Using the Cross for fashion?

vain blasphemy

For years and years now I have witnessed so many professed followers of Christ and also so many wordly people be ordained with the image of the cross that JESUS CHRIST died on for the sins of the world. There has been a decline of Christianity here in America over time but yet there is an influx of people using the image of the cross for fashion purposes. The most popular use for the cross today is seen as jewelry pieces like necklaces and earrings; also seen on purses and phone cases and most definitely clothing. When I mention clothing, I'm not just talking about the tacky, cheesy t-shirts that people wear but it is also used in high fashion. Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier and Tom Ford are just a few examples who are known to having a history of using the cross in their designs in which I find quite ironic considering how the industry is of the devil...

Back in 2018, The Met Gala theme was "Heavenly Bodies". Being their most controversial theme thus far, it was so much vanity that took place that night. Celebs such as Madonna, Selena Gomez, Nicki Minaj, Jared Leto, Chadwick Boseman and so many more being all ordained and customized with crosses all over. There was nothing 'heavenly' about the event but rather very corrupt and blasphemous towards the holy God. The Lord does not want us to make any graven images. "Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth:" ~Deuteronomy 5:8 "Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female..." ~Deuteronomy 4:16 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." ~Exodus 20:4 (God was so serious about that in which he told the people time and time again on different occasians back in Old Testament times). Nor does he want us to be decked out in jewelry and expensive textiles. "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet, which is in the sight of God of a great price." ~1Peter 3:3-4 "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works." ~1 Timothy 2:9-10 "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theives break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where theives do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." ~Matthew 6:19-21. We today have rebelled against both of those commands and even went as far as emerging the two; creating a graven image that is the cross and turning it into a 'fashion statement', stirring up so much iniquity and doubling the wickedness that is.

In the fashion industry, whatever the higher end designers create, the high-street and plain streetwear suppliers always follow after which causes a chain reaction to the consumers who cannot afford the luxury brands but desire to still look as if. So many people, especially in my twisted generation look up to these celebs and when they see what they wear, they also will replicate that anyway they can and will also try to keep up with the latest trends and what's currently 'in'. Many are so quick to wear the cross just because it's 'cute' or it looks 'cool' but not knowing what it is really about. JESUS CHRIST died on that cross for FREE for the redemption of me, you and everyone in this world for our sins and iniquities before the Lord. Being the slain lamb, Jesus sacrificed himself so that we don't be cast to hell and then lake of fire but instead, that we can have the hope of eternal life with the living God. "Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified." ~Matthew 27:26 "And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. Then Jesus said, 'Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.'" ~Luke 23:33-34 What JESUS did was absolutely free out of his love for us. Yet, jewelers, designers and any other craftsmen who carve the image of the cross are selling the image attached to their items for money; (which is another sin because we aren't supposed to sell the things of God.) "And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that are sold and brought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, 'It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.'" ~Matthew 21:12-13 "And said unto them that sold doves, 'Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.'" ~John 2:16

Wearing a necklace with a cross or having any type of accessory that has a cross on it does not gain you any favor with God; nor does it make you any spiritual no matter how simple, small, huge or ordained the cross is, it is all vanity! Anything that is vain is of the enemy and the enemy is satan who is the ruler of this world and the traditions of men. "Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountsin, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, 'All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.'" Whether you are aware or not, even though you are wearing a cross that represent Christ, you are still worshipping the devil..."But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." ~2Corinthians 11:3 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." ~John 10:10 "Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God." ~James 4:4 

JESUS did say that he is the way, "Jesus saith unto him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.'" ~John 14:6 However, the way to Jesus isn't by wearing graven images of the cross. It's by following the 5 Biblical Gospel Points and getting into God's word that is the HOLY BIBLE and not only reading it but practicing and doing it! We are supposed to follow the New Testament body that God gave for us after the fulfillment of all 613 Torah Laws and sacrificial death that he did on the cross followed by his ressurection. "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ." ~!Corinthians 11:1. JESUS  spake of many parable and he did so for many reasons. (in which I plan to go over a couple in the near future). Time is near and we MUST be sober and aware of ALL things. "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world." ~1Peter 5:8-9...It's not a 'fashion statement', it has a much deeper meaning. The traditions of men and the 'culture' gave the humble rugged cross a very unsettling makeover and if JESUS was here today in human form, he would rebuke it all! WOE unto the blasphemy. Know to think about it, I'm starting to really understand why he called me out of the fashion industry and my worldly career that was...

Since knowing the truth and finding out that the wearing of the cross isn't biblical, I have shamefaced prayed and asked the Lord for forgiveness and I have repented of that. I have gotten rid of mine along with all of my other materialistic accessories that I had possessed. For the ones in Christ who profess to be a follower, I hope that coming to the knowledge of this that you too will repent and do away with the cross. For the wordly outsiders, I hope that you'll atleast have it in your heart to be mindful of what you're wearing and representing; and out of respect of JESUS CHRIST, that you'll do the same or atleast study and do research on Christ and what he was and still is about today. (I suggest starting with either the book of Matthew or the book of John in the HOLY BIBLE) God have mercy on us all. "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also are ye circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the circumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all tresspasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which is contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;" ~Colossians 2:8-14

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