In this audio message, Scott Brown discusses the topic of modesty. He discusses how daughters and fathers should view this topic and how to have a healthy and biblical view of modesty. Clothing is an expression of the Gospel or the religion of man.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NKJV) - "Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body."

The way of modesty is the way of the Gospel. For a woman, the heart of it is the fruit of a transformed heart, desiring to please her master, putting on the mind of Christ, setting her affections on the things above, glorying in the fact that her nakedness has been covered by Christ and that even her apparel should reflect the robes of righteousness that had been given to her. And that means that a girl can dress modestly but not have a converted heart. She can clothe her body without having her heart clothed in robes of righteousness. So if you're resisting the Lord in this area, beware what it reveals that's really lurking in your heart.

It's the spirit of unbelief. And it is either a spirit of unbelief that you need to repent of, or it's an indication that you are an unbeliever. It's one of those two. To resist the shame-facedness and humility of heart that is reflected in outer appearance is to reject the Lord Jesus Christ. And it either means that you're not converted or you need to run to Christ and to repent of this sin of rebellion in your heart.

Here's another thing. If you're resisting your earthly father in this matter, then it's an indication that you're resisting your Heavenly Father. So as a daughter of Zion you have been clothed in robes of righteousness, You've been given a new heart and he will give you a new crown and a new name. And now you have your whole life ahead of you to demonstrate the beauty of what has happened in your heart. And every morning when you awaken, you'll have such a wonderful opportunity to stand before your wardrobe and ask, how can I express how thankful I am for His covering me with these robes of righteousness to cover my nakedness?

And how can my apparel reflect my robes of righteousness? How can my blouse and my skirt be like the wedding garments of my King and my Savior and my Shepherd? And how can I represent my sin and my shame and how it has been paid for by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ? And fathers, it is given to you to be her teacher and her protector. And it's for you to look at her in the morning and to see that it's your duty before God to help her from a man's perspective to know whether she has missed the mark and to help her live her life out of the Scriptures to be a reflection of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ because a woman's clothing and a man's clothing is either an expression of the gospel of Christ or it's an expression of the religion of man being made righteous by its own deeds.

So Isaiah 61 says this and I'll close. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord. My soul is joyful in my God for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness.