Jesus looks at the heart, not at the clothing. I love the song by Crystal Lewis 'Come just as you are', God will change us, we can't change others.
God
will change us! Amen!
That does not mean that once a Christian has learned the importance of modesty, that they should continue to dress in a way to draw attention to themselves, you know the very low cleavage, very short or tight dresses and skirts.
If they are dressing "immodestly" in your opinion, then wouldn't you also be of the opinion that maybe God will get to it but just maybe He's working on something else in their lives? Since God tends to do most of His work from the inside out, then maybe He's working on things inside a Christian like hate, or pride, or self-righteousness or whatever He deems most important?
But for a non believer the most important thing to us should be to give that person the message of salvation.
And for the believer, the most important thing to learn might be who they are in Christ and how to walk with Him and grow in Him.
And in my own personal experience, I've found that for every Christian woman who dresses to be what *I think* is immodest usually means they have a different background than I do, are a new Christian, have low self-esteem, or even didn't have a Godly female influence in their life, or just flat-out can't afford better. But they tend to instinctively keep a look out for an example that they can learn from. And they eventually *get there* wherever *there* is. God leads them there. But for me to walk in and see the *outside* and make a judgement call without getting to know the real them does more harm than good. And you can sit in the same pew with a woman for years and have no clue what her real life is like. It takes building a relationship with them. And when it's happened to me, I've found that God shows *me* things that need to be worked on in my own heart and life!
We are to work out
our own salvation with fear and trembling. We are not to pass judgement on disputable matters.
And:
Who are you (
we) to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
We can't look at a person and know where they are spiritually. Some of the most self-righteous women I have ever met in the churches are dressed like peacocks with the most judgemental comments said to me about others. My husband tells me I can't smack 'em, no matter how nicely I ask.
