What About The High School Prom?

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What About The High School Prom?

What About The High School Prom?

What About The High School Prom?

What About The High School Prom?

Reasons Often Given For Going “It is a 1-time event” Parents want children to be involved

with, accepted by their peers Children want to be with friends A chance to dress elegantly for a night

What About The High School Prom?

A Workable Definition The prom = “modern dance”

Not waltzing, ballroom, or square dancing Modern dancing certainly agrees with

Biblical lasciviousness (licentiousness)

What About The High School Prom?

Thayer, ppg. 79-80

“Unbridled lust; shamelessness; wanton manners, filthy words; indecent bodily movements; the unchaste handling of males & females…”

What About The High School Prom?

A Workable Definition The prom = “modern dance”

Not waltzing, ballroom, or square dancing Modern dancing certainly agrees with

Biblical lasciviousness (licentiousness) Does this aptly describe the prom? What about the warning from Gal 5:19-21?

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Pressure

Yes…there’s pressure in wanting to “fit in” Yet, such pressure doesn’t change God’s

evaluation of the prom Justification for going cannot alter God’s

expectation nor modify His will Eccl 11:9

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Guilt By Association

Prom dresses are mostly immodest The prom’s reputation isn’t exactly stellar

Drinking & fornication are prevalent Admission: not everyone who goes drinks

or commits fornication

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Guilt By Association

The prom’s reputation isn’t exactly stellar Everyone knows how prevalent drinking

and fornication are before & after the prom Shouldn’t the principles of 1 Thess 5:22

help govern this decision?

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Going But Not Dancing

The obvious question…why go? It is dangerous to willingly put oneself into

a situation where he/she can’t participate Whether just dressing up to go, or going to

dance…problems await the “prom goer”

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Going But Not Dancing

Re: the non-dancer Mt 5:27-30 Can you control your own thoughts?

Re: the dancer Mt 18:6-9 Can you control the thoughts of others?

What About The High School Prom?

Dealing With The Issue Going But Not Dancing

Notice Jesus addresses the “looker” and the “doer” alike Mt 5:29-30 18:8-9

The ones who will go to the prom, but claim they won’t dance need to seriously answer some fair questions

What About The High School Prom?

Will the same sociability that makes me want to go now make me want to dance once I get there?

Am I sure I can control my thoughts while watching others?

Will going make me like the world, exposing the works of darkness?

What About The High School Prom?

What do my parents think?

Am I 100% sure this is right?

What if the Lord should come while I’m there?

Would Jesus attend? cp. Lk 6:40

What About The High School Prom?

Closing Thoughts To the young people…

The prom is not an honor…it is a dishonor Not attending is not a huge loss of an

important “1-time event” It is a separation of spiritual from worldly

Rom 12:2 1 Pet 2:9 Phil 2:15

What About The High School Prom?

Closing Thoughts To the parents of young people…

You make a grave mistake when you allow your child/children to attend the prom

Of course they want to go Someone has to be the “adult voice of

reason” that’s YOU

What About The High School Prom?

Closing Thoughts I can’t think of 1 sound reason to justify

attending the prom I can think of several sound reasons to

oppose attending the prom

What About The High School Prom?

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