Does God Really Care about Our Hair? | Episode 24 

Agreed

God bless you

I can't grow one 😂

It isn't that your hair is powerful when it is uncut. The power comes from your submission to the order of creation. Your uncut hair is outward symbol of your inward submission. The same way, Paul healed people with hankechiefs in the book of Acts. The power isn't in the hankerchief but in the name of Jesus. The hankerchief was the symbol of faith used in relation to the name of Jesus. Uncut hair is the symbol God has chosen to display submission to His order of creation.

You’re conflating OT with NT. It’s a shame for a man to have long hair. Nazarene bore that shame in the OT under the Law. David and Solomon had many wives and concubines. Should we allowed that in the Church just because it was allowed under the Law in the OT?

Samson time was in the old testament, but in the new testament it is abomination for a man to have long hair.

@@johnortiz566I agree with what you’re saying, but I don’t think God approved of multiple wives even in the OT. That was what they did, but he did not put a stamp of approval on it. And me. Who had multiple wives usually suffered for it (Jacob, David, etc) while men who had one wife (Isaac, Joseph) didn’t have dysfunctional marital issues.

God said in the old testament, nor to multiple wives, gold, or chariots unto themselves.

That's old covenant, testament we art now in the New covenant, testament and it is disobeying to God by looking like a woman with long hair. It's not going to send you to hell but it is confusing especially to children

If you want to get in the Greek, Paul said to let the hair grow freely; cutting the hair doesn’t let the hair grow freely.

Listen to Joe Campetella’s Kingdom Culture series about hair. He breaks down what the Bible actually teaches about hair.

If a woman trims her hair, its still considered long hair...Some women cut their hair because the weight gives them headaches. Even if subscribing to the UPCI biblical interpretation, how long is long enough? Down to her waist or knees, both is considered long... it's really not complicated when pride is not involved.

​@@revrufuswHello, personally I believe that "long" isn't fully dictated by length. But also by personal possiblity. Example: If you have two women, the first with hair to her waist, and the second with hair to her shoulders. It's easy for us as humans to say that the woman who's hair goes to her waist is longer. However, what if the woman with hair going to her waist cuts it? And she has the possibility to grow her hair to her knees. And the second woman with hair to her shoulders has never cut it? Her hair has reached %100 percent of it's possiblity where the other woman has longer hair but she is only at 60% of it's possible length. Now who's hair is longer? The woman who has stopped at 60% or the woman who has allowed it to grow to 100%.

The facial hair is Pastor preference. I know many Pastors who do not forbid facial hair, Though...if its platform standards theres nothing wrong with that. Jobs have standards of dress and hair which most dont mind for work but when its a standard a Pastor wishes then we jump all over it as heratical. Now if the Pastor is considering it sin he's wrong..no scripture against it, but there is plenty against rebellion to the man of God in your life.

Men with hair to their shoulders were considered to have short hair too. It’s in the modern era in these confusion times that people don’t understand the difference. It’s very clear. Let a woman and a man grow their hair and you’ll see that woman’s hair naturally grow down to the lower back. Where as for men it takes years to even get that close. Men in the ancient times had hair to their shoulder and it was not looked at as confusing or feminine. I believe all men should keep their beards if possible. It’s one of the best male distinguishing characteristics we have. But not all of us are happy with our facial hair. However if God have it to us we should keep it. That’s how I see it.

@@blues4jesus how is it ok to prohibit a man of God from edifying the church because of a “tradition” that is not lawful. I wonder if a man of God shows up in modest garments if he would be allowed to preach in these organizations. People need to stop having the mindset of an organization and have the mindset of the kingdom of God. I like the UPC and other oneness groups because they teach a lot of biblical truths. But all these unnecessary traditions are a wall that prohibit those outside from joining into the body of Christ. If we can let go of traditions of men, and only hold on to the biblical truths the gospel would advance way more effectively. Today the leaders of the church(not all) are the same as the Pharisees the Lord Jesus Christ spoke against. They upheld their traditions more than the law of God. The same is happening today in these churches. I don’t even congregate(which I want to) because many do not allow men to keep their beards. Why should I be forced to shave and look like the world when God was pleased with men having beards in the old testaments. It was the Greeks that didn’t like facial hair as much.

@@blues4jesus where is the phrase “man of God” found in the NT, was any apostle or preacher ever called as such? I mean no nit-picking, but for too long we’ve heard this over-abused phrase used as a euphemism for overt control. Research: SEPHERDING MOVEMENT for more context.

@@yesnomaybeso5755 Excellent points!

True, we need to love others as Christ loves us. We are commanded to Love God. Jesus said we have to obey His commandments to do that. If we encourage people to ignore or negate His Word and commands, that defiles us because we speak those words. To love is to respect. Our appearance matters. If it didn't, the Lord wouldn't have made the effort to distinguish male and female during creation.

When men pray through to the Holy Ghost they clean up .hair cut and a shave ..women wash their face and appear clean as ladies professing holiness ..

Thanks for your teaching

I'm a Sri Lankan, from where can I get his books in Sri Lanka

Mara…My husband is from Brasil. He was raised in the UPCI church there. Where are you from? We live in Northern California. He is from Alvorada, near Porto Alegre.

Hi Sis Diane, You haven't let the Lord the down , He knows your pain he knows your heart , he will never leave you nor forsake you. He's still right there with, in and upon you even if you might not feel him.

I have the Holy Ghost and my hair isn't long. GOD sees us. Whether or not we are living in sin and have a relationship with Him. He calls us to look like a modest female . My hair isn't shaved it doesn't look like a man and I dress with modesty. So...

I think it’s because this world has taught women that they need to “ look good” all the time. It’s very sad. And the world pulls 24/7 on women with new fads, new looks, new products to beautify women. It’s just wrong. When women know who they are in Christ and when husbands love their wives as Christ loved the Church it is easier to not care what this world thinks.

@@Clicked_SnoopyFrI don’t see a Bible verse that says beautification is wrong. If we could make the face sexual through makeup, then the Bible would say for us to cover the face, same with hair. Apostolic Pentecostals have no problem with curling the hair and doing elaborate hairstyles. If a man thinks this is “sexy”, that’s opinion based, as the Bible does not say to cover the hair, just as it doesn’t say to cover the face. The Bible tells us to cover our nakedness, shoulders to knees. And Jezebel put on scarlet as well, but it’s not a sin to wear colors.

The bible never once states that a woman cannot wear jewellery it states to let our focus be on our heart rather than braided hair or jewellery so what the author is saying is for us to have our heart and charecter be the priority. There are no commands at all for women not to wear make up, trousers or jewellery. If a woman wanted to stop wearing these things thats fine, but that is a personal conviction it is not a command set in scripture for all christian women, neither is it even remotely stated in scripture that women can't enjoy these things, Isaccs wife Rebecca was given jewels to wear as a gift from Issac and his household (men of God). I say all this respectfully, opinions are not bible ❤

LOL. Traditional UPC'ers aren't ready.

I agree. Women don’t grow facial hair but men do because it is a masculine thing that God had intended for men as a distinction from women. Why the UPCI won’t let a man minister because he wont shave something something that happens naturally baffles me.

He just did a video about this topic! It’s not that facial hair is wrong, it was about what facial hairused to mean in american culture because the Bible talks about abstaining from all appearance of evil. My local church revoked that leadership standard a few years ago now because facial hair no longer has a correlation to a certain group of people anymore in the u.s.

Jesus himself has facial hair and has his hair grew long.

​@@gensrios1383we have no Bible that says Jesus had long hair.

@@Republican_Bananaand we also have no source he had it short and cut

The beard thing comes from a while back. In the 60’s beards were often identified with “counter culture” and the hippies. Both of these groups have wildly different beliefs than oneness Pentecostals. So the church decided to ditch the beards as to not be mistakenly identified with those other groups.

I go to the APH Church to see my grands be baptized or in church programs. My hair is short. My dad pastored a Free Will Baptist Church starting on my folirst birthday. I was married to a FWB pastor 28 years. When I go to the Apostalic Church to visit, am I being judged there for my hair? I am secure in my walk with God. Reading this is unreal to me as I am saved by grace, not works. Just curious to the answers I will get here.

How is it opinion when it’s in the Bible

Some of it is eg: keeping it at its natural hair length. The bible does want male and female to have distictions he created us that way. However he didnt say anything about not cutting hair he says long hair, the words long hair and natural length has different definitions they are not the same. A christian has christian liberty to cut her hair thats a personal boundary and choice her choice no one elses. Long hair can be at many lengths eg: shoulder length, on the shoulder blades, just above the waist, waist length or longer. By all means cut your hair if you want, its your choice, and God doesn't say you can't. What he wants is for there to be a distinction between male and female and for you to be feminine by having long hair.

Its biblical

By grace through faith, and faith without works is dead.

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We have no other custom

But if anyone wants to argue about this, I simply say that we have no other custom than this, and neither do God’s other churches. The translation is “ no other custom” meaning there shouldn’t be any contentions because there is no other custom.

I hear ya. I'm only 41, but started losing my hair at 20 years old, and have been shaving it ever since.

i am getting a bald spot Genetics.

Yes, that is the reference to nature Paul stated. Mediterranean men tend to bald.

No one can be condemned for losing their hair because of natural loss. Yet the teaching is for a woman to have uncut hair. As Dr. Bernard shows it also distinguishes make from female. It also empowers a woman.

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Nope

And your point? Are you saying that it is a Shameful thing for a woman to Cut/Trim their hair?

@@mikeeagan1307 I am not, but the UPCI churches do. I have heard it countless times. They “forget” to apply the same shame word with same value across the board on these other matters.

agree, I think this focus in the difference between men and women but how some churches interpret as a rule for holiness that women needs to let their hair long, so its a woman that has hair up to the hips less saint than one with a hair up their knees? Does this looks like pharisees?

It is Deeper, but everyone keeps missing it and Directing It to be only about women's hair.

Armand Those that take the Nazarite vow cannot touch the dead Num 6:6. Paul who was an apostle specifically raised people from the dead, so no he did not take the Nazarite vow, it's doubtful that the other original apostles took it either.

Nazarene and Nazarite are two different words.

I would ask If I took a pair of scissors and I just barely used them to trim a sliver of the corner of a piece of paper did I cut the paper or not? If its uncut its uncut. If its trimmed, its cut. Uncut hair allows women who cannot grow "Long" hair to still fall under this holiness teaching. My hair only grows to about my mid back. But other's grow to the back of their knees. Is my hair short? No. We both have uncut hair. Not about length. Its a principle of obedience.

Yes I’d like to know this too. My hair is too my knees and is extremely thick and frizzy due to my ethnicity. It takes an hour to brush the knots out and even then I can never get them out. I cry over my hair because I can barely handle it anymore. It was hip length forever then grew like crazy for some reason.

I don’t think God ever meant to make women miserable over hair length. I’ve seen a woman who’s hair grew so long, she had to carry it in a bag. If the hair is so long it gives a headache or so damaged it’s getting shorter, I don’t think women are in bondage to such things. The hair would definitely not feel like her glory in such circumstances.

No need to become religious or legalistic about it. Why would God be so concerned with the length of our hair as much as he is with the state of our soul? The letter kills but the Spirit brings life. Ask and pray the Holy Spirit to reveal to you what you should do.

Worth noting: Prostitutes from the temple of Diana had long, flowing hair to seduce men. The Jews reacted and prohibited their women from exposing their hair. That's why even modern-day Jewish women often wear wigs. Paul contradicted their religious obsession and stated women's (own) hair is a crown and covering. This is about freedom, not creating another religious obsession. I mean, God created African females who don't have long, flowing hair. Are they exempt from becoming Christians? Surely sis it is the blood of Christ that grants us entry into Heaven. Please trim your hair. If it was that important, Jesus Himself would have said something about it. Instead, He argued with the religious leaders a lot.

That scripture's purpose is not to cause bondage but to see the spiritual reason behind the distinction in hair between male & female in creation. A woman's hair is symbolic of the spiritual covering her husband, Pastor, Jesus, etc. has over her life. The encouragement in that scripture is to not remove the covering whether it be hair or the Lord or the man. This is why Paul speaks of the shame it is to a woman to have her hair shorn (different from trimmed, or reasonably shortened) bald or in a cut pertaining to a man.

