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Honestly, my church is gracious. We don't teach legalism and man-made cultural requirements for dress. Did Jesus wear a suit and tie when teaching?

 

I was raised in an IFCA church.
When I came to understand that free will theology wasn't supported by God's Word, I was lead to a reformed Baptist Church.
I do note you mention the IFBC and in that light, I cannot speak to that conference.
I only speak to the legalism that lead to such rules.

 

I am an IFB, but my family and I attend a Reformed Baptist Church that is not IFB.

My wife and young daughter wear pants when working on the farm, generally on our property, or in my daughters case, when playing outside. If we're working in the garden, pasture, butchering chickens, hogs, turkeys etc then my wife and daughter wear pants that day.

If we go out in public I have my wife wear a dress if possible, and if not possible (below freezing temps) then non-form fitting pants. If she has to wear pants we make sure her loose fitting shirt covers her rear. Some females in our Church family wear a cloth on their head in addition.

We are really kicking into gear with my daughter on dresses this year as she hits 2 yo so that she gets used to dresses and skirts. She will largely be wearing plain dress akin to what my Mennonite Sisters wear.

In our Reformed Church women do wear pants, but the Pastors have the expectation that they are to be modest and not form fitting. Still, however, some women choose to play the harlot in this camp.

 

I don't care what a person wears, as long as it is modest!

Too often the focus is on the female, but the male population needs to also attend to this matter.

Tight fitting clothing is not good for anything but to display the body.

Moderation and Modesty.

And I do like M&Ms.

 

play the harlot...
I am willing to bet that more men are simply undisciplined in fighting temptation than women are "playing the harlot."
It's time men fight their own sexual lusts instead of blaming women for their lack of discipline.

 

Let's see if God's Word agrees with you...
"Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.". 2 Tim 2:22

That's odd. God tells men to flee rather than fight lust. Was Joseph wrong to flee Potiphar's house instead of fighting his own sexual lust?

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array" 1 Tim 2:9

So...to sum up God tells men to FLEE lust. God tells women to dress modestly at all times to stop tempting men to lust.

That's 2 strikes so far.

 

Yep, men fail to flee and fail to fight...then they blame women for their failure. Men are masters at blaming others for their failure to fight temptation.
Men, pick up the armor of God and fight temptation like our Champion did. He never blamed women for tempting him. He fought against all temptation and won.

 

I agree with all that, but I don't see a need to focus on that as we don't have an epidemic of women being encouraged to wear distracting earrings, pearls, expensive shoes, fancy dresses, etc. Nor do we have an epidemic of men wearing fancy, flashy suits or big flashy watches that I know of.

We sure do have women all over this country being encouraged to degrade themselves and show off their body in tight pants, low cut shirts, shorts and essentially nude on the beach. As a fireman I focus on putting water on the fire, not on the non-involved part of the structure.

 

God tells women to dress modestly at all times. Why do you suppose that is? Are you going to dodge this question too?

 

I may not have been clear. If there are Churches where women do this then yes, it needs to be preached on. I have visited with some Black Churches in the past and the women there are often dressed in ways that aren't form fitting, which is great and good on them for doing so, they likely wouldn't need to hear a sermon about tight clothes as much as a sermon on expensive, fancy and distracting dresses in this case.

I think God's intent with this verse is to address anything distracting from Him, whether that be sexually distracting, jealous distracting, or just plain big and gawdy distracting. It all needs to be addressed. In my experience the sexually distracting part is what is currently plaguing the majority of the American Church, although like above there are occasional instances of the expensive clothing and earrings and distracting hairdos that pop up as well.

My area is very, very poor so most of us don't have the money for expensive anything. In my area the biggest problem is immodest dress on women rather than distracting, gawdy, expensive things.

 

I can recall ever being in a church service where women "dressed like harlots." I have always thought they were modestly dressed.
I go back to the fact that we are a product of culture where some still think that women must, culturally, wear skirts. That cultural moré can go the way of the dinosaur as far as I am concerned.

 

Well, we're on opposite ends of the spectrum then. We live happily like the 1800s here.

 

And I live happily in 2022, knowing God created me for this time and place, to be a witness to this generation of rebels.
I only encourage you to accept your own responsibility for your lusts and don't blame women for your temptation.