Romans 8: 29, "For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren:"  Our image is going to become and should now be the image of the living Son of God. Trust me on this, nowhere in the Bible did Christ our Lord ever wear a thong bathing suit or Speedo's or any other revealing and unseemly clothes.  When Christ was pierced it was not through the nose or tongue or belly button.  It says that we as believers are to become the image of Christ. What image is Christ then? II Corinthians 4: 4, ...in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."  If we are the light of the world then perhaps no one can see our light because of the way we dress and the image we project.  Perhaps it is too weak an image, too weak a light for the world to see.  Christ did a lot of things, but one thing he did not do was cast a weak image, or weak light.  We are to be the image of Christ who is the image of God.  One more reference as to the image we must conform too and we'll move on.  Colossians 1:14-15 "In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:" Image is very important.
       Now we know what our image should be.  But one might say that what has been said about the image of Christ is an internal image, an internal way of being and we have said nothing about the external way of being.  So why don't we look at what the Bible says about outward appearances.
       Many years ago I wore my hair long.  We called ourselves hippie's back in those ancient days.  So let's start with long hair since that is a form of rebellion that I am most familiar with.  The argument for long hair went something like this.  "Well Christ had long hair.  All the paintings of Jesus have Him with long hair."  First of all, there are no paintings or pictures of Christ.  Every picture that we see of Christ is from the renaissance period or there about.  That was about 1500 years after Christ ascended into heaven.  All of those who got a good look at Him are dead and they left no pictures of our Lord.  Men who had long hair and accepted and expected men to wear their hair long painted these pictures.  Where did they get this idea?  It was mostly personal preference on their part.  As far as I have ever read there is only one physical description of Christ in the whole Bible and that can be found in Isaiah 53.  I will quote the description and you will see that the description does not describe His hair cut.  Isaiah 53:2, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him."  That says so much more than is read on the surface.  Christ was not born the most beautiful child ever born.  When he grew up he did not make the women in the village swoon over his incredible good looks.  As a matter of fact, Isaiah is very clear that it will be His substance that will attract men and women.  It says very clearly in Isaiah that He ain't gonna win no beauty contests.  Herein lies one of the greatest lessons that our young people can learn about looks.  If God Himself came to this earth and showed us that physical appearance is not important enough for God to give Himself the best looks, why then must we fuss with our clothes, hair and makeup like it is of such importance.  Isaiah 53: 2b, "and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him."