If a Church of God bishop’s wife is all decked out in make up and arrayed in costly jewelry what does that say about the bishop’s heart? What message is she sending to her denomination?
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If a Church of God bishop’s wife is all decked out in make up and arrayed in costly jewelry what does that say about the bishop’s heart? What message is she sending to her denomination?
nothing. may i ask why you are so hung up on this?
I am arriving at a disbelief of the CoG heart holiness.
I’m seeing a lot of rebellion manifested in the CoG bishop’s wives.
no doubt about that. but i doubt it has much to do with how they dress. lack of support, study, marital problems etc may be a bigger issue than jewelry. however i know an elder minister who is very ‘old school” and so is his wife. but shes a gossip. probably less holy that the pastors wife who wears pants but is devout
the Holiest couple that i ever met was my overseer and his wife, Bro. and Sis Hunt…always nice and helpful , encouraged my ministry and help me whenever i called with questions or problems
The issue here is that many of us, including Charles Page, belonged to the Church of God when for some 100 years the Church of God took a very strong stand against the wearing of jewelry, even to the point where it was a test of membership. And there were many scripture references stated for such. Then all of a sudden thirty years ago, all of the Practical Teachings were done away. And those people who have joined the Church of God in the last thirty years do not have the faintest idea of what the Church of God was like. Dr Ray H Hughes’ book, “Church of God Distinctives” is certainly irrelevant in this modern day and no longer applies.
What is she’s slightly decked out but sportin lots of plastic surgery?
i am very familiar with the practical commitments. some of them condemn things not condemned by scripture. you and i both know that many people enforced ideology as if it came from God’s mouth and that to me is wrong. no matter how nostalgic it may feel
Regardless of their behavior, I continue to preach holiness from the heart and modesty in behavior..
I preach holiness and modesty. Both inside and out.
Holiness of the heart and living a holy lifestyle pleasing to God. Modesty in behavior and modesty in attire.
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Agree modesty should be preached but lets let the holy Spirit Convict on the lines to be drawn. When people start creating rules to govern the noisy is when we’ve crossed the line. I’d the great had been changed it won’t take long for the Holy Spirit to convict then about cleavage etc
I agree. But we can’t ignore scripture.
What do you mean
1 Timothy chapter 2 and 1 Peter chapter 3 pretty much sum it up.
The problem now is fulfillment of prophecy. No difference between the profane and Holy, We MUST maintain standards in keeping with scripture, or the Spirit of licentiousness will prevail until there remains no standards. God still DEMAND ‘holiness without which no man shall see God’. That said, we should be careful not to make a personal conviction an imposed doctrine. Keep scriptural requirements clear, and personal guidance identified accordingly.
How can we just skip over these 2 passages of scripture?
I would think there are more important things to discuss
No doubt
true holiness is reflected in externals!!!
Did the power come from a lack of microwaves? Or the prayer and consecration that is lacking nowadays
Your question does not say anything about church.