Boy has his thread ran off the track. Church dress is a relative subject. We owe it out of respect to the lord to wear decent and respectable attire. What that is for me may be different for you. I was a deacon at a Southern Baptist Church about 20 years ago. On a Sunday night service we had a couple that had never came to the church before walk the isle. Their cloths looked like they lived on the streets and they Reeked with BO. They said they had not ever been to church but felt something pulling them in to join.. The good Baptist were appalled!! The deacons called a meeting about this couple doesn’t belong in this church. I let them ramble and finally said my piece…I told them if any of them felt like this couple was beneath them, I’m at the wrong church…I asked them Would Jesus say they didn’t belong here? Needless to say, my tenure as a deacon and member of the Southern Baptist didn’t last long after that.

that's sad. the God of creation Jesus Christ would have sat with them and had fellowship with them.
the only time He hung around the legalist pharisees was to rebuke them.

My pastor used this example a few months ago in his message. I’ll keep it short.
He stated he’s always going to be in his Sunday best. But we don’t need to judge the people that come in and fit the
Normal Sunday attire. He said the people that wear hats to church. Shorts to church. Tattoos. And so on so forth need Jesus as much as the person sitting in the seat you are right now needs Jesus. Good message.

Id hate for yall to run up at our church, our preacher preaches in jeans and hey dudes.

40-50 kids running around in shorts. Some of the young boys wearing HATS........ INDSIDEEEEEEEE

Some men in shorts.

service normally starts about 5ish mins late.

Song leader half the time is off key.

but the pews are full.

Come as you are.

If the lord convicts you on what you are wearing, that's between you and the lord.

I personally don't wear a hat inside, or shorts to service. But I don't care if some do. I am just glad they are in the church house with me. Its not like I am going to say, ah well your prayer is not going to count because you had on shorts today.

People forget the ole brick building yall are visiting isn't the church...... YOU ARE THE CHURCH.

We (Christians) often forget... you may be the ONLY Bible someone reads. WWJD

Exactly.

Also, what is "your best" ? Mine would be the $200 dollar hunting boots, Carharts, and wool flannel shirt I have. They cost the most and are the highest quality. See how legalism works ?

Concerning "modest dress" , that's a whole nother topic. No. People should not wear revealing clothes to church as that can be a stumbling block for lust.

Oh and have you seen what some of the young ladies (high school/college age) wear to church nowadays? I’ve seen 1 piece swimsuits that show less. I don’t have daughters but no way I’d ever let one of mine go to church wearing some of the outfits I’ve seen.

Show me the one and only New Testament verse that loosely supports the “owe it to the Lord to wear decent attire” (capital “L” decon ) 😂🤣😂

While you are at it show the verse that supports the opposite opinion from folk that look down on other. Its close to the place that addresses knuckle heads that think they own a particular pew 😂🤣😂🤣

Come on decon, you can do it. 😂🤣😂🤣

Folks don’t have a grasp of what good country folk clothes cost. Just a Filson vest and boots is $400 not including pants, socks, and a shirt.

When Jesus preached the sermon on the mount, I don't remember him telling them to all go home and change clothes. But I do remember how he addressed the Pharisee's and their legalism. it wasn't pretty.

Should people show up to worship looking like they just rolled out the bed ? No. Unless that's all they know. Should we have a reverent posture when going to worship ? Of course. I don't understand why people shop at Wal - Mart in their pajamas, but I've not seen that at church. Yet.

Some of these folks clutching their pearls over someone wearing shorts to church are gonna have an aneurysm when they find out my dog occasionally comes to help with kids/youth events. And *gasp*, she’s even allowed INSIDE!!! 😳

Filthy animals 😂🤣😂🤣

When God told Solomon exactly how to build the temple, he told them exactly what the preists should wear. They were the only people who could go into the holiest of holies, which was where God was, in his presence. He was so serious about it, they would fall dead if they didnt get it right. Every bit of it, from the sacrifice, to the clothes, to the condition of their heart. God was so serious about it that they would tie a rope to the priest so they could drag him out if he fell dead. That way those who went in after him wouldnt also die. Then the vail was rent when Jesus died. In comes the new testament. In the new testament. It does say how men and women should dress, every day. One argument was that was every day dress, has nothing to do with church. According to that arguement we should be more concerned with our every day dress than when we go to worship God. I dont agree with that. Now, if theres anything to the church service you attend each sunday, we all get to be in the presence of God, if we meet the conditions. Thats a gift from Jesus. So, did God decide he wasnt worried about how we present ourself when were in his presence? Like Johnnyloco said, theres scripture that would back up both sides. Just look at the way people dress these days.are we really headed in the right direction? If God said to dress this way every day, do we really believe he meant every day except when we go to chirch? Thats just silly. I believe God still cares about everything he always has. Just like the bible says, he hasnt changed. We humand have changed. 100yrs ago a persons best set of clothes were their "sunday best". So, somewhere down the line, someone read the same bible we read and decided they should wear their best to church, and that went on for a pretty long time. Matter of fact, i know it was that way when i was a kid and still is that way alot of places. Then there was a movement that told people the bible really says something different, its not really the way it had ben taught for thousands of years. God has not changed. We humans have changed and almost 100% of the time or changes are not for the better. Now we have men dressing like women and vise versa, even preachers. Doing exactly the opposite of what God said to do. But its ok, God will accept you just the way you are. Their is some truth to that statement but if God does accept you just as you are and you dont experience a change in your life for the better, i dont think you really got anything. Being touched by God will change a man. Itll change everything about him, the way he walks, the way he talks, the way he dresses, what he keeps in his refrigerator. God will make him a new man. And that new man will respect God. I also made an argument for dressing better to go to work or on a date than you dress to go to church. The argument was that dont prove you respect church less. Go to the office or to a nice restuarant with your wife in flip flops and shorts and ask her or your boss how respected they feel. Itll be about the same way they feel when a congressman shows up in a hoodie. "For Gods sake, put on a suit". Kinda like how z dressed in the oval office, that got under some folks skin on here. So do we believe our govt deserves more respect than God?

