The Issues About Women’s Liberty: The Giving of the Law (Part 30)

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right in. I think we have come a long way and

this is wonderful. I will be continuing on women's

dressing. Don't forget that the series is the

issues about women's liberty and for a while

we have been discussing about women's or a woman's

dressing. And we actually took time to explain

Deuteronomy 22 verse 5. And we saw there was

Deuteronomy 22:5

a need for us to look at the background and to

study deeply so that we can interpret that text

correctly. And we ended on Sunday. by saying

that the law in Deuteronomy 22 verse 5 was not

Deuteronomy 22:5

given to believers. So in the first place, to

use that text for a righteous person is already

an error. Are we together? Hallelujah. And so,

there is no basis. It's just like Jesus is talking

to Pharisees and saying, you brutal vipers, and

then you say he's talking to believers. So, today

we will continue in that light just to look at

some other issues around a woman's dressing.

Besides, Deuteronomy 22 verse 5, another text

Deuteronomy 22:5

that is a point of reference when we come to

the issue of dressing is this text, first Timothy

chapter two. And I'll start reading from verse

eight. He said, I desire therefore that the man

pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands without

wrath and doubting. In like manner also that

the women adorn themselves in modest apparel,

with propriety and moderation not with braided

hair, or gold or pearls or costly clothings,

verse 10, but which is proper for women professing

godliness with good works. Now verse 9 has been

a cornerstone for many churches for their dress

coats. And particularly that what was known as

modest apparel is normally considered as long

garment. So once you talk about modesty, you're

talking about wearing something that is a gown.

and you are moving with it. Now, I want us to

look at that word, affarel. You know, sometimes

we turn Bible authors to be Englishmen. At least

in this church, we have taught that one downside

of translation, not because the translators desired

it, but one downside is that you don't normally

have a word -for -word match when you are moving

some documents or you are translating from one

language to another. So for that reason, you

battle to choose the appropriate word that will

represent what you are translating. Okay, let's

look at the word apparel in verse 9. Let's leave

modest for now. We're coming back to modest.

Let's look at the word apparel. Apparel was translated

from the Greek word katastole, that is K -A -T

-A -S -T -O -L -E. K -A -S -M -K -A -T -A -S

-T -O -L -E It means lowering to lower something

lowering or letting down or letting down Interestingly

this is the only place this word appears in the

entire New Testament So that means we need to

study it carefully. Now, catastrophe, which is

a noun, is derived from the verb catastello,

which is K -A -T -A -S -T -E -W -L -O. K -A -T

-A -S... T E W L O It's a noun which means to

quiet Sorry a verb which means to quiet to keep

calm or subdue to quiet to keep calm or to subdue

This word is used in act 19 that is katastelo

is the verb used in act 19 verse 35 look at act

19 verse 35 he says and when the city clerk had

quieted the So the word quieted is the word catastello.

Quieted the crowd, he said, men of Ephesus, what

man is there who does not know the city of the

Ephesians is, wait a minute, what man is there

who does not know that the city of the Ephesians

is temple guardian of the great goddess Diana

and of the image which fell down from Zeus was

36. Therefore, since these things cannot be denied,

you ought to be quiet, that word quiet, and do

nothing rashly. So, already we see there that

it is used when a town clerk or the city clerk

quieted, in other words, calmed already a troubled

and excited mob. Are we together? Amen? So, you

see, there is another word again in the English

Bible besides catastrophe. You know, we said

catastrophe is derived from catastrophe, right?

So there is another word to lay down. I mean,

catastrophe. beside catastrophe. You know, in

English, in this text, festimoti, it uses catastrophe

as apparel. So there's another word for apparel

again. It's in fespita. Let's look at fespita.

Chapter three. Let's see another place that used

the English word apparel even though the The

Greek is not the same First Peter 3 verse 3 He

1 Peter 3:3

said do not let your adornments be merely outwards

Arranging hair wearing gold or putting on fine

apparel. Then the word there, apparel, was translated

from the Greek word, Chimaetaeon. That is H -I

-M -A -T -I -O -N. H -I -M -A -T -I -O -N. Hymateon

or Hymateon. Now it means, Hymateon means to

dress, that is, sorry, a dress. It's a noun as

well just like katas tole. It means a dress,

an inner or outer, a cloth, garment, a rope,

a remnant, a vesture, or a cloak, anyone. A dress,

a clothe, a garment, a rope, vesture, cloak,

remnant. So, Hemation appears in different places

in the English Bible, the New Testament, about

62 times in the King James version of the Bible.

