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It's not about what HE approves of, but about what God approves of. God hates sin. Violence, sexual immorality, abortion, idolatry, etc...pain him. Those are the very things that put Chist on the cross. We rob Him of His glory when we deny His right to have our honor--to have our lives surrendered to him. He IS the King of the Universe after all and he was willing to stoop down and die for us--"how should we then live?"

As one of my favorite poets put it, Christ died to FREE us from sin, not to indulge in it.

As far as clothing goes, the Bible reminds believers that we are owned by Christ, bought with his very blood. Therefore we are to honor him with our bodies, and our bodies are to be a temple of the Holy Spirit. Satan would obviously rather have us degrade our bodies and make us pretend as if Christ's sacrifice counts for nothing.

Our culture drinks sin down as if it were water--as if Christ died in vain. If we truly love Christ, we would love the things of God and stay away from the things he died to save us from.

This does NOT mean we are to live in church box and sing hymns all day...Whether it's food or music or fashion, they all exist for our enjoyment--NOT our abuse. We should approach the world with great discernment and be a reflection of Christ in all we do and say--and this should make us starkly contrasted to our godless culture.

"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." ~ Phllippians 4