Cover thy Nakedness

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Cover Your Body
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 eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest
see. Rev. 318
Figurative - Church of Laodicea
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I.History of Clothing our Bodies
Job 121 - ...naked came I out of my mothers
womb,... Gen. 225 And they were both naked,
the man and his wife, and were not ashamed
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I.History of Clothing our Bodies
Gen. 3 - the sin of Adam Eve V.7 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. V. 21 - coats and
clothed them
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
V. 7 naked aprons of fig leaves V.9 God
said, where art thou? V.10 I was afraid,
because I was naked and I hid myself V. 21
coatsclothed them.
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
Rev.317-18 that the shame of thy nakedness do
not appear. Apron not enough for Adam
Eve apron loin cloths, hip clothing
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
Gen.321 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed
them. Clothed kottoneth - covered from
shoulders to their knees
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
Ex. 2842 And thou shalt make them linen
breeches to cover their nakedness from the loins
even unto the thighs they shall reach. Priests
ascending platform loins unto the thighs
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
Isa.471-3 ...uncover thy locks, make bare the
leg, uncover the thigh,... nakedness
uncovered Making bare the leg Naked - shame
shall be seen
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II. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness
Luke 826-36 Then they went out to see what was
done and came to Jesus, and found the man, out
of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the
feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind
and they were afraid. v.35
clothed and with full use of his senses B.B.E.
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III. How Christians Should Dress
1.Wear clothing that pleases God Hosea 26-9
v.9 wool and flax given to cover her nakedness.
Conceal, to be placed out of sight
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III. How Christians Should Dress
2.Wear clothing that is modest 1 Tim.29 In
like manner also, that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety
not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array
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III. How Christians Should Dress
2.Wear clothing that is modest 1 Tim.29 and I
would have the women dress becomingly, with
modesty and self-control, not with plaited hair
or gold or pearls or costly clothes, Weymoths
N.T.
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III. How Christians Should Dress
3.Not like the people of the world We are
different - separate Rom.121-2 be not
conformed to this world Do not dress like the
world
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III. How Christians Should Dress
4. Clothing reveals Character Gen. 3815
Tamar - clothing of a harlot Prov.710 attire
of an harlot Christians cover the nakedness of
their bodies !!
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What is the Standard for our Clothing ?

• The Bible is our guidebook
• God Clothed Adam Eve
• Rev.318 shame of our nakedness should be covered

Cover Your Body
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Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ
515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249 arth
urpigman_at_cybrtyme.com Sunday Morning Feb. 26, 06