Ladies, Does How You Dress Cause Men to Lust?

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We will hear many a man (or woman) say what they personally think should or should not constitute lust, or what their father (or mother says) of some experience they have seen when they were young. People will even cite what they learned from reading the dictionary or a psychology book. Natural man may throw in a few choice euphemisms (words have meaning) around to mock God's name while they argue for their position in favor of God's truth. We may try to convince ourselves that we can control themselves (alone, by ourselves) using the psychology of man to justify our claim. But, here's truth. Here's what God says [to answer the basic question of whether or not lust is always a sin]:

Matthew 5:28: [Jesus Christ declares,] "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Galatians 5:16: I [the apostle Paul] say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

2 Peter 2:10: [T]he Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. . .

1 John 2:16-17: For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

Romans 1:27: [T]he men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.

The Bible makes it sufficiently certain that lust involves a longing or a desire to do something that is sinful, generally pertaining to illicit sexual relationships such as adultery and homosexuality. The Bible also indicates that lust can pertain to matters other than those having a sexual connotation. And, since the Bible teaches that it is a sin for us to do anything that keeps us from living in accordance with the will of God, lust is always a sin, because it invariably prevents us from living according to God’s will. Furthermore, even if a longing or desire does not involve lust, it is sinful if it prevents us from living in accordance with the will of God.

There's good news though people. God saves sinners. He sent his Son, Jesus Christ into the world to be the salvation for those who would believe on the name of the LORD. God welcomes those who repent and turn from sin, those who trust and obey the LORD.
 
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Why then do we try to fight it?

Remember Genesis 3:15.

Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
 
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Galatians 5:17
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

You got it. I was waiting for you to come with that verse.

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Romans 7:12

As is the fire and our bodies are holy. God can use our bodies as he does with His law. The law is written in our minds and hearts. So the consciousness part that Paul explained in His letters. Read Romans 7 in that light.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 7:21-22
 
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Our physical body is that physical temple. The dimensions God gave to Moses match with our body. More so with His body. Moses saw Him. Abraham saw Him. He allowed the physical temple to be destroyed multiple times. Jesus said the same. You choose if you will remove the leaven or you let the whole lump be defiled and destroyed. "There will not be left one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”
 
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You got it. I was waiting for you to come with that verse.

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. Romans 7:12

As is the fire and our bodies are holy. God can use our bodies as he does with His law. The law is written in our minds and hearts. So the consciousness part that Paul explained in His letters. Read Romans 7 in that light.

So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 7:21-22


1 corinthians 6:20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
 
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We exist. You can be beautiful, elegant, and feminine without leading anyone astray.

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Parents are instructed to:

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. —Proverbs 22:6

Children are reminded to:

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. —Proverbs 1:8-9

Thus saith the Lord:

For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him. —Genesis 18:19

Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. —1 Samuel 2:30-31

For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.” —1 Samuel 16:7
 
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I don't mean to be offensive, but here in America that style would seen to a be a throwback to the 1950s. If women (and men too) aren't to be dressing in a "lustful" way, shouldn't we still dress in a way that at least blends in?
 
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I don't mean to be offensive, but here in America that style would seen to a be a throwback to the 1950s. If women (and men too) aren't to be dressing in a "lustful" way, shouldn't we still dress in a way that at least blends in?


Yeah...cosplay kinda came to mind...
 
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I don't mean to be offensive, but here in America that style would seen to a be a throwback to the 1950s. If women (and men too) aren't to be dressing in a "lustful" way, shouldn't we still dress in a way that at least blends in?

You can find that silhouette in most stores. She probably added a petticoat to emphasize the cut. Who's to say it doesn't blend in? Does that rule out all vintage clothing? No hats, gloves, pocket watches, and so on because your neighbor has different tastes?

Are we the fashion police now?
 
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Yeah...cosplay kinda came to mind...

I guess my friend should trade in his suit and cuff links for skinny jeans and sneakers to mimic the hipsters. There's no law against wearing respectable clothing.
 
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Okay, sorry, I'll behave...

Vintage fashion isn't cosplay.

cosplay: the activity or practice of dressing up as a character from a work of fiction (such as a comic book, video game, or television show)
 
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I guess my friend should trade in his suit and cuff links for skinny jeans and sneakers to mimic the hipsters. There's no law against wearing respectable clothing.

If I were to accompany the woman in the pic., I'd go for the leather look, for some juxtaposition!
 
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If I were to accompany the woman in the pic., I'd go for the leather look, for some juxtaposition!

Many women look to early eras because the clothing is modest and feminine. They needn't worry about hemlines, silhouettes, or exposure.
 
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