TRUTH About MAKEUP
by Herbert W. Armstrong
1964, 1968 edition
Should women wear makeup? Is it a SIN?
Here are the eye-opening FACTS
-- where, when, by whom, and why the use of makeup originated --
its history, and what the BIBLE says about it!
EVEN TO SO much as ask the
question, "Is it wrong -- is it a sin to wear makeup on the face?"
might seem a little ridiculous to the modern woman.
Your great-grandmother would
not have thought the question silly. But the modern woman lives in a different
world. Making up the female face has become as common as putting on clothes or
arranging the hair.
WHO Decides What IS Sin?
But before dismissing the
question as being laughable and absurd, it would be real smart to ask -- and answer
-- WHO decides what is sin, and just what difference
does it make, anyway? Few indeed know the answer!
Most people do not know what
sin is. It is generally assumed that sin is doing what one thinks or feels is
wrong -- or what is viewed as wrong by society generally.
But that is IGNORANCE!
And it could be very costly
ignorance! The first thing we need to get settled in our minds is this: The
living GOD of ALL POWER does not allow us to decide WHAT is
sin! He forces us to decide WHETHER to sin! And the PENALTY of sin is
DEATH for all eternity! That penalty is REAL! It is an Awful -- a FRIGHTFUL
fate!
Do I hear someone expressing
resentment at that stern fact? It is natural -- it is human nature to resent
the AUTHORITY of the Almighty God. Rebellion against any authority is a natural
human trait. But that attitude is wrong, and it is based on ignorance of the
true facts.
It's HUMAN to like to do what
one pleases -- and to want to avoid paying the penalty. But there is a REASON
for God's Laws and their penalties -- a reason few seem to really understand.
SIN IS doing what is -- in
ways the sinner seldom realizes -- exceedingly HARMFUL to the doer, and often
to others also. God is not a hating monster, desiring to see humans suffer, but
precisely the very opposite! The Eternal GOD is LOVE. The Creator never forbids
one thing that is good. His commands against SIN merely exemplify His love for
the sinner. The real difficulty is that humans are prone to have a wrong sense
of values. Humans do not always know what is good for them -- and what is
harmful.
Humans want to belong. They
want to follow the crowd -- do as others do. They want to be accepted by other
people whom they can SEE, rather than by the God they cannot see. And the very
fact of acceptance by society of a custom or practice leads the average person
to assume that it is right. Some things may appear very harmless, or even
beneficial, and still be extremely injurious.
God is deeply concerned for
your welfare. Sin is your enemy, seeking to destroy you. It is often very
deceptive -- but God sees the danger to you, even if you don't. Sin is mighty
serious business. Its penalties are absolutely SURE -- and terrible beyond
realization! It is no light or casual matter. People customarily take this
matter of sin lightly, little realizing the ENORMITY of the consequences!
God's Laws Are Real
God Almighty is our Maker. He
created every force, energy, and power. He RULES His entire creation. For our
good He created and set in living motion inexorable LAWS to bring us peace,
happiness, prosperity, good health, every enjoyment to make life abundant and
thrillingly rewarding. These laws are THE WAY to everything we could want.
They are just as real as the
laws of gravity and inertia. We know that those laws are real -- they are
constant. Jump off the ledge of a high building, and in the one or two seconds
of consciousness left you, you'll instantly realize the law of gravity is
working -- and with great and irresistible force drawing you rapidly downward.
In a second or two the law of inertia will stop your downward plunge so
suddenly it will instantaneously blot out your consciousness, and in all
probability, your life!
We may take God's Laws
lightly, or argue they are "done away," but they are frightfully
REAL! Break them, and they'll break you! But obey them and live by them, and
they make possible every benefit one can desire!
The difficulty is, people today have a mixed-up and wrong sense of values!
You can PROVE the existence of
these Laws -- the spiritual, as well as the physical laws. You can easily PROVE
the reality and existence of the God who created and sustains them. You can
PROVE that the Bible is His infallible and authoritative revelation to mankind!
And in the Bible God reveals
to us WHAT SIN IS. Sin is the transgression of GOD'S LAW (I John 3:4). Some of
God's Laws are physical -- some are spiritual. The penalty of spiritual
transgression is heavier than for breaking physical laws. It is ETERNAL death!
All God's Laws are in living, inexorable MOTION.
Sin Is Against God
The NEXT vital point we need
to fix clearly in mind is this: SIN IS AGAINST GOD, not man! What people
approve or disapprove -- what society establishes as its code or its ethics --
has nothing to do with it. It is GOD ALMIGHTY, and HIS LAW,
that is going to judge YOU in the final judgment -- and every living
person is going to be so judged! That is the only judgment that really counts
-- not your crowd, your group, your family, your friends -- not society as a
whole.
I repeat -- sin is against
GOD, not man! (Psalm 51:4) You do not sin against people. You may harm, or
injure people. You cannot harm or injure God. But your SIN is against God!
Of these realities, society
today is in stupid IGNORANCE! People take sin lightly. But GOD does not take
your sins lightly! To Him, they are so SERIOUS that the penalty is eternal
DEATH -- eternal punishment!
Again, sin is so SERIOUS, that
God, being a loving God, actually GAVE His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who
paid the death penalty in your stead! But it can apply, and erase the penalty
from YOU, only if you REPENT of transgressing God's Laws.
So it becomes IMPORTANT that
we BE SURE whether, in GOD'S SIGHT, it is a SIN to wear lipstick or other
makeup on the face. It becomes a life-and-death matter -- for ETERNITY!
I repeat: GOD DOES NOT ALLOW
YOU TO DECIDE WHAT IS SIN -- but only WHETHER you will sin. Many centuries ago,
God set before mankind the choice of right ways of obedience to His laws, with
BLESSINGS, on the one hand; and transgressions, with CURSES, on the other, and
He commanded: "CHOOSE!" But He also commanded people to choose the
RIGHT, and receive the blessings and eternal life as His gift.
Whatever we sow, we must reap!
Nothing GOOD Forbidden
God is LOVE. God is more
concerned about YOUR welfare and happiness than you are. God devised His Laws
as THE WAY to happiness, joy, peace, good health, prosperity, abundance --
everything GOOD for us.
