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That's A Lie: The Campbells were Presbyterians and Joh
Calvin
REFORMING OR RESTORING THE CHURCH OF
CHRIST
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ONCE CAMPBELL ACCEPTED SCRIPTURE OF
AUTHORITY OPPOSIITE THAT OF THE CHRISTIANS, HE COULD
UNDERSTAND SCRIPTURE
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Churches
of Christ were "owned" but never a part of the Disciples of
Christ.. However, in 1905 they CLAIMED that the Acapella
groups were part of their movement.
Only self-appointed "pastors" with NO God-given funding have
enough time to go beyond his own now-apostate assembly of Jeff..
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The Churches of Christ refused to be lumped with the DISCIPLES OF CHRIST.
The big lie is that the Church of Christ sectarianed out of the Christian Church in the 1906 census. Surprise! The Christian church did not exist in 1906 and would not BEGIN to sect out of the Disciples until 1927 and finally NOT counted by the Disciples in 1971. So, why would you believe that lie when the Christian Church sected out of the Disciples and therefore split the DISCIPLES. Good for them: those pushing confiscation under the ploy of "unity" meetings. They gave that up after massive sowing of discord after 25 years of almost total failure.
The Christian Church SHOULD be UNITED with the Disciples of Christ if they want to restore the only thing busted. They will not because most of them never believed in the denominational structure TO WHICH the Church of Christ was never UNITED. However, they brought out six or seven things that the Church of Christ would not approve of. That's their right: they and the betrayers of their own congregations do not have the right to blame the Church of Christ none of whose ROOTS used instruments and many of them wrote the best material LONG BEFORE 1906: namely the Presbyterians who first began their writings when the Scotch State church adopted instruments and the same STATE organization as the State church of England.
LOUISVILLE,
Ky. – Jeff Walling blinked back tears as he held
out his worn personal Bible — the one his 89-year-old
mother, Mildred, gave him in memory of his late “earthly
father,” T.J.
Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said,
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matt. 11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
THE WISE: sophis-tês , ou, ho,
A.master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets, “meletan sophistais prosbalon” Pi.I.5(4).28, cf. Cratin.2; of musicians, “sophistēs . . parapaiōn khelun” A.Fr.314, cf. Eup.447, Pl.Com. 140; sophistē Thrēki (sc. Thamyris) E.Rh.924, cf. Ath.14.632c: with modal words added, “hoi s. tōn hierōn melōn” Ael.NA11.1; of the Creator of the universe (ho dēmiourgos）, panu thaumaston legeis s. Pl.R.596d; of cooks, “eis tous s. ton mageiron eggraphō” Alex.149.14, cf. Euphro 1.11; hoi tēn hippeian s. skilled in . . , Ael.NA13.9: metaph., s. pēmatōn deviser, contriver of pains, E.Heracl.993:—then,
2. sophist (in bad sense), quibbler, cheat, Ar.Nu.331,1111, al., Pl.Sph. 268d; “goēta kai sophistēn onomazōn” D.18.276.3. later of the rhētores, Professors of Rhetoric, and prose writers of the Empire, such as Philostratus and Libanius, Suid.; “Apollōnidē sophistē”
Matt. 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father:
and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father;
neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Matt. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Pauo means stop the polemos or battle, fight, war: stop levying war against another, anaireisthai or airô egeirein, kathistanai, epagein to begin a war; p. poieisthai to make war, -- opp. to p. anapauein, kataluesthai to put an end to it, make peace, all in attic
The singing which is to PAUSE to give rest is b. mostly of things, make an end of, stop, abate
Stop the: Melōd-eō ,A. chant, sing, Ar.Av.226, 1381, Th.99:—Pass., to be chanted, “ta rhēthenta ē melōdēthenta” Pl.Lg.655d, cf. Chamael. ap. Ath. 14.620c; to be set to music, Cleanth. ap. Phld.Mus.p.98 K.; ta melōdoumena diastēmata used in music, Plu.2.1019a. II. chant, choral song, melôidias poiêtês, lullaby, generally, musis pauō , Il.19.67, etc. ;
Stop the: lupas ōdais p. E.Med.197 (anap.), etc. ; p. toxon let the bow rest, Od.21.279
Stop the: 2. c. acc. pers. et gen. rei, hinder, keep back, or give one rest, from a thing, p. Hektora makhēs, ponoio Akhilēa, Thamurin aoidēs,Pauo means: Stop worshipping the MUSES led by APOLLON
Stop the: 3. c. pres. part., stop a person from leave off doing . . , hoth' hupnos heloi, pausaito te nēpiakheuōn when he stopped playing
Stop the: later paēsomai （ana-) Apoc.14.13
Stop the: of one singing or speaking, 17.359, Hdt.7.8.d : generally, Med. denotes willing, Pass. forced, cessation.
