to be doing. Number one, would you write it down? Teaching, training, and caring for the children. This doesn't mean that the husband's not involved. I hope you understand that. But she's with them throughout the day. That means to do this, you must do things like have a schedule. Have a schedule. I'm amazed at how many young mothers just kind of, you know, wing it. And by the way, you can see that undisciplined nature transmit into their children when there's no schedule. You ought to have a wake-up time. Even in the summer, by the way. We never let our kids sleep late in the summer. I've heard a teenager sleep until 11, 12 o'clock. What in the world? Get them up. Get out of bed, this is part of life, wake him up. Have bedtime, have a schedule with playtime, a schedule with study time, a schedule with work time, a schedule with nap time, a schedule with reading time, a schedule with family time. You see, a schedule is essential in developing the character of a child. You're molding and shaping a young person there. And this is part of the responsibility that God has given to you. Not only have a schedule, but also teach and train them by delegating responsibilities. This is not your number two, this is all part of number one. Do you know as soon as they are old enough, children ought to have chores? They'll have work in the house. Chores will do three things. Number one, they'll help you around the house. Number two, it'll help them to be diligent. And then number three, it'll teach them responsibility. As soon as possible, give them things to do. And by the way, don't pay them to do chores. Don't bribe them to do chores. You know, nobody pays me to cut the grass or to haul wood or to split wood for my wood, so nobody does. That's just part of life. And they need to learn that everybody has to pitch in and pull their load in a household. Delegate responsibilities. Then you should also plan. This is all under teaching and training. Plan some simple fun times and energy burning times. Kid needs to burn energy, by the way. And part of your schedule should be having that schedule, delegating responsibilities, and then have some fun time and energy burning time. Don't leave them cooped up in the house all day when they're little. They'll drive you absolutely crazy, amen? And they'll destroy you and the house all in one fell swoop, amen? And then also as you train and teach, create an environment of peace. The home ought to be a place of peace. Sometimes you go in homes with young kids and there's everything going on. You got three TVs, two video games, iPads, iPods, music, everything's going on. Your head's spinning in that home. They need to settle their spirit down, have a place of peace. You know, one family had this. I thought this was kind of a neat idea. They said we had, I was reading, they had a code of peacefulness in their house. A code of peacefulness. Here's what it was. They grew up with this. Five rules. Number one was this. We don't fight, we get along. I know that's a battle. I understand that. But that's the code. Obeying the code's a whole other story. But number one, we don't fight, we get along. Number two, we talk to each other, we don't yell at each other. Number three is this, we encourage others, we don't put each other down. Number four, we respect each other's person and possessions and privacy. And then number five is this, we pray for each other and pull for each other. That is their code of peacefulness. I like that. I'll get that to you later if you see me, if you want that. So we see number one, again, part of our duties in the home is to teach, train, and care for the children. Number two is to clean and organize the home. Amen. Everything in its place should be the motto. You take something out, you put it back before you move on to the next thing. Amen? You don't just take something out, take something out, take something out. I tell you, one of my children was, I won't tell you who it was, my oldest daughter. But anyway, she used to, I remember she was real little, what she loved to do, she loved to take the big, big container of Legos that we had and just dump them everywhere and then leave and go somewhere and do something else. And that used to drive me batty. It was always, you can play with that, it's fine, play as long as you want with that, but if you're going to something else, you need to put those things back before you move on to the next thing. Organize, avoid clutter. Again, we're cleaning and organizing the home. By the way, the smaller your home, the more determined you must be to stay organized. It's difficult. Do a thorough cleaning at least once a week. Dust and vacuum and sweep and declutter and clean the bathroom and that sort of thing. And stay on top of the laundry, not literally by the way. You know what I'm talking about. You know, I remember when I was little, my mom had this, she did, she just had, maybe it was this generation, she had this routine she did every day around the