Covered or Uncovered

On another thread there was a discussion concerning the women's covering in the church gathering.

The misunderstanding that the hair is the covering was propagated by those who wanted to follow the fashions. There are two words in the Scriptures, in 1 Corinthians 11, one is the very nature of the woman's hair as her covering the other one is a veil that God commanded the women to wear over her hair when she prays and prophesies in the gathering.

When Paul said "we have no such custom", as has also been misunderstood to fit with the culture, does not say that in the original language. In the Greek that phrase says; "we have no other custom of being contentious about this, all the churches do it."

All the churches practiced the covering up until about the 1960's, the women wore hats to be more fashionable and probably didn't know what the tradition meant or where it came from. My mother didn't know the Bible but she wore a hat to church. The men NEVER were caught in church with a hat on, they took it off when they entered, but they too didn't know why, they thought it was just respect. IF the hair were the covering then the men would have to shave their heads to comply with Scripture.  The uncovered for the men in these passages means he is not to have a covering over his head.

In 1 Corinthians 11 the men are commanded to be uncovered, that's why the men took off their hats. However, just as the women lost the meaning of the covering so did the men lose the meaning of the uncovering.

We can see what happens when Bible schools and seminaries attempt to be "relevant" to the times, they begin changing the actual text to say what it does not say. Now we have two generations of people who do not practice the covering because they have been taught the wrong things.

God said that the covering for the woman was to show that she is under the headship of her husband and for the sake of the angels. We are teaching the angels by our conduct. The covering was not just a practice of the time, it was a command of God for all the churches until the end of the age. We know this because in the same passages it calls for the women being submissive to their own husbands. Was that for back then too? No, everything written in that passage was for all time until the end of the age.

When traditions are not backed up by the Bible, they float away gradually because of the changing culture.

Far too many believers listen to teachers instead of seeking God for truth.

Please do not come to argue about this point, just go to prayer and ask God. I cannot be changed and I want no contention on this matter here.

Are we Praying or Just Playing

Those who play all the time are not happy unless they are playing. There is fulfillment only in God's purpose in life, without His purpose there is no joy or sense of accomplishment.

“Teach me thy way, O Lord; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.”
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭86:11-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Comfort for the Faithful

Psalm 37 (NASB)
Security of Those Who Trust in the Lord, and Insecurity of the Wicked.
A Psalm of David.

37 Do not fret because of evildoers,
Be not envious toward wrongdoers.
2 For they will wither quickly like the grass
And fade like the green herb.
3 Trust in the Lord and do good;
Dwell in the land and [a]cultivate faithfulness.
4 Delight yourself in the Lord;
And He will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the Lord,
Trust also in Him, and He will do it.
6 He will bring forth your righteousness as the light
And your judgment as the noonday.

7 [b]Rest in the Lord and wait [c]patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes.
8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
9 For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
10 Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more;
And you will look carefully for his place and he will not bethere.
11 But the humble will inherit the land
And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

12 The wicked plots against the righteous
And gnashes at him with his teeth.
13 The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees his day is coming.
14 The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.
15 Their sword will enter their own heart,
And their bows will be broken.

16 Better is the little of the righteous
Than the abundance of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked will be broken,
But the Lord sustains the righteous.
18 The Lord knows the days of the [d]blameless,
And their inheritance will be forever.
19 They will not be ashamed in the time of evil,
And in the days of famine they will have abundance.
20 But the wicked will perish;
And the enemies of the Lord will be like the [e]glory of the pastures,
They vanish—like smoke they vanish away.
21 The wicked borrows and does not pay back,
But the righteous is gracious and gives.
22 For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

23 The steps of a man are established by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
24 When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong,
Because the Lord is the One [f]who holds his hand.
25 I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his [g]descendants begging bread.
26 All day long he is gracious and lends,
And his [h]descendants are a blessing.

27 Depart from evil and do good,
[i]So you will abide forever.
28 For the Lord loves [j]justice
And does not forsake His godly ones;
They are preserved forever,
But the [k]descendants of the wicked will be cut off.
29 The righteous will inherit the land
And dwell in it forever.
30 The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom,
And his tongue speaks justice.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
His steps do not slip.
32 The wicked spies upon the righteous
And seeks to kill him.
33 The Lord will not leave him in his hand
Or let him be condemned when he is judged.
34 Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
And He will exalt you to inherit the land;
When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked, violent man
Spreading himself like a luxuriant [l]tree in its native soil.
36 Then [m]he passed away, and lo, he was no more;
I sought for him, but he could not be found.
37 Mark the [n]blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a [o]posterity.
38 But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;
The [p]posterity of the wicked will be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;
He is their strength in time of trouble.
40 The Lord helps them and delivers them;
He delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
Because they take refuge in Him.

In My Opinion Based on Little Scientific Evidence!

It is my opinion based on little evidence, LOL, just basic horse sense, that arteries do not clog in the heart because of food.

I believe that stress causes the arteries to inflame, and the cholesterol that would normally flow through easily in an unstressed heart, sticks to the stressed heart.

Why do I think this? Because God said that the man who trusts the Lord lives a long life. Those who trust God have far less stress in their lives.

For years we were told not to eat butter, eggs and fat, now many studies show that these things are not only good for us but needed.

The scientific evidence is improving all the time to reveal things that were not discovered before.

When we trust Christ our stress level is dramatically reduced because we give our worries to Him Even in the difficult times we worry less about them than someone who is a non-believer.

Joy carries us through everything that is difficult, because Christ goes through with us.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."

Psalm 91:1-16
"He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, ..."

Romans 15:13
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope."

Worry and fear causes health problems. Not all health problems are due to stress, some are there for us to endure for God's purposes for sure, however many things we bring on ourselves because of the stress and worry we allow to encroach.