Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The bible even says for a man not to cut his hair or shave his beard?

if a christian does shave their beard or cut their hair, by their own logic, aren't they going to hell?The bible even says for a man not to cut his hair or shave his beard?
The passage that you are probably referring to had to do with an individual deciding to take a Nazirite vow.





Numbers 6:1-6 The LORD said to Moses, 2 ';Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'If a man or woman wants to make a special vow, a vow of separation to the LORD as a Nazirite, 3 he must abstain from wine and other fermented drink and must not drink vinegar made from wine or from other fermented drink. He must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. 4 As long as he is a Nazirite, he must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins. 5 ';'During the entire period of his vow of separation no razor may be used on his head. He must be holy until the period of his separation to the LORD is over; he must let the hair of his head grow long. 6 Throughout the period of his separation to the LORD he must not go near a dead body.





It wasn't a general command to all people, it was a way for an Israelite to declare a special commitment to the LORD.





In any event, that was under the Old Covenant. The Lord Jesus came down from Heaven, lived a sin free life as a human being, and offered up His life on a cross to pay for all of the sins of those who would by faith trust in His saving work on their behalf.





Many of the Old Testament laws were symbolic and have been fulfilled like sacrificing animals to atone for sins because that was pointing ahead to the ultimate, once and for all time, sacrifice that the Lord Jesus was going to make.





People go to Hell or Hades nowadays because they die while continuing in the rebellion that started in the Garden of Eden. They listened to the deceiving Devil, didn't trust in God, and decided that they would rather disobey God and decide on their own what was good or evil to do.





A Christian still lives in a fallen creation, full of temptation, with a body that doesn't care what God says but only cares about it's desires being met. Thank God that the Lord Jesus paid for all of our sins and that we are under a New Covenant of grace and love instead of trying to be justified by perfectly keeping all of God's laws.





Galatians 5:16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.





Hebrews 10:11 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, 13 from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. 14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.The bible even says for a man not to cut his hair or shave his beard?
This was the law for the man who wished to be a Nazarite.
Those laws were for the OT Jews, not today's Christians.
no...no way

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