house. about vacuuming, cleaning the bathrooms, doing this and doing that. Every day she did that. Don't let your house turn into a disaster area. It's part of the responsibilities. So we see again, number one, teaching, training, and caring for the children. Number two, cleaning and organizing the home. Number three is this. We're talking about the role of a biblical woman. Number three, meal planning and preparation. It takes planning and work to do that, by the way. It takes some forethought. Have a plan for your meals, amen? McNuggets only go so far for so long, you know? I understand in a pinch or you're out of an emergency, but if that becomes a regular thing, I'll tell you what, you're going to have some problems, some health problems, amen? But yeah, have a plan. Buy what you need and plan the meals out. Fix meals and think of meals one to two weeks in advance. Make those meals well-balanced for the kids with meat and vegetable and a salad, things like that. You say, preacher, why are you telling us these things? Because I see some of the lunches that come into our school. And I'm like, wow, that's like eating plastic. I'm just saying, I'm just saying. Again, have a plan. This is part of it, meal planning preparation. By the way, don't allow your kitchen to become a special order restaurant. Well, I don't like that. I don't want that. Oh, okay, we'll make you something different. If they're not allergic to it, they're eating it, amen? I've had many, many an hour sitting at a table as a young boy, holding my nose, eating something. And my dad cooked some things, and my mom cooked some things. I don't know why they cooked it and served it to kids, but they did, and we had to eat it. Example, liver and onions. Amen. Who in the world? Who likes liver and onions? Oh. Oh, curse you. Curse you. I was born in the wrong house. You should have been born in my house. I'll tell you what, that's what happened. We had to sit there and eat it. My sister could tell you some stories. I was the youngest. My brothers and sisters were older, so they would laugh at me. Because when you're little, you think you're smart, but you're really dumb. When you're older, you think you're smart, and you're really dumb, too. And I remember one time, I had this pork chop, and I had to eat it. And I didn't want it. I did not want it, and my parents were away. And so I know what I'll do. They all finished eating, and mom and dad said, you're eating that. You have to eat it. So I sat there, and I was playing the waiting game. I mean, I was probably there 45 minutes to an hour just staring at this cold pork chop. So I had this bright idea. I said, I got an idea. I'm going to throw it out. And so I did. I said, you know what? I'm going to pick it. So I picked it up like this. I walked over to the trash can. And I threw it in the trash can. And I sat back down. And here comes my brothers and sister in. And they said, where's the pork chop? And I said, I ate it. They said, you ate it, huh? Was it good? I said, it was good. They said, yeah, what'd you do with the bone? I threw it out. They said, you did? Let's go look. And dumb me, they had just dumped the trash. And they didn't put a trash bag in there. So sitting in the bottom of that plastic was this whole pork chop sitting there. They didn't make me take it out and eat it, but I'll tell you what, I got in trouble for that. My point is this, there's a discipline to all of this that is necessary. Again, insist on eating meals together, amen? Again, I understand there's exception, because mealtime is not just mealtime. It's more than that. It's a time to talk. It's a time to interact. It's a time to bond with one another. That's why it's not, oh, the first kid eats as fast as he can. He leaves, he's done. Can I get out of here? No, you cannot. You have to sit till everybody's done. We like your presence at the table. Amen. You know, a crock pot can be a big help in this area, especially meals on church days and things like that. That'll help you out a lot to have. My point is this, this is the labor of biblical femininity. We need biblical moms again. We need biblical families again. Can we forget what culture is doing and get back to what's right here? Can we do that? It's going to do us well. It's going to do our homes well, our families well, and our children well, if we do it God's way. But it takes work. It takes labor. A labor again to her husband and a labor in her home. Proverbs 31.13 says this, she seeketh wool and flax and worketh willingly with her hands. She worked, we saw that a couple weeks ago. So we see number one, her labor. Secondly, I want you to notice this. Get ready now, her look. We see biblical femininity, what her labor is, that she has a ministry primarily to her home, that she's a keeper at home. The labor's to her husband, the labor's to her home, and to her children and family, but then also there's a look about her. You should see what she looks like. You can tell. Do you know women