Page 11 - God's Dress Code

went over to Pascagoula, Mississippi, at least

twice a month visiting in the jail, and one day I

noticed a sign in the jail. It was on the door as

you went in, and it read, “Shirts and shoes

required. No sleeveless tops, shorts. Dresses

and skirts must be at least knee length. No see-

through clothing. No exposed cleavage.” Now,

the jail has a dress code, but Christians will look

at you and say the church should not have any

type of a dress code.

So most everywhere you go, there are going

to be dress codes. And this is not legalism.

People will bring up legalism, but we're not

talking about how to be saved; we're talking

about, as a Christian, how we're to talk, how

we're to dress. So that is just a smokescreen

when people say to us today, “Well, it's legalistic

to talk about dress because God is concerned

about the heart but not the way we dress.” That

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