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Originally Posted by Antipas
I understand what you're saying.
But I think Apostolic1ness was pointing out a pastor's challenge with such a tradition, seeing that there are still many older saints in the congregation with deep convictions about the issue... because they lived it. To just embrace beards full hog in some churches could seriously cause a crisis of faith for some who were always taught that it was a "sin" and it was "rebellion". So, the pastor has to be sensitive to that reality.
Now, is that reality the fault of the congregation? No. Of course it is how it was preached back in the day. I think we face a lot of unnecessary hurdles to unity, confidence, bible focus, and organizational politics because of the way things were preached.
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A teacher is to teach Thus Saith The Lord, book, chapter, and verse. Just because the teacher suddenly gets "new light" on something doesn't mean anything, rather instead everything has to be presented book chapter verse. And the congregation accepts book chapter and verse regardless of their personal preferences, history, whatever, cause a congregation of Christians is a congregation of dead folks who's personal wants and wishes have been buried and replaced with God's Will.
If not, if book chapter and verse butts heads with personal wants wishes and issues, and book chapter and verse don't prevail? That person or congregation has much bigger issues and needs to get saved all over again. Because either Jesus, the Incarnate Word, is Lord of ALL, or not at all.
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