Stop the rhapsōd-os , o(, A. reciter of Epic poems, sts. applied to the bard who recited his own poem, professional reciters, esp. of the poems of Homer, Hdt.5.67, Pl.Ion 530c, etc.: also rh. kuōn, ironically, of the Sphinx who chanted her riddle, S.OT391
(Prob. from rhaptō, aoidē; Hes.Fr. 265 speaks of himself and Homer as en nearois humnois rhapsantes aoidēn, and Pi.N.2.2 calls Epic poets rhaptōn epeōn aoidoi:
Stop the orkheomai , 2. represent by dancing or pantomime,
III. Act. orkheō , make to dance (v. Pl.Cra.407a), is used by Ion Trag.50, ek tōn aelptōn mallon ōrkhēsen phrenas made my heart leap
kata-pauô put an end to, stop
3. depose from power, k. tina tês archês, tês basilêïês, Hdt.4.1, 6.64; tous turannous Id.5.38 , cf. 2.144, 7.105; Mousas depose them from their honours, cease to worship them, E. HF685 (lyr.):--Pass., tês basilêïês katepausthê Hdt. 1.130 , cf. 6.71.
Euripides, Heracles (ed. E. P. Coleridge) Never will I cease to link in one the Graces and the Muses, [675] sweetest union. Never may I live among uneducated boors, but ever may I find a place among the crowned! [680] Yes, still the aged singer lifts up his voice of bygone memories: still is my song of the triumphs of Heracles, whether Bromius the giver of wine is near, or the strains of the seven-stringed lyre and the Libyan pipe are rising; [685] not yet will I cease to sing the Muses' praise, my patrons in the dance.
The Psalmist agreed:
THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Psalm 23:
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Psalm 23:2
Psa. 11:4 ¶ The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Hab. 2:20 But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Matt. 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matt. 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Walling, minister of the a cappella
Providence Road Church of Christ in Charlotte, N.C., had
studied and preached out of this same Bible for more than a
decade, evidenced by a tattered
handful of pages that he pulled from Ephesians.
Apostate Translation ------''''''''----
ANTI God's Holy Spirit and Paul's Verson You can be UNWISE
BY Singing YOUR OWN SONGS and Making Music
You Fill Everyone
With The Holy Spirit--A God
This Holy Spirit God is IN you
Which is BETTER
Than Having Jesus By Your side
You SING and make MELODY very LOUDLY TO AN AUDIENCE. KOMA is induced by INSTRUMENTAL sounds.
Singing is PURPOSE DRIVEN to STOP teaching and induce a Laden Burden or Spiritual Anxiety.
Your MELODY is based on PSALL0
psallere saltare [body movement] ēlĕgans
I. In the ante-class. period in a bad sense, luxurious, effeminate, fastidious, nice: elegans homo non dicebatur cum laude “mulier (Phryne [prostitute]—with formo
You anticipate Appreciation and Applause from the ticket holders
The SPIRITUS you let in is personified as Apollo or Apollyon and the Locusts are his Musicians always marked as Abominable and Reprobate.
You must not be UNWISE: g878. ἄφρων aphron, af´-rone; from 1 (as a negative particle) and 5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving: — fool(-ish), unwise.
You Must Understand
[1] The Last Will and Testament of Jesus.
