What's Wrong With Facial Hair

[Digging4Truth]

Amazing... simply amazing...

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Richard Perry

Puleeze Bro Alicea...I was quoting the shampoo commercial.....

TV or radio commercial????

Please allow me to interject this thought:

What IF (uh oh, there's that small word with the BIG implications/connotations) there is NO "pre-tribulation" rapture of the church, AND we have to make a decision concerning the taking of a "mark" in order to buy, sell, or trade after the coming Anti-Christ makes his appearance upon the world scene? What happens to the hair on a man's face when he cannot buy razor blades, shaving cream, or plug in his electric razor becaue he is unable to purchase electricity? Tell me, how important will it be then whether or not a man has a beard, mustache, or long hair? Yep! I can see one using scissors to cut his hair, but shaving his bear or mustache??? NOT!!! Of course, this will all be mute IF (oh no, there's that word again) God elects to violate His own established guiding principles of "righteousness" and physically removes us from the earth before the coming "man of sin" is revealed (which I am NOT convinced will be the case, but that is another topic altogether).

[Timmy]

Originally Posted by LadyChocolate

Educated people are a threat to some pastors.... I actually heard them preach against education and one pastor said he wanted his saints dumb... that's one reason my husband never fit in with some of the preachers we were with....he has an incredible mind and he didn't check his brains in at the door!

Hey, who needs a brain, when we have preachers to tell us what to believe? We're just dumb sheep, ya know.

Baaaa, baaaaaaa!

[Hesetmefree238]

Originally Posted by Richard Perry

But, ( theres that big conjunction ) Jesus time was still in the shadow of the law. The commands on personal hygiene and facial presentations came from the Apostle to the gentiles.

What commands from the apostles to the Gentiles? There are no new testament scriptures against hair growing on a man's face.

[Hoovie]

I think Apostolic men should shave their forearms. It serves no real purpose and some ladies are attracted to hairy armed males.

Is anyone with me in this? I think I can establish that most males in the world have hair on their arms, so this also sets us apart as separate and holy.

[Scott Hutchinson]

I'm commanded by my wife to shave I'll be in trouble with her if I don't.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

I think Apostolic men should shave their forearms. It serves no real purpose and some ladies are attracted to hairy armed males.

Is anyone with me in this? I think I can establish that most males in the world have hair on their arms, so this also sets us apart as separate and holy.

I ain't gonna shave my legs though.Besides I have mo hair socks,I have more hair on my socks that you do.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

I think Apostolic men should shave their forearms. It serves no real purpose and some ladies are attracted to hairy armed males.

Is anyone with me in this? I think I can establish that most males in the world have hair on their arms, so this also sets us apart as separate and holy.

Brother... it makes as much sense as the rest of it out there.

I would never want to be caught inciting a woman to lust with hairy arms.

Of course... if I were ever going to incite a woman to lust then hairy arms would be my only hope... that much is for sure.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Richard Perry

I feel like a cowboy standing at the corral trying to pick which mustang i'm going to try to break.....ugh......surrender yes, I wont try to change anyones stubborn refusal to think.

Ummm. Sheltidad. you I'll adress because you admit you didn't see....Modern man is vain beyond the simple things or simple ways of ancient times. They were vain in thier male ego's yes but appearances were never a real social expression. When it became one, Paul addressed it.

When a male grows hair on the face, it has similar properties as a rock star growing hair for his image, to create a view other than the one he was given.

Thus the Law in Lev. to never trim the beard. humility that fit a purpose for Israel. Today, all, with very few exceptions, are grown to fit the projection and change due to social acceptance or social rebellion. When the sports world began embracing the goatee, then the religious world began the same, In my generation it was porkchop sideburns and foo-manchu mustache. (anybody remember Catfish Hunter?)

Paul expicitly commanded that our relationship with God is affected by our placement of our head. Women, fearfully, carefully be sure you cover yours with the only glory God gave man. the womans hair. And men, carefully and fearfull consider how you approach God as a man, with Christ as the head and His glory to show and not your's.

This is the new testement principle in harmony with the old as applied to the gentiles (usson's)

The reflection of the world around Jesus was changing dramatically. Rome had take posession of a kingdom God had developed by 5 great kings. (Cyrus,Darius,Artezerxes,Ahaserous,Alexander the great) The entire world was inundated with cultural fusion, I believe because God was preparing the world for Israel's King. If thou oh Jerusalem had known this day what was given to thy peace, but you would not.

This managerie' was still inplace for the church of the gentiles. So Pauline instructions were a shadow of a Worldwide message. Jesus had come to Israel and had been rejected. We must remember much of His prophcy and teaching was to a nation that knew God. With the law overlooking His every word. He was alway careful not to offend one jot or tittle of the Law for he was the fulfillment of the Law.

Paul was given, much to his own dismay, charge of this same world that Israel should have had. He spent the time in Arabia and set in the curch the order of importance.

Now everybody please take a deep breath. Jesus in Matt 16 placed within the apostolic church with the keys a certain levity and neccessity of lawgiving. I feel that to follow the principles and commands closely is advantageous in this hour for the fences that they bring to keep the enemy from our camp. To live beneath the commands is to invite temptation and to put eternity in jeapordy.

Now stop making me set a dividing line for you. I must Pastor the greatest people on earth and I will set the lines for them. Because when the trumpet sounds, even if they're stumbling, i want them stumbling in the church and not out of it.

We cannot judge feelings. The imputed righteousness will bring us to a restored righteousness, and the atonment will take care of the unknown sins. but, Abraham was only imputed righteousness because he came out from among his world and started following God.

What abject, utter nonsense! Professing to be wise they became wise in their own conceit. In your multitude of words you think you have created wisdom. If you would spend half the time in the simplicity of the Gospel it would accomplish infinitely more effect.