"For This Cause" A Discussion About Angelic Hair

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Why did Paul mention the hair deal in his letter to The Corinthian believers ,and not mention it in his other Epistles ?
What significance did this have to the church in Corinth ?
What is the background behind Paul's explaination to the church ?

Why did Paul mention communion in the same chapter, but not in his other epistles?

Were they the only ones who needed to take communion?

[Scott Hutchinson]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Why did Paul mention communion in the same chapter, but not in his other epistles?

Were they the only ones who needed to take communion?

Apparently the other churches did not have a probelm in their services with taking communion.
So did Paul just out of thin air mention hair to the Corinthian congreagation ?

[Coonskinner]

Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Apparently the other churches did not have a probelm in their services with taking communion.
So did Paul just out of thin air mention hair to the Corinthian congreagation ?

Apparently it wasn't a problem in other churches.

He told them that if they wanted to argue about it, that there was no other custom observed by the churches of God.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Of course I believe in a distinction in appearance of men and women ,I don't believe in anything goes.
Here is a interesting article ,I don't agree with all of it ,but it is interesting.
http://bible.org/page.php?page_id=802

[Newman]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

I came across an interesting book a number of years ago that, at least for me, shed valuable light on this whole "hairy" topic. The gist of portions of it was that the "authority" the woman had regarding her hair was the authority she had over it HERSELF. It is not that she has authority ON her head, it is that she has authority OVER her head.

At the price of a long laborious post and criticism for doing so and the fact that I HATE long posts, I will post a portion of which I am referring to. It may take a couple of posts, but I think it is worth it. If you don't, that is fine as well.

Thanks for posting. I would love to know if your reference material is something I have already seen before or someone I haven't read yet. Please post your source so I can read more. I appreciate you greatly!

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by CC1

Carey & Trouvere,

I can tell you that my wife's hair is a lot less trouble cut. When she was UPC she had what looked like a simple hairdo but the "swoop" had to be smooth and it took FOREVER. By the time my wife got to church she really needed church.

CC1, I wasn't raised in this and I can testify that it took me much longer to fix my hair when I used to cut it. I would spend close to an hour every single day on it. It's a rarity that I ever spend that much time on my hair anymore. Not only that but I spent a lot more money on it too..highlights and trips to the beautician for a cut can cost quite a bit.

[Newman]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I personally believe a person's interpretation of I Corinthians 11 serves as a pretty accurate litmus test of how they view the authority of Scripture.

Are they looking for loopholes and minimalist living, or do they want to please God?

Coonskinner- What great discernment. Only a very small population of Christians are Acts 2:38 Apostolics and a portion of those are cutting their hair. Perhaps you could inform us of further tests to use on those that pass the first test so that we can do God's refining right here on earth and save Him the trouble later...

Which isn't to say I am ungrateful with the first litmus test you have mentioned. How remarkable that we have such an easy test in which to judge the hearts of those that don't interpret Scripturue exactly as we do in an area that has no witness for how its interpretted.

How interesting that we allow mortgages in spite of being told to owe no man nothing but love, we plan for tomorrow even though we are told to take no thought for the morrow, we even circumcise our sons although Paul wrote "...if ye be circumcised, Christ profited you nothing" and we shake hands instead of kissing all our brothers with a holy kiss. Perhaps we could add some of these as an additional test of fellowship and refinement?

The 1 Corinthian litmus test reveals the heart? Perhaps... But whose heart is revealed?

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

Why did Paul mention communion in the same chapter, but not in his other epistles?

Were they the only ones who needed to take communion?

Maybe because it was SYMBOLIC in communion as it is in the covering, and it is a carnal issue as he was not apt to speak about spiritual things in 1 Cor. It seems 2 Cor advances more, but chapter 3 specifically said he could not speak about spiritual things at that time of writing that epistle to them.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Coonskinner

I personally believe a person's interpretation of I Corinthians 11 serves as a pretty accurate litmus test of how they view the authority of Scripture.

Are they looking for loopholes and minimalist living, or do they want to please God?

Litmus test on how they view the authority of Scripture?

Whatever happened to the fruit of the Spirit?

This post encapsulates what is wrong with the fringe movement of the Apostolic church.... that they would take one pretext and use it as the measure of the Holy Spirit ...

I would be flabbergasted .... but it is this ungodly view of holiness that was exactly the reason that made me move on ...

This is not the Pentecost of 50 years ago .... something has gone awry ...

God's holiness has become a man's checklist of a carbon copy portrait.

Saddened.

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Litmus test on how they view the authority of Scripture?

Whatever happened to the fruit of the Spirit?

EXACLTY. The litmus test is love for one another. Explicitly spoken as such.