[2] Which is WORD of Christ (Col 3:16)
[3] Spirit is the Word of Christ (John 6:63)
You SPEAK which is the OPPOSITE of SING because TEACHING AND ADMONISHING one another is the PURPOSE
Melody or GRACE is IN YOUR HEART means SILENT devotion to God
Eph. 5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Col. 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him
Plautus, Curculio CAPPADOX My spleen is killing me, my reins are in torment, my lungs are being torn asunder, my liver is being tortured, my heart-strings are giving way, all my intestines are in pain.
But on this night, after preaching to thousands at the North American Christian Convention, Walling presented the Bible to Dave Stone, minister of the Southeast Christian Church in Louisville.
“I want to tell you tonight, you are my brother,” Walling said to Stone.
WALLING HAS NO
AUTHORITY TO PASS SUCH JUDGMENT. Churches of Christ never
had a denominational organization. Therefore,
indifiduals had the right to assemble as a congregation and
not JOIN a denominational organization
Bless Jeff's heart,
he supports the INSTRUMENTAL group and denounces the
SECTARIAN, HERATICS, LEGALISTS. HERE IS WHY JEFFY IS WRONG:
John 8:28 Then said Jesus unto them,
When ye have lifted up
the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he,
and that I do nothing of
myself;
but as my Father hath TAUGHT me, I SPEAK these things.
John 8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not
left me alone;
for I do always those
things that please him.
John 8:30 As he SPAKE these words, many believed on him.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
IF ye continue in MY WORD word, THEN
are ye my disciples indeed;
A CHRISTIAN IS A DISCIPLE AND A DISCIPLE IS A STUDENT: JESUS IS
THE ONLY TEACHERS WHEN APT ELDERS TEACH THAT WHICH IS WRITTEN
FOR OUR. GOD IS HOLY AND DID NOT PROVIDE A SINGLE PERSON WHO IS
EVER SAID TO WORSHIP BY "PREACHING, LISTENING, SINGING, PLAYING
AN INSTRUMENT, ACTING OR PAY TO PLAY. John 8:32 And ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
FROM CLAY TABLETS ONWARD, INSTRUMENNTAL NOISES WERE CONSIDERED THE VOICE OF A GOD WITHIN. GOD PROVIDED NO HINT OF ANYONE WORSHIPING WITH ANY KIND OF MUSIC. IT IS APPROPRIATE WHAT THE GREEKS AND OTHER CIVILIZED STATES UNDERSTOOD ABOUT MUSIC AND MUSICIANS.
Logos computation, reckoning 2. statement of a theory, argument, ouk emeu alla tou l. akousantas prob. in Heraclit.50; logon ēde noēma amphis alētheiēs discourse and reflection on reality,
IV. inward debate of the soul, reflection, deliberation
Regulative and formative forces, derived from the intelligible and operative in the sensible universe,
Opposite to epithumia
A. desire, yearning, longing after a thing, desire of or for it, Theaomai :--gaze at, behold, mostly with a sense of wonder, 3. view as spectators
Opposite Pathos A. that which happens to a person or thing, incident, accident, Moralizing Rhetoric
Opposite Poiein to excite passion, Arist.Rh.1418a12; V. Rhet., emotional style or treatment,
Opposite Enthousi-astikos , ē, on, A. inspired, “phusis” Pl.Ti.71e; esp. by music,
Prose, OPPOSITE -poiêsis, Id.R.390a;
OPPOSITE -poiêtikê, D.H.Comp.6; OPPOSITE poiêmata, onomatopoeic word
OPPOSITE emmetra Modus 2. The measure of tones, measure, rhythm, melody, harmony, time; in poetry, measure, metre, mode:Mūsĭcus a, um, adj., = mousikos.
