What Would Jesus Do

• What is your purpose for wearing Christian apparel? Is your motive pure? Is your main purpose to witness to the unsaved or to make a statement to other believers? Perhaps your apparel serves as a reminder to you of how to live the Christian life.
  
  
• Do your actions line up with the message of your apparel? Consider whether you truly believe the message you are promoting. Are you willing to live up to your statement? Remember, whether you are wearing Christian apparel or not, you are a representative of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:20 says, "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God." Are you a living ambassador for Christ?
  
  
• Does your apparel convey gentleness and respect? 1 Peter 3:15 says, "But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect." If your Christian apparel would be considered disrespectful or hateful, it does the cause of Christ harm instead of good. Before you wear Christian apparel, ask yourself, "If I did not know God, would seeing this message cause me to grow closer to accepting Christ or farther away from Him?"