*smile* K.

No they don't. They say not to be known for those things, but we should be known by our heart....fruit and spirit of God.

1 Peter 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

The 'whose' in verse 3 is referring to wives mentioned in verse 1. It doesn't say NOT to wear those things, otherwise you would have to admit that it's also saying not to wear clothing, and we know that's not accurate. We also don't preach that it's a sin to plait the hair.

1 Tim. 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.

Again, nothing that says we shouldn't wear those things or braid our hair, but that our adornment should be modest and with good works.

If the point was against jewelry, Paul would have also mentioned diamonds, emeralds, and such like, but that wasn't his point at all.

When I first became a Christian i brought in my first year about a dozen other sailors into the church i was in.

One black brother came and recieved the HG. He had a beard and a DR's excuse to have a beard in the Navy due to ingrown hair problems he experienced from shaving. it is a problem with some blacks the their kinky beard will turn and grow back in, causing much pain and infection.

pastor told him he HAD to shave or he would be lost. pastor told him to have faith and shave and God would take care of it cause he just could not have a beard.

The brother shaved and his face broke out terriblly. He klasted about a week intha enviroment.

The other dozen or so that came in that first year I was there....all gone. all , each and every one of them run off with this kind of STUPID theology.

The church was of an Ultra Con org called the AMF. No facial hair. long sleeves/ no gold..the pastor actually had his gold fillings removed and replaced with amalgam fillings.

Standards in my opinion are a heaven or hell issue...those that enforce misinterpreted scriptures as salvational issues are in danger.

No way I'd want to stand before God and explain why I run one his children off over a mustache. I'd rather meet God with a cigarette hanging out of my face. I think i'd have a better chance of makin it.

NO , I am not advocating smokin' b4 ya get all up in my face. ;-)

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Thad, What questions are you talking about...I answered all of them very explicitly as I recall?

Blessings, Rhoni

***BUMP FOR RHONI****

I must go - argue on

I'll get back to this thread later .

have a good day (most of you !!!!!)

how did all of God's children in the OT who adorned them selves with ear rings and other ornaments wear them? Were they clip on or did they have peirced ears.

THey were pierced........................................






and they were disobedient............they had learned the ways of Egypt

Thad, I thought we were talking about costly array, wearing of gold and braiding the hair? I said nothing about immodesty or coloring hair (which isn't wrong either).

And preaching against outlandish hair styles? ROFL!!

Surely you've been to GC before!!

Large, pendulous lobes!