X. the Word or Wisdom of God, personified as his agent in creation and world-government,
Theologians are doomed to call God a liar or INCOMPETENT. If God had wanted any kind of music in the tuneful sense He was INTELLIGIBLE But denied by C. Leonard Allen.
mousikos kai melōn poētēs” 2. generally, votary of the Muses, The Muses were the LOCUSTS unleashed with Apollon their "musical worship leaders." The Greek and Latin literature identifies them as dirty adulteresses
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[25] the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: “Shepherds of the wilderness,
wretched things of shame, mere bellies,
we know how to speak many false things as though they were true;
but we know, when we will, to utter true things.”
...and they bade me sing of the race of the blessed gods that are eternally,
but ever to sing of themselves both first and last.
pharma^kon 3. enchanted potion, philtre: hence, charm, spell, Od.4.220 sq., Ar.Pl.302, [Circe, Church, Corinth mother of harlots] Theoc.2.15
The singers [Muses], instrument players and craftsmen as sorcerers in Revelation 18.
Jude 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed not.
Ex. 32:6 And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play
Ludo A. To sport, play with any thing, to practise as a pastime, amuse one's self with any thing, B. To sport, dally, wanton Esp., to play on an instrument of music, to make or compose music or song:Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation,
A. To sport, play with any thing, to practise as a pastime, amuse one's self with any thing: “illa ipsa ludens conjeci in communes locos, Cic. Par. prooem.: Prima Syracosio dignata est ludere versu Nostra ... Thalia,” Verg. E. 6, 1.—Esp., to play on an instrument of music, to make or compose music or song:
1Cor. 10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
Paizō pais I. properly, to play like a child, to sport, alla pepaistai metriōs hēmin, of the chorus, Ar. Th.1227. 4. play on a musical instrument, h.Ap.206: “Pan ho kalamophthogga paizōn” WORSHIP MINISTER dance and sing,
he hath reserved in everlasting chains
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
Angĕlus , i, m., = aggelos. B. In mal. part.: “Diabolus et angeli ejus,” Vulg. Matt. 25, 41: “angelus Satanae,” ib. 2 Cor. 12, 7 al. Aggelos 2. generally, one that announces or tells, e.g. of birds of augury, Il.24.292,296; Mousōn aggelos, of a poet, Thgn.769; “aggele earos . . khelido
Mousa , ēs, hē, Aeol. Moisa II. mousa, as Appellat., music, song, “m. stugera” A.Eu.308 (anap.); “euphamos” Id.Supp.695 (lyr.); “kanakhan . . theias antiluron mousas” S.Tr.643 (lyr.); “Aiakō moisan pherein” Pi.N.3.28; tis hēde mousa; Mousa , Apollyon's Musical Worship Teams-Locusts
Dios aigiokhoio thugateres” [Daughters whatever the sex]
[1] MUSICIANS stugeros A .hated, abominated, loathed, or hateful, abominable, loathsome mousa music, song, “m. stugera kanakhan . .1Cor. 13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
THEIAS etheiazon obtained inspiration through ritual antiluron responding to the lyre or guitar.
Aoidos , ho, (aeidō) A.singer, minstrel, bard THEIOS a
Enchanter, Sorcerer
[2] MUSICIANS “adein [singers are] adokimon mousa
adokimon disreputable, discredited, reprobate,
[3] MUSICIANS They are from Aidēs” Haidēs Aidao domoisi in the nether world to the nether world, 2. place of departed spirits,
2. gen. hadou with nouns in adjectival sense, devilish,
“thuousan ha. mēter'” A.Ag.1235; “ha. mageiros”
thuousan Silenced in Romans 12 so that Worship is Spiritual, rational or teaching the Word, Logos, Regulative Principle only[4] MUSICIANS are FOREORDAINED to this JUDGMENT and a "Locusts" chase the GODLY out.
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[5] MUSICIANS MOCKED
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[6] MUSICIANS They Do NOT know God nor Christ
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2John 9 Whosoever transgresseth,
and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God.
He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ,
he hath both the Father and the Son
Stone handed Walling his own Bible and told him: “The great
thing about these Bibles is that they are exactly the same.
They are the same translation. They are God’s word.”