So Hemation appears several times. It means a

dress. But interestingly, Paul did not use Hemation,

rather he used catastrophe. Now let's go back

to that text. Festimoti. We want to study, why

did he use that? So look at verse 9 of Festimoti.

Look at verse 9 of Festimoti. I mentioned the

two, where we are studying. In like manner also,

that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel,

with propriety and moderation, not with braided

hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly clothing.

Now, to understand this, I think, as we have

always encouraged when we are studying Bible,

is to depend heavily or majorly on the context,

because that will help us to know what Paul used,

why he used, and what it means by apparel there.

Now let's start reading from verse eight. A little

bit and then we'll go down. I desire therefore

that the man pray, everywhere lifting up holy

hands without wrath and doubting. In like manner

also that the women are do themselves in modest

apparel with propriety and moderation not with

braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothings.

But which is proper for women professing godliness

with good works? Please note this word, in verse

9, in like manner. In like manner. It was translated

from the Greek word hosautos. h o s a u t o s

h o s a u t o s it means likewise or similarly

or in the same manner it means likewise or similarly

Or in the same manner, which is there, but another

word is in the same way. Which ways? Which manner?

Amen. So you cannot read verse 9 without verse

8 because it already connects them. You say it

in like manner. Are we together? Oh, talk to

me. Amen. Yes. So that means we want to know

which manna was he talking about or where he

was he talking about in verse eight. Are we together?

So in verse eight, he was talking to men. So

Paul was addressing men. He now said, I desire

therefore that men pray. Okay. Everywhere lifting

up holy hands with that rat. and doubting. So

he was talking to men, he was not talking about

men's dressing. Are we together? He was not talking

about what? Men's dressing. Please note that.

But Paul was addressing order. Paul was addressing

arrangement, conduct, manner during prayers.

Not what they were. but the state of their hearts.

Are we together? That's why he said, without

what? Wrath. Or what? Doubting. See, lift up

holy hands without wrath and doubting. And then

he moves straight away. Please, for now, disregard

these verses. He now say, in like manner. So

that means the subject of his discussion is not

dressing. Are we together? He's not dressing.

He now said in like manner. He then moved from

men to women. So that means his emphasis or direction

he was talking to men, that is the same direction

he is also talking to the women. Are we together?

That's why that word, in like manner, is crucial.

Then you move to women, in verse 9, in like manner

also. That the women adorn themselves. You know,

sometimes when we hear the word adorn, the first

thing that comes to us is about painting, you

know, about fashion, what we wear outside. But

he said adore themselves in modest apparel with

propriety and moderation. So to the women by

using in like manner also, Paul suggests that

just as men must resolve issues internally, because

he talks about rats, doubting, are we together?

He was focused on the heart, internal issues,

first and foremost. For them to pray effectively,

he now said, women also, in that manner, should

adore themselves in modest apparel. Here, modest

apparel, as we have noted in the word study,

Is talking it will not be talking about dressing

But it will be referring to the menu behavior

Because manners personal bearing Now if cut us

to lay what we studied which is apparel means

a dress the word in like manner will not make

sense here as it will mean Paul was moving because

he wouldn't say in like manner because if he

is just discussing men on their attitudes and

conducts he will not say in like manner because

he would just go straight to talk about the physical

in regards to the women. Just follow me. So Paul

was not just moving from men talking about their

spiritual requirement to just women focusing

on purely material or the outside. Now, let's

look at the word modest, that word modest. The

word modest in verse 9, when you say modest apparel,

was translated from the Greek word cosmos. Cosmos

is an adjective which means well -arranged. actually

it has a link with the word cosmos it is it means

well arranged orderly simply of good behavior

well arranged orderly simply of good behavior

This word is used only in two places. That's

this word modest. Only in two places in the New

Testament. The first one is of course here in

1st Timothy chapter 2 verse 9, our text. The

second one is in the next chapter, immediately

Paul still used the same word. modest. In 1 Timothy

1 Timothy 3:1

chapter 3 verse 1, well let me read the place

exactly, verse 2. Look at verse 2. A bishop then

must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate,

sober -minded, of good behavior. That word of

good behavior is the word modest. of good behavior.

