should women wear dresses/skirts all the time

It's there C4K, it's the word for "apparel".

HankD

 

Got it - I see that now.

It is an interesting use of the word to say that it applies to a woman's dress. The meaning of the word is simply a "letting down". The Vulgate used the word habitus and I assume that is where the Catholic church came up with the idea of a nin's habit.

In general usage the word seems to have been used for the flowing robes worn by royalty.

Very interesting thought joyfulkeeper. Worth more research - thank you.

My first thought is that kosmias katastole refers to adornment which is harmonious with an inner spirit which reflects "shamefacedness and sobriety," an not necessarily a particular type of garment.

 

well thank you Dr. Bob....you've never called me dumb before now. I appreciate you having held off for so long.

 

Baptistgal! READING is fundamental. NOTICE Dr. Bob said HIS WIFE will be wearing the dress next week when he preaches to the farmers wives!

Chill girl! He's teasing about his wife!

 

Thanks TaterTot!!! You always have such kind words for everyone, no matter what their stance.

What I find funny is the fact that a lot of people have quoted me as saying, "The people I fellowship with interpret this as saying, 'A woman should not wear the clothes of a man and likewise a man should not wear a woman's garment.' Many people will interpret is differently though."

Note the part where I said, people I fellowship with interpret this. Everyone that has tried to pop back with their opinion is only attacking some of the people I fellowship with. They obviously think that is my staunch opinion. I never said that. All I tried to do was state the verse that I have been told the most. I automatically got nailed and the whole time I kept saying it was by conviction that I wear dresses...NOT BECAUSE OF THE VERSE!!!

 

Agree 100% Dr. Bob!

1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."

 

Wonderful choices of scripture Dr. Bob and Diane!!!

 

Maybe because many of us have at least one story we could tell where a someone was discouraged by legalistic standards on dress that were much harsher than FBCPastorswife's.

The former pastor's wife went hot and heavy on Deut 22/wear dresses with several of the young women in our church. One couple left and we are still trying to get them back even months after the last pastor left. Another lady was excited and growing in the Lord until she started being badgered about wearing pants by the pastor's wife... She became very discouraged and still hasn't renewed the zeal she once had for the Lord.

People are personally responsible. However, when a supposed leader among the ladies starts hammering this issue, weaker Christians can be unnecessarily discouraged.

 

Dr. Bob and Diane, right on target! Thanks!

 

Do all the no-pants crowd also have "battlements" on their roofs of their homes (Deut 22:8) so no one falls off. If not they need to go home, repent, and build those battlements.

If you're needing to be legalistic you need to see it all the way through.

My wife wears what is appropriate for her activity.

 

They're wrong. Women are scripturally free to wear whatever they like, so long as it is respectful to one's body. Same goes with men.

 

This is about the third time someone has brought up this type of thing and it is about the weakest argument that could be made. Please read the passage. Verse 5 says to violate its teaching is abomination to the LORD. The other verses don't. Anything that ever was an abomination to God still is - He never changes. So whatever verse 5 teaches, it still applies today. So what does it teach?

 

The word "legalistic" has been thrown around pretty freely in this discussion, too. How childish to hurl invectives rather than argue Biblically and logically. Just because a person or church has a particular standard does not mean they are legalistic. They are legalistic only if they teach that one's standing before God is dependent on some human effort, whatever that may be.

 

Then we need to refrain from eating pork, and we should never sit in a chair that a menstruating woman has just sat in.

 

You missed it, John. The Bible does not say those things are an abomination to God, but to the Jews. Does God change?

 

Yep, I agree, PastorGreg. I find it difficult calling something "legalistic" if that person truly believes that it is a conviction of the Holy Spirit. Personally, I would be afraid to attribute the work of the Holy Spirit to that which is unholy.

 

Legalistic is when YOUR "Interpretation" becomes my rule.

I have been to a church where an AWANA mother was asked to leave because she wore pants. That, my friend, is legalism.