2. “I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed;” Rev. 3:18 Figurative language  Positive = Be covered  Negative = Not exposed

3. I.History of Clothing our Bodies Job 1:21 “...Naked came I out of my mother's womb,...”

4. Gen. 2:25 “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

5. Gen. 3:7 “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.”

6. “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” Genesis 3:21

7. Difference between Nudity And Nakedness Nude = no clothing Naked = some clothing Adam & Eve - Fig Leaves = Aprons Gen.3:9 God asked “Where art thou?” Gen.3:10 “…I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked: and I hid myself.” Gen. 3:21 God made coats to “clothe them”.

9. “that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear” Revelation 3:18 Certain parts of our body are to be covered Appear = when we are seen in public

10. “Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.” Gen.3:21 Coats “kottoneth” Coats = “kottoneth” “covered from shoulders to their knees” Clothed = “labash” “wrap around, put on a garment”

11. Coats Hebrew: KUTTONET – “a tunic...; generally with sleeves, coming down to the knees, rarely to the ankles” (Gesenius, 420; cf. Harris, 1:459; Brown, Driver, Briggs, 509). Tunic

12. Fred H. Wright, Manners and Customs of Bible Lands, 91 says: “The Tunic (inappropriately translated ‘coat’) was a shirt which was worn next to the skin. It was made of leather, hair-cloth, wool, linen, or in modern times, usually of cotton. The simplest form of it was without sleeves and reached to the knees or sometimes to the ankles. The well- to-do wore it with sleeves and extending to the ankles. Women as well as men wore it. Although there was no doubt a difference in style and pattern in what was worn by the two.”

13. An Apron was not enough for Adam & Eve Genesis 3 V. 7 Naked (Nude) V. 11 Naked (Relatively) Apron Tunic V. 21 Clothed & Modest From the Shoulder to the knee

14. Ex. 28:42 “And you shall make for them linen trousers to cover their nakedness; they shall reach from the waist to the thighs.”  Priest ascending the platform  Cover your nakedness  Linen trousers  From the waist to the thighs

15. People in their right mind will cover their body Luke 8:27 tells about a man who did not wear clothes  He was possessed with demons  Jesus cast out the demons Luke 8:35 Then they went out to see what had happened, and came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.”

16. Wear clothing that pleases God 1.Wear clothing that pleases God “wool and flax given to cover her nakedness.” Hosea 2:9 Conceal, to be placed out of sight God’s will is that people wear clothes to cover their nakedness.

17. Wear clothing that is Modest 2.Wear clothing that is Modest “in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel,...” 1 Tim. 2:9 Decent or orderly What is Modest Apparel ?

18. Modest Apparel is NOT… Too Short Too Low Too Tight Too Thin Too Loose Too Wild Too ????

19. Do Not Dress Like the People of the World 3. Do Not Dress Like the People of the World They expose the shame of their nakedness We are different - we are the children of God. Romans 12:2 “Be not conformed to this world:” To fashion alike

20. Clothing Reveals our Character 4. Clothing Reveals our Character Gen. 38:15 - Tamar was judged to be a harlot Prov. 7:10 “the attire of an harlot” KJV “dressed as a prostitute” ESV Christians wear clothing that shows something about our character!

21. What is the Standard for our Clothing ?  The Bible is our guidebook  God Clothed Adam & Eve  From shoulders to the knees  Rev.3:18 shame of our nakedness should be covered

23. Sermon by Arthur Pigman Evans Church of Christ 515 Gibbs Road Evans, Ga. 30809 706-855-1249arthurpigman@bellsouth.netwww.evansgachurchofchrist.org Sunday Morning September 23, 2012