There will be folks going to church after the Rapture 🤣🤣

Romans 14

As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. 2 One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. 3 Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. 4 Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master[a] that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5 One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6 The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

10 Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; 11 for it is written,

“As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me,
and every tongue shall confess[b] to God.”

12 So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Do Not Cause Another to Stumble
13 Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. 14 I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. 15 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. 16 So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. 17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. 19 So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.

20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. Everything is indeed clean, but it is wrong for anyone to make another stumble by what he eats. 21 It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or do anything that causes your brother to stumble.[c] 22 The faith that you have, keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who has no reason to pass judgment on himself for what he approves. 23 But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.[d]

Those particular folk from exodus to numbers were being taught a lesson whilst they were living with God.

Religious topics sure get lot opinions on here . Only one bible.on judgement day don’t think we be asked what we wore to church or even if we went . More a personal connection.

I bet we are probably closer on this than we think we are. And possibly speaking about 2 different subjects.

First, I agree that God is unchanging. But the new covenant is not about Him changing, its about the way we approach God has changed. And there is no doubt that it changed when Jesus rose from the dead. I know you know this, but legalism of any kind is a slippery slope. That's all I'm saying.

Think abou it. Should pastors dress like they did in Exodus 28 ? If you follow the legalistic road to its end, that's where you arrive.

Also, I'm not arguing that mankind has attempted to water down God's word. I agree with that. But on this particular subject it's a moot point, other than provocative clothing.

Wow - i only got about 1/3 of the way thru! I use to really dress up when i was younger going to church. Now i wear jeans or kaki amd golf shirt. Neither will get me to heaven and back in the day flip flops are open toe were common. Its more about what is in your heart. No where does the Bible say wear your best 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 and being a good wittness has everything to do about how you act and treat people with love

It says give off the top or give your first fruits and not the last. That has nothing to do with what you wear. Wear sometiing respectable without the crotch torn out. He wants you to give your best effort in your walk. We don’t hav a boy scout dress code 🤣🤣🤣

I out!!

Amen

I think alot of consideration should be given to the change in the way people dress now compared to 2000yrs ago. And im not promoting a dress code at all. Just giving God your best, out of respect. And i agree with Bills accessment as well. At my church, men wear pants and women wear dresses. Its always been that way. Visitors sometimes go outside of that and i doubt anything has ever been said to them about it. But 100% of the time, if they hang around, they eventually submit. And there is no dress code, its just always been that way. Ive visited churchs plenty of times whose dress was more lax and i would never tell them there was anything wrong with their way. The bottom line is i cant see in another mans heart and i cant see in another mans closet. But i believe we should give God our best, in everything. That is absolutely not common these days. Society is more about that he will accept me the way i am way of thinking. I personally believe we will be required to submit to God, not the other way around. And alot of people wear nicer clothes than me but some wear less nice. But i do go to worship as presentable as possible.

I will wear khakis or jeans to church, with a nice black collarless tee-shirt and a sport jacket over the top of it. I wear the jacket every time I go as I carry concealed in an OWB holster every time I'm there.

My clothes are clean, ironed, and in good condition but I think God is much more concerned with the condition of my heart than he is with what I have on my body. If my heart and mind is not open, focused on edifying/lifting up Him, is full of hate, filth, and sin, then I'm sure he is not pleased with me or my church attendance, no matter what I am wearing.

The condition of the heart matters the most...

Bowtechdan, i would 100% rather see that fella come in church in his workclothes than go home and skip church because he didnt have time to change. In that case, that man was doing the best he could and chose to go worship God when he was likely pretty tired from working all day, and had a really good excuse not to. That absolutely does show where his heart is and how much God means to him.

I find it funny that many here were upset when Obama dressed down in the White House and Oval Office

Don't forget Fetterman.

Jdub I think where we differ in opinion around this subject is that you believe that you are only in the presence of God while in the church service. If you didn’t, you would always wear your Sunday best. I believe that, since the Holy Spirit lives in me, that I am always in the presence of God. I can’t compartmentalize church services away from the rest of my life.

Agree.

My thoughts are.......do what you can. The fellow showing up straight from work in his dirty work clothes is doing what he can. His priority was getting there instead of missing for the sake of looking good. Been there myself. I have to wonder though.....the same folks that say they wear what they want because that is what's comfortable, i.e. shorts and flip flops.....would show up to their granny's funeral or their daughter's wedding dressed the same way? Are they the same people who, as cartervj and I mentioned, bashed Obama for dressing down in the White House and Fetterman for wearing sweat pants and a hoodie to the inauguration. What's more important to you? That's a choice you alone have to make.

Yep, we have a lady that's a nurse, she works the night shift at the Hospital . If she's just got off work , she sometimes comes in her nursing clothes . If she comes to Sunday night she may have them on as she'll be going to work later. If she's not working that weekend , she dresses like the other ladies.

My Grandpa wore the old school Khaki pants and shirt to Church and everywhere else . I reckon that's all he had as I never saw him in anything else . My Grandma did make sure they were his best , clean and ironed for Church.

Its a shame this is a subject, these judgments from supposed brothers and sisters.

Matthew 20:1-16 Is another hurdle of these same types.

I don’t think attire shows importance. The reason we dress the way we do at funerals and weddings is due to traditions. I’ve been to a few weddings at the beach. We wore shorts and flip flops. Those traditions were established by men, not God. I believe the “Sunday Best” is a tradition established by men as well. And it’s ok if people like that tradition and want to go to a church that adheres to it. Nothing wrong with that at all. But I don’t believe that not wearing fancy clothes to the church service means you are disrespecting God. He is with us Al the time. Even when we nekkid

Here is the dress code for women and men
1st Tim 2:9-10
1st Peter 3:3-4
This is not all but there is absolutely nothing about getting all dressed up
I wear a Stetson hat all the time and yes on Sunday too
I feel my jeans, sports jacket, boots and hat are sufficient and I’ve never been convicted over this way of dressing