‘And when you are plundered,
What will you do?
Though you clothe yourself with crimson,
Though you adorn yourself with ornaments of gold,
Though you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you will make yourself fair;
Your lovers will despise you;
They will seek your life.’ (Jeremiah 4:30)
Though perhaps morbid and heavy, this verse shows the emptiness of our own efforts. All the ornaments, jewelry, fine clothes, make-up, perfume and whatever else we may like to use is not going to change who we are. Not by a whit. Likewise, our own efforts, our own display of ‘righteousness’ in this life do not change who we are: sinners. We can paint ourselves up as much as we like, but we will remain the same. Only God can change who we are. Only Jesus could pay the penalty for sin. Only death to ourselves can mean replacement with Jesus.
When you see make-up or outward appearances today, remind yourself how hollow life is. Remind yourself of the frailty of human beings, the shells we really are. And remind yourself of the gift we have through Jesus Christ, that He fills us and gives us true, filled life.
Painting, Making up and Dressing like Prostituted are abomination before God. when we dress up we must cover our bodies very well. you can't say I m a christain yet you seduce people by the way you dress. we want to hear the truth we are sick of hearing what will suit us. i beleive when you change inside it must manifest out side. you can't be holy inside and out you become a tempation to other by the way you make up, dress, paint. I am surprise by seeing some christain and some preachers dressing, painting and making up like the way Jezebel or Prostituted do. Putting on long nails and putting on men wears. They call it civilization and we call evil civilization. Do we copied the people of the world or copied of God?
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Painting, Making up and Dressing like Prostituted are abomination before God. when we dress up we must cover our bodies very well. You can't say I m a Christian yet you seduce people by the way you dress. We want to hear the truth we are sick of hearing what will suit us. I believe when you change inside it must manifest out side. You can't be holy inside and out you become a temptation to other by the way you make up, dress, paint. I am surprise by seeing some Christian and some preachers dressing, painting and making up like the way Jezebel or Prostituted do. Putting on long nails and putting on men wears. They call it civilization and we call evil civilization. Do we copy the people of the world or do we copy of the things of God?
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