God forbids NOTHING that is
GOOD. God's Laws forbid only what is harmful to us or to others.
God forbids
"worldliness" but most people do not know what GOD means by
"worldliness." Some things many religious people regard as
"worldly" are actually good, and are not condemned by God's Laws. We
cannot say that every custom or practice of this world is wrong, or
"worldly." On the other hand there are things the world regards as
GOOD, which God brands as SIN!
The basic scripture on
"worldliness" is I John 2:15-16: "Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the world. If any man love the
world, the love of the Father is not in him." But what is meant by
"the world" in this scripture? The next verse makes it plain:
"For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world."
Lust, coveting -- inordinate
desire to have, to take, to acquire -- and pride or VANITY -- that is what God
here labels as SIN, transgressing the PRINCIPLE of His Law. More
on this spirit of vanity later.
Spirit, Not Letter of Law
"But," some might
exclaim, "I never thought of any connection between lipstick and the Ten
Commandments! Surely the Ten Commandments do not say anything about painting
the lips or the face."
Perhaps you have a surprise
coming. Just read on, and you shall see that God's Law is all-inclusive. It
covers the WHOLE DUTY of man. It covers, in principle, everything that can be
sin!
So what we need to find out,
in order to know whether the use of lipstick and makeup is wrong, is just as
simple as that! The only question is whether it transgresses GOD'S LAW! Whoever
continues in sin, willfully, after receiving the
knowledge of the Truth is doomed to eternal DEATH!
It is not enough to say, as
one woman wrote me: "I am willing to obey God in all things I THINK are
His will." We must obey what GOD SAYS is His will, and cease doing what
GOD SAYS is sin.
Lipstick Not Mentioned by Name
The English word
"lipstick" is not used anywhere in any English translation or version
of the Bible. Nor do we find the modern words "makeup" or
"cosmetics." Most people have believed that the right or wrong of
using makeup is not directly or specifically mentioned in the Scriptures.
Actually, God's Word does
reveal directly and specifically whether this alteration of the appearance of
the face is sin! This will come as quite a surprise to nearly all who read
this.
How is it possible that
painting the lips, cheeks, or eyes could be either forbidden or approved by
God's LAW? It's time we realize that the Spiritual Law covers every act of
right or wrong.
God's Law is a great
inexorable overall Law of SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES! It is not merely ten literal
commands. It must be obeyed according to all the scope of its SPIRIT, as well
as its literal letter.
The Principle of the Law
All the spiritual Law may be
summed up in one word -- LOVE. Love is a spiritual principle. As the principle
of the law is applied, it enlarges into the two great laws -- LOVE toward God
and LOVE toward human neighbors. Love toward God, in
turn, is enlarged into the first four of the Ten Commandments. And Love toward neighbor is enlarged into the last six of the Ten
Commandments.
But Jesus showed us, in His
earthly ministry, how He magnifies the law further, according to the
application of its principle. To merely look upon a woman lustfully is to
violate the spirit of the law against adultery. To merely hate a brother breaks
the law against murder.
A Surprise Scripture
And so we come directly to a
definite and positive declaration of Scripture. We shall then show how this
direct teaching reflects the principle of God's spiritual LAW.
The church is founded upon the
Prophets, as well as the Apostles, with Jesus Christ the chief cornerstone
(Eph.
He begins by saying:
"HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for THE ETERNAL HATH
SPOKEN!" (Isa. 1:2.) He is speaking of our
people, even today --
In the second chapter God's
Word to us through Isaiah comes to the last days (verse 2). These first four
verses refer to the Millennium. Then the message returns to our present time,
just prior to the coming of Christ. The House of Jacob -- our people -- are
replenished from the east -- pagan beliefs and customs (verse 6). One of these,
we shall see later, is facial makeup! Our land also is full of silver and gold,
neither is there any end of our treasures (verse 7). Yes, we are the wealthiest
nation that ever existed. This was NOT true of ancient
But our land is also full of
IDOLS -- worshipping the things our own hands have manufactured and made! (verse 8.) It is the very present, when the DAY OF THE LORD
is near (verse 12). God is soon going to abolish our idols, our pride and
vanity, our sins (verses 17-18). It continues into chapter three.
Children will begin to boss
parents and rule over them (verse 4). That is happening right now! Children are
their oppressors, and WOMEN "wear the pants" (verse 12). They cause
us to SIN, and lead us in WRONG PATHS.
Now verse 16: "Moreover
the ETERNAL saith, Because the daughters of Zion [U.
S. and Britain] are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton
eyes ... Therefore the ETERNAL will smite with a scab the crown of the head of
the daughters of Zion ...." and dire punishments for SIN follow.
Now what are "wanton
eyes"? As this is translated into the English language you don't catch the
real meaning inspired by God into the original Hebrew words at all!
Actually, when the meaning of
the inspired Hebrew is examined, there is no one word in the English language
to convey the intended meaning. And rather than use a whole sentence or two to
express the inspired meaning, the translators have chosen this one word
"wanton."
The English word they did use,
"wanton," is defined by Webster as unchaste, lewd, licentious,
immoral, etc. This expresses the spirit and character back of the act
described, but not the method by which such lewdness and licentiousness is
manifested. It seems to be about as near as the translators could get in
rendering the Hebrew.
But let's understand the full
and complete meaning of the Hebrew word. One thing the commentaries do give us
accurately is the technical meaning of Hebrew and Greek words.
Clarke Makes It Clear
First, notice the rendering of
the Adam Clarke Commentary: "Verse 16. And wanton eyes -- 'And falsely
setting off their eyes with paint! Hebrew, falsifying their
eyes."
Ah, NOW we begin to see the
real intended, inspired meaning!
REMEMBER -- the custom of
using PAINT to color and to change the looks of the
face, to make it appear "prettier," originated in harlotry, as I will
prove later. It was always used to seduce and lure men into LUST. In Bible
times women painted their eyes primarily -- at least the emphasis was then on
the eyes, though they also used some paint, frequently, on the cheeks and the
lips. Some 40 years ago the emphasis was on the cheeks, though some painted the
eyes and the lips to a lesser degree. Then the emphasis was on the lips, though
to some extent women still painted, in lesser degree, the cheeks, and many the
eyes. Today the emphasis is on painting the eyes.
