how about y opinion about man with long hair?

[Believer1997]

I think that the Bible is deliberately vague about physical descriptions of Jesus. I think God wanted each of us to feel close to Him and that possibly a clear description of his characteristics were not only unimportant - but could effect our walk with Him. I think that is why there are so many different depictions of Jesus - long hair, blue eyes; dark eyes, olive skin, short hair - I've even seen paintings of Jesus as a black man; and a man with almost Asian features....

The only thing important is that He was the Son of God and died for our salvation.... His image is in our hearts and it's different for everyone.

[7thseal]

I think that the Bible is deliberately vague about physical descriptions of Jesus.

Love is not based on appearance but heart... which does the Holy Spirit seek?

[Believer1997]

I think that the Bible is deliberately vague about physical descriptions of Jesus.

Love is not based on appearance but heart... which does the Holy Spirit seek?

Who said it was? I didn't.

[Fez]

I wish I had more hair, but at my age my head keeps growing through the top of it.......sigh

[Guest man]

I think that the Bible is deliberately vague about physical descriptions of Jesus. I think God wanted each of us to feel close to Him and that possibly a clear description of his characteristics were not only unimportant - but could effect our walk with Him. I think that is why there are so many different depictions of Jesus - long hair, blue eyes; dark eyes, olive skin, short hair - I've even seen paintings of Jesus as a black man; and a man with almost Asian features....

The only thing important is that He was the Son of God and died for our salvation.... His image is in our hearts and it's different for everyone.

This is true. I know of one denomination that actually "curses" anyone who does not hold those images in high esteem.

[Believer1997]

I wish I had more hair, but at my age my head keeps growing through the top of it.......sigh

It's your brain getting bigger.... I've seen it happen before.

[Guest shiloh357]

What does it say about head coverings and hair?

you are the one that equated head coverings to getting a hair cut, so you tell me.

1 Corinthians 11

14 Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him?

15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her; for her hair is given to her for a covering.

It needs to be pointed out that Paul is not trying create doctrine. He was addressing the hair issue with the Corinthians because for them, it was a problem.

In the Corinthian culture that existed in that day, participation in homosexuality and male prostitution was far, far more common than it is in in our day over here in the west. In fact, it could be argued that we really don't have a frame of reference for just how immoral that city was. Its immorality was infamous all over the known world. To be called a "Corinthian" was a derogatory term in those days meaning that one was a person of the lowest possible morality. Male prostitution was big money because Corinth was a port city and sailors were always looking for action and they would take whatever they could get.

There were men leaving that culture and getting saved. The references to long and short hair need to be understood from the perspective of what they were dealing with culturally. It was not uncommon for men to wear long in an effiminate manner in order to attract other males. The point about long hair was not that there is a point at which you are sinning if you wear your hair a certain length per se. It had to do with WHY some men wore long hair in Corinth.

If God's point was "wearing long hair is a sin," then He would have inspired Paul to define what God means by long hair. God, is never at a loss for words when He wants to make a specific point and lay down specific guidelines for how a commandment was to be obeyed. In addition, if God's point was that men and women's hair was to a specific set length, those guidelines would not have been made to the Corinthians alone, but would appear in every epistle.

We take for granted our luxury of being able to read all of the letters Paul wrote, but the early believers did not have that luxury, so Paul could not have simply assumed that the beleivers in Phillipi and Ephesus and Colosse would have had access to the letters at Corinth, nor would Paul have had cause to make that assumption.

Paul was giving advice to the Corinthians about long hair so that men in the congregation would know how to conduct themselves in a godly manner that would not cause their weaker brothers to stumble. Keep in mind that they are coming out a culture where men wore long hair to attract other men, so Paul would naturally advise them that such is a dishonor and they should wear their hair short.

The same type of rules applied to the women who shaved their heads as priestesses at the oracles of Delphi. Again, we have no point of reference for the kind of stuff the believers in Corinth were coming out of and the cultural struggles and temptations they were having to deal with.

[Guest man]

So we two options, either the Word of God was intentionally vague in this area, which would seem odd since it makes a very harsh statement about long hair. Or there is a deeper meaning to the passage than just the length of one's hair.

It's actually both. I would explain,but as you said....

I am sure no one will every change your mind.

[Guest man]

It needs to be pointed out that Paul is not trying create doctrine.

If God's point was "wearing long hair is a sin," then He would have inspired Paul to define what God means by long hair.

This is true.

If you'll notice that after Paul is finished with his statement about hair, he makes this statement.

1 Corinthians 11

16 But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.

[LeonaWithHumility]

So, what do we do with I Cor. 11:14, "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?"?

Greg.

Grrrr! You beat me to it!