So, the word cosmos is now seen here as a qualification

for a bishop. They're not talking about dressing.

As a qualification of a bishop. This shows that

the word described is referring to order. or

a well -regulated life. Not talking about dressing.

So, now that we have seen what in the word study

and looking at the context, let's move to the

next verse, which is verse 10. He now said, let

me read verse 9 first, in like manner also, like

that means, In the manner in which I spoke to

the men, he said that women adorn themselves

in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation,

not with braided hairs, or gold, or pearls, or

costly clothings, but instead, he said, goth.

which is proper for women professing godliness

with good works. With good works. So in verse

10 here, Paul clarifies that his focus through

adornment for a godly woman isn't something she

puts on her body. So the emphasis he was making,

of course, we are coming back later on, because

what Paul is trying to teach here has, of course,

implication on our dressing. But that's not the

first thing he is talking about, because most

times the word, once we interpret it wrongly,

it deviates from the direction or the emphasis

of the text. But the focus is good works. But

where is this good works coming from? It flows

from her character. That's why the emphasis,

and I wanted to see verse 9. More or less verse

9 puts what Paul first is emphasizing. and then

said, I'm not talking about outward appearance,

I'm talking about the character of the woman,

just the same way he was talking to the men.

So we can divide the empathy, I mean, or what

Paul was saying here into two. The first one

is spiritual, which means he's talking about

the inner, the heart, the character, which is,

look at it, he said, So it's in no doubt that

Paul uses the word propriety and moderation.

It's not a mystic. It's an order. So modest apparel

is related to propriety, is related to moderation,

these three. So in our set, not. So that means

these three is not talking about dressing at

all. Modest apparel. Propriety and moderation.

They are not talking about dressing. So in our

said not, they is talking about the outwards,

which is a second, the material things, the braided

hair, the gold, the pearls, the costly clothing.

So by saying that the women adore themselves

in modest apparel with propriety, and moderation,

not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or

costly clothings. Pearl was emphasizing character,

spiritual attitude, the inner attitude. That

is the modest apparel, the propriety, the moderation

over out -toward appearance, which is the braided

hair. the gold, the pearls, the costly clothings.

So Paul is discussing priorities here. He was

not given a dress coat. You know what I'm saying?

You know, that word, apparel, cutters, telo,

or tole, sorry. talks about letting down or lowering.

So because of that thing, and of course in Greek,

sometimes in the secular Greek, what I mean secular

Greek, I mean the one that is not captured within

scriptures, the language itself, sometimes is

also used as a dress. So translators, if you

look at others, translators, I mean translations

of the Bible, they use dress in there. Because

they assume that it's talking about long dress.

You do want something? Because it's letting down.

Of course, it's sometimes used elsewhere, that

is outside the scripture, as dress. But it's

also used as character. But I don't know why

the translators in most of the translation pick

the dressing instead of the character, because

even in the Greek general language it's also

used as character, just the same way as it's

used also as a dress. So what Paul is talking

here is that the woman give priority to her character.

that eventually produce good works. So it's about

piety. That's why he said not, right? That is

the focus. The piety should not be on appearance,

on braided hairs, on gold, on pearls, on costly

clothings. The piety should be on her character.

attitude, you understand, and eventually produces

or will produce good work. He said, that's why

Vaisten says, but which is proper? That is, once

the focus is the insight, it is proper. That

is what is proper for godly women or women professing

godliness with good works. The word propriety

means reverence. The word propriety means reverence.

It is used in two places in the New Testament.

One is in this first Timothy 2 .9 and the other

is in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 28. That word

Hebrews 12:28

propriety which means reverence is used in the

other place that is used is in Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 12:28

12 verse 28 verse 28 says therefore Since we

are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken

Let us have grace by which we may serve God acceptably

With reverence that what reverence is propriety

The word moderation, let's go back to first Timothy

1 Timothy 2:9

2 verse 9 The next word is moderation The word

moderation there means self -control or propriety

Self -control or propriety that is S -O -B -R

-I -E -T -Y. This word is used only in three

places in the New Testament. One is in 1 Timothy

2 -9. The other is in 1 Timothy, just some verse

ahead. 2 -15, look at verse 15. Nevertheless,

she will be saved In childbearing, if she continue

in faith, love, holiness, with self -control,

that word self -control is the word moderation.