Whether the painting emphasis
is on the eyes, cheeks, or lips, it is all the same so far as the principle of
SIN IS concerned.
Clarke further explains that
this Hebrew word is closely associated with the noun "sikra"
which the rabbis used for "stibium," the
mineral which was commonly used in coloring the eyes
... the Chaldee paraphrase explains it: stibio linitis oculis, 'with eyes dressed with stibium.'
This fashion seems to have prevailed very generally among the Eastern people in
ancient times; and they retain the very same to this day."
Actually, we saw a great deal
of this on our visit to the
From the Critical and
Experimental Commentary: "16. and wanton eyes --
Hebrew (mesha-ququeroth, from shaquar,
to deceive.) 'deceiving with their eyes.' ... Lowth, after the
Chaldaic, 'falsely setting off the eyes with paint.'
Women's eyelids in the East are often colored with stibium, or powder of lead."
These critical explanations
make it plain that painting the face has, since ancient days, been intended to
falsify the appearance of the face -- to deceive! Women today may not like to
admit it, but there can be no purpose in applying lipstick or any kind of paint
except to change the appearance of the face -- and that very act means to
FALSIFY the face -- to DECEIVE those who see them as to what their real
appearance actually is! To falsify and to deceive is not righteous or godly,
but sinful.
Now from Lange's Commentary:
"The
order of thought is as follows: The luxurious pride of women, too, shall be
humbled (ver. 16, 17). In ver. 16 sqq. -- "The
prophet here resumes the thread which had been dropped or broken at the close
of ver. 12, and recurs to the undue predominance of
female influence, but particularly to the prevalent excess of female luxury,
not only as SINFUL in itself but as a chief cause of the violence and social
disorder previously mentioned, and therefore to be PUNISHED by disease, widowhood,
and shameful exposure."
And so there, properly
translated, is a PLAIN SCRIPTURE showing that the act of painting the face
(whether eyes, cheeks, or lips) is falsifying, intended to DECEIVE, an _expression of VANITY which is the very basis of all sin,
and therefore it becomes, with a plain "THUS SAITH THE LORD," a SIN!
This, and the scriptures that
shall immediately follow, shows that this almost universal custom, stimulated
and kept alive in the interest of multimillion-dollar profits by the big
cosmetic manufacturers, is condemned by God Almighty as being a SIN!
How, and WHY it is a sin -- HOW it violates
the SPIRIT OF THE LAW -- Will be explained later in this booklet.
Where Makeup Originated
Do you know where the use of
makeup originated?
Actually the first
"painted hussy" was Semiramis, the original
mother of harlots, human author and founder of the world's religions and of
abominations of the world.
Nationally, it came out of
ancient
When we were in
Changing facial appearance by
painting the face originated in harlotry. It was used originally only as a
device of harlots to attract men in a manner designed to break the 7th
Commandment.
Its modern, popular and almost universal
use today originated with the harlots of
My wife remembered an incident
that occurred when she was a little girl nine years old. Her father ran a small
town general store. In the store she found two small packages of face powder,
one white, the other red. She began to apply some of the colored
powder to her face. Her mother saw her, and quickly took the powder away from
her.
"No, no! Loma," said
her mother. "You mustn't ever put that on your face. Only the bad women
use that!"
My mother -- before she died
-- remembered that she used to apply a little powder on her cheeks but didn't
seem to remember at what time this custom started. But she did distinctly
remember that her mother never once applied powder, paint, or any kind of
cosmetics whatsoever to her face. She was a very virtuous and religious woman,
and in her time "only the bad women" put paint or powder on their
faces. My own mother very emphatically declared that no lipstick ever touched
her lips -- a fact in which she took great satisfaction.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
says: "It is quite probable that cosmetics had their origin in the East,
but it is necessary to turn to
In the
According to the Britannica,
the practice of facial subterfuge and deception by painting and makeup reached
its zenith in the time of Cleopatra. The Britannica also states that the early
inhabitants of
Paint on the face in
It Is BIG Business
The cosmetic industry has
become one of
But in 1967 the American
public spent $7,000,000,000 -- SEVEN BILLION dollars -- equally divided between
beauty parlors and the makers of toiletries and
cosmetics -- a quest for beauty that is false!
Perhaps most women do not
realize, or won't admit, the extent of their VANITY in wanting to make
themselves artificially pretty, but the cosmetic manufacturers and their shrewd
advertising men know! The average American business cannot profitably spend
more than 1/2 of 1% up to a maximum of 4% of sales volume in advertising. But
apparently the cosmetic industry, due to female vanity, is able to spend 12
1/2%, and make it pay! When male GREED cashes in on female VANITY, the result is
fabulous profits for shrewd commercial interests!
A recent
Freely, women try new facial
creams containing such additives as pig skin extract, horse blood serum, shark
oil, and turtle oil. These ingredients are actually featured in advertisements
and commercials.
But, says the article, you
can't tell from the labels what else these glamour bottles contain. Although
cosmetic sales have multiplied 300 times since 1940, Consumer Report says that
under present federal laws minimum protection is afforded our painted ladies.
Purchasers have no assurance whatever of safety in the normal use of such
products. Cosmetic manufacturers are not required by law to divulge all the
contents of their products, even to the Food and Drug Administration.
What is more important, they are
not, as are food and drug manufacturers, even required to pre-test new
preparations for safety before marketing a cosmetic.
Consumer Report states
further, that in the event of harm to users, it is only after a sufficient
number of women have been seriously harmed and reported the injury,
that the FDA may step in.
Yet, of course, the fact that
cosmetics are injurious to health will not reduce sales, any more than the
authentic reports of the Cancer Society, and the United States Government in
regard to lung cancer have hurt the sales of cigarettes. The tobacco industry
merely stepped up the intensity of their advertising.
Bible Examples
Jesus said we must live by
every word of God. God's Holy Word teaches us with all authority HOW TO LIVE!
We find this teaching in direct commands, admonitions, and in recorded living
examples.
