Should Christian Women Wear Bikinis?

[rizen1]

Should Christian Women Wear Bikinis?

I own one, ask me if I wore it I'll say yes.
Now after I say yes it's followed with a " but." I bought one around 2007( I know it's vintage lol), I really wanted one since I never wore one before. When I finally got the chance I wore a loose T-shirt and a skirt over it. :bored: Boring right. Well I honestly didn't feel comfortably . There was no fire and brimstone moment or fear of hell, just didn't want people looking at me. :magnify:

It's summer time what do you think?
Should Christian women wear bikinis ?

 

[DutchChristian]

Hello dear rizen1,

Well I honestly didn't feel comfortably .

Well there is the answer!

There is an exception though:

if a married couple are alone and by themselves for instance: at home or in their privacy and will not be disturbed nor visible by anyone else it is fine for the wife to wear a bikini.

But if in public area, this could provide others a stumblingblock and other men to lust after a woman's body which belongs to her husband alone and to The LORD, and always good to remember:

What in the eyes of the world seems to be right is not right in the Sight of The LORD! Most often opposite!

Nudity or half nudity is commonly accepted via the world but is it accepted with The LORD? i'd surely say no!

Way back in 1920 what was seen as normal is not normal today.... On we go and nowadays nudity on tv is commonly accepted whereas 80 years ago it was not. the devil wants to bring us all into more sin and temptation that is unnecessary and could easily be avoided by dressing in modest apparel.

1 Thessalonians 2:
12 That ye would walk worthy of God, Who hath called you unto His Kingdom and Glory.

 

[blackbear4110]

Dutch said it all!

I personally don't want to own one, much less wear one, because it's not modest. I know the Bible speaks of Godly women being modest, and letting their beauty be on the inside (the heart). I honestly don't think a bikini is modest at all.
The Bible also talks about not being conformed to this world. Perhaps I take this verse out of context, but I apply it to my life in that I stay away from anything that resembles the world, unless I have a desire that isn't based on "fitting in" or being accepted by the world (such as, I don't wear styles because the world wears styles...but if I like something then I wear it, whether the world likes it or not).

Anyway, I prefer to purpose to be different and peculiar, because as Christians we're supposed to be a "peculiar people" and set apart for God.

 

[spirit1st]

I worked on the beach once 1 laying out a big building ! all around were pretty girls wearing little !
i thought this is too much for me 1 So i quick 1 took a job hanging dry wall !

i was way out in the woods working on a house ! No houses any where around ! I heard a car pull up !
I looked and two women got out bikinis !
I said LORD , oh no !

but we need to over come from this stuff ! not try to run away from it !

but i do think we should not put ourselves in places we know we will be tempted !

But in that case I think the LORD wanted me to know I could overcome those weak desires any way !

Normal men are tempted by what they see !

 

[Fenn]

The hardest thing I see about this situation for Christian women is that there isn't much available as acceptable Summer wear that isn't revealing.

Do you think a one piece is much better than a two?

I think the best way to go is to purchase the bikini or one piece and throw a cool rash guard and girl board shorts over it. This is a cool style that is seen as acceptable and will still allow for modesty. No one wants to be ostracized, but we shouldn't compromise to avoid it.

John 15:18-19
18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

 

[TyC113]

I would have to say that as a guy it's my job not to lust over girls, no matter who's looking. It's really hard for me as a guy who loves women and finds them beautiful, but at the end of the day, God is going to still hold us guys accountable. Think it this way: How many girls would wear bikinis if guys never stared at them with them on? Probably not for long. So at the end of the day, we guys have to not be lusting. I can't control what a woman wears, but I can control my eyes (something hard for me to do). So my answer is it shouldn't matter to we Christian men what you are wearing. Check with God in his word and the Spirit that searches hearts if you should wear it.

I am thinking Job 31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes not to stare lustfully at a girl".

 

[Giggles4God]

For me personally, I don't wear one or own one for that matter. but shall leave it like that :S

I think it is like wearing underwear in public and it's legal! :-O I DO have a one piece but we don't go swimming much...well at all. lol

There are things that can be worn that are more modest. You just have to search.

Personal preference? Maybe. Do we ladies want to be a stumbling block for our brothers and other men? NO!

 

[Christ4Ever]

I have nothing of any value to add to this discussion, but a thought I must share. (Not to make light of the subject).

I believe men need to start wearing Bikinis. Why you may ask? I'm glad you asked!

This would make women find something else to wear, hopefully with more material. Why you may ask?

The reason they would change, is........................if a man happened to be wearing the same one they were, they would die from the embarrassment!

JOKING! JUST JOKING! Dear brothers & sisters!

Now to go tell my wife what I just posted!
YBIC
C4E

 

[Fenn]

I would have to say that as a guy it's my job not to lust over girls, no matter who's looking. It's really hard for me as a guy who loves women and finds them beautiful, but at the end of the day, God is going to still hold us guys accountable. Think it this way: How many girls would wear bikinis if guys never stared at them with them on? Probably not for long. So at the end of the day, we guys have to not be lusting. I can't control what a woman wears, but I can control my eyes (something hard for me to do). So my answer is it shouldn't matter to we Christian men what you are wearing. Check with God in his word and the Spirit that searches hearts if you should wear it.

I am thinking Job 31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes not to stare lustfully at a girl".

Would you bring beer over to your friends house if he was having issues with drinking?

1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

 

[Chad]

Let's start off by making this very clear: the world's standards is ridiculous corrupt and evil, completely out of line with biblical standards. This is not limited to clothes alone of course.

Women & Dress Code

1 Timothy 2:8-11
8 I desire therefore that the men pray l everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and 5 moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

The body is the temple

1 Corinthians 6
18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body 4 and in your spirit, which are God's.

Ephesians 5:3
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people.

