Do you shake women's hands?

[other one]

21 minutes ago, GodIsLife said:

Well, I believe the Father is the only God, just as Jesus himself said in John 17:3. And I believe Jesus is the Son of God, just as Jesus himself said in John 3:16.

John says that Jesus was in the form of God before he sat it aside and incarnated into a human.   What/who was he before he was human Jesus?

[other one]

1 hour ago, GodIsLife said:

I believe Jesus is the Lord, the Savior and the Son of God.

John saysHe was in the form of God before becoming a human.  Who/what was he then?  I agree He is my Lord and Lord of all and all things.   He is the begotten Son of God also, but there is much to him beside this.   He actually created everything.  All things came from the Father, but they came through Jesus.

Jesus before incarnated was/is Yahweh.  The Old Testament God of Israel.  Many people think the Father was the God that Moses saw along with 72 of the elders of Israel, but Jesus tells us that no one has ever seen the Father except he who came from him.  We must not take Jesus's deity from his reality.

Edited January 4 by other one
it's odd how the subject seems to have changed a lot from the original post.

[In the Clouds]

We just needed to redirect the focus from distractions and division.  Those are tools of Satan.

[other one]

14 hours ago, GodIsLife said:

I have learned that touching a woman is not okay. And I also believe that women aren't allowed to wear jeans. If a woman wears pants that are so tight that you can see the shape of her bottom, then I have a big problem with that. Why do women dress like that? The blame lies with America. America has poisoned the world through Hollywood. Truly, America must pay for it.

To the men here: How can you allow your wives and daughters to wear tight jeans where you can see the shape of their bottoms?

You should have control of yourself and not lose control of your thoughts no matter what a woman is wearing.   Most men in Islamic countries get out of control in seeing a woman's ankles. So they put their women in total coverage from head to toe except for their eyes.   Their women are not allowed to be out of their homes without a male escort.

That's where being so legalistic ends up.

[Cyoder]

Both are completely innocent. I never even thought about it. It's not like it's a 30 second hug with groping. I'll shake hands with women or give hugs depending on what the woman initiates. I only do one arm open hugs.

[Retrobyter]

17 hours ago, GodIsLife said:

I used to do that, but I don't do it any more. I believe it's wrong to shake hands with a woman unless it's your wife, mother or sister.

Do you think it's okay if your wife shake hands with another man? Do you even think a hug is okay? I would not allow a wife to hug another man. But I wouldn't allow a husband to hug another woman either.

Shabbat shalom, #GodIsLife.

It's NOT wrong to shake hands with a woman, if she offers her hand first. THAT is proper etiquette in the USA. If she does not offer her hand, we can at least be cordial to one another and greet each other in a friendly way. If you don't know that, then you're from a country that doesn't know the Lord Yeeshuwa`. He would not only touch them but HEAL them in the touch! Paul encouraged the brethren to "greet one another with a holy kiss."

Now, there's such a thing as doing a hug properly. One can hug from the side, without showing more affection than to a close friend. But, God ENCOURAGED us to "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF!" So, if one wouldn't want advances made to one's own wife, then neither should you make advances to the wife of another! It's really quite simple: Let GOD love through you in all you do! "Love one another," as He taught us to do.

Two things I found interesting in your statement:

First, you said, "I would not allow a wife to hug another man." You said, "A wife," sounding disconnected. Do you have a wife? OR, do you have more than one wife? I would have said, "MY wife," for I only have the ONE!

Second, would you still shake hands with your sister if she was another man's wife? What if he didn't know that you were her brother?

You don't seem to understand that, within the churches, we are ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS within our Lord Yeeshuwa`! HE makes all the difference!

[farouk]

19 hours ago, Sower said:

You can not post like you have been posting and not expect others to be concerned with just why you are here. What is your agenda? Do you post inflammatory comments to get attention?

Good Qs........

[Guest LaurenMay]

Just to give a woman’s insight. I don’t think a hug is an issue. I have tried to reduce my wearing of tighter jeans and provocative clothes, but once things are kept respectful when it comes to greetings I’m not sure there’s a problem.

[enoob57]

The Good Lord does direct us in this

1 Corinthians 7:1 (KJV)

[7:1] Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

We know the body is not redeemed... so why get it involved in any way? And no one can do better than good...

[other one]

50 minutes ago, enoob57 said:

It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

the context of this is speaking of sexual relations, not a welcome hug or handshake.