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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49711
12/09/05 12:56 PM
12/09/05 12:56 PM
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Brazil
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Redfog,
In my opinion dressing in a special way doesn’t mean outward display (this applies specially to women), for our dress must be characterized by simplicity. But ideally people should notice by the style of our clothes that we are not just going shopping, or to the supermarket, or to a common place or activity. This would be easy in Brazil, even without wearing a suit; I don’t know in the U.S.
Another interesting quote says:
"All who meet upon the Sabbath to worship God should, if possible, have a neat, well-fitting, comely suit to wear in the house of worship. It is a dishonor to the Sabbath, and to God and his house, for those who profess that the Sabbath is the holy of the Lord, and honorable, to wear the same clothing upon the Sabbath that they have worn through the week while laboring upon their farms, when they can obtain other. If there are worthy persons who, with their whole heart would honor the Lord of the Sabbath, and the worship of God, and who cannot obtain a change of clothing, let those who are able, donate to such a Sabbath suit, that they may appear in the house of God with cleanly, fitting apparel. A greater uniformity in dress would be pleasing to God. Those who expend means on costly apparel and extra fixings, can by a little self-denial exemplify pure religion, by simplicity of clothing, and then use the means they have usually expended needlessly in aiding some poor brother or sister, whom God loves, to obtain neat and modest apparel." {2SM 474.2}
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49712
12/09/05 01:34 PM
12/09/05 01:34 PM
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Hi Rosangela, I especially appreciate your comments on simplicity of dress. I think this is important to both men and women. However there are those who see a contradiction between simplicity and dressing up.
It's an important point what Mrs. White says about the people not wearing the same thing to church that they wore on their farms. Our church was founded, in large part, by agricultural types (most people of course were farmers back in the day) and so therefore it would have been very important for them to dress differently to church. In this day and age many of our people basically dress the same way to church as they do to work. Because of the jobs they do in business there is no "dressing up" more than they do every day.
BTW Rosangela what part of Brazil are you from? My wife (then fiancée) spent a year there in 1980, both in Manaus and Brasilia.
Redfog
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49713
12/09/05 02:58 PM
12/09/05 02:58 PM
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When seeing someone wearing a suit, weekend aswell as weekday, the assumption is that the person is a buissnessman going about his/her work. I am only aware of a few different clothing styles that identifes a person as a christian. Those are the priest collar, the orthodox/catholic monk/nun dress, the Salvation Army uniform, and... no idea... Christians simply arent identifies by clothes around these parts and would have a hard time doing so by less than inventing a new dress code not found in general society. Jesus paints a few pictures about what we are to expect at the judgement in the secound comming and the only question relating to clothes is how we have clothed the naked. But as long as it is so much easier to look and point fingers at others and their taste/distaste in clothing...
Awaiting the day when people in church stops the judging of people, themselves and others, and starts to act out the faith of Jesus.
/Thomas
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49714
12/09/05 07:24 PM
12/09/05 07:24 PM
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Well there are certain groups, like the Amish that have their own way of dressing that really sets them apart from others, I'm not sure we want to, nor would there would be any need to go to those extremes in styles, either at church or in everyday life. It seems that the advice that Mrs. White gives, though general in nature, is as good as it gets. It is mostly up the person as to how they dress, as it should be.
Redfog
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49715
12/10/05 12:12 AM
12/10/05 12:12 AM
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Here it's a rare thing to see someone going to work on Saturdays (specially in those types of jobs which require people to be well dressed). Besides, generally the members of a family go together to church, then it's easy to see that they are not going to work. And, as I said, besides the style of your clothes you must also be carrying a Bible to be identified as a church member. Here in Brazil, when, on Sabbath mornings, we go to churches located in places where we have never been before, we generally start paying attention to passers-by, to see if there is someone dressed as if they were going to church, then we observe if they are carrying a Bible, and this often helps us locate the church.
Redfog, I'm now living in a city which is about six hours away from Brasilia, although I am from Sao Paulo.
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49716
12/10/05 02:25 AM
12/10/05 02:25 AM
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I never thought of that before (shows how observant I am) that on Sabbath morning it would be obvious that someone is not going to work but instead to church because their family is with them. I notice people on Sunday dressed up and without a doubt going to church I just never thought that people would be looking at us like that.
About 3 weeks ago my dear mother passed away and her funeral was on a Friday. I wondered at the time what people thought we were doing all dressed up with family members with us.
Redfog
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Re: Is Dressing Up For Church Really Necessary & Important?
#49717
12/10/05 02:29 PM
12/10/05 02:29 PM
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Hoping everyone is all dressed up and ready for church this morning. Have a Happy Sabbath ya'll.
Redfog
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