I got tickled when I read the title of this thread concerning the age-old Pants On Women
Sin! lol...
After my wife and I came out of UPC a number of years ago and she began wearing pants, we were reminded of
Deuteronomy 22:5. I had preached from that text myself in the past. Of course, that was prior to our coming to a much clearer revelation of the freedom from that Old Law which Jesus gave us through the power of the Cross and by the Grace of God. I'll never forget a dear lady who called me and gave me the reminder of the 22 & 5 Rule and asked how could I no longer preach that women should live according to that scripture?
Well, first of all, Christ set us free through the work of the Cross, which is made very clear to us in the New Testament. But even beyond that, how can we preach that WOMEN should obey
Deuteronomy 22:5 and even go so far as to make it into a "MAN-MADE SALVATION ISSUE" and then neglect to live according to the rest of the chapter or the book for that matter.
For those who are preaching that women should live according to 22:5, please allow me to ask a couple of questions.
1) For those of you who farm or garden - Do you plant more than one kind of seed in your crop or in your garden? I certainly hope not, because
Deuteronomy 22:9 says plainly, Don't Do It!!! If you do, your fruit will be defiled!
There may be some getting under conviction even now!
2) For all of you fashion experts - Surely you've never worn any sort of a garment that was made out of a wool and linen blend of material?
Again, I hope not, because
Deuteronomy 22:11 again plainly says, Don't Do It!!!
We may need to check our clothing tags. It may be time for some closet cleaning!
3) And of course, this could go on and on, but for time's sake, I'll simply utilize only one more example. Still going along the clothes line - I pray that all of your cloaks do have tassels on all four corners, because
Deuteronomy 22:12 says that you must have tassels on all four corners of the cloaks that you wear.
Now, of course, I'm being a little sarcastic in my scenarios, but the point is correct nonetheless. If we are going to preach 22:5
TO WOMEN (they always seem to get the brunt of the man-made rules) and bind them to that one lone scripture and in MANY churches even make it a Heaven or Hell issue, then how can we just neglect all of the rest of the Chapter?
Can somebody please explain that? (And please don't say "Because it's in the UPCI Manual") Yes, I've actually heard that from quite a number of my UPC Preacher friends. And I've even heard from some non-UPC Preacher friends who believe that, that that's the way their parents did it, so...
Paul taught us to dress modesty, but he never preached
Deuteronomy 22:5 as a dress code for women or men for that matter, at least not as far as we know. So why do some?
Just a few questions I have...
Thanks for the opportunity to share...
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