We should all work out our salvation with fear and trembling...eternity is a long time to be wrong...
While I try not to judge the Bible does say a tree is known by its fruits...It is what is inside the tree that determines the fruit it bears.
Often we humans (me included) are so pronged to take things at first glance...If dress alone made someone holy all of us are surpassed by the moslem women and Catholic nuns of South America...
If a simple type life style made someone more holy that the one who drives the BMW then the godless indians of the jungles have it made for their life style is simple...If plain clothes makes a person holy then the old order Amish will sail on in without a problem...
If living in convents, communities, or whatever will save then we are losing our time....
However if becoming a follower of Jesus Christ will save us then that is a complete different story...
He gave us a lot of things to live by...Maybe we should begin with Matt. chapters 5, 6, and 7...
Maybe we should learn about love the greatest commandment of them all...for by love shall all men KNOW we are his disciples...
In His book he left us all guidelines...Study the New Testament...(not that the OT is not powerful) but the NT contains the plan for us today.
Well, I must go to a morning service....more later....
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I just have problems with the targeted marketing. Real problems.
There definitely are self-image problems that are propagated by marketing, etc. But it's not limited to makeup, and non-makeup-wearing Apostolic girls can be just as affected. Body shape, body size, hair, on and on. I think it's important to teach our daughters that they are beautiful just as they are, and that beauty in action is much more important than physical beauty.
But not all girls and women who wear makeup do so because of insecurity or poor self-image. I'd say that most don't. Most wear makeup for the same reason that they decorate their homes. They love beautiful things, and love to make things look beautiful. Tastefully done makeup can make a women look more put-together, just as a tastefully done hairstyle can. God is the one who designed women in this way, and I think it's wrong to make women feel condemned because they have a nature that loves to beautify things.
There definitely are self-image problems that are propagated by marketing, etc. But it's not limited to makeup, and non-makeup-wearing Apostolic girls can be just as affected. Body shape, body size, hair, on and on. I think it's important to teach our daughters that they are beautiful just as they are, and that beauty in action is much more important than physical beauty.
But not all girls and women who wear makeup do so because of insecurity or poor self-image. I'd say that most don't. Most wear makeup for the same reason that they decorate their homes. They love beautiful things, and love to make things look beautiful. Tastefully done makeup can make a women look more put-together, just as a tastefully done hairstyle can. God is the one who designed women in this way, and I think it's wrong to make women feel condemned because they have a nature that loves to beautify things.
And there are a LOT more scripture about makeup than against it (since there basically isn't a scripture against it).
Pel - I completely agree with what you are saying - - it's an image they are trying to sell. I appreciate Dove's (soap) videos they are showing in high schools - - well done and much needed!
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And there are a LOT more scripture about makeup than against it (since there basically isn't a scripture against it).
Pel - I completely agree with what you are saying - - it's an image they are trying to sell. I appreciate Dove's (soap) videos they are showing in high schools - - well done and much needed!
I was actually thinking about Jewelry also being spoken about in glowing terms in nearly every instance it is mentioned. And yet IT is banned by nearly every UC.
I was actually thinking about Jewelry also being spoken about in glowing terms in nearly every instance it is mentioned. And yet IT is banned by nearly every UC.
Doesn't make sense, does it?
They want to make sure they use the Deut. scripture against pants, but completely ignore all the emphasis on jewels throughout the Bible!
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Bro you are stricter than me, I do wear long sleeve pajamas .
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Why?
Mosquitoes?
I just wear a pair of purple pants tied at the waist with a rope. That way when I turn into The Hulk and jump through the window my muscles don't rip apart my expensive Armani suits.
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