should women wear dresses/skirts all the time

[donnA]

Originally posted by I Am Blessed 16:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> But, the lady wearing dresses may be able to maintain a closer walk with God by wearing dresses than she could if she wore pants.

Operative word in this paragraph is "may"... </font>[/QUOTE]thjat is not the part that is unclear. What is unclear is that some of what he claims to mean is not in the post above it.
Sucah as

Again, I am saying that if you feel like the Lord would have you give up wearing pants and you obey His leading, you personally will be closer to Him than if you didn't obey Him. It has nothing to do with anyone else. I'm sorry, but I can't make myself any clearer than this.

 

[patrioticcamerican]

I wear skirts/jumpers/culottes/dresses, but I don't automatically assume that someone who is wearing pants is not spiritual.

 

[Thankful]

Perhaps, we should omit dresses and pants and say,

If God convicts a Christian to do something, then that Christian should obey Him and by obeying Him, the Christian will be walking closer to God.

 

[Pastor_Bob]

Originally posted by donnA:
What is your opinion of a woman who wears pants and God has NOT told them to give up wearing pants?

I pastor several such women. I also pastor several women who have given up wearing pants. I love them all. I do not categorize the ladies in the church into "pants" and "non-pants" groups.

 

[Plain Old Bill]

So is that kind of thinking just common sense or is it heretical? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[I Am Blessed 24]

I also pastor several women who have given up wearing pants. I love them all.

OOPS!

 

[Scarlett O.]

Originally posted by I Am Blessed 16:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr /> I also pastor several women who have given up wearing pants. I love them all.

OOPS!

</font>[/QUOTE]I can't...I can't..br..br...breathe!!!!

Peace-

YSIC
Scarlett O.
&lt;&gt;&lt;

 

[I Am Blessed 24]

I couldn't help it Pastor_Bob. The devil made me do it.

Oh well, at least it lightened the thread up.

I love you!

Mom

 

[Ed Edwards]

A tender moment on a pants/skirt thread
-- miracles still happen!

Hey! dear wife Thankful:

 

[GrannyGumbo]

Mom picks at her preacher-son with love, and broEdEd is mushy-mushy with his dear wife...my'o'my, what a life this is! I love you guys!

 

[Pastor_Bob]

Kinda makes you want to have a cyber group-hug doesn't it.

Seriously though, as a pastor, I have to do my best to bring my people to the closest walk with God possible. That is why I preach separation (II Cor. 6:17), that is why I preach holy living (I Peter 1:15), that is why I encourage our folks to make decisions for the Lord and stick to them (II Thess 2:15).

BTW, I have been here at this church for 4 1/2 years now. I have not preached one message dedicated to the subject of women wearing pants. I have preached a few times on the principle of modesty (I Tim. 2:9).

 

[dcorbett]

modesty is a good lesson. I wear pants, not to services, but as I have said before, I feel no sort of a conviction NOT to wear pants. I grew up wearing pants, my Mother, who was a Deacon's wife, wore pants, and I see nothing wrong with pants (I do not wear pants to services, remember). Nothing in the Bible about pants on women. So I am fine with it. I am NOT a legalist, I am saved by grace. There are bigger fish to fry in the pond of the unbelievers.

 

[Barbara R.]

Wow! All of you have so much insight on this subject and I thank you for your continued replies!

 

[Christlifter]

My wife says she should just wear baggy clothes of any cut to hide her lower body and upper body from being oogled (as much as can be hidden) Tight clothes; Shirt, Skirt, Pants, whatever....Defeat the purpose. Maybe we could take a message from the Arabs about modesty.

 

[Ishouldbhappy]

A dress does not change your relationship with Christ. It is not about if you have on pants or a dress. It is about you and him and what he wants you to do not what someone else thinks. Do what Christ leads you to do.
In him Kristen

 

[RockRambler]

I know as a teenager back in the 70s, us guys preferred to date girls that went to churches that required them to wear dresses and skirts all the time....so it might not be the best idea in the world!!!!

 

[Gold Dragon]

In Scotland, women who wear pants are more spiritual.

 

[Paul33]

Yes. Women should wear dresses all the time. Never take them off. Absolutely never. And the truly spiritual men will wear robes all the time, just like in the Bible days, or like spiritual Muslims do today in Arab countries. Just think how much more spiritual we would all be if we wore dresses and robes, preferably white, all the time.

 

[gb93433]

White washed tombs look better on the outside than those that are not painted.

 

[Marcia]

Originally posted by Paul33:
Yes. Women should wear dresses all the time. Never take them off. Absolutely never. And the truly spiritual men will wear robes all the time, just like in the Bible days, or like spiritual Muslims do today in Arab countries. Just think how much more spiritual we would all be if we wore dresses and robes, preferably white, all the time.

I knew there was a reason I'm so spiritual! I hardly ever wear pants!