My pastor's wife had broidered hair?

[Cindy]

Sir, if you and your wife have forgiven the Pastor and are still living for God. You are studying scripture for yourself, then you are doing well.

Paul was teaching about the custom of that particular area and time. The worldly ladies were arranging elaborate hairstyles with jewels entwined within them. That is what broidered meant. It still covered the head. But he was teaching for Godly women to keep their hairstyles simple, and not to do as was the customs of that time and place.

[Dordrecht]

But he was teaching for Godly women to keep their hairstyles simple, and not to do as was the customs of that time and place.

That sums it up nicely.
Keep it simple, if not you are ungodly and you will end up in hell.

The cross and what Jesus did on it means nothing!
It's the hair that saves.

[Wang Mo Shi]

Yes, I agree that the women at the time were entwining gold into their hair, and the definition for this broidering practice is called plaited hair.

The women who were less wealthy were also wearing elaborate hairstyles as well, and this is refered to as broidering.

As I have pointed out several times on this thread, to broider is simply to twine, braid, plait, twist or convolude the hair. Look at the greek word to broider for yourself.

[strait shooter]

Originally Posted by Dordrecht

That sums it up nicely.
Keep it simple, if not you are ungodly and you will end up in hell.

The cross and what Jesus did on it means nothing!
It's the hair that saves.

This is an ignorant redirect that unfortunately gets used quite often on forums such as this one.

Any time a person takes a stand for ANY Biblical standard of Holiness, some goofball channels the spirit of Tom Fudge and accuses them of leaving the cross behind.

Stupid ad hominem attacks.

[AreYouReady?]

So...let me see if I can try to decifer what you are trying to say here.

Your wife trimmed her hair and the church you attended mistreated her because of it.

You want to know why they did so when the pastor's wife braided or twisted her hair into an updo and arranged her hair on top of her head elaborately.

Your wife is hurt over the maltreatment.

In other words, why did they pick out a few verses in the bible to torment her while they overlook other verses of scripture that could be pertained to elaborate hairstyles on the rest of the women?

Would this sum it up or is there more to it?

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by strait shooter

This is an ignorant redirect that unfortunately gets used quite often on forums such as this one.

Any time a person takes a stand for ANY Biblical standard of Holiness, some goofball channels the spirit of Tom Fudge and accuses them of leaving the cross behind.

Stupid ad hominem attacks.

Awwww come on now.

Dordt is just trying to lighten things up a bit. There have been many people hurt because of the way people justify treating people over ANY biblical standard of Holiness.

Dordt was trying to remind us that it is what Jesus did on the Cross that saves us and gives us eternal life, not uncut hair on women or cut hair on men. I agree with him on this.

[Wang Mo Shi]

Yes, That pretty much sums it up.

The ONLY thing that saves us or can make us right in the sight of our wonderful Father, is the sacrifice that Christ made for us on the cross.

Praise His Name, Jesus!

[AreYouReady?]

Originally Posted by Wang Mo Shi

Yes, That pretty much sums it up.

The ONLY thing that saves us or can make us right in the sight of our wonderful Father, is the sacrifice that Christ made for us on the cross.

Praise His Name, Jesus!

Good. Now that we identified what the problem really is, I think that Ms. Cindy's advice below is great.

Originally Posted by Cindy

Sir, if you and your wife have forgiven the Pastor and are still living for God. You are studying scripture for yourself, then you are doing well.

Paul was teaching about the custom of that particular area and time. The worldly ladies were arranging elaborate hairstyles with jewels entwined within them. That is what broidered meant. It still covered the head. But he was teaching for Godly women to keep their hairstyles simple, and not to do as was the customs of that time and place.

Many of us have been hurt by legalisms in Christ's church. We feel betrayed because we come to Christ not realizing that there are men and women who think that they are doing good by laying down rules and bylaws, but their well meaning intentions end up hurting a lot of people because of control issues. When we come to Christ, we are looking for salvation that came from the Cross and the shed blood of Jesus Christ. We support that local assembly with our finances. We volunteer our time to help others find a place to be welcomed in. But there comes a time when we realize that there is no point in legalism. It is not greater than the Cross and we don't understand why others cannot see that.

There is a period of time that we need to take, to work through that hurt after we leave an abusive local assembly. But don't let others steal what you have in Christ because of their carnality. Keep on studying the Bible. Keep on living for Christ and He will lead you and guide you into what He specifically wants you and your wife to do for Him.

Sometimes God leads people out of a particular local assembly to do a work that He knows the local assembly cannot do. There might be people out there who would never step foot in an Apostolic church for whatever reason they may have, but God can send people to them to reach them.

Peace and blessings to you and your wife. Be of good cheer as long as your heart is honest towards Christ and the Holy Spirit.

[Wang Mo Shi]

Thank You so much for your kind words of enchouragement, and support. We have been blessed to find a wonderful church to be part of, and they really have the victory.

But I really appreciate your response, and may God Bless You.

[AreYouReady?]

That is great news Wang Mo Shi! You and your wife go and be a blessing to your church and your community.