God says: "Now all these
things happened unto them [Old Testament experiences] for ensamples" --
or, as better expressed in the Revised Standard Version: "as a warning, ... they were written down for our instruction,
upon whom the end of the age has come" (I Cor.
God gives examples in the
Bible of women who were righteous, meek, humble and obedient, and He also gives
examples of women who were prostitutes -- who were seductive and satanic
influences on others.
And Listen!
In every single case where
painting the face is mentioned in your Bible, GOD LABELS THE WOMAN A WHORE! Is
that shocking? Yes, but TRUE! Painting the face is never once mentioned in
connection with a virtuous woman! How does God label You?
Every woman should ask herself that question.
Perhaps I have seen the oldest
historic record of putting makeup on the face, on our visit to ancient
In
But perhaps the oldest written
records are found in the Bible. First is the case of the Gentile daughter of a Zidonian king, Jezebel. King Ahab of
But notice the high points of
the story as it is in the Bible.
"In the thirty and eighth
year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel ... And Ahab ... did evil in the
sight of the Eternal above all that were before him. And it came to pass, as if
it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam ... that he
took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Zidonians [king of Sidon],
and went and served Baal, and worshipped him" (I Kings 16:29-31).
Later, Joram,
son of Ahab and Jezebel, was reigning as king of
"And it came to pass,
when Joram saw Jehu, that
he said, Is it peace, Jehu?
And he [Jehu] answered, What
peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel
and her witch crafts are so many?" (II Kings
Is It a "Light Thing"?
"And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel
heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a
window" (II Kings
WHY do women who profess to be
GOOD women resort to this same trick of deception to attract men today? WHY
have modern women, as if it were a light thing to walk in the sins of Jezebel,
made this an almost universal custom today?
Will GOD'S women, "the
LIGHT of the world," -- the only light remaining in this evil world --
yield themselves "to be LIKE worldly women around them"?
From the very first historic
records, painting the face has been an integral part of HARLOTRY, used to
attract and seduce men! It was always part of the equipment of a harlot. This is
a simple statement of FACT. It cannot be denied. The harlots of
Some women may say that
"we don't use it for seductive purposes or as a device of harlotry
today!" Of course not! But, in like manner I've heard preachers try to
justify the pagan practices of observing Christmas by arguing, "But we
don't use it for the purpose they did -- for worshipping Baal. We have adopted
their custom for the purpose of worshipping CHRIST."
But God says: "Inquire
not after their gods, saying, How did these nations
serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt NOT do so unto the Eternal thy God: for every
abomination to the Eternal, which he hateth, have
they done unto their gods; ... What thing so ever I
command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add
thereto, nor diminish from it" (Deut.
GOD COMMANDS US NOT TO FOLLOW
THESE ABOMINABLE PRACTICES AND CUSTOMS USED IN PAGAN IDOLATRY AND HARLOTRY!
Facial makeup is one of them! A woman may think she looks nice in the sight of
the world with makeup. But how does she look in God's sight?
Abomination In God's Sight
It's true, we have been born
in such a world, and grownup taking such things for granted as much as we take
any article of normal clothing for granted, accepting it as a normal custom
with never so much as a thought that there could be anything sinful about it.
I grew up, and so did most of
you, taking for granted many customs I supposed all good CHRISTIANS accepted
and followed. I grew up accepting this world as GOD'S world. It came as a shock
and a bewildering disillusionment to finally realize that so MANY of these
generally accepted customs are EVIL, and plain ABOMINATIONS in the sight of
GOD! It was difficult to be weaned from them.
But NOW I can see these things
as through the eyes of GOD. We simply have to come to the knowledge that
"there is a way that seemeth RIGHT unto a man,
but the end thereof are the ways of DEATH."
The way YOU look at such a
matter as this does not determine whether it is right. GOD determines WHAT is SIN. You are free to decide only WHETHER to obey. If you
disobey, you SIN, and you shall be PUNISHED by eternal DEATH in the
It may be difficult, at first,
for many women to realize that makeup on the face is actually one of those
things that is AN ABOMINATION in the sight of God --
that its use is a SIN -- a violation of GOD'S LAW, as I shall presently show!
It may be difficult for one who has always taken these worldly customs for
granted to realize that a woman who "looks NICE" to the world
actually looks like a painted prostitute in the sight of GOD!
Do YOU Have False Fears?
Some fear embarrassment
without makeup. A few years ago when we boarded the Queen Mary for Europe,
actually, when we looked around to observe, we were surprised to notice that
perhaps a third of the women in the Queen Mary dining room, although in evening
dress, were not wearing lipstick! Our son Garner Ted and his wife Shirley
joined us in
Many other women have had the
same experience. Once they are weaned from it, they have discovered that their
former FEARS of what people in the world would think of them were without
foundation. Not one of them, so far as I know, would now even think of using
"just a little," "modestly," on certain occasions. God's
yielded and converted women, themselves, have come to see that what is sinful
is never necessary in any slight amount.
But if the women of the world
would cause embarrassment, that would not condone use
of makeup in God's sight!
Is Sinning Moderately OK?
If this thing is sin, IT IS
SIN -- and God does not condone "sinning moderately." There are some
things which, in moderation, are NOT sin -- where it is only the excessive use
that becomes sin -- such as wine. The very PURPOSE of drinking a "little
wine for thy stomach's sake," is good, not evil. But, as will be brought
out later, the very purpose of painting and changing the appearance of the face
is EVIL, and a little evil is still EVIL!
And so now it is time and the
duty of God's ministers to "cry aloud and spare not" -- to lift up
our voices, and show God's people their scenes! As God reveals these things,
GOD'S PEOPLE MUST BE CLEANED UP! Those who know that the ETERNAL is God must
now get over on GOD'S side, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight,
and those who are HOSTILE and of this world may continue on the world's side,
and do those things that are pleasing in the sight of the world.
This thing of painting the
face is now labeled by Jesus Christ as a SIN! It is a
transgression of GOD'S LAW, as I shall presently show.
REMEMBER that God says:
"Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing in his sight!" (I John 3:22). This
is strong talk, but the Plagues God soon is going to pour on the rebellious are
going to be MUCH STRONGER -- poured out without mixture of mercy!
