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Originally Posted by bhoutreach
Prov 22:28
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
I find it interesting that many after being blessed by finding the Truth, begin to seek ways to change what they have received.
Men and women before us understood the strength in Holiness, both inside and out. They were wise enough to know that the NEW BIRTH experience was just the beginning. Men were to dress like men and women like women. Because this was right in the eyes to the LORD. And still is. Men and women were to dress modestly and still should. Uncut hair on a women was her covering and showed her submission to her head and long hair on a man was a shame and still is.
Just because culture changes it's view does not mean the church should or that GOD has.
I am progressive in the sense that I believe we should change our methods for reaching the world in need. I am an old time preacher in the sense that I do not believe we should ever change our MESSAGE, any of it.
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How far back in time do you go to take a snapshot and call that the "old landmarks"?
Is the use of electricity too modern? What about automobiles?
Do you want to go back to some of the early Apostolic/Pentecostal standards where it was wrong to wear gold rimmed glasses, wear a wrist watch, eat pork, drink cola and/or caffeine beverages, play softball or golf or checkers, wear anything red, have any type of life insurance, read any fictional literature, listen to a radio, visit a doctor or hospital, take any kind of medication whether prescribed or over the counter --even including aspirin or cough medicine, work on Sunday, etc? Or would you progress beyond that and drive in a stake in time in the mid nineteen forties and require men to have flat top haircuts and pencil thin mustaches, and require women to wear either cotton hose or nylon hose if it has seams, not allow women to use pink or pearl nail polish, require women to wear hats and gloves to church, etc.
These "old landmarks" change every couple of years.