We live in a day of incredible evil. People are losing all sense of right and wrong, it seems!
God says, "without holiness, no man shall see the Lord."
If you were thirsty, and asked someone for a drink of water, what kind of glass would you like to see?
One that looks dirty on the outside? What if the person emphatically tells you that it's the INSIDE that matters!
You would look at the dried saliva from other tips on the rim, and at the dribbles of dirt on the sides... and wonder about the inside of that glass.
How could you really know what was inside?
If someone handed me a glass of water like that, I would refuse it.
And if the world hears us say that God demands inner holiness... and then they see us wearing stuff that street walkers wear to attract business...
who can blame them for mocking what we say?