As the harlot Jezebel was a
type of the great MOTHER of harlots and ABOMINATIONS of the earth, so both
Listen to THE WORD OF GOD!
"This word from the
Eternal came to me: " -- quoting from Ezekiel 23, Moffatt
translation. " 'Son of man, there were two women
... when they were young, they played the harlot in
"'But Oholah
played the harlot, though she was my wife ... and befouled herself with the
idols of every man on whom she doted; she never ceased her harlotry since in
Egypt men lay with her as a girl and handled her virgin nipples and had
intercourse with her freely. So I handed her over to her lovers, to the
Assyrians ... they exposed her nakedness ... and they slew her with the sword;
so punishment was inflicted on her, till she became a WARNING TO WOMEN.
"'Her sister Oholibah saw this, but she went further in depravity, in
her lust and harlotry ... I saw that she was befouling herself ... But she
carried her harlotry further; she saw men pictured upon walls, figures of Chaldeans drawn in vermilion ... and when she saw them she
doted upon them ... Therefore, Oholibah -- here is
the Lord the Eternal's sentence -- I will rouse your
lovers against you ... I will mass them all around you, the Babylonians, all
the Chaldeans ... they shall attack you ... with a
host of nations' " (type of the punishment yet to come on MODERN Israel
for the SAME sins and abominations!) "' ... and they shall sentence you; I
will vent my jealous fury upon you, and let them deal with you fiercely ....
"'Since you forgot ME and
flung ME aside, then suffer for your sensual harlot ways!' 'Son of man,' said
the Eternal, 'arraign Oholah and Oholibah,
and show them their detestable impieties .... They did this to me also; they
polluted my sanctuary and desecrated my sabbath
... And this is how they behaved within my temple; they actually sent for men
who came from abroad, sent messengers to them! And for them you bathed
yourself, you PAINTED YOUR EYES, you put on your ornaments, you sat on a
handsome divan, with a table spread in front of it ... and sounds of revelry
arose!' " (Ezek. 23).
NOTICE THAT! Here God pictures
Now complete this blistering
message from God to modern women today!
"'This therefore is the
Lord the ETERNAL'S sentence: Bring a host of folk against them, and hand them over
to be maltreated and robbed! Let them be stoned and put to the sword ... that
all women may TAKE WARNING and avoid YOUR sensual ways ... and so learn that I
am the Lord the ETERNAL!'"
How about it? Do you want to
argue that God doesn't mean YOU -- or that this does NOT apply to using makeup
today? YOUR body is God's temple today, and if you defile it, God says He will
destroy You!
IN EVERY CASE where makeup is
mentioned in the Bible, God labels the woman who uses it a WHORE!
Always, its use is an attempt
to change the appearance of the face! It is an attempt to make the face appear
to be (a DECEPTION!) more beautiful than it is. Always in one way or another it
is vanity! It is also an instinctive pull of human nature to conform to the
ways of this world -- perhaps without realizing that this is in direct
disobedience to God's command: "BE NOT conformed to this world: but be ye
TRANSFORMED by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, WILL OF GOD!" (Rom. 12:2).
Whoring
In the fourth chapter of
Jeremiah, God reveals the destruction to be poured out on
God cries out to these
unfaithful Jews: "O Jerusalem, wash thine heart
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved ... For my
people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sweetish children, and they
have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no
knowledge ....For thus hath the Eternal said, The whole land shall be desolate
... And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though THOU RENTEST
[distort] THY FACE WITH PAINTING, in vain shalt thou
make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life"
(Jer. 4: 14, 22, 27, 30) .
Here adulteress Judah is
pictured as the ETERNAL'S wife, painting her face to seduce lovers into
adultery.
And WHAT WAS THE ADULTERY OF
Why, precisely the very thing
that causes women to use lipstick and other makeup today! They wanted to be
like the other nations around them! God said to
Again, "When thou art
come into the land which the Eternal thy God giveth
thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the
ABOMINATIONS of those nations ... For all that do these things are AN
ABOMINATION unto the Eternal" (Deut. 18:9, 12).
WHY Women Wear It
If other nations around them
had not practiced these abominations, the Israelites would never have wanted to
do them.
LIKEWISE, if the women of the
world around you had never worn lipstick or eye makeup, not a single decent and
virtuous woman would ever have wanted to wear it!
THINK THAT OVER! No person can
dispute that!
IF the women of the world
never wore it -- IF they frowned on it and considered it bad taste NO
SELF-RESPECTING WOMAN WOULD WEAR IT!
It is put on the face for one
or both of two general reasons:
1) to
be like the world around you -- to be CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, in direct
DISOBEDIENCE to God's command; or else,
2) "to look nice,"
as women express it, which means simply, to CHANGE the appearance so as to make
the face prettier than it naturally is -- WHICH IS VANITY! Either is a
violation of God's Law, and A SIN! Actually, the only reason a woman wishes to
conform to the world is VANITY -- fearing what the world will think, more than
fearing GOD -- CARING more for the world and what it thinks than for GOD and
what looks right IN HIS SIGHT!
A woman may try to REASON and
ARGUE around it, but every woman knows in her heart this is THE TRUTH. Every
woman who has been CONQUERED by the Eternal God -- who is yielded to HIM -- who
has repented and is converted who HAS AND IS LED BY GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT -- will
admit this, and TURN FROM THIS SIN!
Back, now, to Isaiah 3.
"Don't Feel Dressed Without It"
"As for my people,"
says God, "children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my
people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy THE WAY of thy
paths" (verse 12). Women, in other words, "wear the trousers."
Women have become haughty, full of VANITY, trying to put themselves above men.
And how? "Because the daughters of
The Adam Clarke Commentary
says, further, on this verse: "Her eyelashes, which are long, and,
according to the custom of the East, dressed with stibium
(as we often read in the Holy Scriptures of the Hebrew women of old, Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40) ... 'But none of these ladies,'
says Dr. Shaw, Travels, p. 294, 'take themselves to be completely dressed, till
they have tinged their hair and edges of their eyelids with alcohol, the powder
of lead ore ... ' Ezekiel 23: 40, uses the same word in the form of a verb, cachalt eynayik, 'thou didst
dress thine eyes with alcohol'; which the Septuagint
renders 'thou didst dress thine eyes with stibium'; ... compare II Kings 9:30; Jer.
