It shows a lack of respect for the situation. If you can't afford anything other than jeans, that's one thing. However, if you own slacks and a collared shirt, why not put them on?
"It shows a lack of respect for the situation. If you can't afford anything other than jeans, that's one thing. However, if you own slacks and a collared shirt, why not put them on?"
A "lack of respect" for whom? Do you honestly believe that God feels disrespected if someone worships Him in jeans? IYIYIYI! I believe you are basing your opinion on what PEOPLE, not God, approve of. :)
See my previous posts on jeans and church. You couldn't be further from the truth.
"It shows a lack of respect for the situation. If you can't afford anything other than jeans, that's one thing. However, if you own slacks and a collared shirt, why not put them on?"
A lack of respect for the situation? I'm trying to get my mind around that phrase. Although I do appreciate this qualifier: "If you can't afford anything other than jeans, that's one thing." That's good to note. However, most in churches with "dress codes" will simply turn up their noses at those who "can't afford anything other than jeans" and will not accept them as full brothers and sisters in the Lord. There are certainly class distinctions made and cliques within the church.
Many simply see "going to church" (rather than "being the church") as a social event rather than a spiritual act of devotion to God.
Let me ask you this: is wearing jeans to church (even if a person can "do better") a sin?