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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
But he is preaching the principle to not change what another man put in place. A no no to do. So if Jesus put beards into place by designing them into a man and then showing them as favorable to himself are the shave only Preachers NOT moving his landmark?
Should we move his landmark because a certain per cent of hippies in the 60's and 70's wore beards? What about the thousands of years before hippies came along? So because in the hippie time which lasted maybe TEN YEARS there were sinners wearing beards does that negate all the good men of thousands of years past who wore beards? Was Jesus wrong by designing the beard because for 10 years hippies wore them?
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First off, are you Jew or Gentile? I believe your Gentile, so with that being said let's go to
Acts 15:1-31. So to highlight the parts we are talking about go to verse 5-6: "But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. [6] And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter." Some call this council of Jerusalem.
What was the outcome? Go with me to verse 23-24: "And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: [24] Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment."
There you have it, we the Gentiles do not have to follow the law. Unless it's something God expressly says He hates, or it's and abomination, that never changes! For God never changes.
"The apostles and elders and brethren" Paul and Barnabas, Judas and Silas removed this land mark! By the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of Jesus. That's why in
Acts 15:32 it says "Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them." They confirmed what was being said, they were prophets the end of the law for the Gentile came from the mind of God. So, you can try to make a doctrine out of the law about facial hair, but once you do you have to follow the rest too! Period!