Fashion
Webster
gives this definition of fashion, "The prevailing style or custom, as
in dress or behavior - Something, such as a garment, that is in the
current mode". Notice that fashion is not constant. It
changes face ever so often. To fully understand everything that will
be said in this section, you can read the article "The
Shame of Nakedness" at your convenience. Fashion
is a pro- player in the pursuit of beauty, a complementary factor, an
integral piece that completes the image of beauty. Beauty is not
constant. It fluctuates, and fashion follows suit. Sad to say,
the Christian church follows suit as well. Let us look at the
fashion of God in Genesis 3:21. Adam and eve made themselves aprons
to cover their nakedness, leaving much of their skin exposed. And
God said, "no." Just like any good parent, He might have
said something like, "where do you think you are going in that?"
The apron
did not meet God's fashion standard, so he made them coats. The coats
covered their entire body, their nakedness.
The devil, the head fashion designer, is undressing everyone who seek the
fashion of this world. Influenced by the devil, whether consciously
or ignorantly, these fashion designers fit their new designs on
silhouettes before they are released. Silhouettes are mannequin.
This is done to see how much sex appeal their new design will add to the
wearer, and how much fabric can be removed without exposing too much of
those areas that should be totally covered. Creating what we know as
a tease. For example, splits in the skirts and dresses exposing the
leg as a woman strides. Whether you were aware of it, dear sister,
you are aiding the devil in creating a stumbling block for your brothers.
The same effect is created when low and v-neck dresses and blouses are
worn. This should not be. Now that your eyes are open, repent
and purge your wardrobe of such apparels. The devil wants to rob man
of every thread of dignity, by undressing us in a delicate and gradual
process. Patience and care are exercised to camouflage his perverted
objective. The devil was successful in spiritually undressing Adam
and Eve, but that was not enough. He wanted to remove the clothes
off their backs as well. And you know what, he is doing it to this
world by employing fashion and the pursuit of beauty.
Let us make a comparison with the fashion of God (coats) and the fashion
of this world. God's fashion covers the entire body. From the
neck to the ankle. From the shoulders to the wrist. No flesh is
exposed in God's plan. Dear reader, do you wear close-fitting short
sleeves blouses and dresses, close fitting v-neck blouses and dresses,
dresses and skirts that are a little above or below the knee, skirt and
dresses with splits, clothes that show off your breasts, hips and butt.
If your answer is yes, then you have sacrificed the holy for perverted
apparels. The process is subtle, just like the growing of grass.
You will never see it happening until it is too lake. Just read the
study on, "The shame of nakedness" to see how the devil have
been exposing our nakedness to our shame. The body is beautiful, and
pleasing to the eyes of married couples. But nakedness that is
exposed in public as beauty, is pure slackness. Deco Drive announced
that skin is in and we should go as bear as we dear. Following such
an announcement, the forces of evil employed the trend setters, the
celebrities, to manipulate public opinion in accepting this morally
disturbing trend as the new face of beauty.
Are
we speaking out against it as Christians? No, not as we should.
We have gotten so conditioned and accustomed to seeing cleavage and much
skin that most of us have accepted such styles as normal and even dare to
defend and justify its adoption as ok.
Consider the consequences of embracing fashion to achieve an attractive
status by reading the article "Dress
Reform"