I like your quote. It brings out a lot of truth. Pastors should not have to stand in front of the church year after year and try a convince supposedly Holy Ghost filled believers in how they should live, dress, act, and look.
Jesus said the Holy Ghost would lead men in all truth concerning God's will and purpose in their life/
Peculiar people? Indeed some of them are!
When I had my spiritual change through the power of the Holy Spirit I didn't need anyone telling me to be separate from the world, I wanted too.
And in that day there was a culture too. Long hair, ear rings, beards, bell bottom pants, flowered shirts, stacked heels with patten leather. I had one of the most beautiful pairs of white patten leather shoes in that time that you could buy. Some how every time I put them on and went to church something deep inside of me moved and I didn't feel at ease with them. When I threw them away and a lot of other worldly stuff, I felt clean and free of that world that tried to destroy me in the first place.
It's not gender specific. And yes, I found a picture of a small gauge vs a large gauge. I also stuck with one in the ear, vs the nostril or cheek.
Sin? Can you please show me a verse from the Bible that says not to gauge your ears? Or nostrils/cheeks?
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, (house of God) and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Gen 35:1 (KJV) Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. Gen 35:2-4 (KJV And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us.... Ex 32:1 (KJV) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Ex 32:2-4 (KJV) Earring has a lot to do with false gods and devil worship. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils 1 Cor 10:20 (KJV) Old School Holiness
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, (house of God) and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Gen 35:1 (KJV) Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. Gen 35:2-4 (KJV And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us.... Ex 32:1 (KJV) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Ex 32:2-4 (KJV) Earring has a lot to do with false gods and devil worship. But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils 1 Cor 10:20 (KJV) Old School Holiness
Yes, and so powerful was the evil in that gold that they couldn't help but worship it, after making it into a cow. Oh well, at least they didn't eat it and get all that evil inside them! Oh. Wait. Never mind.
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And yes, I found a picture of a small gauge vs a large gauge. I also stuck with one in the ear, vs the nostril or cheek. 
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