Long hair on men

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A Nazarite vowed a vow either man or woman in number 6:2 and to not touch head with the razor and not drink wine nor strong drink or anything of the vine or grape. and this is a type of christ and his blood. and we use this type in communion with grape wine being his blood. But I see the hair as the type of the covering for them. Now Christ told us in the Grace Covenant not to swear. Matt. 5:33-34 and Christ was not a nazarite because John came not eating and drinking wine but christ came eating and drinking. Is long hair a sin well anything we do with out faith is sin. So if its against the word of God for us than that shame is sin and if man's head is christ and he shames his head then he shames Christ and i say that is a sin. and a woman is to have long for a covering their is a teaching in I Cor. Ch 11. Man a type of the groom (Christ) needs not a covering but the woman a type of the bride (church) needs a covering the Church is covered in the Blood of Christ. that is the type I see in this teaching, Also the woman is given power on her head for this because of the angels. my group of Churches always practiced this, kept it up when society changed and the churches followed shortly after, but we have tried (or the brothren that came before me any how)to keep what sayeth the word of God. It may not be a big deal to you but I study the bible not to please my self as much as God I try not to rip none of the scriptures out. so please read Ch 11 and see if Paul is just waisting the Church at Corinth's time and giving them something not inspired of God. the apostles are part of the foundation of the Church with Christ the Chief coner stone. It is to us. then some will say well in verse 16 it says if any man seems to be contentious, we have no such custom. and go to say so don't make an issue of it but Romans 2:8 says But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. so I don't believe i am being contentious i am trying to obey what sayeth the word of God and i say this in love not spite. and i am not saying your not a child of God if you don't do these things but if you are a child of God you should do these things. Like Christ said if you love me keep my commandments. .....

 

Don't you just love these threads that wind up splitting hairs? :smilewinkgrin:

Re: Pictures of Jesus.

No one today really knows what Jesus looked like, but if the following passages are prophecies of Christ, then apparently:

1) He was not very handsome (Most pictures of Christ tend to portray His apppearance as handsome.), cf. Isaiah 53:2.

2) He had a beard, cf. Isaiah 50:6 & Lamentations 3:30.

(But I guess at least #2 is the subject for some other thread.)

 

Sorry, this thread makes me laugh - I should start one about women and short hair :laugh: :smilewinkgrin: :tongue3:

 

Ya I don't know what Paul was thinking in I Cor. Ch. 11, I just believe it and that probably makes me a religous nut. but we know the wisdom of God is foolish to the world and the wisdom of the world is foolish to God.

 

1Cr 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.

1Cr 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for [her] hair is given her for a covering.

I was not tyring to make light of Gods wants for us, just sometimes, to me, things get blown way out of proportin.

I do believe a man should have short hair and a woman with long hair, vanity keeps people from doing as such because another style may look better on them. Is this right, probably not. But God knows what is in the heart of all men and women.

Someone said earlier that we are splitting hairs :laugh: I think it is true to some extent :smilewinkgrin:

God bless everyone :Fish:

 

Oh I read your caption on the bottom and thought your were referring to me being a relgious nut. I thought you typed it for your response. but you did laugh because i was a little to serious on the topic. but my wife keeps long hair and my daughter and we catch alot of grief for it from friends and some family. so to be the odd balls I guess is not as bad as to endure as the christians who lost their lives for what they believed as they did in the past as well as in the present and I am sure probably in the future. But I agree with you it says God is a heart searcher and all things are naked and open before him thats why in I Cor. 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head..... So God knows the intent of the heart and the word ought is used there.

 

After reading all these pages, I have to agree with the ones that say the unsaved don't care about the length of a Christian's hair. I know that I did not care about hair length. What I did care about was if they did what they said or were they hypocrites(sp?) saying one thing and then doing somethings else. Jesus said that by your love for each other they will know that you are my disciples - he did not say by the length of your hair...

 

Yes TC but we are to follow all teachings of the bible. thats one point, by your love for one another they shall know your my disciples. when I use the word ought. I didn't use it as she ought to have long hair but that she ought to have power on her head because of the angels. But if some one thinks they are better than some one else or does not love her sisters and brothers and thinks she justified by it rather than the Faith of Jesus Christ than she doing it for the wrong reasons. I think a man that loves the Lord should obey what sayeth the word of God or least to the best he understands.
I John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
How do we know we love the brethern? I John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. What did Christ say ? Gospel of John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

 

my hair is at least 4 inches long all around.. maybe more even.

is there something wrong with this?

 

And let's not forget the man who lets his hair grow long but yet combs it back.

His hair is still long, but as long as he combs it a certain way, you couldn't tell it by looking at him.

Actually, this whole thread seems to be rather hair-brained to me!! :laugh: :laugh:

 

James 1:5 If any lack wisdom, let him ask of God,

My advice would be study Chapter 11 of I Corinthians and pray unto the Lord for understanding.

I John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

also I consider I Corinthians 8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.

Sometimes I think a Church just has to come to some common ground where it stands on the scripture.

But if your mind is made up already then its hard to ask God to lead you.

 

having long hair is not a sin. its not a commandment to not have long hair. so its not sin.

it is a shame to have long hair. yes. then those with long hair will have a bit of shame on them.

i dont consider my hair to be long. having either long or short hair is not going to effect the process of salvation.

 

Personally I think long hair on guys is disgusting, but the only place in the Bible that there was men that had long hair and for a while anyways were in favour with God were Nazarites. (sp) Like Samson.

 

cailosa - what is considered "long" for you on guys?

im going to try and get a picture of my hair and put it on here. and then it can be decided whether my hair is long or not...

lol

 

wow, this thread takes me back to the mid to late 60's and the ridiculous standards for hair length: it's too long if it touched the ears or the collar.:laugh:

 

My definition, and that of most women that I know, of long hair is past the collar or hanging over the ears. Some men can have longer (past that length) hair and it still looks masculine and good. But for most men anything past the collar and ears looks feminine.

I think the Bibles definition of long, is just so long as it isn't feminine, you don't need a guy who looks half girl because of his hair length.

 

I haven't read this entire thread, but it should be a sin to still wear a mullet!

 

Whats a mullet again I forget! I know I don't like it but I canna rememeber what one looks like. :laugh:

 

"business up front and a party in the back". Translation: short on top and sides, long in the back. If you forgot what they look like, just watch a NHL hockey game...:laugh:

 

ewwww now I remember.... so way 90's.............. :tongue3: