? on rings

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At 01:43 PM 8/5/96 -0500, you wrote:
>I had a discussion recently with a few saints from another
>UPCI church nearby to the one I attend.  We got on the topic of standards
>and that led to the question to me, "does your pastor allow 
>the wearing of wedding rings?"  I said yes..and then backed it
>up with the thought that in todays society, you have to have
>something there to show that you are married.  There reply was
>if you let the wedding ring become ok, then you could justify a 
>mothers ring, class ring, etc.  
>I am curious to see what other UPCI members and their churches 
>believe and then why they believe that?
>My personal belief is that the wedding ring is not wrong as
>long as it does not bring attention to yourself.
>
>C.Sterrett
>sterrett@juno.com
>
>Apostolic Bible Church
>acts2.38@juno.com
>

   Something that should be considered  in the issue of wearing a ring, is
that the Father in the story of the prodigal son gave the returning son a
ring as a sign of his reconciliation and restoration. The father in this
story represents our Heavenly Father, and I cannot picture Jesus using an
illustration of our Heavenly Father doing something that is against his
word. If a ring is sinful then the Father would not have
given his son a ring in this story. 
   
In Christ, 
Todd Rosel