In an emotional display of love and acceptance, several prominent leaders of a cappella Churches of Christ and instrumental Christian Churches joined Walling and Stone in exchanging personal Bibles. Walling challenged the 6,000 people who packed the Kentucky International Convention Center that night to go home and do the same.
“Are you willing to go home and shape
the future of our brotherhood for our children by reaching out
because of grace to say, ‘I love you in the name of Jesus
Christ, brother?’” Walling asked the crowd. “And if somebody says, ‘Well, he’s a brother in error,’
you tell him, ‘Do we have any other kind?’
JEFF WALLING WANTS YOU TO JOIN THE
SORCERERS
Plato,
Euthydemus
I think you give sufficient proof, I said, that this art of the speech-writers cannot be that whose acquisition would make one happy. And yet I fancied that somewhere about this point would appear the knowledge which we have been seeking all this while.
[289e] For not only do these speech-writers themselves, when I am in their company, impress me as prodigiously clever, Cleinias, but their art itself seems so exalted as to be almost inspired. However, this is not surprising; for it is a part of the SORCERER'S art, epōdōn tekhnēsLatin 289e:Plat. Euthyd. 290a and only slightly inferior to that. The sorcerer's art is the charming of snakes and tarantulas and scorpions and other beasts and diseases, while the other is just the charming and soothing of juries, assemblies [Ekklesia or church], crowds, and so forth. Or does it strike you differently? I asked.
kai mentoi ouden thaumaston: esti gar tēs tōn epōdōn tekhnēs morion mikrō te ekeinēs hupodeestera.
Thaumaston Is a Lying wonder which claims that your rituals are ordained by God.
-epōdē , Ion. and poet. epa^oidē , hē, A.song sung to or over: hence, enchantment, spell, LADEN BURDEN
ou pros iatrou sophou thrēnein epōdas pros tomōnti pēmati
of the Magi, Hdt.1.132
oute pharmaka..oud' au epōdai” Pl.R. 426b ; thusiai kai e. ib.364b ;
charm for or against.., “toutōn epōdas ouk epoiēsen patēr” A.Eu.649.
Rev. 18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
Rev. 18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Rev. 18:22 And the voice of HARPERS, and MUSICIANS, and of PIPERS, and TRUMPETERS, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
Rev. 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy SORCERERIES were all nations deceived.
5331. φαρμακεία pharmakeia, far-mak-i´-ah; from 5332; medication (“pharmacy”), i.e. (by extension) magic (literally or figuratively): — sorcery, witchcraft.Rev. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
5332. φαρμακεύς pharmakeus, far-mak-yoos´; from φάρμακον pharmakon (a drug, i.e. spell-giving potion); a druggist (“pharmacist”) or poisoner, i.e. (by extension) a magician: — sorcerer.
Rev. 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
epōd-os , on, （epadō）A.singing to or over, using songs or charms to heal wounds, “epōdoi muthoi”
muthoi” NARRATIVE THEOLOGY
b. Subst., enchanter, “e. kai goēs” E.Hipp. 1038 (but “goēs e.” Ba.234): c. gen., a charm for or against, “ethusen hautou paida epōdon Thrēkiōn aēmatōn” A.Ag.1418 ; e. tōn toioutōn one to charm away such fears, Pl.Phd.78a.c. c. dat., assisting, profitable, 2. Pass., sung to music, “phōnai” Plu.2.622d ; fit for singing, “poiētikēn e. parekhein
2. epōdos, ho, verse or passage returning at intervals, in Alcaics and Sapphics, D.H.Comp.19 ; chorus, LADED BURDENS, refrain,
Pl.Lg.903b Athenian
Let us persuade the young man by our discourse that all things are ordered systematically by Him who cares for the World—all with a view to the preservation and excellence of the Whole, whereof also each part, so far as it can, does and suffers what is proper to it. To each of these parts, down to the smallest fraction, rulers of their action and passion are appointed to bring about fulfillment even to the uttermost
No, it appears to me, he replied, to be as you say.
kēl-ēsis , eōs, hē, *A. bewitching, charming, ekheōn, nosōn, Pl.Euthd. 290a: enchantment by eloquence, dikastōn k. te kai paramuthia ibid.; by music and sweet sounds, Id.R.601b, Stoic.3.97.Plat. Rep. 601b whether he speak in rhythm, meter [melos] and harmony [rhuthmon] about cobbling or generalship or anything whatever. So mighty is the spell1 that these adornments naturally exercise; though when they are stripped bare of their musical coloring [metron] and taken by themselves,2 I think you know what sort of a showing these sayings of the poets make. For you, I believe, have observed them.” “I have,” he said. “Do they not,” said I, “resemble the faces of adolescents, young but not really beautiful, when the bloom of youth abandons them?3” “By all means,” he said. “Come, then,” said I, “consider this point: The creator of the phantom, the imitator, we say, knows nothing of the reality but only the appearance.
hōraios , fruits ripe for plucking or rippe for death.
“We are all in error,” Walling added. “That’s why we come every Sunday to say, ‘God, forgive us.’”
Almost everyone in the audience — which
convention organizers said included as many as 1,000 members
of a cappella congregations — stood and accepted the
challenge.
Rom. 15:1 ¶ We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Rom. 15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Rom. 15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.
Rom. 15:5 ¶ Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
Rom. 15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Today, the a cappella churches report about 1.3 million baptized members in the U.S., slightly more than the instrumental churches’ 1.2 million. Both groups believe that Jesus is Lord, baptize for remission of sins and offer the Lord’s Supper each Sunday. But disagreement remains over the issue of instrumental music, as many Church of Christ members consider it a doctrinal issue, not a matter of preference.
Romans XV. 1 debemus autem nos firmiores imbecillitates infirmorum sustinere et non nobis placere
Sustinere A. In gen., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve with dignity.
Imbecillitas Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 9Caes. B. G. 7, 77, 9 Caesar, Gallic War 7.77. LXXVII. But those who were blockaded at Alesia , the day being past, on which they had expected auxiliaries from their countrymen, and all their corn being consumed ignorant of what was going on among the Aedui, convened an assembly [Concilium Pastorium ]and deliberated on the exigency of their situation. After various opinions had been expressed among them, some of which proposed a surrender, others a sally, while their strength would support it, the speech of Critognatus ought not to be omitted for its singular and detestable cruelty.
-Infirmorum I. not strong, weak, feeble. Very uncertain about their beliefs. This could be superstitious about what foods they coudl eat. Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 3
sum paulo infirmior, Hor. S. 1, 9, 71The Self-pleasure in Romans 15 points directly to all of the performing or hypocritic practices which "create mental excitement." This word in the Greek and Latin points to any group agreement imposed on others or any of the theatrical practices.Cicero 1 11 My dear Tullia's ill-health and weakness frightens me to death. I gather that you are shewing her great attention, for which I am deeply grateful.
Horace 1.9.
"We do not live there in the manner you imagine; there is not a house that is freer or more remote from evils of this nature. It is never of any disservice to me, that any particular person is wealthier or a better scholar than I am: every individual has his proper place.""You tell me a marvelous thing, scarcely credible."
"But it is even so."
"You the more inflame my desires to be near his person.""You need only be inclined to it: such is your merit, you will accomplish it: and he is capable of being won; and on that account the first access to him he makes difficult."
"I will not be wanting to myself; I will corrupt his servants with presents; if I am excluded to-day, I will not desist; I will seek opportunities; I will meet him in the public streets; I will wait upon him home. Life allows nothing to mortals without great labor."
Outlawed: -Placeo to please, to be pleasing or agreeable, to be welcome, acceptable, to satisfy (class.).
1. In scenic lang., of players or pieces presented, to please, find favor, give satisfaction: scenico placentiJesus and Paul said that worship is in the PLACE of the human spirit because outside the Dogs or Cynic singers who were male homosexuals will seek to devoure you.