Is the word moderation. Now you see also where

it appears here, he's not talking about dress,

he's talking about character, attitude. Are we

together? The other one is in... Act 26 was 25.

Act 26 was 25. What he said, I am not mad. Oh,

Act 26. I think I mix this. I'll check it out.

I'll tell us. But that's the second one is in

act. Are we together? oh yes the word reason

i'm not hungry you understand means with uh with

uh with which you are not you understand are

we together amen so the mention of the word modest

now the modest as we see are we together is not

in relation in all the places that this is used

it's not in relation to dressing it's in relation

to behavior to conduct So the mention of modest

apparel, propriety, are we together? Which means

reverence and moderation or self -control aligns

together. That means emphasis of Paul is on character,

on the attitude, on the inner posture. It shows

Paul's call for order, for being quiet, godly

behavior and conduct. and of course translating

into good works when you read verse 10. So the

main message of the text is not teaching a dress

code that you must wear long gown. You understand?

That's not what he's saying. Paul cannot give

dress code. Of course, we will always use the

word modest as in use of English. You understand

what I'm saying? In terms of let your dressing

be modest, meaning don't be appear to provoke

lust. Are we together? But this is not the text

we will use. Here is talking about not dress

code. The style of a dress. Just like some people

have interpreted the tronomy 22 .5 as also dress

code for believers. A style of a dress. Women

you cannot wear trouser. You know, when your

village people are following you, that's how

you do. So, all men can not wear this. No, it's

not about dress code. No. But the teaching of

Paul that women should focus on a character,

does it have implication in their dressing? Yes.

What about the men? Yes. Also. I want us to note

that word, go back to first, Timothy. He now

said that women should adorn themselves. That

means the emphasis is adorning yourself. The

focus is that, and what do you adorn themselves?

He said the adorning of a woman should be first,

or the character must be prioritized. That is

it. Her character must be prioritized above her

outside. That's why he said not wheat. You know

because so many people interpreted the first

one and many churches and they are sincere but

they are wrong. You see being sincere is different

thing. Being right is a different thing. So people

are forced if you enter the church you see like

a dress code as if it's a profession. When you

enter a hospital, you see doctors in white, some

in blue, attendants in the same color. When you

enter a certain church, you see everybody looking

almost the same. And they point to some of these

texts and say, that's what the Bible is saying.

No, that's what the Bible is saying. So the priority

is to add on yourself. You know, because this

generation, we are more attached to material

world. So immediately we are adorned. The first

thing is physical. You understand? It doesn't

occur that no, it can be the inner part that

we're talking about. So you adorn yourself with

this character, with reverence. You understand?

With modest apparel that is orderly, well -behaved.

You understand? With self -control. And there

is a note. By using the word not with braided

hair or gold or pearls or costly clothings Paul

was not suggesting is prohibiting these items

because this is the problem Then they prohibit

you cannot many churches don't wear. What do

you call it? Attachment rights. Yes is because

of this they say Paul said not that is he prohibited

Not! With gold, with pearls, with costly clothing.

And I'm just wondering, who measure what is costly?

I was here, I traveled back to meet my damsel.

When I spoke to her and she said she will follow

me. You know, at that time I paid the flight

ticket. It was 4 ,000 Tia, to and fro. At that

time, I think it was around, that 4 ,000 tier

was barely, around three, 400 ,000, something

like that. I forgot. So when I arrived and my

uncle saw me, he said, you, since you have gone,

you have not returned to this country. I said,

the problem is that it's a flight ticket. How

much is a flight ticket? You can't access the

car. I said, it's 400 ,000. He said, did you

understand what he said? Now that one you are

saying is not money to somebody is because it's

expensive. So how do you measure costly clothing?

The one you are wearing, if somebody sees in

your village, they will pursue you. You say you

are wasting resources. You carry that money to

go and buy shoe. What shoe? So, you know, when

you are blind by religion, you will be thinking

that my own is all costly. It's their own that

is costly. Did you understand what I'm saying?

So, because you're using your mole to measure

everyone. Don't do that in the sun. Because...

Many years ago, what you are affording now, you

couldn't afford it, but now you could afford

it. It looks normal to you, but it wasn't normal

five years, 10 years ago. So Paul will not be

saying that he's prohibiting those things, no.

Remember, when you miss the main thing, you keep

going saying other things. Paul is saying no.

While we do and wear those things, your priority,

where is it? I'm coming to that. But I want to

finish with the interpretation first. Are we

together? Amen? So stay in the context. He was

not saying you should dress shabbily. Are we

together? He was not saying you should dress

shabbily. Some people have taken shabbiness as

a mark of holiness You want to appear in a tart

way so that they will say you are humble No,

no not at all Some of us have refused to learn

how to dress Because the Bible said don't consider

it. It is prohibited You don't know colors When

you dress they will see you as if you're a firefighter

That's not what Paul is saying Listen, it's good

to dress properly. So by interpreting katastole,

that is apparel, as diminu, as orderly conduct,

now the passage becomes clearer that Paul was

giving instruction on worship. Because if you

look at it, that's where he started. Are we together?

Amen. Yes. He started by talking to men. He said,

be careful, wrath. Doubting, disputing. That's

that word, disputing. He now said, in like manner,

women, in like manner. Your focus should be your

character. Your focus should be your character.

So Paul's emphasis starts with the inner adornment,

verse nine, and then he ends in the practical

expression of it. So if you are going to please

and walk in the ways of God, Your emphasis must

be on your inner beauty that translates into

expressions of good works. We should see that

more than any other thing. Are we together? We

should see that more. That is what it means by

emphasis. When somebody Visit your house. What

is the first thing that is greeted with? Is it

40 shoes? Huh? Or is greeted by an attitude?

Many people because of my house, I had to be

teaching many of us. We read the Bible, pray

in tongues, but there's this attitude, you understand,

that is lacking. You see an elderly person, you

understand, in your head, it does not occur to

you that this person deserves respect. You come

and pass as if you brush the person. No. In the

church you always complain, I was sick, they

didn't call me, they didn't visit me. How many

people did you call? You is everyday complaining,

they didn't visit me. You are not focused on

developing an inner beauty that translates into

daily good works. Hallelujah. So modest apparels

is modest quietness, not a loud woman. That's

what it means. That's what it means. In terms

of behavior, means somebody that is not loud.

You know, that's why I use that. Greek word I

invented. Raga, raga, raga. You understand what

I'm trying to say? That's what he's talking about.

It's not referring to clothes. Modest Apparel

is talking about quiet spirit. It implies an

attitude that is worthy of emulation. a way and

a manner of doing things that reflect your identity

in Christ. It reflects on all that a good conduct.

That's exactly what Peter was teaching. First,

Peter chopped the tree. Let's go there now. If

you ever have any parallel texts that was discussing

the same thing I was teaching, it was Peter.

Are you in verse, Peter, chapter three? He said,

wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husband

as Husband that even if some do not obey the

word, they without a word may be won by the conduct

of their wives. What's the emphasis? Conduct.

What's the emphasis? Conduct. Look at verse two.

When they observe your chaste conduct accompanied

by fear, Verse three, do not let your abdomen

be merely outwards, arranging the hair, wearing

the gold, or putting on fine apparel. Rather

let it be the hidden person of the heart. incorruptible

beauty of a gentle and a quiet spirit, which

is very precious in the sight of God. For in

this manner, in the former times, the holy women

who trusted God also are done themselves. Did

you see what we were talking about? The adamant.

Is a bill submissive to their own husbands. Asera

obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, that is master.

Whose daughters you are, if you do good and are

not afraid with any terror. Did you see that?

So Peter, like Paul, was contrasting outward

adornment with the hidden person of the earth,

of the heart. So this instruction is timely.

It's timely because of this day we are in what

we normally call the attention economy. The temptation

to focus on the physical appearance above the

good works, the attitudes, the character is high.

I want to ask you, how many hours do you spend

in the front of Miro? Refining. adjusting tilting

straightening coiling compared to the time you

spent to build the inner character in prayer,

in the world. You know, I don't have a problem

with you making and looking good, but I have

a problem with the priority. There are some sisters

that are sad. They spend more than two days making

me hair. Two days. But check, they are canonical.

