FOLLOWING FASHION OR CHRIST?
MEMORY VERSE
And the world passeth away,
and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever.
1 John 2:17
READ
1 John 2:15-17
1Jn 2:15 Love not
the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world,
the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all
that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the
pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
1Jn 2:17 And the
world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God
abideth for ever.
MESSAGE
How you are
dressed determines how you are received or treated. Your dressing is a part of
your identity. How you dress equally affects your Kingdom walk. In 2 Kings
1:1-8, when the king was sick, he sent some people to enquire if he would
recover or die. They met Elijah who told them that it was a sickness unto
death. In order to verify the authenticity of that prophecy, the king asked for
the name of the prophet but they could not tell because he did not disclose his
name. But by the time they described the type of clothes he wore, the king
immediately knew it was Elijah. Does your dressing portray you as a child of
God? If you as a minister of God were to dress in regular clothes and not
priestly robe or cassock, would your dressing showcase you as a servant of the
Most High God? If you compare what John the Baptist wore in Matthew 3:1-4 with
what Elijah wore, you would find some resemblance. Who do you resemble when you
dress? How is your hairdo? What of your beard? How do you adorn yourself with
jewellery – moderate or loud? What kind of dresses do
you put on?
When Moses fled
from Egypt to Midian after killing one of the Egyptians, he met the daughters
of the priest of Midian and helped them. When they got home earlier than usual,
their father asked why they were back home so soon. They said it was because
they received protection and help from an Egyptian (Exodus 2:15-20). He was
taken for an Egyptian because he dressed like one. If you dress like the world,
what follows worldly attires will equally follow you. Worldly fashion is
controlled by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life
according to 1 John 2:16. Don't be surprised to see pride and worldly lust
gaining ground in your life if you are given to worldly fashion. If you are
obsessed with the latest fashion and style, rather than running the heavenly
race you were called into, you will find yourself running a race that God did
not call you to. The unfortunate thing about this is that those who are given
to worldly fashion share a common destiny with what they are given to. Are you
following fashion or Christ?
KEY POINT
The race after
worldly fashion and the race to Heaven are two distinct races leading to
separate destinations. You must choose which one to run.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Lord give us d grace 2 shun wordly appetite.
ReplyDeleteRight on point!!!some of us are so guilty of this.
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