"He must increase, and I must decrease." John 3:30
I focus on women in this article because I believe they are the ones primarily tempted to draw attention to themselves physically in this culture. I speak as a man who experiences this temptation of feminine seduction.
I find these categories of seeking attention in different women:
1. The indiscriminate vibe of seduction (married or unmarried)
2. The indiscriminate vibe of seeking attention (married or unmarried)
3. The discriminate vibe of seeking attention (unmarried and married)
I'll deal with each.
When I say "vibe," I mean a literal vibration; an invisible and intangible transmission broadcast by women (and men.) I'm specifically dealing with the transmission broadcast by certain women. Men know how the transmission feels, and some women are more skilled at transmission than others.
Now for category number 1, I have experienced an intense transmission that feels like irresistible temptation. It feels like I CAN'T look away from a certain kind of woman, so I have to literally and intensely resist looking at her. She is a seductress, and this vibe is pure evil. If she is unmarried, she is basically tempting me to commit adultery. If she is married, she is tempting me and herself to commit adultery. The adulteress wants the attention of EVERY man! Indeed, she wants the attention that ONLY GOD and a husband should receive. Remember this, because it is the difference between life and death. This woman wants ALL attention on her, and only GOD should receive ALL attention! Yet even God doesn't receive or FORCE all attention to be on Him! The Lord Jesus could have chosen a body that was irresistibly sexy! Literally all heads could have turned when he entered the room. But in his HUMILITY he chose a body that was not exceptionally attractive OR UNATTRACTIVE.
(I can't stress this enough about category one. The goal is not to be "homely," but to be godly, to be like Christ. Even if you are just plain "awesome," you clearly are not more awesome than God! So if Christ could conceal his glory, surely a man and woman can conceal their "sexy"! No man's muscles are so "awesome" that he just can't contain them, so much so that he HAS to go shirtless! And no woman's "voluptuousness" is so overwhelming that no matter what shirt or skirt she wears, her womanhood and bosom must burst forth in all of their splendor! No man or woman is more beautiful THAN GOD! So if Jesus can conceal his beauty for God's glory, so can we, no matter how "sexy" we may be!)
So the adulteress is really idolatrous. She wants to be worshiped by men AND WOMEN! She is not content to be beautiful, but wants to be MORE beautiful than every other woman. Competition. Pride! This must be opposed and resisted where ever it is met. Now for category two...click here.
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