Something you just, few minutes you read it a

day. They are, they don't even know where they

are. They are like jumping frogs. They will do

today, today, today. Then they will jump two

weeks. Then they will do one, two. Then they

will jump another two weeks. That is what Paul

is addressing. That's what Peter is addressing.

Your attitude, it stinks. It stinks. I mean your...

Character is not just about you, it's about also

your mission. Did you understand what I'm saying?

Yes. To the woman we are reading in Peter, he

said, even if her husband did not obey the word,

he would be warned when he will see her chase

conduct. So that means there are people who have

heard the word, but they are still disobedient.

So don't look down because there is supposed

to be the attitude, our attitude supposed to

be given a parity. Are we together? How much

do we invest in your cosmetics, in your hair.

You know, I told my wife, stop, forget about

these sisters. She'll be say, ah, maybe they

don't have money. I want to give them discount

when I'm making hair for them. I say, I laugh.

You'll be shocked. And always she's shocked.

Because the same person that she's pitying that

doesn't have money, if she sees how they blow

money, she'll tell you, my love. hey i can't

believe it i say welcome back you see you come

here to support god's work and you will give

20 tears shame on you understand it's a shame

i'm telling you it's a shame but you can carry

two thousand three thousand tears to just put

on here, one hair. You understand? Just to make

your nails. You understand what I'm saying? Sometimes

they will say $150, no problem. You just give.

When you be coming, sometimes fastidious to tell

us the TL is even torn. That is a misplaced priority.

Something is not happening in you. Understand?

Let me tell you the truth. There are a few things

that should be markers. Write it. You will know.

I'm telling you the truth. That you will know.

These are markers of your spiritual life. If

you see them doing sheke sheke sheke, know that

that's the reality. Where you spend your money

more. That's where your heart is. Forget about

I love the Lord. You don't know. You don't. You

don't. You don't. Where are your money going

more? That's where your heart is. Check. Look

at in a month, check all the year. Look at where

do I spend more of my money? You will know where

your heart is. Another thing is prayer. It tells

you whether you are healthy. Did you get what

I'm trying to say? So I can keep telling you

some of these markers. It's no use, you will

know. Is Paul saying you shouldn't buy shoes?

No. Is Paul saying you shouldn't have your hair?

No, that's not what he's saying. But he's saying

the priority should be on your character that

eventually is expressed through good works. You

have to be deliberate in this season of your

life. You have to be deliberate. When people

come close to you, they need to be provoked.

They need to feel that I need to work more for

God. Are you a quenching machine? One that quenches

people's fire? Immediately they come close to

you, they stop coming to fellowship. That is

what Paul is addressing here. It's not long clothes.

You know something? It's not a style of addressing.

It's the attitude of the heart. You know, I've

watched so many things. You have to adjust. Many

of us are individualistic because I discovered

that, sir, this place, this country, somehow

subtly, if you're not careful, it makes a person

selfish. Many of the homes we are staying in

were selfish. You go out, you don't discuss with

anyone, you don't talk to anyone. When you come,

you know, I understand. But I'm saying you be

careful. I'm not saying you allow yourself to

be taken advantage of. but i'm saying be careful

lest your your love will wax coil i see that

when they enter my house they finish drinking

water they will just go and wash their own cup

alone and they found so many things inside the

sink they only wash their own because that if

you give them food they they eat you know they

will just go they are seeing all that is there

no matter what they will just carry sponge and

clean their own and keep it and go you see your

life I am saying be careful because that's how

you know when inequality is growing okay you

know the rest you can complete it but what I

am saying is that you have to be careful in these

seasons of your life so the modesty Paul is talking

about is not a call To reject beauty is to prioritize

spiritual substance. Something more heavier.

So it asks whether our outwards appearance, that's

the question. Your outwards appearance, is it

a proper, is it an honest reflection of your

inner quiet spirit? Catastellu. Or a Marx, you

understand? That is designed to hide your soul

disorder. That the soul is in desire, but the

outside is a Marx. For our modern sisters and

brothers, the challenge remains to be as well

arranged in character as we strive to be in appearance.

That's the challenge. To what? To be as well

arranged in character as we strive to be in appearance.

Can you just pray? Say, Lord, I need you to help

me. Sometimes some of these attitudes is because

of the generation that we are. There is an emphasis

on appearance than substance. Lord, I want you

to help me. Can you pray? We appreciate you being

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