Please read The Book by Jeremy Garner called "The Head Covering" 🙏🙏😊

Paul, in this letter, mentions 5 times that these subjects are taught to All the Churches. This was not directed to only the Corinthians and NOT a Cultural thing and has nothing to do with the Temple Prostitutes. I wish people would quit bringing this up like it's a "Game Changer"

Women are not rebellious by nature. That is a false teaching and a detrimental one.

but what is judged as long hair for a man, at what length

Pasted in for you: Jesus was a Nazarene, but He was not a Nazirite. The two terms are often confused for one another. The term Nazarene refers to someone who lived in the town of Nazareth, while a Nazirite (or Nazarite) was someone (such as Samson or John the Baptist) who took a special vow before God and was subsequently consecrated to God for service. Numbers 6 details the requirements for being a Nazirite, which included abstaining from wine (verses 3-4), keeping one’s hair unshaved (verse 5), and staying away from dead bodies (verses 6-7). After the time of the vow was fulfilled, the Nazirite had to present sacrifices and cut his hair, offering this as a sacrifice as well. From this information, it is clear that Jesus was not a Nazirite. Jesus could not have been a Nazirite since He did drink wine, as recorded in the gospels.

nobody said it has to be maximum lenght... just longer than a man's hair

@@marias6583 In actuality we were taught you would go to hell if you so much as trimmed it. Has the standard changed now? If so, it wasn’t truth after all.

There are a few things to unpack, here. It was a different culture, living under the law (which Paul calls the “schoolmaster to bring us into Christ). Jesus fulfilled the law, so there is no contradiction between old and new testaments. However, it was a different time and culture. There are also laws given about servants, but that doesn’t mean we need to go and own other people. It was simply a practice that was already going on, after 400 years as slaves in Egypt. Yet, God provided a way, in the law, for servants to be set free. That said, we should understand the context of why that part is there in Leviticus. If you check out the Matthew Henry commentary on this portion (you can get that for free on Blue Letter Bible), it says this: “There was a superstition even in trimming themselves used by the heathen, which must not be imitated by the people of God: You shall not round the corners of your heads. Those that worshipped the hosts of heaven, in honour of them, cut their hair so as that their heads might resemble the celestial globe; but, as the custom was foolish itself, so, being done with respect to their false gods, it was idolatrous.” In essence, don’t grow your hair/beard out to mimic and identify with those of the world, who don’t worship the one true God. The same spirit of the law, which Jesus came to fulfill, would be to make sure we’re not getting specific haircuts/facial hair, patterning ourselves off of the styles of celebrities, etc. obviously, beards have become a big topic lately BECAUSE they’re making a comeback in the world around us. As you know through Holy Ghost conviction, Jesus does confirm things to us, personally, that align with His Word. Hope this helps. Bottom line is this, if we’re supposed to be praying with our heads “uncovered,” I want to take the approach of removing as much hair “covering” from my head and face as possible to please Him and for my prayers to have connection with God. God bless you, brother (I’m a UPCI youth pastor).

In the old testament you couldn't eat pigs but in the new testament you can eat pigs, So I think if something in the new testament overlaps what the old testament says the new testament is right

@@z-man7312 Good job of explaining the Old Testament but trying to work in Facial Hair in with Paul's teaching doesn't belong here. If you want to not have a beard then that is a personal matter and not a Biblical Doctrine. Covering the head has nothing to with Facial Hair. If you are teaching that it matters here then you are missing the whole point of Paul's teaching to the Churches

Good day, pls am a Nigerian and God is leading me to canada. I want to do a bible college there with a UPCI bible college but i dont know of any yet. Can you recommend me to pentecostal bible schools.

@@rasineosimosim5379 I think there should be one in New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. It's called Northeast christian college.

I don’t believe scripture ever says men ought to have a beard.

Uncut

@@dianacastillo498 that is a non answer.

But Jesus himself has his hair grew long. Anyone can explain?