ought to look like women? And this goes without saying, I can't tell you how many times I've asked, what is that? I really cannot tell. And sometimes with all of these surgeries that are going on, I'm afraid of some of this stuff. I really am. I mean, what is that? I don't know. I mean, I don't know. He, she, I don't know how to say. I don't know what to say. But I'm just saying, women ought to look like women. You know, some people try to make you think that God is not interested in our outward appearance. They say, well, he's only interested in the heart. What's the difference what I look like on the outside if my heart is right? And they'll use verses like 1 Samuel 16, 7, right? But the Lord said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance or on the height of his stature, because I refused him. For the Lord seeth not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. And I'll say, yes, God doesn't look on the outside. He looks on the heart. No, I don't think that's what it's saying in its entirety. Because yes, I do believe that our heart's the most important thing, I do. But understand that our outward appearance is important to God because our outward appearance reflects what's going on in our heart. Amen. It does. Right. What's going on in here is going to be seen out here. James chapter two, faith and works. What does she look like? What does biblical femininity look like? Well, let's look at some things. Number one, her letter A, four areas of her outward appearance. Write this down if you would on the back. Her, and I don't know if I should, I'll just go ahead and use this word, her habit. She's a nun, no. By that I mean what she wears, her outward attire. Is there, go into 1 Timothy chapter 2. Is there an attire that marks or a type of attire that marks biblical femininity? Yes. Yes, there is. Notice 1st Timothy 2.9, In like manner also that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety, not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, but which becometh women professing godliness with good works. issue here because I've dealt with it on many occasions. In fact, I did probably a five-sermon series on the Christian's clothing. You can listen to it, get it from our bookstore, or listen to it on Sermon Audio. You can go there and listen to it. So I can't hit it all tonight, but let me just say this. Deuteronomy 22.5, the woman shall not wear that which pertaineth to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all that do so are an abomination to the Lord thy God. Pants are a man's garment. And skirts and dresses are women's garments. Now, you didn't like the first statement, but you'd probably like the second one, because, you know, if I got up here with a skirt on, you'd go, hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee he And it's the same the other way around. You know, I was reading some stuff on this as I was studying for the message, and I read someone who was saying, well, you know, when it comes to women's apparel, all that matters is modesty. That's not true. It's not just modesty. Modesty is a part of it, and I just read the verse, but there's more to it. And by the way, there's many ways you can be immodest. You can be immodest in a dress. So again, I'm not going to get into all that. But listen to this. I'm going to review it real quick. Questions to ask when you dress. Number one, is it modest? Modesty means it doesn't accentuate a part of my anatomy. And again, we know that certain garments do, naturally do that. Number two question, does it identify me as a woman? Because we're not to wear that which pertains to a man, if you're a woman, and vice versa, and so forth. Number three question, does it cover my nakedness? I covered this in the series. Nakedness would be anything from right about here to the shoulders here, down to here. If that's uncovered, it's considered nakedness in the eyes of God. Next question is this, is it a stumbling block to men? Ladies, if you're married, just ask your husband. Say, you think this is okay? He'll tell you, he knows. We know when a woman is dressed provocatively. They've come into this church, some visitors have. And it's hard to preach sometimes. You kind of look over there, you know what I'm saying? I'm just saying, because it's a stumbling block. And would you want to make a man stumble? Have to be thinking about where you are in the room all the time so he can look the other way instead of worrying about the message? Right? I'm just saying. It's a stumbling block. And then the next one is this. And this is another one I added. Is it appropriate for the occasion? By the way, out of all the questions, this is the only cultural one. All the other ones are biblical. This one is a cultural one. In other words, is it right to wear flip flops to a wedding? Sorry. You know what I'm saying? Should I wear a bathing suit when it's rehearsal dinner? No. What's appropriate? When we went down to the Dominican Republic, I had a suit. And