Firstly, the writer which to assert that this article
is for Christians. According to the writer, a Christian is a person that
believes that Jesus Christ is God; born by Virgin Mary and died to take away
the sins of the whole world. Such a one must have confess his or her sins, accepted
the Lord Jesus Christ and have decided to live by the dictates and doctrines of
the Bible.
COVER
NAKEDNESS
After the fall, Man sought out figs leaves to cover himself
but God in His wisdom gave him animal skin that covers more, lasts more and
protects more.
It is really hard to define what nakedness is? Some
say it is just the sexual organs and once that is covered then Christian
clothing has been achieved. Nakedness is more than just the sexual organs. At
an extreme position is a school of thought that supports complete nudity, no
need to wear any cloth or covering. We should be as nature created us. This is
not an option for most of the nature fun fair and party ends up in orgies and immorality
is a sin in which Christians must not partake. At the other extreme is people
that believe that every part of the human body must be covered, from the hair
to the toe. Amidst these two extremes is the need to maintain moderation
because the Bible says lest you moderation be known unto all men for the Lord’s
return is at hand. But first what is nakedness. Christian clothing must of
necessity covers the sexual organs and our body. We may not have to dress
covered up from hair to toe but we must not expose our nakedness which is much more
than our sexual organs.
WEATHER
CLOTHING
Clothing for weather does not necessarily mean we
engage in transgender clothing.
A student in support of skimpy dress once used hot
weather to support her claim. On a funny note that girl would practically have
to remove the first layer of her skin if she gets to Northern part of Nigeria
because of the hotness. Weather determines what we wear and the reality is that
in harsh and hot weather we try to cover more of our skin with air passing
through garment in order not to damage our skin. A Christian dress is appropriate
with the weather.
GLORIFY
GOD
At the extreme
of glorifying God with our clothing is a school that promotes affluence and
wealth dressing. The other school of thoughts support poor dressing in order to
show meekness and fear in God’s worship. Amidst these school of thought is a need
for moderation. We need to dress to glorify God in God’s acceptable ways and
not in man-made ways. In the Old Testament the bible says it is better to obey God
than to offer the sacrifice of fools. God loves sacrifice but sacrifice that is
not backed up by obedience (like that offer by King Saul) is regarded as fool’s
sacrifice. The sacrifice of Abel was accepted because He obeyed God and gave
God reverence. We don’t have to dress like non-Christians to glorify the God of
the Christians.