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Bro. Dave responds:

>>Sister Kathy:

>>There are other groups out there that have the same exact dress code
>>standards as Pentecostal women. Certain Quakers and German Baptists
wear =
>>the
>>long dresses and no make-up.=20

If these women, who are not living in the truth, can uphold standards of
modest dress, no make-up, no jewelry, etc...How much more should we as
Apostolics uphold these standards??  

>>I really believe that in order to project a witness to the lost is to
sho=
>>w
>>them a "Living Jesus." Evangelist Jesse Duplantis preached a message at
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>>ur
>>church entitled "Is Your Jesus Dead?" He spoke that it is the Fruits of
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>>he
>>Spirit that are portrayed in the life of a Born Again Believer that
shows=
>> a
>>living witness. I'm sure we have seen individuals that look and dress
"ho=
>>ly"
>>but have bad attitudes. This is not holiness.=20

I agree that one cannot live by dress code alone, but our outward
appearance IS part of our witness.  I cannot begin to tell you how many
times that I've been asked if I was an Apostolic.  This usually leads
into a situation that enables me to witness to this person, where I,
being on the shy side, might not have done so of my own accord.

>>You see, man looks on the outward appearance (this is not the true
witnes=
>>s
>>although appropriate dress is important) but God looks at the heart,
and
>>that is what the world is looking at.

How can the world look at our hearts??

>> It's the livi=
>>ng
>>Jesus inside of us that the world needs.

Again, I say...How will the world know we have Jesus on the inside, If on
the outside we look just like the world?

By the way,  I'm not saying that I expect a new convert to automatically
give these things up.  The bible likens new converts to "babes in
Christ", if I remember correctly.  Having a new baby myself, it is easy
to see that he would have little understanding if I told him "Riley, now
that you have been born, you need to take care of yourself, I will no
longer guide you or nourish you."  In today's world, I would be charged
with neglect(and rightfully so!), and my child would be taken away from
me.  What a difference we would see in our churches if this law applied
to "babes in Christ"!!!  While one cannot force standards of holiness
down a new converts throat, we, as elders in Christ, need to be seen as
examples.( I use the word elder only to imply being around in this thing
longer than the said new convert)=)

Finally, in closing,it is my humble woman's opinion that a "little bit of
make-up" is just the beginning of one's compromise.  Will the next step
be cutting off just a "little bit" of hair, watching just a "little bit"
of T.V., drinking just a "little bit" of alcohol, etc., etc., etc...

Kathy (Gonna go now that I've really ruffled some feathers) Barnett
kathrynsbarnett@juno.com