4:30."
"Thus Saith the LORD"
And so critical examination of
the original languages show that ALL these Biblical passages, referring to
Jezebel; to whoring Israel and Judah as Aholah and Aholibah; and to Judah, refer to the same identical
PAINTING OF THE FACE that is definitely, specifically, literally condemned as a
SIN in Isaiah 3:16-17. Thus, when these scriptures are considered together, we
have FOUR scriptures definitely and positively condemning makeup on the face!
This is a plain "THUS
SAITH THE LORD!"
And did you notice that these
pagan women of the East, condemned by God, do not feel completely dressed
without their makeup on? How many of our own modern women have said the same thing?
It's high time for such women to REPENT, and with God's help wean themselves
from that kind of heathen feeling!
Other scriptures, however, do
indicate God's approval of certain ornamentation of dress, or even earrings,
especially on what might be called a royal or regal occasion.
In Ezekiel 16 God symbolizes
Of course, this is figurative,
not literal, and represents qualities of character, not physical decoration.
But it mentions approvingly just about everything except falsifying the face
with paint! NEVER is this facial deception mentioned in connection with a
virtuous woman in the Bible.
Keep in mind, however, that
this figurative description is that of God's QUEEN in royal and stately attire.
This is not to be construed as God's approval of over-ornamentation under
ordinary circumstances. God's teaching is modesty -- the meek and quiet spirit!
But when
Virtuous Woman
But if God's Word labels these
painted women of the world as ABOMINATIONS and WHORES, it also gives us
descriptions of righteous, humble and virtuous women.
God's PRINCIPLE is that real
beauty comes from WITHIN! Remember, GOD LOOKS ON THE HEART! Paint on the face
will NEVER recommend you to God!
LISTEN! "Likewise, you
wives, be submissive to your husbands ... Let not yours be the outward adorning
with braiding of hair, decoration of gold, and wearing of robes, but let it be
the hidden person [INWARD ADORNING] of the heart with the imperishable jewel of
a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight [but not in the sight of the
world] is very precious. So once the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn
themselves and were submissive to their husbands" (I Peter 3:1, 3-5,
Revised Standard Version).
Ask yourself: Do you want to
"look nice" in the sight of GOD, or in the sight of the world --
WHICH?
Actually this scripture does
not say it is wrong to wear proper outward decoration on clothing, or such
decoration as a necklace, earrings, or a bracelet. It says these things are not
to be the true ADORNING. A virtuous woman's ADORNING comes from within. But
certainly it implies that when a woman does not radiate from within this
sparkle of righteousness and intelligent spiritual character, but instead uses
overdone showy and gaudy jewelry or other
ornamentation to attract attention, she is using the wrong kind of adorning.
Never Paint Over the Jewel
Now this scripture in I Peter
3 is expressing a PRINCIPLE, rather than specific details. Actually there are
other scriptures showing that it is not wrong, under proper conditions, for a
woman to wear ornaments modestly on her clothes, or even in her hair, or even
to wear earrings. These, however, should be modest, never gaudy, or over large,
to attract undue attention.
The principle is that the REAL
BEAUTY IS IN THE HEART, and shines out from the INSIDE! If that is thereof the
woman is meek, modest, humble, then to be dressed becomingly, and even with
proper decoration in good taste, when the occasion warrants it, is right and
proper in God's sight. This merely puts a becoming and modest outward and
pleasing setting around the REAL JEWEL, which is a
humble spirit and contrite heart and virtuous character.
A jeweler
does not paint over a diamond, but he does enhance its pure sparkle with
appropriate setting!
But if it is done to show off
the person in a spirit of vanity, then the motive of the heart is evil, and the
very same outward decoration, which might be approved when worn from chaste and
righteous intentions, is put to a SINFUL use.
Modern Slang Shows WHY
On the other hand, applying paint
to the face changes and falsifies the appearance, DECEIVES those who see it,
and is ALWAYS pictured in connection with HARLOTRY in the Bible!
Today women in public places
are heard excusing themselves thus: "I think I'll go into the powder room
and improve on Mother Nature." "Mother Nature," of course, in
reality is GOD!
Or, a common expression among
girls today: "Let's fix our faces!" Or, "Wait till I put on my
face, and I'll be right there!" Yes, they KNOW it means putting on a FALSE
face! Sometimes women use the _expression "repair my face."
These slang expressions in
common use show where their minds are -- and what is the intent of the heart!
The very words
"makeup" mean "not my real face, but my
MADE-UP face." To MAKE is to re-CREATE. God says: "Who art thou that repliest against GOD? Shall the thing formed say to him
that formed it, WHY hast thou made me thus?" (Rom.
Do you know the definition of
the word "cosmetics"? It is from the Greek word "cosmos,"
which is the Greek word representing THIS WORLD and
its ways, which God condemns!
Painting the face is condemned
and labeled SIN in the Bible. It is used ONLY in
VANITY or desire to be like the world, or to conform to the world, or to look
"prettier" to the world.
NOWHERE did God tell men or
women to cover up, or put paint on, their faces -- but He does tell us to put
clothes on our bodies! Proper and modest ornamentation on the clothing that
covers the body is approved in many scriptures, and can be done with humility
of heart and purity of mind. This applies alike to men's neckties and women's
scarves, handkerchiefs, or ornamental decorations on dresses.
GOD'S PRINCIPLE is that we
must not put our trust in outward appearance, as opposed to meekness of a
subdued mind that is subject to God in everything!
Objections Examined
After an article appeared in
The PLAIN TRUTH some years ago on lipstick, three or four letters were received
from women who did not yet fully understand, trying to present scriptures
approving lipstick.
One woman felt she had found a
scripture approving facial makeup, in the Song of Solomon. She read chapter 3,
verse 6, and jumped to the conclusion that this pictured the bridegroom putting
face powder on his face.
Now in the first place, what
is wrong is falsifying the face, in a manner to change the appearance as a
deception, by painting. Of course powder could be plastered on so thick as to
change the appearance of the face, but unless so excessively used that it
shows, there is no prohibition of a little powder, used to dispel an oily or
soapy shine on the face.
