Different kinds of clothing:

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Different kinds of clothing 2 Sam. 1318, And
she had a garment of divers colours upon her for
with such robes were the king's daughters that
were virgins apparelled. 2 Kgs. 2527,30, And
it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in
the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day
of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon
in the year that he began to reign did lift up
the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of
prison.And changed his prison garments... Jas.
22, For if there come unto your assembly a man
with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there
come in also a poor man in vile raiment.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To honor, Est. 67-7, And Haman answered the
king, For the man whom the king delighteth to
honour, Let the royal apparel be brought which
the king useth to wear, and the horse that the
king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is
set upon his head. Dan. 529, Then commanded
Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet,
and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made
a proclamation concern- ing him, that he should
be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To distinguish, Deut. 225, The woman shall not
wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman's garment for all
that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy
God. Zeph. 18, And it shall come to pass in
the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I will
punish the princes, and the king's sons, and all
such as are clothed with foreign apparel. (ASV)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To associate with a group, Preists Ex. 3110,
And the cloths of service, and the holy garments
for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his
sons, to minister in the priest's office. 1
Chrn. 1527, And David was clothed with a robe
of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the
ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of
the song with the singers David also had upon
him an ephod of linen.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To associate with a group, Preists Worshippers
of Baal 2 Kgs. 1022, And he said unto him that
was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for
all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them
forth vestments.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To associate with a group, Preists Worshippers
of Baal Brides Jer. 232, Can a maid forget her
ornaments, or a bride her attire? Rev. 212,
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem,
coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a
bride adorned for her husband.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To associate with a group, Preists Worshippers
of Baal Brides Harlots Prov. 710, And, behold,
there met him a woman with the attire of an
harlot, and subtil of heart.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To mourn, Gen. 3734, And Jacob rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days. 2 Sam. 331, And
David said to Joab, and to all the people that
were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you
with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king
David himself followed the bier. 2 Kgs. 191,
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into the house of the
LORD.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
As a sign of repentance (mourning), Jon. 35,
10, So the people of Nineveh believed God, and
proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the
greatest of them even to the least of them....And
God saw their works, that they turned from their
evil way Matt. 1121, Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works, which were done in you, had been done in
Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago
in sackcloth and ashes.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To deceive, Genesis 2715, 27, And Rebekah took
goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were
with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob
her younger son.And he came near, and kissed
him and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and
blessed him Josh. 93, And when the
inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
unto Jericho and to Ai, They did work wilily, and
went and made as if they had been ambassadors,
and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine
bottles, old, and rent,
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To deceive, and bound up And old shoes and
clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon
them and all the bread of their provision was
dry and mouldy. And they went to Joshua Matt.
235,27, They make broad their phylacter- ies,
and enlarge the borders of their garments. Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of
dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To install or invest into office, Gen. 4141,
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set
thee over all the land of Egypt. And Phar- aoh
took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon
Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of
fine linen Est. 82, 15, And the king took off
his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave
it unto Morde- cai 15 And Mordecai went out from
the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue
and white, and with a great crown of gold, and
with a garment of fine linen and purple and the
city of Shushan
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To install or invest into office, rejoiced and
was glad. Isa. 2220-21, And it shall come to
pass in that day, that I will call my servant
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah And I will clothe him
with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy
girdle, and I will commit thy govern- ment into
his hand and he shall be a father to the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of
Judah.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To honor To distinguish To associate with a
group To mourn As a sign of repentance
(mourning To deceive To install or invest into
office
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
Gen. 373-4, Now Israel loved Joseph more than
all his children, because he was the son of his
old age and he made him a coat of many colours.
And when his brethren saw that their father loved
him more than all his brethren, they hated him,
and could not speak peaceably unto him.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
Josh. 228, And he spake unto them, saying,
Return with much riches unto your tents, and with
very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and
with brass, and with iron, and with very much
raiment divide the spoil of your enemies with
your brethren. Zeph. 18, And it shall come to
pass in the day of Jehovah's sacrifice, that I
will punish the princes, and the king's sons, and
all such as are clothed with foreign apparel.
(ASV)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
Jas. 22-4, For if there come into your
synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine
clothing, and there come in also a poor man in
vile clothing and ye have regard to him that
weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here
in a good place and ye say to the poor man,
Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool Do
ye not make distinctions among yourselves, and
become judges with evil thoughts?
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
1 Pet. 31-4, In like manner, ye wives, be in
subjection to your won husbands that, even if
any obey not the word, they may without the word
be gained by the behavior of their wives
beholding your chaste behavior coupled with fear.
Whose adorning let it not be the outward adorning
of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of
gold, or of putting on apparel but let it be the
hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible
apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in
the sight of God of great price.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
Prov. 710, And, behold, there met him a woman
with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of
heart.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321

