PREFACE
To all who will attempt to read this booklet, I have a
few things to say before you begin:
To those who maintain a holy outside, I praise you. You are the examples that others must look
to in their pursuit to obtain all that God would have them to be. As you experience a closer walk with God by
submitting to the order of creation which clearly defines male and female,
masculine and feminine both in role and in appearance, I encourage you to
continue. I praise those who proclaim
and practice this message of Bible-based standards. By doing so, we allow the Spirit of God a clearer path to our
hearts as He reveals to us the deeper meanings of the spiritual walk of a man
or woman with his or her God.
To those who desire to look into the truth of a Holiness
outside, I applaud you and pray for you that this writing will be of help. Please don't stop if you encounter something
that offends or brings confusion. The
Enemy would have you to stumble and remain a babe in Christ throughout your
entire Christian experience. Press on
and dig deep!
To those who oppose the Holiness of the outward
appearance, I praise you not. If you
have had a bad experience with Holiness, please put it behind you, and once
again look into these things which are written concerning our outside. It will strengthen you and help you develop
a closer relationship with God. If you
are clearly of a rebellious nature, I admonish you to be honest with yourself
and your God, lest you be lost. No, I
didn't say if you don't follow everything I would discuss in the following that
you would be lost. I am saying, if you
are of a rebellious nature, which can be manifested by your disobedience to a
holy outward appearance that clearly defines masculine and feminine, I fear for
your soul.
To those who trust the outside is the most important
part, I caution you. God works from the
inside to the outside. There have been
too many already who have brought shame to Holiness and the gospel of Jesus
Christ by over emphasizing the outside and under emphasizing the inside. The long hair, long tongue accusation often
used against our Holiness sisters has received too much support by actual
events that should never have occurred. We observe outward works because we have obtained an inward
experience. We shall be judged
according to our works, but we work because of the inner experience of being
born-again. We cannot trust in our
works alone, but in the God who created us and Jesus Christ who died for
us. True spirituality begins and
centers around that which is happening on the inside. It is then manifested outwardly.
The outside is the easy part.
As for myself, I apologize to those who by reading this
writing will find it offensive or too blunt, too liberal or too
conservative. I can only state what I
interpret the Scriptures to be saying and I cannot but write that which I have
experienced and cannot but communicate it except within the means that God has
given me. Please look past the lack of
writing skills to the real message that is being spoken. It is meant that all who endeavor to read
this would profit in some way. Again,
if you find offense with my message or my ability, take it to the God who
deserves all praise and worship, as you pray for me.
Attempting to be all I can be
in Christ Jesus my Savior,
Luther A. Sexton