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t WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS Logsdon and Alane Cardinal. (Alane A.M. Obey the Government or God? We are thankful for your visit with sent a letter to the Ladies Bible Class. P.M. Q & A. It can be seen on the bulletin board.) IN THE MILITARY: us. Please fill out a visitor card so we Keith Pilgrim and will have a record of your visit. Let’s thank the Lord for the improved health of several of our number. Trevor Reed. SUIT AND TIE SUNDAY with such reverence. I recall knowing that it took more than just rolling out of bed for these men to arrive for worship dressed that way. (WHAT DO YOU WEAR TO WORSHIP? DOES IT MATTER? Are you required to wear a suit and tie on Sunday? No. But is there a dress code for DOES GOD CARE? tls) worship? Yes. You wear what a Christian would wear. You wear what you would wear in the presence of Jesus. You give your best. You do not distract others. You wear a I recently conducted two separate funerals for two men I greatly admire. There are smile. You wear an attitude of reverence and humility and awe and thankfulness and many things these men have in common. They both lived past their 90th year. They adoration for God. were both very faithful Christians. They both came to worship every time the doors were open. They both were great Christian patriarchs. And finally, they both always You don’t just wear these things because these are the right things to wear. You wear wore a suit and tie. them because these are the things a holy and righteous and loving and saving God deserves. We live in a culture that hates tradition, especially if it is a tradition tied to anything having to do with the church. The new generation is so bent against tradition that “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine now even musical instruments, the woman’s role, and yes, homosexuality, are increase:” Proverbs 3:9. considered as subjects that have been in the past decided on tradition rather than on (Jeremiah Tatum – Cookeville, TN) Scripture. So when it comes to what we wear to worship, forget about it! It is hardly considered anymore. Most people would just say wear whatever you want – it is not about what is on the outside – it is what is on the inside that counts. (This is already what some of you are saying to yourself as you begin to read this article). REALITY CHECK

Now before I sound, may I say it, like your grandmother, will you please give me the “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and benefit of the doubt? Would we ever judge a person who enters the assembly by their glorify your Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 5:16). clothing? I hope not. I have read James 2. Would we also be concerned with people putting on airs or making a public display of their wealth? Certainly. I have also read If we were to video tape ourselves for a day, would the viewing of that tape be 1 Peter 3. Would we ever bind what God has not bound? Never. Again, I have read consistent with how we perceived ourselves? Watching the tape allows us to see Matthew 15. And yet we cannot just say that the outside does not matter. What is on ourselves as others and God see us. In the final analysis, it matters not what we the outside does matter to some degree, because it can reflect a great deal about what may think of ourselves or what others may think of us; what really matters is is present on the inside. how we appear to God. The reality is that God sees us the way we actually are, in thought and action. May we so live that a video of ourselves would portray a life When I saw these two men in worship every Sunday, what they wore spoke to me. pleasing to God. Their attire told me they felt like an appointment with God was a suit and tie occasion. They showed me without a word that God deserved their best. They “But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's exemplified grace, holiness, and purity. They did not dress-down for an approach to judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am the throne. They came as if the president were at the table. They happily agreed I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 4:3-4). within their hearts that the outside was going to reflect what they intended to offer to (Adapted) God from within. They also understood that they were not by their clothing going to draw attention from others to themselves and away from God. I cannot tell you that I remember the color of their suits and ties. I truly don’t recall even one, in particular. But I do remember seeing that they were gentlemen. I do recall thinking that they were serious. I do remember that I was honored to be worshiping with men who loved the Lord so much that they would come before Him