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12-15-2010, 09:15 PM
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Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
Did first century christian women standout like what many preachers say todays pentecostal ladies should today?
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12-15-2010, 09:25 PM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Did first century christian women standout like what many preachers say todays pentecostal ladies should today?
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Sure did, their veils were a lot higher from putting their hair up under it.
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12-16-2010, 05:29 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Sure did, their veils were a lot higher from putting their hair up under it.
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12-16-2010, 05:30 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
It seems like Apostle Paul's caution to them was to NOT stand out. To be modest, to not draw attention to themselves.
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12-16-2010, 07:20 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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It seems like Apostle Paul's caution to them was to NOT stand out. To be modest, to not draw attention to themselves.
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Right. And the bible never said we are known by the way we dress, anyway, but by our love for one another. How people gravitate to this "they will know us by the way we dress" idea never ceases to amaze me in light of Jesus' plain statement that our love is for that purpose.
My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress."
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12-16-2010, 07:44 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress." |
Awesome!! What a profound response 
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12-16-2010, 09:16 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Right. And the bible never said we are known by the way we dress, anyway, but by our love for one another. How people gravitate to this "they will know us by the way we dress" idea never ceases to amaze me in light of Jesus' plain statement that our love is for that purpose.
My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress." |
Out of the mouth of babes...your daughter is wise beyond her years.
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12-16-2010, 10:08 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Right. And the bible never said we are known by the way we dress, anyway, but by our love for one another. How people gravitate to this "they will know us by the way we dress" idea never ceases to amaze me in light of Jesus' plain statement that our love is for that purpose.
My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress." |
Love it!!!!
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12-16-2010, 10:24 AM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Right. And the bible never said we are known by the way we dress, anyway, but by our love for one another. How people gravitate to this "they will know us by the way we dress" idea never ceases to amaze me in light of Jesus' plain statement that our love is for that purpose.
My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress." |
I think Jesus said something like what your daughter said in John 13:34-35
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12-16-2010, 12:43 PM
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Re: Did 1st century christian women "stand out"?
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Originally Posted by mfblume
Right. And the bible never said we are known by the way we dress, anyway, but by our love for one another. How people gravitate to this "they will know us by the way we dress" idea never ceases to amaze me in light of Jesus' plain statement that our love is for that purpose.
My 14 year old daughter was asked by some standard-keeping friends what it was that makes our church different from their's, since we are both one God and Acts 2:38. She responded in an amazingly wise manner: "We believe our love for one another tells the world who we are, not the way we dress." |
A very astute comment by your daughter. You should be proud.
From my research, God never asked people to stand out just for the purposes of standing out. Separation is something he required so people would not get ethnically (Old Testament) and spiritually confused, and was mandated for those reasons. The OT Hebrews probably looked identical to their heathen counterparts. Also, the fact that the bible pays scant attention to the topic of clothing at all seems to point to the fact that it is a minor, not a major issue. It's hard for anybody to prove with any conclusiveness what, exactly both OT and NT saints wore.
God required men to be physically altered by circumcision, but that could not really be construed as something God desired to "stand out" in a crowd. It was a personal, sacred sign of devotion to God.
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