We don’t adhere to such Old Testament stuff anymore, do you where garments with “mixed thread”…Sinner ! You better get started on your Burnt offerings 😂🤣😂

There is only one New Testament scripture verse that eludes to looking ones best when the Man comes around. It’s something one of the Apostles did and y’all can look for it yourselves. 🤣😂🤣

I’m not dawgN you Jwalker, I’m having fun with this.

More than that they are going to be shocked at some of the people who make it into heaven and even more shocked at some that don't.

“Shocked” is an emotion for mere mortals 😂🤣😂🤣

When my daughter had a service dog, he would sit in the pew with her looking around like a person.

Did it come up at the Deacon's meeting to go to the couple and talk to them about their clothes and hygiene then offer them help with buying clothes and soap? That's not fun to talk to someone about but I've had to do it for work before.

The way the High Priests in the Old Testament dressed has nothing to do with believers today. They were under the covenant of the law, not the covenant of grace. You won't find anything in the New Testament concerning dress, other than forbidding people to dress provocatively. And yes, this is all the time, not just at church. I understand your concern for the way that people have watered down God's standard, but in this case, it's not a standard. How much of the law do we want to go back under ? I for one have been delivered from that by God's grace. I'm not tryin to sound argumentative at all. It's just not something that's addressed in the N.T. ( other than what I mentioned about dressing modestly ). In the old days people had work clothes and "their Sunday best", But even then, those that had their field overalls on might have had a white button down shirt under them. As stated earlier, if you are convicted of it, then that's something you need to do. Roman 14 vs, 13-23 speaks of not causing another weaker brother to stumble over food. You could apply this teaching to clothing as well. You are right that God is unchanging. But His relationship to us has changed through the New Covenant. This isn't a license to sin but it's a new covenant that keeps us from no longer being yoked to a set of laws that we could never keep. Laws that existed to reveal our need for a Savior. See pretty much the whole book of Galatians for reference. The foundation of the law consists of 2 things. Love the Lord with all you have and love your neighbor as yourself, see Mathew 22 vs 34-40.

I don’t care what anyone wears but todays dress shows the lack of class or whatever you wanna deem it

When I shot weddings for 25 plus years I wore a suit and tie and in the final 10 or so years, a black suit without a tie. Last wedding I attended the two gals shooting were in cutoff blue jeans and flops and one in a crop top. WOW freaking wow. A special day social event that used to have some sort of decorum. Same for graduations, black suit
I shot numerous formal weddings and felt bad if I had to walk the pews in my socks.

Times have changed for sure. The last time I was at Cafe Thirty A everyone was still kinda dressed up but a high dollar pair of shorts is different than cutoffs. Some white table cloth eateries still hold true to dress codes. Heck I shot a wedding at the Opryland and reception on the General Jackson with a chef and crew flown in from San Fran, I had to buy a black tux to cover that event.
Dad always taught me to look sharp when out in formal events.

Church is a formal event to me but I get the point. That’s not what’s it about but I feel in dressing nicely shows a certain reverence towards worship.

Bear in mind around the house and farm I probably look like a homeless fellow. Heck when I go to the local grocery they don’t recognize me when I’m dressed up.

BPI you are absolutely correct, the foundation of the law consists of those two things and if you really do those two things, you will keep the other 10. Jesus came to fulfill the law, not to do away with it. The old testament was the schoolmaster. What did the schoolmaster teach? I am God, i changeth not. Explain that one to me. When God decided to change something, he put it in the book. But, if were doing away with the old commandments, i reckon its ok to steal now? What about kill? Can we have another God before him? Who was it decided which rules he still wanted us to keep? We did. And every time we humans are advocating for change, it makes things a little easier on us, dont it. Allows for a little more inclusiion. Gets rid of some of those pesky rules we hate to follow. God never changed. We changed. Thats pretty clear. And i havent said once theres a dress code. I said we should give God our best. We should respect God above tge workplace or datenight. And thats notjust our attire but everything about us. We are supposed to be different than the world. People should be able to look at a crowd and pick out the christians.