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Originally Posted by Godsdrummer
You are right in a way but you are missing the point, and so is RDP, you can't see the forest for the trees. Jesus told the pharisee that they would strain at a nat and swallow a camel and that is what has happened. And inconsistency is tantamount to invalidation. That was the main problem with the pharisee. They were not consistant in keeping the law. Their own law was more important than the spirit of God's law. How many times did Jesus break the law of Moses? Or alow his diciples to. I can think of at least three times. Even Jesus own actions let us know that we are wrong to be so legalistic that we don't hear the voice of God over our own actions.
Paul talks about the gentiles that did not have the law but having a law of their own. The point is we may not claim to be under the law of Moses but we have formed a law of our own that does just what the writters of NT spoke against. And that of making the keeping of our own rules of more importance than the grace of God. Our own righteousness is as filthy rags in the sight of God. Where is the middle road? Where do we let God's spirit lead us over mans doctrines. When do we quite pulling scripture out of context to preach our own doctrines of righteousnes and holiness and let each seek out their own salvation with fear and trembling? When will we get the message Paul is teaching us in Romans 14 some are convicted that some things are wrong others the same thing is ok. But God has accepted them, who are we to judge another mans servant?
Jesus did not say the world would know us because of the dress of clothes we do or don't wear. Whether we wear a modest amount jewels or gold or braid our hair or not. We are know by our love one for another. This is the comandment Jesus said if you love me you will keep. Do we truly show love one to another as described in I Cor. 13? Do we truly allow the fruit of the spirit to shine through us as described by Paul in Galations 5. Does the world see Jesus in our conversation or do they just see the standard required by the doctrines of each local assembley that can't seem to come to a unified agreement on what is wrong or right? |
I see the forest fine brother. Its because you disagree with our position that you say we are wrong. God lead me back here. I don't agree with jewelry being the issue but its the matter of the heart. That is what standards are for, to protect the soul of a person. Its not meant to be legalistic and its sad its taken to that route.
Jesus did not say about dress because it was not a specific problem then. Paul and Peter addressed it because it BECAME a problem with the churches. Its still a problem today.
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