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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 12:20 AM
10/07/05 12:20 AM
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"Many need instruction as to how they should appear in the assembly for worship on the Sabbath. They are not to enter the presence of God in the common clothing worn during the week. All should have a special Sabbath suit, to be worn when attending service in God's house. While we should not conform to worldly fashions, we are not to be indifferent in regard to our outward appearance. We are to be neat and trim, though without adornment. The children of God should be pure within and without."
{6T 355.2}
That testimony is sufficiently plain, seems to me. The only question is, do we obey it or not.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 01:22 AM
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Part of the quote John provided says, "They are not to enter the presence of God in the common clothing worn during the week. All should have a special Sabbath suit, to be worn when attending service in God's house."
What then is the common clothing?
What especially is a special Sabbath suit?
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 01:59 AM
10/07/05 01:59 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by Daryl Fawcett:
What then is the common clothing ?
Clothing worn during the week.
quote:
Originally posted by Daryl Fawcett:
What especially is a special Sabbath suit?
A particular set of clothing designated solely for use on Sabbath for church.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 03:21 AM
10/07/05 03:21 AM
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So if you have more than one suit, you can't wear more than one on Sabbath? And if you wear one on Sabbath, you can't wear it on any other occasion, even if you only have one?
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 03:49 AM
10/07/05 03:49 AM
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I imagine you could ware different ones, but they would need to be ones set aside for Sabbath. For your other situation, I guess you would have to decide what is more important: meeting with God or some other event.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49656
10/07/05 03:52 AM
10/07/05 03:52 AM
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There are those who in their jobs must dress up with suit, tie and wing tips. They can't get much more dressed up than that. On the otherhand someone who is a farmer, beekeeper or construction worker does not have to dress up very much to be better dressed than during the week.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 04:24 AM
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I do not think that Ellen White was saying that we need a Tux; she seems to be advocating something that is special for church. Therefore, someone who dresses up for work would not need to find something more dressy, just something special for church.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/07/05 07:46 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by John H.:
We are to be neat and trim, though without adornment. The children of God should be pure within and without."
{6T 355.2}
That testimony is sufficiently plain, seems to me. The only question is, do we obey it or not. [/QB]
Another part of Johns quote, which somehow seems to be less often appealed to. There goes the tie again. ![[Big Grin]](images/icons/grin.gif)
/Thomas
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
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10/08/05 03:33 AM
10/08/05 03:33 AM
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I asked in an earlier post: What especially is a special Sabbath suit?
I received the following response from Dave Hoover: A particular set of clothing designated solely for use on Sabbath for church.
Could that be clothing set aside for Sabbath use that isn't necessarily a suit for a man and a dress for a woman?
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