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04-11-2007, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ILG
Most people aren't that consistent. I took it very seriously. You either have to do it all the way, IMO, or view it different than it is actually preached. Now, I view the scriptures differently. I don't believe it is wrong to wear gold. I think it's wrong to preach against it and then wear it.
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That's right. I believe we should be consistent and I try my best to be consistent. I don't look at it as just a bunch of rules, but principle that we should live by. I want to please the Lord. I want to live for Him with all my heart, mind, strength and soul.
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04-11-2007, 06:05 PM
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Sister Alvear
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have not seen much gold or silver but have seen a LOT of costly array...
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04-11-2007, 06:05 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ILG
Most people aren't that consistent. I took it very seriously. You either have to do it all the way, IMO, or view it different than it is actually preached. Now, I view the scriptures differently. I don't believe it is wrong to wear gold. I think it's wrong to preach against it and then wear it.
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I remember my Daddy talking to a fellow minister once who preached against wearing gold...and pointing out the inconsistency at hand, with a very nice [silver or silver-looking] Rolex on his [the other guy's] wrist. 
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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04-11-2007, 06:05 PM
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Sister Alvear
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Balance is lacking in a lot of places...just my opinion...
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04-11-2007, 06:07 PM
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Sister Alvear
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I am afraid we have too much of a one sided veiw...and the church as a whole is so far removed from the early church...
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04-11-2007, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I remember my Daddy talking to a fellow minister once who preached against wearing gold...and pointing out the inconsistency at hand, with a very nice [silver or silver-looking] Rolex on his [the other guy's] wrist. |
That's why I don't wear a watch. I don't believe it a sin to wear a plain watch, but I want to be consistent.
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04-11-2007, 06:08 PM
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Sister Alvear
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I don't wear jewlery and most know that but at the same time I do not use costly array...After all if one part of it is literal the rest is also...
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04-11-2007, 06:10 PM
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Sister Alvear
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I have not worn a watch in many years...but at the same time I don't stand around watching who has one and who does not have one.
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04-11-2007, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear
I have not worn a watch in many years...but at the same time I don't stand around watching who has one and who does not have one.
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This is important...I respect those who live differently than I do...(well, I have a hard time with the unshaved legs...  ) ...but I dislike it when folks judge my spirituality based on whether or not I keep the same dress standard they do. I feel uncomfortable around folks who I know are looking, and judging me based on something as simple as a watch or a button or a sleeve length. I have no doubt I would feel very comfortable in your presence, Sis. Alvear. 
Of course, to a point, I can understand...but we all have differing views of what constitutes modesty and holiness and righteousness, and I think brotherly love ought to come into play somewhere.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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04-11-2007, 06:33 PM
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Hello AFF!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I remember my Daddy talking to a fellow minister once who preached against wearing gold...and pointing out the inconsistency at hand, with a very nice [silver or silver-looking] Rolex on his [the other guy's] wrist. |
I remember the First time I visited a new families home in Virginia.
They had been UPC before marriage.
There house was new, huge and very nice furnishings.
They also lived in another city other than the churches city *gasp* I thought.
I with my UPC attitude, I thought they were carnal.
Why???
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