When The Church Decides To Wear A Short Skirt

When the church tries to look sexy to the world, such as downplaying the gospel of Jesus Christ and revving up the show in a church service, God works to make her look ugly to the world.

"The LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet, therefore the Lord will strike with a scab the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will lay bare their secret parts" (Isaiah 3:16-17).

One way God can make the church look ugly to the world is not allowing her to do good works and letting her pride lead to neglecting things such as justice.

But when the church decides she would rather look beautiful to God in obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ even if it means she will look ugly to the world, she will do some wonderful things that the world cannot ignore. See Philippians 3:7-11, 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8, 4:10-12, Acts 19.

One example: