"Come as you are" refers to our condition as sinners, not our attire.
There are different ways to look at our dress. In the days of the early Christian church people normally had one set of clothes, a robe, which they wore everywhere for every event. When Jesus sent His Apostles out to preach the Good News to the world He instructed then to take nothing with them, not even an extra shirt, or jacket, or change of clothes. That implies that they wore their Levi's, or jeans, or whatever, in and out of the synagogues or wherever they went.
The other way of looking at it was presented to me by my Mom. She felt that going to church was equal to going to visit the King of the universe. She said if you had an invitation to visit the president at the White House, or the Queen of England, wouldn't you show your respect by wearing the best that you have? Shouldn't we show the same respect to the King of the universe when we visit Him in His house?
I feel like it's a personal issue, that each of us should decide for ourselves.
I sometimes dress casual just to make a statement to new members and visitors so they feel comfortable even if they don't have fancy clothes.
while i always appropriate lots of details, church is just a stupid fad. religion is supposed to be between you and your mistranslated and extremely outdated bible 99 percent authored by satan himself to confuse people and make god look bad. jesus said "when you pray, dont make a big show of it like the hypocrites in the churches."
Isn't it normal to, "Come as you are" ?
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"Come as you are" refers to our condition as sinners, not our attire.
There are different ways to look at our dress. In the days of the early Christian church people normally had one set of clothes, a robe, which they wore everywhere for every event. When Jesus sent His Apostles out to preach the Good News to the world He instructed then to take nothing with them, not even an extra shirt, or jacket, or change of clothes. That implies that they wore their Levi's, or jeans, or whatever, in and out of the synagogues or wherever they went.
The other way of looking at it was presented to me by my Mom. She felt that going to church was equal to going to visit the King of the universe. She said if you had an invitation to visit the president at the White House, or the Queen of England, wouldn't you show your respect by wearing the best that you have? Shouldn't we show the same respect to the King of the universe when we visit Him in His house?
I feel like it's a personal issue, that each of us should decide for ourselves.
I sometimes dress casual just to make a statement to new members and visitors so they feel comfortable even if they don't have fancy clothes.
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while i always appropriate lots of details, church is just a stupid fad. religion is supposed to be between you and your mistranslated and extremely outdated bible 99 percent authored by satan himself to confuse people and make god look bad. jesus said "when you pray, dont make a big show of it like the hypocrites in the churches."