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Originally Posted by GrowingPains
Sorry, Aquila, I usually agree with you on your postings. Not here. The legalists and Pharisees want a "sin chart" and list of official sins. We ought to work out our salvation with fear and trembling, being sensitive to the Holy Ghost and honest before God. His law is written on the tables of our heart (same heart that is "deceitfully wicked"... love the irony of the Bible).
We don't cross off the 10 Commandments and kick back with our feet up. We pursue God, not in fear of sinning, but in earnest passion of wanting to please him. Disobedience to God is a sin. Do you agree? So, if God prompts us to do something and we don't, we've sinned against God. His correction could be as severe as Saul or hard love like Jonah.
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Notice something I think we miss. He has written HIS LAW upon our hearts. Meaning through the Holy Ghost he has given us a desire to obey his Law. Not that he writes different laws on different hearts. So yes, you’re right. We obey him and love him and we obey out of love. However, that doesn’t mean that God tells a person to do something like wear only long sleeves and doesn’t tell their brother the same… only to turn around and condemn the brother he told for wearing short sleeves and not the brother who’s been wearing them all along. If a man tells me, “God told me not to eat bagels.” I know instantly that God never told him that. lol If a woman tells me “God told me not to wear pants.” I’ll ask, “Do you believe it’s a sin to wear pants? Will pants send a person to Hell?” If she answers, “No, pants aren’t a sin; I just feel more modest in a skirt.”, perhaps she’s heard from God. If she says, “Yes, pants are a sin.” I know she’s not heard from God. The Bible doesn’t condemn people for wearing certain styles of clothing. Just as God wouldn’t condemn a man for wearing short sleeves. The general rule of thumb is modesty. After all… if pants are a sin for women… then pants would be sin for men. Both have goodies to cover. And any honest woman will admit that you can see a man’s form in pants and many women do check it out.
Hey, that brings up an interesting point. If I (being a man) believed that pants were immodest in my heart… should I wear a skirt? lol
Also, keep in mind... we're not talking about disobeying specific orders regarding God's direct commands such as "go here and do this". We're talking about "standards". Yes... God might command an action and rebellion from that action would be a sin. However, God doesn't say, "Long sleeves are okay for you and sin for another." That's just too relative.