he, Brother Autry, was telling me they have these shirts that are, you know, hangout shirts. I forget what they were called. But at any rate, he said, those are considered actually more formal than even this suit. He said that's why he wears that to preach. That's a cultural thing. So again, when I preach, I had a shirt kind of like that. It kind of mimicked it. So I wore that to preach because it was appropriate. You see what I'm saying? My point is this, is you should be able to identify a Christian woman by what she looks like, by what she wears. Here's another one. You thought that was difficult. Here's another one. Letter B, write it down. Not only her habit, but her hair. Go to 1 Corinthians chapter 11. Is there a hairstyle that pertains to a woman and to a man? Yes. I shouldn't say style, I should say length. Notice 1 Corinthians 11, look at verse 14 and verse 15. So we read here, doth not even nature itself teach you that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? God says long hair on a man is a shame. Amen? That's why these pictures of the Lord Jesus Christ with long hair are not true. They cannot be true. Because he never sinned and he'd be violating the scriptures, he would be a shame to God. He wasn't. So long hair. Let me ask you this. When a guy is a rebel, typically what does he do? He grows his hair long. Rock and rollers, right, with the long hair. I know, I played in a band. Mine wasn't that long, but it was hair. You say you're just jealous because you don't have any hair anymore. Now, wait a second. I could. I have seen some older men take one little strand and grow it so long it looks absolutely ridiculous today. But they take those little strands, they put it in a little ponytail back here. I'm thinking, really? Really? I mean, come on. But let's not stop there. Notice, but if a woman, verse 15, but if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given for a covering. So God says that man should have short hair, and Christian men and Christian women should have long hair. I understand that short and long are relative terms. But if it's, I just say this, if I take that hairstyle and put it on my head, If it's long, if you say, he needs a haircut, then it's long hair. It doesn't have to be down your back. But if it's long, then it does. That's just how I look at it. But my point is this, is that according to the Bible, boy, I'm real popular tonight. I can feel it. I'm feeling the love tonight. Help me out if it's not true. Tell me that's true, right? That's what the Bible says. It's a shame for a man to have long hair. And a woman should not be shorn. Because it's her glory. God gives it to her for that. So let's move on. I better. It's going to get worse. Letter three, number three, letter C, whatever. I can't even say my letters anymore. So we see her habit, her attire. We see letter B, her hair. Letter C is her health. We're talking about biblical femininity. She wears a certain thing. She has her hair, she thinks about God, and then her health. You know, 1 Timothy 4, 8 says, for bodily exercise profiteth little. You say, well, yeah, it just profits little. But it profits a little. It does. Now, we all need this one. We all need to take care of our bodies, right? We do. We need to eat right. We need to exercise. We need to eat in moderation. But not to attract people's attention. Not to be looked at. Typically, when someone starts working out or something, all of a sudden, all the clothes start coming off. They start wearing all these muscle t-shirts. Please. Please. That's not why we're supposed to do that. We're not to be healthy to attract people's attention. We're to be healthy so the Lord can use our bodies in a better way and longer for his glory. So we have more years to serve him. That's not because of the junk we put in our bodies and the fact we haven't taken care of ourselves. Again, 1st Timothy 4.8, bodily exercise profited little. You know, John Wesley published a book in the 1740s entitled Primitive Physique. It was advice on health and wellness. You know, we have all of these diets. Can I just give you my opinion? You can shoot me later. You can shoot me at the men's shooting thing. Tell your husband or somebody to do it, right? Just kidding. It's fine. It's really not that hard to figure out. The problem is everybody wants a quick fix thing. Give me a pill. Give me something weird to drink. Let me flush my body with who knows what, apple cider vinegar and witch hazel. I don't know. I mean all these things people think. The truth of the matter is it's not that difficult. You ready? Watch what you eat and exercise. I should write a book, make a million. Nobody buy that book. You know why? It's too much work. Give me a drink. Give me something else. Give me a pill. But listen to what he said in the 1740s. He understood. It was his advice on health and wellness. He literally wrote thousands of miles on horseback preaching. Here's what he said. He talked about the importance of