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Originally Posted by onefaith2
the matter of the heart indeed.. A holy Heart should eventually produce a Holy conversation
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Precisely. But the issue is that what some consider holy conversation is not really holy at all, but merely religiously traditional. Just because someone says lack of all jewelry is being holy, that does not mean we can say holiness involves forbiddence of jewelry. For God to use a picture of giving jewelry to His lady in order to stand as a metaphor for His love for Jerusalem, it is ridiculous to say God is against the wearing of jewelry. God would not use an unholy act to illustrate a holy act.
Can you answer why God would use an unholy picture like that in Ezek 16 in order to show His love for Israel, if you think wearing jewelry is unholy? See the dilemma?
Peter intended women to know that dependence upon jewelry, etc., to win an unsaved husband is not the answer, and Paul meant for us to know that dependence upon jewelry to show Christian character was likewise not the answer. Neither of them meant to never wear that sort of thing. Just do not rely on it for mistakenly intended results.
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