Legalists often judge marriages of others based on their own understanding of submission that is not Biblical. They threaten husbands who do not oppress their wives as well as placing pressure on women to be non-entities, non-thinkers. I have been in these oppressive environments with arrogant self righteous people, they have no joy and the love is not God's love, it is only acceptance if one follows their dress code or perfection according to them.
Many in these gatherings are obeying the rules but it is not an indication of holiness or righteousness. One lady told me she was so happy that people stopped her on the street to ask her to pray for them because of the way she was dressed. She was proud of this, and yet that same woman was divorced and remarried in violation of God's Word. The outer appearance takes center stage over the inner heart condition.
Legalists often spend more time assessing others than they do evaluating their own heart. After all, if they do all the right things according to their cult, on the outside, they can easily hide what is going on inside.
Beware of trusting someone merely because of their style of dress, it can be a smoke screen, hiding the real them. The Holy Spirit can help us discern the spirit of a person, we must not accept someone merely because of their outward appearance.
Matthew 23:26-28 "…26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every impurity. 28 In the same way, you appear to be righteous on the outside, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.…"
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