Do You People Have ANY Standards?

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Originally Posted by missourimary

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Acts 15:27-29
27] We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth.
[28] For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
[29] That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

They didn't give them a laundry list. Some things they dealt with later in the letters to the churches, but most things they left to the Holy Ghost and common sense.

I enjoy the simplicity and thoroughness of this post, while I agree I think maybe that the OP had some intentions in mind that have gone un-questioned.

I believe whole heartedly in keeping a separate lifestyle and living pure and holy, but my convictions of holiness may not be the same as yours are.

Should I be considered any less a believer if I wear short sleeves or miss church every now and again? Am I a sinner if I fall and repent? Do I lose report with you if I have a tattoo? Do my offenses make me less of man striving for perfection?

When one man opens the Bible and reads, "In the beginning, God Created the Heavens and the Earth," he thinks to himself... "Wow, God is powerful"... when I read that same scripture I find the power in how far Gods creation has come, and how powerful he must be to create such a dynamic system.

Now, simply because my mental process is different and I find a more noticeable power between the lines am I misrepresenting God's power?

Surely not...

So if one man chooses to live a life of relative modesty, and another chooses the same, is his relative understanding of modesty a misrepresentation of God's word?

I refuse to accept that these scriptures do not lend to a relative understanding....

If you disagree, that's fine but you are wrong... and you are also condemning..