drinking a lot of water. He talked about the dangers of excessive coffee and tea. He said to eat light suppers. Don't eat less than two or three hours before going to bed. Don't pile on all this food and go to bed. He said this, quote from the book, a due degree of exercise is indispensably necessary to health and long life. Walking is the best exercise for those who are able to bear it. 1740. It's real simple, it really is. He said, when reading or writing, don't sit too long. You know, get up, stretch your legs when you're studying, do that, and so forth. He even had what was called an exercise chair. It was a piece of equipment from the 1700s that was equivalent to a stationary bike. My point is this, is that, listen, he used to say this, we only have one horse. Treat it well. Don't be a fanatic. But you eat right and exercise, and you'll find you'll have energy. You'll find you'll be stronger. You'll be able to knock on more doors, amen, visit more bus kids, and do all that stuff. It's for God's glory. That's what I'm talking about. Not so you can look in the mirror. Please. We're stewards of our bodies. That was for everybody, by the way, not just the women. And then number four, letter D, write this down. So we see her habit, her attire, her hair, her health, uh-oh, here we go, her hygiene. H-Y-G-I-E-N-E, okay? Listen, they used to say, and I understand this isn't a Bible verse, right? But cleanliness, right? and godliness, right? Godliness is next to godliness, something like that. My point is this. We're stewards of our body. Be clean. Take a shower. Take a bath. Wash your hair when it gets greasy. Clean your fingernails. You say, preacher, you're preaching all this. I am. I feel like Lester Roloff tonight. Make sure you don't smell. No, really. I'm not trying to be smart. You know, nobody's saying these things. They're not. And they do. Don't smell. Wear deodorant. Right? Wear perfume, but not too much. Come on. Make your eyes tear. I'm serious. It'll do it. That can be offensive. Wear nice, clean clothes that fit, that aren't in a wrinkled ball, and that sort of thing. Don't send your kids to school with clothes that don't fit, and shoes that are flopping with the sole, and they're walking around like a tongue thing all day, and it's like that for weeks. I understand things happen, but what happens Fix it. This is part of our testimony, amen? Don't put them in clothes that are 10 sizes too big or four sizes too small. I understand kids grow and they grow fast. I went through it. And there's a time that that happens. But it shouldn't be a regular thing, that that's okay. Wow, it's so quiet in here. You're liking this, aren't you? Again, all of this is not an attempt to attract men. It's an attempt to please God. All right, just one more thing and we're done. Are you happy yet? So we see number one, her labor. Her labor to her husband, her labor in her home. We see number two, her look, her habit, her hair, her health and her hygiene. And then number three, this will be real short, her ladylikeness. I'm just going to put it this way. Behave like a lady. I mean, sit like a lady, you know. I know somebody, I'm not gonna say, not in this church, I know some, it's a girl. Please, be a lady. Sit like a lady. Talk like a lady. Not loud and a, not overbearing. Meek and quiet spirit, the Bible says, right? 1 Peter 3, 4, but let it be the hidden man of the heart in which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God, great price. Stand like a lady, right? Walk like a lady. Walk like a lady. And guys, don't walk like a lady. Right? Elbows out, man, not elbows in. Guys, out. Ladies, in. Guys, out. Ladies, in. Guys, not in. No. Please. Please, you'll have people running from you. And only do things that ladies do. Hey, let's arm wrestle for brains. Come on. Don't volunteer to climb up the ladder. Oh, I'll get the shingle off the roof. I'll put the Christmas lights up there. Be conscious of what you're representing. I know we laugh at this stuff. But can I say this? And this is, I don't know who this is. It's just a picture I found there. But there's nothing more beautiful in this world than a Christian family. Where the man is a man, I'm not talking about some ugly guy. I'm talking about a gentleman. I'm talking about a man who knows his spot, who leads his home, who loves his family and loves his wife. Where dad is dad and mom is mom and he's a man, she's a woman. Everybody knows their place and role in the home. That's a beautiful thing. And let me just say this, when we do it God's way, it's the best way. It is. That means as a parent, you need to be training your kids to be a man and to be a lady. And you need to be setting the example of what it means to be a man and to be a lady. Because we have so much in this world working against us to try to flip this thing around. And we need to take a stand and make a statement of who we are and what we believe by what our families look like and act like. Amen? All right, let's pray.