Some of the standards preached among extreme separatist movements today are: no cowboy boots, lipstick, wire-rimmed glasses, tassel shoes, slacks on women, hollow figurines (demons inhabit them), high heels, television, walking shorts, and on and on it goes.
They have been taught, “Thus saith the Lord,” when there is no Lord in these taboos.
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You have perceived and described something very interesting. What is magnified and promoted by these organizations is an IMAGE of scripture, a counterfeit IDOL THEY call "the Bible" (which is NOT the Bible). This idol hides in plain sight!
In order to sustain enough of an income to support their business, they must appeal to an audience that is on the wide path to destruction (Matthew 7:13). Thus their system must be of the flesh and definitely not spiritual. Their audience and business cannot tolerate TRUTH. There is no place for it.
1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. (ESV)
AMEN!!!
Yes, they most certainly do.
How these requirements cause division.
I’ve been reading for a while. I share this voice.
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They have been taught, “Thus saith the Lord,” when there is no Lord in these taboos.
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You have perceived and described something very interesting. What is magnified and promoted by these organizations is an IMAGE of scripture, a counterfeit IDOL THEY call "the Bible" (which is NOT the Bible). This idol hides in plain sight!
In order to sustain enough of an income to support their business, they must appeal to an audience that is on the wide path to destruction (Matthew 7:13). Thus their system must be of the flesh and definitely not spiritual. Their audience and business cannot tolerate TRUTH. There is no place for it.
1 Corinthians 2:14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. (ESV)
Outstanding, Dad.