The "dress code" is essential... - Page 15

UnTraditional · #**141** 08-29-2011, 03:38 AM

Dress modestly, live godly, walk in Christ are three rules that should be preached as Christian standards. The dress code thing is more of a power issue than a godliness issue as some preach it.

Dagwood · #**142** 08-29-2011, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Narrow Is The Way

You tell who somebody is by the way they dress.
A queer lets us know who he is by the way he dresses.
A prostitute lets us know who she is by the way she dresses.

We have a problem when somebody dresses holy on the outside and is living a lie within.

We also have a problem when folks refuse to dress holy.

It takes both. You can't get away from it.

If you don't want to dress holy, you likely have an unholy heart.

Oh, so you're one of those who "calls it like I see it?" Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah...

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

You moron. My supervisor at work is gay and I would defy you to tell he was by the way he dresses.

I would be willing to bet I can tell a lot about you by the way YOU dress...... A pharisee?

When you pray, do you spend half your time thanking God that your not as bad as all the people you just mentioned?

Good point!

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Originally Posted by hawks-cry

...that's painting with a very large brush,...with a very large brushstroke.

Agreed!

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Originally Posted by Amanah

with an attitude like that, I wonder if you are able to let the "queer" and "prostitute" know that you recognize that they are a beautifull person whom Jesus loves and died for. Are you so sure that you can pin point a person's heart by their outward appearance?

Agreed!

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Originally Posted by Narrow Is The Way

Yes, I have won people to God who were knee deep in sin. I know folks from all walks of life that view me as a kind hearted Christian. I am talking queers, fornicators, adulterers, etc. And guess what, I don't sugar coat the truth with them, but they do know that I care about them. Don't judge my attitude, you don't have any idea who I am.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

We don't have to "know who you are" in order to tell what you are. Your words alone here speak far more for you than you coming back and defending yourself. Quit wasting your time. And, beside, you're the pot calling the kettle black to tell others here not to judge your attitude...

Dagwood · #**143** 08-29-2011, 05:13 AM

As T. F. Tenney stated during his preaching here a couple of years ago, "some people need a check-up from the neck up on their stinkin' thinkin'."

That can go all sorts or ways, regardless of convictions/beliefs...

Aquila · #**144** 08-29-2011, 08:25 AM

A true Christian who is saved by grace is modest in appearance and attitude. Christian disciplines are important, but we are not saved by them.

mfblume · #**145** 08-29-2011, 08:36 AM

The dress code issue proponents need to look at the Amish, for that is the same immodest (immodest means attracting attention) and extreme distinction they will be in in a few decades. Since immodest y is attracting undue attention, those promoting modesty of dress in the way they require with their standards are actually making themselves immodest. Immodest does not only involve dressing sexually alluring, but simply attracting undue attention to oneself. Reminds me of the three foot high hairdos of the seventies.

BrotherEastman · #**146** 08-29-2011, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

It's almost 1:00am and I just wanted to say (without reading through everyting else) that too often, people forget the power associated with living a life of consecration for the sake of a closer walk with the Lord.

Salvation is not in the water, neither is it in our shirts and skirts. It's the heart behind the acti and consecration that shows our salvation and enhances our contributions to the Body of Christ.

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