A Scriptural Church No. 9 Part 2 [Headcovering]

Within the distinctive of being a Scriptural Church there is one further topic that we want to dwell upon. It is that of headcovering for all females.

Paul in writing to young Timothy exhorted him to hold fast the form of sound words. Timothy was charged to be faithful to the precepts of the Word of God in a day when it was difficult to do so.

Paul warned him that the time would come when they would not endure sound doctrine and that many would turn away from the truth, deceiving and being deceived. If anything marks the age in which we live it is these features with respect to the issue of headcovering.

There has been a serious turning away from the Word of God on the issue of females wearing a head covering in public worship. There is a failure to hold fast to the form of sound words on this vital matter as taught in the Holy Scriptures.

Churches that believe it is right that women cover their heads in public worship are laughed at and ridiculed. We are denounced as being petty and narrow minded. There are those who argue that this precept only applied to Corinth and was a local custom in order to excuse their non observance of this practice.

There are those abroad today who once held to this but who do not do so any longer. It would hinder people from coming in. There have been churches which once kept hats to give people who arrived at church without them but have now changed and are preaching against the wearing of a head covering.

What saith the Scriptures about Headcovering?