IS PERMING OF THE HAIR A SIN? [PART 2]

IS PERMING OF THE HAIR A SIN? [PART 2]

In the early days of Christianity Sisters in Christ do not perm their hair. They do normal African traditional styles like thread plaiting and weaving. They always cover their hair with head ties, scarfs, handkerchiefs or even with pages of book whenever they appear in gospel functions like prayer meetings, picnics etc. Not quite long a problem developed. What is it all about?

 hair with head ties, scarfs, handkerchiefs or even with pages of book whenever they appear in gospel functions like prayer meetings, picnics etc. Not quite long a problem developed. What is it all about?

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In many Bible study sessions the question “Is it compulsory that ladies should cover their hair?” arose. The general concession was that “THE HAIR IS GIVEN TO THE LADIES FOR THEIR COVERING” hence there was no point using additional stuff to cover their hair.

So many ladies gradually stopped covering their hair to church. Now the need to put some shine on the hair arose since normal thread plaiting and weaving was not glamorous enough.

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The most ready answer was to follow the trend set by their unbelieving counterparts which was becoming fast popular. It is a common believe among many blacks that everything the Whiteman have is of superior quality and as such preferable to that owned by the blacks. Hence the ladies began to perm their hairs and fix weavon, braids, and other forms of attachments with many going as far as bleaching their skin so as to look like the white ladies.

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At this point in time another phenomenon was fast gaining ascendency. The clothing called leggis was in vogue. This is what gave rise to all most all female trousers. The first set of ladies that put it on would adorn it with a mini skirt a very micro one so as not to appear too indecent to the very old women who sitting on the veranders of their houses would not hesitate to give a very serious tongue lashing to the young ladies for what they see and consider a provocative dressence.

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After much debating in many Bible Study sessions, it was agreed that since it was more proper to put on trousers type of clothing in events like sporting sessions and youth service orientation camping, ladies can put trousers on but should not wear same to church events. But in a little while this form of dressing started appearing inside the church with many female Pastors spear heading the trend. What shall we then say to these things? Are we in the right or are we in the wrong?

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In this same era many people who haven being seriously involved in spiritism but now have undergone deliverance procedures began to come out with spiritual revelations claiming that female trousers, perming, weavons, attachments even earrings and other trinkets were all designed and manufactured in the spirit marine world with the covenant that all they who make use of these things will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

They claim that the usage of these things aforementioned defiles our bodies and the Bible says “Our body is the temple of GOD and anyone who defiles the temple of GOD him would the LORD also destroy.

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All these things began more than twenty years ago and have reached crescendo only recently. Had Christians taken a very firm stand against it then perhaps we would not be in this quaqmire today. The tree which was planted many years ago which would have been uprooted in its infancy was left to grow.

Today that tree has grown very big with its leaves and branches spreading out to the far corners of the earth while its roots are firmly secured under almost every house on earth. Uprooting it now will definatly destroy many houses. And so, just like this tree, Christiandom is in a great debacle and we wait patiently for our leaders to chat the way forward for us.