Midterm Flashcards
What 2 things do all issues of holiness start with?
God is God and we are not. He is the creator and knows best.
Can we trust God has our best interests at heart and how do we know?
Yes. God’s track record.
List an example of God’s wisdom, in the Bible, blessing people beyond their knowledge.
Levitical law and how to treat the dead.
What is the gift of holiness and its purpose?
God intends for us to be saved from corruption of the world through lust.
What does Paul say in 1 Corinthians 10:11 about the OT examples?
They are for us
What does the Bible say colorful cosmetics are consistently tied to?
Harlotry
God’s women should wear colorful cosmetics
False
What should you always ask in conjunction when asking about women’s pants? “Are women’s pants or…”
Men’s Dresses
What does Deuteronomy 22 call mixing dress?
Abomination unto the Lord
Both men and women can wear garments that are functionally able to gird the loins.
False
What is the separation of the sexes as clear as?
The bathroom door
Can we find prescriptions against makeup and jewelry in the NT as well? If so, where?
Yes. 1 Peter 3:3-5.
What does the Bible show us?
That colorful cosmetics and jewelry are connected to
- Sin
- Apostasy
- Heathenism
List a Scripture that deals with separation of the sexes in dress
Deut. 22:5
Where is God’s opinion?
Scripture
In the article we looked at did the author try to use Hebrew to clarify or make ambiguous the meaning of Deut. 22:5?
make ambiguous
What other three sexual perversions are called an abomination?
Homosexuality, bestiality, and pedophilia.
There as been a translation that has translated Deut. 22:5 his way
False
What did girding the loins do and when was it used?
When they went to work and war. Pull back of the garment forward and tuck it into the front belt.
Priests wore breeches and women were not allowed to wear them
True
What did the later English word “britches” developed from this term, as did our modern concept of “pants”?
Breeches
Pants were worn exclusively by men for the first 5500 years of human history
False
The author of the article does not show a difference in dress that made of Deut. 22:5 that mattered at all, expect maybe armor
True
If we really want to know what God wants and what Scripture teaches, what must we not say?
“I think” and rely on it as God’s opinion. We must first name God’s opinion and then fight or disagree with it.