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Outward Neatness, March 24
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household
are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her
clothing is silk and purple.
Proverbs 31:21, 22
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Educate, educate, educate. Parents who receive the truth are to conform
their habits and practices to the directions God has given. The Lord desires all
to remember that the service of God is a pure and holy service, and that those
who receive the truth must be purified in disposition, in temper, in heart, in
conversation, in the dress, and in the home, so that the angels of God, unseen
by them, shall come in to minister to those who shall be heirs of salvation.
All who join the church should reveal a transformation of character which
shows their reverence for holy things. Their whole life should be molded
after the refinement of Christ Jesus. Those who join the church are to be
humble enough to receive instruction on the points wherein they are remiss,
and wherein they can and must change. They must exert a Christian influence.
Those who make no change in words or deportment, in their dress or in their
homes, are living unto themselves and not unto Christ. They have not been
created anew in Christ Jesus, unto the purifying of the heart and the outward
surroundings.
Christians will be judged by the fruit they bear in reformatory work. Every
true Christian will show what the truth of the gospel has done for him. He who
has been made a son of God must practice habits of neatness and cleanliness.
Every action, however small, has an influence. The Lord desires to make
every human being an agency through whom Christ can manifest His Holy
Spirit. Christians are in no case to be careless or indifferent in regard to their
outward appearance. They are to be neat and trim, though without adornment.
They are to be pure inside and out.—
Testimonies to Southern Africa, 87
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