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Originally Posted by RandyWayne
And those who continue to support it....
Figuratively of course. I wouldn't literally choke someone over it.
"LS said it but didn't mean it that way. This lady obviously should have known better then to take him as face value."
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LOL! Of course, "figuratively" choke someone would be correct. Although, I have an excellent visual for those that will NOT listen. LOL!
Randy,
This teaching is just very subtle. I wish I could express it the way it is coming across. When I made the remark that our "power" was in Jesus Christ and not our hair, the person almost rolled their eyes. Her thinking is this: First, she was thinking I was not raised in the UPC, so I cannot quite possibly understand. Second, because of her obedience, her long, uncut hair gives her power with God.
Our obedience to love, modesty, submitting ourselves one to another, time in prayer, reading His Word etc., etc., brings the same results. The end result is that we must have the fruit of the spirit manifested in our lives or nothing else is going to make a hill of beans.
The problem is that they are using the word for "power - dunamis, miraculous power" from the Book of Acts and they don't realize they are doing this.
DKB simply and correctly defines that as "authority". The things we know about angels:
1. They are reapers at the end of the world - Matt 13:39
2. They are ministering spirits sent by God. Matt 8:10;
Hebrews 1:14
I look at Matt 8:10 which says that children have angels. It says that the
angels behold the face of God every day. That means, to me, that even if a child has an angel watching over them, they can do nothing without God's direction.
3. We understand that angels were cast out of heaven because of their rebellion.
Jude 1:6;
II Peter 2:4
4. That they desire to look into our salvation.
I Peter 1:12
That means that, IMO, the only significance of angels in
I Cor 11 is that they are looking into our salvation and seeing that we are instructed to keep divine order.
The significance of the long hair is simply gender distinction which is important to God. He makes that plain in many areas of the Bible.
Many women that I am acquainted with feel that trimming their ends is in keeping with the long hair. You don't have to do that very often and your hair looks long and very neat. It makes no sense to look like a hag in order to have long hair. But, I digress...... lol
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