"...Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea." -John 21:7
I was reading the Bible the other day and a thought occurred to me as I read this Scripture. Peter didn't have a problem being naked around the other disciples; but he immediately went to put his clothes on when he saw Jesus. So much can be said about this situation. This is what happens when Christians wander away from the Lord--the clothes start coming off! This is why country singer, Faith Hill, who testifies of having grown up in a good Christian home, has already posed twice in Playboy magazine! Despite her claim of being spiritual, Faith Hill needs to see Jesus. Do you think Jesus would look at a Playboy magazine? Do you think Jesus, who condemned lust in Matthew 5:28, would approve of Faith Hill posing sensually in a dirty pornographic magazine? Of course NOT! It's just a fact, nudity and heathendom go together. When a lost sinner believes upon the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive his sins, a change takes place in that man's heart. As a believer grows in the Lord, and draws nearer to God, the clothes go back on! Peter didn't even have to think twice ... when he heard that the Lord was present, he put his clothes back on! What a needful lesson for Christians today.
I recall a related Scripture back in Genesis 3:7 ... "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Adam and Eve were convicted about their nakedness. Biblically, nudity is a SIN.
Here is a wonderful and interesting explanation of Genesis 3:7 by the great man of God, Dr. J. Vernon McGee:
"And the eyes of them both were opened"—this refers to their conscience. Before the fall, man did not have a conscience; he was innocent. Innocence is ignorance of evil. Man did not make conscience. It is an accuser that each one of us has living on the inside of us. A leading psychologist in a university in Southern California, who is a Christian, said to me that the guilt complex is as much a part of man as his right arm is. Man cannot get rid of that guilt complex in a psychological way.
"And they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons." Have you ever noticed that the fig tree is the only tree that is specifically mentioned? (The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is not an apple tree. I do not know what it was, but I am almost sure it was not an apple tree.) These fig leaves concealed but did not really cover. Adam and Eve did not confess; they just attempted to cover up their sin. They were not ready to admit their lost condition.
This is the same condition of man today in religion. He goes through exercises and rituals, he joins churches, and he becomes very religious. Have you ever noticed that Christ cursed the fig tree? That is quite interesting. And He denounced religion right after that, by the way; He denounced it with all His being because religion merely covers over sin. -SOURCE: Thru The Bible With J. Vernon McGee
Peter's nakedness was sinful, and he knew it,
which is why he put his clothes back on when he saw the Lord.
Nudity Rooted in idolatry
There's a very
interesting passage of Scripture in the Old Testament which shows a
commonality between nudity, sexual sins, idolatry, and rock-n-roll music.
While Moses was standing upon Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments
from God, God informed Moses of something tragic ... "And the LORD said
unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of
the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: They have turned aside quickly
out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf,
and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be
thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a
stiffnecked people" (Exodus 32:7-9). This is so appropriately
descriptive of America and Europe today. We are a stiffnecked
people!!! Carefully notice in Exodus 32:17 that Joshua tells Moses, "There
is a noise of war in the camp." Moses listens and responds in
Verse 18 saying, "It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery,
neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the
noise of them that sing do I hear." It was rock-n-roll music
... LOUD NOISE! Notice in Exodus 32:19,25 ... "And it came to pass,
as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the
dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot ... Moses saw that the people were
naked." This sounds like a morally reprehensible
Mardi Gras festival. The official symbol
of Mardi Gras is even a golden calf (the
fat bull). There is no debate
concerning the evils of rock-n-roll, and it's power to promote nudity and
fornication.
Rock music is of the Devil (including all so-called
"Christian" rock as well). You can go anywhere in this world you want
to go, and you'll discover this to be true--anywhere there is sin, you WILL
find some type of pagan music!
The Cure for Nudity is Jesus!
Women who love and respect the Lord won't wear bikinis at the beach, or wear miniskirts, or wear pants, or pose in Playboy. There's not an honest normal man alive who doesn't know what's wrong with women wearing pants--they are extremely revealing of a woman's flesh. We are living in evil times, when unrepentant sinners are trying to justify every sin imaginable with the Bible. I heard a woman on the news, a professional pornographic model, claim that God approved of her vile career. She said that God created Adam and Eve naked, so nudity must be ok. Evidently she's never read Genesis 3:7 or 1st Timothy 2:9. Here's a Scripture for all you women who keep trying to justify your nudity and immodest clothing ... "Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?" (Malachi 2:17). Beyonce Knowles claims to be a devout Christian; yet says she has permission from God to wear sexy clothes and strip on stage. She is woefully wrong! Beyonce needs to see Jesus.
Attorney General's Commission on Pornography
"And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible." -Isaiah 13:11
"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil..." -Psalm 97:10
