And yes, I would certainly hope christians are not teaching, nor approving of either women or men dressing like a whorish women, and or encouraging the grooming small children to be used for their own sexual pleasure and/or perversions. Any kind of sexual immorality at all.
I think we are talking about two different things. Or maybe not. Since you did include men and women both dressing like whorish women. There has to be some validity for why Jesus Christ brought out while yes there is murder…yet if one hates his brother he has already committed murder in his heart.
You said: “And yes, I would certainly hope christians are not teaching, nor approving of either women or men dressing like a whorish women, and or encouraging the grooming small children to be used for their own sexual pleasure and/or perversions. Any kind of sexual immorality at all.”
Isaiah 11:3-4 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD:
and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: [4] But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
When you say Men and women dressed in whorish clothing …do you mean women with skirts too short or do you mean “take off the old man and his lust” and “put on the New Man”. What garments or clothing are you speaking off?
Galatians 5:19-26 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, [20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, [21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. [22]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, [23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. [24] And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. [25] If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. [26] Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another,
envying one another.
^to me this “envying one another” is the topic of What
is within is
not outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
You said a lot in we are not to judge that which is without, but that which is within. Wow! Do you not see what you have said. To me that says stop judging by sight of what is outward, and look on that which is within. Within ourself. Are we able to look on what is within? To start there?
Those who encourage the grooming of small children to be used for their sexual pleasure.
Again…the Pharisees and religious leaders searched far and wide to groom those (not a literal child) but a newly yet still canal and without knowledge “child”, to get their hands on these to groom “little children” for their own sexual pleasure. Same type of grooming only one is without and one is within. They want to groom the heart of the little children; be careful not to be taken captive and lead away from the truth? There are those who love to make merchandise of you?
… only God knows the heart. We clearly judge after sight and reprove after the hearing of our ears. we should be careful judging by sight. there may be women and men in the body that come in not dressed in the right apparel, But that does not justify those who dress in the old man and call it the New. And while there are perverts who groom children, that doesn’t justify the children of God (those weak and impressionable) being groomed by men’s religion and doctrines that serves self.