I quote from the Lange
Commentary: "The contents place it beyond doubt that ch.
3:6-11 describes a bridal procession." It is not the
"bridegroom."
Next, the Hebrew word for
"powders" -- "powders of the merchant" -- is "abawkaw" which means, according to the Hebrew-English
lexicon, aromatic powder, very fine powder, dust-like and volatile. It is not
face powder at all! It is a vaporizable incense powder.
It is allegorically referring
to the Church coming up to the Marriage with Christ. Solomon, in this instance,
was the type of Christ. Typically it refers also to ancient
The verse reads: "Who is
this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke perfumed with
myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?"
The Critical &
Experimental Commentary says: "The 'who is this?' in Hebrew is feminine,
and must refer to the Bride riding in the Bridegroom's palanquin. Pillars of
smoke: from the perfumes burned round His bride. Image from Israel ... marching
through the desert with the pillar of smoke by day and fire by night, and the
pillars of smoke ascending from the altars of incense and of atonement: so
Jesus Christ's righteousness, atonement, and ever-living intercession."
From the Lange Commentary:
"Perfumed with myrrh and incense: The bride coming to her wedding or more
particularly her sedan and her DRESS are filled with refreshing perfumes (Prov. 27:9)," (where ointments and perfumes are
approved). The "powders of the merchants" were the source of the
perfumes and the smoke. The perfumes were on the DRESS, not the face!
Lange explains further that,
"She came perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, because myrrh was one of
the principle ingredients in her HOLY OINTMENT (EX. 30:32), and incense was
offered constantly on the Golan altar before the veil ... and because
frankincense is the type of prayer offered by Him as our priest and offered to
Him as God. And she is perfumed with all the powders or spices of the merchant
because all the glories of the ancient ritual are spiritualized in the Gospel."
This powder and perfume, then,
is connected with the holy ointments, which, under severe penalty, the PEOPLE
were forbidden to have or use. It was only for special sacred and holy occasion
and use.
IN NO MANNER does this
scripture approve falsifying the face with makeup or lipstick!
Perfume is not condemned in
the Bible, but good taste decrees that it should be used very sparingly. A
person saturated with strong perfume simply STINKS, and becomes offensive to
others. The law of love to neighbors demands that IF
used, it should be very lightly used. Many women cheapen themselves by vulgarly
violating this rule.
Next, this woman jumped
willingly to the erroneous conclusion that she had found lipstick approved in
the Song of Solomon 4:1-3. It reads: "Behold, thou art fair, my love ...
thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and they speech is comely."
But if you read the WHOLE
context, it becomes most plain that the speaker is referring to the NATURAL
perfection of the "bride" -- typical of the Bride of Christ as she
shall be presented to HIM, as shown in Ephesians 5:25-27: "Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse
it [NOT DEFILE IT WITH FACE-PAINTING LIKE A HARLOT] ... That he might present
it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such
thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
For example, this Bride is
spoken of in verse 2 thus: "Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are
even shorn, which came up from the washing." It is referring to natural,
and perfectly formed, and even teeth, NOT to artificial or altered teeth. It
was custom in the days this was written for the pagan nations of the
Her lips were naturally
"like a thread of scarlet" -- not painted!
IF these scriptures in Song of
Solomon did mean what this woman erroneously assumed, then it would be in
direct contradiction to the other scriptures I have already given.
Holding a Job
Another objection voiced by
two or three women was expressed in the same letter, as follows:
"I was very much upset by
the teaching against makeup, since this puts me in rather an embarrassing
position. I am holding a position ... that places me constantly before the
public ... It is as necessary that I keep smart in appearance as it is that I
think smart."
Some women are afraid of
losing their jobs!
Yes, let's THINK SMART!
Sure, God gives us TESTS of
FAITH! Perhaps some of you women are going to have some TESTS OF FAITH! How
about it -- can you TRUST God to make it possible to OBEY Him? That's part of
the conditions to SALVATION!
GOD WILL NOT COMPROMISE ONE
IOTA!
Rather than compromise with
SIN, God sent His own SON to pay the full penalty for us!
Experience Proves It!
I happen to know the
experiences of a few women who have ceased to use makeup on jobs meeting the
public. One was a dentist's assistant. It was necessary that she look smart!
She stopped wearing all makeup. The dentist did speak to her about it. She
explained to him why she had removed it. He didn't know how to answer, so he
asked his wife what to do.
"Tell her to keep her
makeup at the office, and put it on after arrival mornings, and wash it off
before leaving in the evening," said the wife. "Her church people
won't see it on her that way."
"I can't do that,"
said this women firmly. " GOD
would certainly see the makeup on my face, and since I know it is wrong, and
displeasing to God, I shall not wear it."
Her employer was silenced by
that. He never said any more about it.
Another wrote me that she was
a ready-to-wear saleslady. She, too, had to "look smart." She, too,
had to meet the public. She wore no lipstick -- used no makeup of any kind. Her
boss did not fire her -- because her sales continued to be the highest in the
department, though all the other salesladies wore plenty of makeup.
I say to you women: "GOD
sees you! Banish both fear and makeup, and TRUST GOD!"
The SPIRIT of the Law
Now let's understand WHY the
scriptures expounded in this booklet brand the use of lipstick or other makeup
as a SIN.
Sin is the transgression of
the spiritual LAW. How can that law, summed up in the Ten Commandments, cover
every possible act that is sin? The Law does not say, "Thou shalt not smoke." The Ten Commandments do not say,
"Thou shalt not be a drunkard." They do not
say, "It is a SIN for a man to become effeminate."
But YOUR BIBLE does say:
"Be not deceived: neither ... effeminate, nor ... drunkards ... shall
inherit the
Paul speaks of God, "Who
also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;
not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth,
but the SPIRIT giveth life" (II Cor. 3:6).
What is the SPIRIT of the Law?
What is the SPIRIT OF GOD? It is, first of all, LOVE! Love is the fulfilling of
the Law. All the law is fulfilled by one word -- LOVE!
Love is selflessness. Love is
giving, and sharing. Love is toward God and neighbor
--AWAY from self. That is, its underlying principle of
RIGHTEOUSNESS.
