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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Evidence of one under the control of the Holy Spirit will reflect balance. True dress reform, says Pastor Flemons, promotes the balance of outward and inward adornment. That means that the outward adornment will reflect the inward adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, according to 1 Peter 3:3 and 4. …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Pastor Flemons shared with us how God must feel about colorful cosmetics, jewelry, and flashy clothes. Using passages of Scripture in Revelation, he says we can get clues. As we learned already, the Bible has coded language that will refer to the church as Zion and a woman. (See Jeremiah 6:2; …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Pastor Flemons, as promised, discussed the adornment of Christians from the perspective of the New Testament. The Apostle Paul, in his first letter to his spiritual son Timothy, laid out the principle of dress for Christians. Women are to “adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake It is no news that messages about ourselves and the way that we think or believe and the causes that we support are embedded in the way that we dress. It is common practice to dress according to the code of various corporations, sports organizations, or social clubs. Christianity too has …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake The Thanksgiving morning broadcast featured testimonies of various listeners and FaceBook viewers. One listener, who couldn’t be on live, texted his testimony, which was read aloud. One FB viewer, who also may be the newest, Deborah Swart, lives as far away as the Netherlands! She is thankful for just being alive. …
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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Questions have been circulating around reasons to and reasons not to celebrate Thanksgiving. Statements opposing the celebration of Thanksgiving contend that current thoughts on celebrating it have been based on fiction. Pastor Flemons, therefore, consulted reliable inspirational sources for answers: the Bible and Ellen G. White. He shared his findings that …
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Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Isaiah 3 and 4 discuss the state and attitude of God’s so-called people, especially in the last days. Isaiah 4 describes what God will do in response. Verse 4 of Isaiah 4 refers to a cleansing of filth by judgment. The filth, says Pastor Flemons, includes the wearing of jewelry as …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Isaiah 3 has special relevance to these last days. And Pastor Flemons did a verse-by-verse talk of how Isaiah 3, especially shows that church members in the last days would indeed wear colorful cosmetics, jewelry, and flashy clothes. It also shows that the liturgy of the church would change to accommodate …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Jezebel, daughter of the high priest of Baal, was a specialist in seduction. She was known as one who painted her face and whose witchcrafts were many. Known also for her whoredoms, Jezebel seduced and married Ahab, the king of Israel, who was already weak in moral power. But through the influence of …
Worship: For Heaven’s Sake Pastor Flemons discussed the dual application Revelation 12 and of Ezekiel 28:12-19. The passage in Ezekiel not only refers to the king of Tyrus but to Lucifer, or Satan before he sinned. The passage shows that Lucifer, the perfect covering cherub, allowed the wearing of jewelry to develop an attitude of …