• 1. When God clothed the naked --
• They were not totally naked, Gen. 37-10 Ex.
  2842 Isa. 471-3

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"Breeches" 1. "Trousers or drawers. This noun
occurs. five times in Ex and Lev and once in Ezk
4418. Trousers were ordered by God in the
interests of decorum..." (Theological Wordbook of
the Old Testament, vol. 1, p. 445) 2. Ex.
2842, "unto the thighs -- i.e. to the bottom of
the thighs where they adjoin the knee." (G.
Rawlin- son, Pulpit Commentary, vol. 1, p.
293) 3. "Priests called to officiate at the high
altar above the eyes of the watching multitude
wore a cloth covering hips and thighs, made of
fine linen like the rest of their garments."
(Zondervan Pic- torial Encyclopedia of the Bible,
vol. 1, p. 652)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321

• 1. When God clothed the naked --
• They were not totally naked, Gen. 37-10 Ex.
  2842 Isa. 471-3

• The kind of clothing he made

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"Coats" 1. "A tunic...generally with sleeves,
coming down to the knees, rarely to the ankles"
(Gesenius, p. 420) 2. "Tunic, a long shirt-like
garment, usually of linen" (Theological
Dictionary of the Old Testament, vol. 1, p.
459) 3. "...The tunics worn by Adam and Eve were
of animal skins (Gen. 321)....The tunic worn by
the priests had long sleeves, and it extended
down to the ankles, and was fastened about the
loins by a girdle (Exod 295,8,9,
3927)....Joseph's coat of many colors' (Gen.
373, KJV) or long robe with sleeves' (RSV) was
lit a tunic reaching to the feet....
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Slaves, laborers, and prisoners wore a more
abbreviated style tunic (sometime only to their
knees and without sleeves) as appear on the
Behistun Rock. In the Assyrian relief depicting
the siege and capture of Lachish by Sennacherib
(701 B.C.) there are Jewish captives (male and
female) wearing long, dress-like tunics which
reach almost to the ankles. (The Zondervan
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, vol. 1, p.
896)
Behistun Rock
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Slaves, laborers, and prisoners wore a more
abbreviated style tunic (sometime only to their
knees and without sleeves) as appear on the
Behistun Rock. In the Assyrian relief depicting
the siege and capture of Lachish by Sennacherib
(701 B.C.) there are Jewish captives (male and
female) wearing long, dress-like tunics which
reach almost to the ankles. (The Zondervan
Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible, vol. 1, p.
896)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
1. When God clothed the naked 2. Where is the
emphasis in my clothing? Matt. 235, 27-28
1 Pet. 31-4 Col. 35
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings?
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To mourn, Gen. 3734, And Jacob rent his
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days. 2 Sam. 331, And
David said to Joab, and to all the people that
were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you
with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king
David himself followed the bier. 2 Kgs. 191,
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard
it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself
with sackcloth, and went into the house of the
LORD.
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29
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1 Timothy 29
Modest well-arranged, seemly, modest (Thayer,
p. 356) The well ordering is not of dress and
demeanour only, but of the inner life uttering
indeed and expressing itself in the outward
conversation. (Trench, Synonyms of the New
Testament, p. 346)
Shamefastness a sense of shame, modesty
(Thayer, p. 14) aidos (the word rendered
shamefastness, sw)is the nobler word, and
implies the nobler motive in it is involved an
innate moral repugnance to the doing of the
dishonorable act.The grief a man conceives from
his own imperfections considered with relation to
the world taking notice of them (Trench, p. 68)
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1 Timothy 29
Sobriety a. of sound mind, sane, in ones
senses. b. curbing ones desires and impulses,
self-controlled, temperate (Thayer, p. 613) It
is that habitual inner self-government, with its
constant rein on all the passions and desires,
which would hinder the temptations to this from
arising, or at all events from arising in such
strength as should overbear the checks and
barriers which aidos (shamefastness,sw) opposed
to it. (Trench, p. 72)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29 Rev. 318
C. What does it say to others? Prov. 710 1
Pet. 31-4
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Children Dressed Like Sluts Raise Disgust The
12- and 13-year-olds swarm like bees through the
Gap in Georgetown. They buzz past the khaki pants
and polo shirts that used to define the Gap look,
on their way to ultra-low-rise bluejeans that