What, then, is the underlying
PRINCIPLE of SIN? It is the opposite of true love.
Sin is VANITY, first of all.
The very root and core of human nature is vanity! Vanity is self! Vanity
expresses itself in many ways, and in different ways in different people.
Vanity expresses itself in
lust, in greed, in resentment, and in hatred.
I used to wonder if Solomon
really was the wisest man who ever lived, after all, when he said: "Vanity
of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities;
ALL is vanity" (Eccl. 1:2). But when I came to understand the nature of
vanity, and the many ways in which it expresses itself, I realized that Solomon
was right, and those words were inspired by GOD!
Yes, "ALL Is Vanity"
Vanity is a sort of
unrealized, undefined craving for the ADORATION of other people -- an adoration
that belongs to GOD. Vanity springs from an inherent feeling of inferiority,
perhaps unrealized, and asserts itself in a natural effort to rise above that
unpleasant inferior feeling by elevating the self above others, or by at least
desiring to be "well thought of" by others.
This instinctive reaching out
for adoration violates the first commandment, by making the self another god
before -- that is, prior to -- higher than -- the true GOD.
People do not, of course, stop
to analyze this feeling and tendency in their natures. Yet, VANITY is in our
natures. VANITY is one of those things the Christian must CRUSH -- must keep
seceded. If any man or woman says, "I am not vain. I have no vanity,"
that person just doesn't know himself or the nature that was born in him.
It is VANITY that makes people
want to BELONG -- to be ACCEPTED by a clique, group, or club. It is the basis
of "party spirit," and of competition. One of the fruits of the FLESH
(violations of God's Law), as translated by Moffatt,
is party spirit. This is the ingredient in human nature -- the SINFUL
ingredient -- that makes people want to be like the people of the world around
them -- to be CONFORMED to this world.
God commands, "Be NOT
conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your
mind" to the will of GOD! (Rom. 12:2).
VANITY in the male, if the man
has ambition, expresses itself often in the desire to appear important to other
men. I knew a multimillionaire who always managed to get the best of a bargainer else he didn't do business. At first I thought
the dominating motivation of his life was GREED. But I learned that it was just
plain vanity! This man worked and schemed to amass millions to impress others
-- to exalt himself above others -- to put himself in
place of GOD. Actually he was sick with inferiority. He devoted a lifetime to
money-making, injuring others, in a vain effort to escape his inner sense of
inferiority -- an effort to "kid himself" out of it. Poor man! He was
most unhappy!
Vanity in women may express
itself in many ways, but the most common is the innate desire to be pretty. One
woman, who probably would deny that her use of makeup is an
_expression of this very vanity, said that she would rather be pretty than to
have "brains and intelligence."
Why Women Use Makeup
The very principle of SIN --
the SPIRIT of sin -- then, is VANITY and its manifestations are self-desire,
haughtiness, party spirit, wanting to be like the people of the world around
us, wanting to conform to the world and its customs, the desire to be admired,
the desire to attract the opposite sex, the desire to make others jealous, the
fear of being thought inferior or out of date or a nonconformist, and, of
course, greed, lust, selfishness, envy, jealousy, and the thousand-and-one ways
in which this SELF-nature expresses itself.
Now what is SIN? The
_expression of the innate, natural SELF, in any or several of these many ways
IS SIN! The violation of the letter of any of the Ten Commandments is merely
the _expression of this natural SELF in one or more of these many ways.
LOVE is the principle of obedience
to the LAW. These manifold expressions of VANITY, or SELF, constitute the
SPIRIT of transgression, or SIN.
Remember, a THING is not sin.
Lipstick, of itself, is not sin. Money is not, of itself, evil -- but the love
of it (which is actually LUST) is a root of all evil! The use of lipstick in
expressing vanity or conformity to the world IS SIN!
Most women, when asked WHY
they use lipstick, will, of course, not confess: "I use it as an _expression of vanity," or "I use it to express
an urge to be like the world."
No, most women will say:
"I wear it to look nice" -- or "to avoid offense."
They SAY it in words that sound harmless. But GOD KNOWS YOUR
HEARTS better than you do -- and HE knows that the heart of women, as well as
men, is "Deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked."
And He asks: "Who can know it?" (Jer.
17:9.) Yes, the inner intents of the heart often deceive its owner. TO WHOM
does this woman wish to "look nice"? -- to
GOD? NO, for to GOD she looks like a painted artificial PROSTITUTE!
TO WHOM do you wish to
"look nice"?
"Well," the average
woman might reply, "to other people."
Yes, but to what other people?
To the people of GOD? NO, because they are obedient to
God -- they have stopped using it -- they have the mind of Christ and see you
as HE does!
You see, when we pin it down,
the woman who wears it "to look nice" is trying to look nice to THE
WORLD! She is trying to conform to this world -- to be LIKE the world -- and
God brands this as a SIN!--(Rom. 12:2.)
Women do NOT have to be like
the world in ways that transgress the spirit of God's Law! They do NOT have to
wear lipstick or other makeup.
Worldliness is conforming to
the world in ways that transgress the letter or the spirit of God's Law.
Wearing makeup is worldliness -- and THE BIBLE brands worldliness as SIN!
Yes, it is either VANITY, or
it is conforming to the world! It is SIN!
And God's people must put away
their sins.
CHRIST had to shed HIS
precious BLOOD -- give HIS wonderful, perfect LIFE -- because many of you women
have been guilty of committing this SIN! That's the price HE paid to CLEANSE
YOU of this habit!
Your Decision
There is so much more that
could be said on this subject that I could go on and on and fill 100 pages! But
I think this is enough! Every woman who wants that deceitfulness and wickedness
removed from her heart is going to remove that physical colored
dirt from her face once and for all!
Those yielded to the CHRIST
who paid such a PRICE for this very cleansing will need no more. Those not so
yielded would not repent and let the precious blood of Christ cleanse them, and
their faces, though I write ten thousand pages! God lays down the LAW. God
tells us WHAT IS SIN, and He tells us that this vain use of facial makeup is
SIN!
But God leaves it to YOU to
decide whether to sin! And never forget the PENALTY for this sin is DEATH for
eternity in a
What are you going to do with
it?