Question:
Dear Greg,
Is
it wrong for a woman to wear makeup? The
church I started going to does not believe in it.
They say it is a sin. According
to them, so is wearing pants, cutting or styling your hair (anything other than
dressing or wearing it like they do—in a bun).
If you do any of these things they say you are not saved.
I know I’m saved because I believe in Christ, but are these things sins
in God’s eyes?
Gina
Answer: Dear Gina,
There
is nothing in the Bible that would remotely give anyone any authority to ask
you—and certainly not demand of you—that you do not wear makeup or use
cosmetics, that you never wear pants, style your hair, etc.
Nothing in the Bible suggests that God insists that men or women look
haggard and bedraggled. You are free
in Christ (Galatians 5:1). Do not
let anyone, any church or any pastor take away what Christ has given you by his
shed blood. Jesus is our life.
He lives his resurrected live in us (Galatians 2:20).
In
Christ,