Originally posted by Ah Gong:
Is it lawful for female to wear trousers or things that
pertained to male?
Deuteronomy 22:5 says, The woman shall not wear that which
pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's
garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
The word pertain is defined as to belong as a part, member,
accessory, or product; to be appropriate to something; to have
reference to (Merriam Websters 11th Collegiate Dictionary).
The question is, Do trousers or pants have reference to men, or to
women? They have reference to men. Questions like, Who wears the
pants in the family? has reference to the man and his place of
leadership in the home (and to women who try and usurp that
authority; hence, they are said to be wearing the pants in the
family).
Just go to a public restroom, and see which door has the pants on
it, and you will quickly see that even the world knows that pants
pertain to men. Some women quickly say that they only wear pants
for women. The problem is that no one can see the TAG on the
inside, but only the APPEARANCE on the outside. Can you imagine
public restrooms with pants on both doors? Which door would you
use? You cannot see the tags on the pants (because they are on the
inside). From the outward appearance, there is no way to tell what
door is the mens and what door is the womens. The result would be
CONFUSION. Some would go in the wrong doors, and there would be
screams and/or great embarrassment as the result.
It is the hypocritical Pharisees that kept the letter of the Law,
but not the true spirit of the Law. The true spirit of the Law here
is that there is to be a CLEAR DIFFERENCE in the LOOK of men and
womens CLOTHES. If you are looking close enough to see tags or
certain cuts, you are looking too close at the bodies of other
people.
God wants a difference in the LOOK of clothing not just the
LABELS. It is the LOOK that causes LUST not the LABEL. If men and
women look similar in the way that they are dressed, then people
look over their bodies for the differences in the way that God made
men and women to tell which they are male or female. Those are
areas that people should not be staring at, and areas that cause
lust.
God has also ordained that there be distinct differences in the
length of hair. I Corinthians 11:14,15 says, Doth not even nature
itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto
him? But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her
hair is given her for a covering.
If men dressed like men, and had short hair like men should have,
no one would ever have to look them over to tell what they are
male or female. If women dressed like women should, and had long
hair like women should have, then no one would ever have to look
them over to tell what they are male or female. The whole unisex
fashion system (same style clothes and hair) is but another subtle
work of the devil, and many Christians have fallen for it. Many
Christian women have their hair cut short, and dress just like men.
Many Christian men have long hair like women, and wear all kinds of
feminine jewelry. They are adding to the confusion of this day, and
the immoral perversion that is abounding. Remember, you can get mad
when someone tells you the truth about dress and hair styles, but
one day you will answer to God, and He is the One who had written,
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither
shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are
abomination unto the LORD thy God.
wrong place dude.........wrong place.............and well,
please try not to post dumb extreamist statement like this, you are
only embarassing the whole community of believers