Finally, we're called to be a light

Matthew 5
14"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so

 

[Fenn]

@Chad

What are your thoughts regarding bathing suits for males?

My wife pointed out that while more men have a problem with lust than women, there are still women who have this issue. Does this mean that we should also wear shirts to protect our sisters?

I didn't see anything regarding men wearing modest clothing, but I did see a mention that men and women wearing each others clothes is an abomination. I know that is different, but I thought it interesting enough to share.

Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

 

[Chad]

@Chad

What are your thoughts regarding bathing suits for males?

My wife pointed out that while more men have a problem with lust than women, there are still women who have this issue. Does this mean that we should also wear shirts to protect our sisters?

I didn't see anything regarding men wearing modest clothing, but I did see a mention that men and women wearing each others clothes is an abomination. I know that is different, but I thought it interesting enough to share.

Deuteronomy 22:5
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

@Fenn

That Scripture has to do with men wearing women's garments, not related to men wearing men's swimsuits.

The difference now between men and women dress code:
Men are visually stimulated
Women are emotionally stimulated

(note: this does not mean women do not lust or have sexual thoughts, I'm stating a scientific fact however on male/female)

Men are visually stimulated, they get exited sexually by what they see. Women are different, they are emotionally stimulated, they get exited at what they think and feel inside. That is why most porn is directed at males and most romance novels directed at women.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
And David sent and inquired after the woman.
And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; ........And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.......

.....And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
2 Samuel 11:2-5 , 15 & 26-27

Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James 1:13-15

What other reason would a woman have to wear a bikini than to flaunt herself and her body infront of others?
And many swim suits these days are just as revealing with high cut thighs and low cut fronts.

Christian women are to be modest....(1 Timothy 2:9-10)
Hot weather, fashion and culture are not excuses.

Incidently Louis Réard, a French engineer named the outfit a bikini after the Bikini Atol atomic test bombing in Japan in 1945.He wanted the scantiness of the bikini to cause as much as a stir and attention as the test bombing did.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Philippians 4:8

 

[Ophel]

There is nothing nicer-looking than a one-piece bathing suit on a woman.

 

[TyC113]

Would you bring beer over to your friends house if he was having issues with drinking?

1 Corinthians 8:13
Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Of course I wouldn't. That is basically the main point about it. Try not to be a stumbling block to another person in the faith. I wouldn't do something like even watching sports if it caused a brother to stumble and fall. But what I was saying was that guys can't stop what a woman wears as an outfit. I as a guy am not the fashion police. I could say what I would like to see girls wear, but that is not my place. Honestly, would a woman in a bikini be a stumbling block in my eyes? Yeah. But at the same time, I as a guy must take my position and be accountable if one wears a bikini. I can't deflect responsibility for my behavior on what some woman wears. What my response was that Christian guys still have to rise above lust and temptation, regardless of attire. Godliness still has to be for me, bikini or no bikini.

 

[james1523]

We can lust after the person not after their fashion style. Just because a woman wears a bikini doesn't mean they look good in it! One-piece can be as bad as a bikini. Ever watch the show Baywatch? It all depends on the person wearing it. Basically to be on the safe side you should wear whatever you look worst in. Brown potato sacks if that's what it takes. And men should cover up too. Many women can lust after big hairy round tummies, I don't know.

 

[B-A-C]

Quote Originally Posted by rizen1 View Post
Well I honestly didn't feel comfortably .
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Well there is the answer!

I think it's half the answer. Do women realize how it affects men around them when they dress a certain? Do they care?
Women don't like it when men look at pornography, but yet some show as much leg and cleavage as possible. Some wear tight clingy clothes, some like to bare their midriff.
It's one thing to do this in privacy, or perhaps on a beach. It's another thing to dress this way at church. Do women think dressing this way gives God any Glory?

 

[Giggles4God]

I have a little story to tell...a true story and since it happened to me I can tell it!

I had worn this shirt...and hubby didn't say anything about it so I wore it to church one Wednesday night. I got a call from our pastor (we have a senior pastor couple and it was the woman who called me) who said that a fellow member of our church had talked to her about what I had worn. It has something to do with her husband...a stumbling block he was overcoming. :S I was SO embarrassed (I felt guilty, too....such conviction) to realize how I could bring such a stumbling issue to a brother in Christ. Never to happen again!

If you feel uncomfortable wearing something, don't! Who cares if everyone else is wearing it!

I don't wear that shirt to church anymore :S I barely wear it outside the house.

I think I'll leave it at that lol

 

[farout]

Should Christian Women Wear Bikinis?

I own one, ask me if I wore it I'll say yes.
Now after I say yes it's followed with a " but." I bought one around 2007( I know it's vintage lol), I really wanted one since I never wore one before. When I finally got the chance I wore a loose T-shirt and a skirt over it. :bored: Boring right. Well I honestly didn't feel comfortably . There was no fire and brimstone moment or fear of hell, just didn't want people looking at me. :magnify:

It's summer time what do you think?
Should Christian women wear bikinis ?

NEVER NEVER, EXCEPT FOR HER HUSBAND ! AND THEN ONLY WHEN NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE THERE. That's called modesty !

 

[brakelite]

I grew up in a coastal town, and spent as much time at the beach as I could. Surfing and swimming to me were to die for. I became a surf lifesaver in my teens, and surfed into my mid twenties. When I married I gave it away because of the expense, and the incompatabolity between married life and a lone sport. But the irony is that today, as a Christian, I avoid the beach as much as possible, for the very reason this thread was begun. Women today wear as little as possible, and often, less than that. I find that embarrasing and it spoils my day at the beach. I now reserve my swimming to private pools, and my surfing to the internet. With great care at which internet site I park on.
Should women expose their colouful underwear in public? No.