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Originally Posted by bdlooney
I am so frustrated with people today!
Why is it that when anyone of our people (Ladies especially) hold up "traditional" standards of dress they are automatically deemed as unfashionable?
My good wife wears skirts well below her knees and she is extremely fashionable. She does not look frumpy, weird, old lady or anything!
She looks like a lady who is worshipping her God in the beauty of holiness. Just because she doesn't have a tug-of-war match with her skirt every service does not make her archaic!
And this is not about my wife. I am using her as an example.
And just who determines fashion anyway? Is it a Spirit filled, modesty loving person? I don't think so! So why do we attempt to measure up to them?
I remember a scripture that says We are in the world but not of the world!
Why is there an assault on the holiness loving people that uphold outward standards to protect inward holiness? And why are these assualts coming from those that once were apart of us?
If you want to be charismatic then be charismatic but please stop trying to shove your so called "liberty" down my throat!!!!
There I think my rant is over!
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Dear Brother. Take a deep breath. Relax. No one you should not be frustrated. Those that have an opposite view to your view are not being rude they are being honest in what they believe. I feel you are too. We have that right. It is an open forum we can agree or disagree. I am charismatic and so are others on here. We are no more tying to 'shove' our 'liberty' down your throat that you are trying to 'shove' your view of holiness down ours. Look we do not agree that is fine. I do not want to convert you to anything. You may want to convert me back to 'bundage'. Not gonna happen on either front.
Now to address the 'Standards protect inward Holiness' thing. I have heard this down through the years. That is not altogether true. For me I can be just as unholy or holy wearing pants as I can wearing shorts. I know people that are soooooo conservative in dress because it is 'sin' but they are porn addicts. I know people that dress what you would term immodest but the most faithful, spiritual, holy people you could meet. Now get me right I am not saying that there is any realtion to standards and hidden sin. I am not saying that, but I know that some people seem to look like they are full of the HG cause they dress a certain way, but are full of nothing but sin. That is way what Darcie said is so true. You can look right and be empty inside.