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Originally Posted by followingJesus
I was brought us that way. At Christmas and holiday dinners and family functions we dress up. my wife dresses nice to go to town. When we travel we dress dressy causual. Funeral are dressy for ladies and suits for men. This is proper. I don't wear a suit to garden or go fishing that's not proper, but nither is it proper to wear my gardening clothes to church.
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It's not proper to condemn or look at someone with shame or disgust who wasn't brought up the way you were or who doesn't dress to your standards. I would bet my pay check that God's Spirit isn't suppressed by someone who's wearing jeans and a polo shirt rather than a suit and tie. But i'll concede this...if a person is dressin like a bum out of a bad attitude or rebellion, then that's a whole other story....but the same can be said about a person who dresses really nice for the looks and approval of other ppl with a proud spirit. I've seen ppl wearing stylish suits and bow ties who look more ridiculous than me wearing khakis and a button down shirt. Ppl notice nice flashy apparel well before they notice something plain and general. The whole attitude of "dress your best" within the pentecostal ranks creates nothing more than a competitive AND envious spirit...not to mention a complex and a feeling of not fitting in for a person who can't afford to look as nice as the others. I choose to wear casual clothing because 1. it's more comfortable. 2. I know God isn't concerned with it...no matter how loud the pastor preaches about it. 3. I don't want to be known or talked about by the clothing I choose to wear.
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