@@gensrios1383 There is no biblical support on how long the hair of Jesus was, the depiction of long hair may refer back to the Nazarite culture (Sampson was commanded NOT to cut his hair, was he a shame... I think not)... -the opinion of a long haired man

Number chap 6 gid said let the locks if your hair grow and let no razor come on your head if you vow a nazarite vow to him because he said it is holy Jesus was a nazarite john the Baptist Ezekiel and many more in the bible had long locks don't be fooled read tye bible and obey what you read don't let me or anybody tell you that your eyes are not seeing God say never put a razor to your head

@@otrjaymardii8755 IF YOU VOW A NAZARITE VOW. Very important distinction

​@@otrjaymardii8755 A Nazarite and a Nazarene aren't the same thing. A Nazarite is one is took the vow, and a Nazarene is a person of Nazareth. Jesus was never called a Nazarite but a Nazarene. He wouldn't of had long hair like a woman's but shorter hair like a man's. Again they are two different terms and meanings.

I'm wondering about that too... maybe because he was in the desert alone for 40 days? Maybe it's the "straight out of the desert" look that they portray

This isn’t necessarily the scriptural aspect of it, but I think the world (including ads for beard products, beard competitions, etc.) makes it clear that a beard has to do with nothing more than masculine pride. And, while women are being attacked from the world on the front of modesty of apparel, men are certainly attacked on the front of pride. Furthermore, even by the world’s standard, there have been surveys that have come out that indicate that people are much more likely to trust someone who is clean-shaven, as opposed to someone with any facial hair. So, one would infer, if we are to be witnesses for Jesus and His gospel, we’d want to be seen as trustworthy and free of personal pride, whether or not we feel that perception is fair. Obviously, in I Cor. 11, a man shouldn’t have his head covered. I would think, for a man, that would include covering up any additional part of your head (e.g. ears, neck, forehead…and face). It’s all in the attitude. It’s either “can I get away with a beard” or “how close can I get to what the Word of God is saying.”

There is nothing biblically to prohibit having a beard. Jesus had a beard which was prophesied.

A beard is God's natural gender distinction. Requiring clean shaved is worldly.

@@z-man7312 Masculine pride? Beards are natural and part of God's creation, did he error in making the ability to grow beards? . Pride can come in any form from clothes, cars, money etc... some have been prideful about clean shaved. 🤷🏻‍♂️.

Leviticus 19:27 teaches of the beard!

Read the entire passage. It does specifically talk about the cutting of women’s hair and calls it a disgrace.

I Cor 11 is Paul speaking of womens hair only as her natural covering is her glory, and it must be veiled in praying or prophesying. Not uncut hair. Read The book The Headcovering by Jeremy Garner. 💯 Uncut hair is Certainly not the covering paul is mentioning it would not nake any since! If you break down everything Paul says about nature, the hair being short, then cut... totally not hair as the covering in prayer and prophesying. Lord give us eyes to see. Look at history of veiling and pray for wisdom.

Patricia, Nature here isn't referring to, birds, animals, life. The word defined in this verse means, What is Correct, what is Standard, what is Expected Why does everyone bring up the Prostitute? Does anyone know why "The Prostitute " cut her hair off/short?

It's not about having long hair it's about having uncut hair.

Long simply mean uncut. Many ethnicities don't grow out long hair due to their genetics. Scripture refers to long being uncut when you study it in more depth. Pastor Jason Varnum recently covered this on their YT channel, Soul's Harbor FPC. Look for the video titled "Grace University (Part 3 - Hair)"

A woman who does not cut her hair has no control over how long it grows. She only has control over whether she cuts it. That is what God sees. That is what God honors. The choice that a woman makes in her walk with Him. So if it does not grow long and people judge her that will be on them. God will still honor her obedience.

It's just uncut hair "1 Cor 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered." I know some women naturally don't grow hair as long as others, but it's the fact that God wants us to not "cut" thier hair.. even if it's not as long as the others.. just uncut

That's my view on it, I know no scripture is open to private interpretation, but I think that's what Paul meant here

Long hair refers to uncut hair. Not the length. So if her hair is uncut even if it is very short, spiritually it is long.