ride well below the navel and black knit
camisoles only slightly wider than a knee sock.
They land at a rack of short cotton dresses with
empire waists and spaghetti straps. A
conversation ensues Would a girl wear a bra of
the same color with this? Or would bra straps
show off better in a contrasting hue? How about
wearing no bra at all? This is the world of
naked fashion for girls from high school on down
-- even to elementary school -- the less-is-more
look flaunting upper torso, sw, midriff,
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lower torso, sw. Many, if not most, schools
forbid or discourage it, parents and teachers
complain about fighting the whore wars, and yet
the trend shows no signs of letting go after a
decade of growth... What many find truly
astonishing is the tender age at which it's first
aimed, a trend that older teenage girls
themselves tag as disgusting. Elizabeth Ely,
an elder stateswoman in Washing- ton area private
education, is a well-known champi- on of student
expression at the Field School, a private school
she started in the District that has never had a
dress code. Yet even she has started pulling
girls into her office because of bare midriffs
and exposed cleavage. --gt
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Skimpy dress, she says, sighing, has never
been so widespread." (Children Dressed Like
Sluts Raise Disgust, Washington Post, June 21,
2002, http// www. bushcountry.org/news/jun02_news
_pages/n_062102_children-sluts.htm)
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Dress codes for courts
Proper Dress is required. Law Enforcement
Uniforms, Shorts, Bermudas, muscle shirts, halter
tops, and bare midriff clothing are not
acceptable Court attire. (Circuit court for
Baltimore City http//www.baltocts.state.md.us/fly
page/ProperDress.htm) Dress Attire Proper dress
attire is required.  Shorts, men's hats, muscle
shirts, halters (mid-drifts) sic, and other
inappropriate dress are not allowed. (St. Martins
Parish, LA http//www.stmartinparishclerkofcourt.
com/jury.htmDress20Attire)
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Brushy Mountain State Penitentiarys "Visitation
Handbook" contains the rules and regulations
which must be observed by anyone who visits an
inmate there. rule 5 "All visitors shall dress
in an appropriate manner . . . halter tops, tank
tops, sun dresses, shorts and other revealing
attire shall not be acceptable on persons over
age 10" (via Greg Gwin, The Beacon, my emph, sw)
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The Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections
list of rules governing those who visit inmates
of their institutions. 1. No see-through or tight
fitting clothing. 2. No Shorts (Shorts will be
permitted for children 12 years of age or
less). 3. No Skirts or Dresses higher than the
middle of the knee. 4. No clothing with gang/club
insignia or obscene gestures and/or language. 5.
No tank tops, Tube tops or Muscle Shirts and no
Bare midriffs. 6. Shoes and Shirts must be
worn. 7. Appropriate undergarments must be worn
(example Bra, Slip, underwear). 8. Any other
attire found to be potentially disruptive, or
offensive may result in the termination of the
visit. (From Larry Devore, via Bible Matters
List, my emph, sw)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29 Rev. 318
C. What does it say to others? Prov. 710 1
Pet. 31-4
D. What does it say about where I fit in society?
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To associate with a group, Preists Worshippers
of Baal Brides Harlots
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29 Rev. 318
C. What does it say to others? Prov. 710 1
Pet. 31-4
D. What does it say about where I fit in society?
E. Will it cause others to stumble? Prov. 710
Matt. 528 186-7
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A recent survey asked males and females why they
go to the beach. 60 of the men said they did so
mainly to watch. 30 of the females said they go
to the beach to be watched.(via Merit Report,
-- Greg Gwin, The Electronic Beacon)
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29 Rev. 318
C. What does it say to others? Prov. 710 1
Pet. 31-4
D. What does it say about where I fit in society?
E. Will it cause others to stumble? Prov. 710
Matt. 528 186-7
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
To honor To distinguish To associate with a
group To mourn As a sign of repentance
(mourning To deceive To install or invest into
office
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WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
I. HOW CLOTHES HAVE BEEN USED
II. CLOTHING CAN AROUSE FEELINGS
III. WHAT DOES MY CLOTHING SAY?
A. What does it say to God? Gen. 321
B. What does my clothing say about my inward
thoughts and feelings? 1 Tim. 29 Rev. 318
C. What does it say to others? Prov. 710 1
Pet. 31-4
D. What does it say about where I fit in society?
E. Will it cause others to stumble? Prov. 710
Matt. 528 186-7