Rom. 8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Rom. 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,
if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
No one ever gives music any more credit than pure entertaiment. And you cannot entertain yourself without gender confusion and prevening worship or meditation IN the spirit.Outlawed: -Scaenicus I. of or belonging to the stage, scenic, dramatic, ORGANA, theatrical
I. Lit.: poëtae, dramatic poets, ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, : fabula, a drama,
2. Placere sibi, to be pleased or satisfied with one's self, to flatter one's self, to pride or plume one's selfI. Lit.: poëtae, dramatic poets, ludi, stage-plays, theatrical representations, : fabula, a drama, organa, Suet. Ner. 44 : coronae, id. ib. 53 : habitus, id. ib. 38 : gestus, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 : modulatio Comedy. orator
-poëtae, II. composer of a poem, author, p. kômôidias Pl.Lg.935e ; p. kainôn dramatôn, b. composer of music, 2. author of a speech
Outlawed: -“organa, Vitr. 10, 1.--Of musical instruments, a pipe,. Gen. 4, 21; id. 2 Par. 34, 12 et saep.--Of hydraulic engines, an organ, water-organ: organa hydraulica,
Gen 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
H8610 manipulate, figuratively to use unwarrantably
:--catch, handle, (lay, take) hold (on, over), stop, X surely, surprise, take.
H8608 taphaph to drum, that is, play (as) on the tambourine:taber, play with timbrels.H8611 tôpheth to'-feth From the base of H8608 ; a smiting, that is, (figuratively) contempt:--tabret. MEANING HELL
Outlawed: -“modulatio In partic., a rhythmical measure, modulation; hence, singing and playing, melody, in poetry and music, Quint. 9, 4, 139: modulatione produci aut corripi (verba), id. 9, 4, 89 : modulatio pedum, id. 1, 6, 2 : scenica, id. 11, 3, 57 : vocis, melody, id. 11, 3, 59 : musica, Aus. Ep. 25, 13 .
Commanded: After having paid reverence to the discourse about God,
Outlawed: they leave within [at church] what they have heard. And outside they foolishly amuse themselves with impious playing, and amatory quavering (feminine vibrato), occupied with flute-playing, and dancing, and intoxication, and all kinds of trash.Romans 15.[2]
[2] unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum ad aedificationem
unusquisque vestrum proximo suo placeat in bonum ad aedificationem [3] etenim Christus non sibi placuit sed sicut scriptum est inproperia inproperantium tibi ceciderunt super me
LOQUOR I. inf. loquier, Naev. ap. Gell. 1, 24, 2), v. dep. n. and a. [Sanscr. lap-, to talk, whisper; Gr. lak-, elakon, laskô], to speak, talk, say (in the lang. of common life, in the tone of conversation; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 10; 11, 3, 45).
1. To speak out, to say, tell, talk about, mention, utter, name: A. To speak, declare, show, indicate or express clearly:
G3050 logikos log-ik-os' From G3056 [WORD] ; rational (“logical”):--reasonable, of the word. II. possessed of reason, intellectual, when we speak A. of or for speaking or speech,
The Ekklesia is similar to the Greek Sulloge you wouldn't DARE make music! Sullogos special meeting as opposed to the regular ekklesia (roughly weekly) II. metaph., collectedness, presence of mind,
-logik-os [logos] ) Speech 3. suited for prose, II. possessed of reason, intellectual, sullogismoi, [syllogisms] reasoning, putting togetehr of facts, DIALEKTIKOS conversation, discussion by question and answer,
OPPOSITE -megaloprepes, [great person]
OPPOSITE to -mousikē,, musical, poetic, Lyric as opposed to Epic. elegant, delicate, effeminate. -Mousa music, lyre, Sokratous: that was Socrate's way ;-)
OPPOSITE to -rhētorikoi, ,
OPPOSITE to to Epagogue Epagoge bringing in to aid, 4. allurement, enticement, b. incantation, spell, 7. leading away into captivity LXX Isa 14:17
EDUCATION WITH THE BIBLE AS WRITTEN IS THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH. The Lord's Supper is to show forth the death of Jesus Christ and the word means evangelism
-Aedificationem III. Fig., building up, instructing, edification.
(a). Absol.: loquitur ad aedificationem, Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 3 ; 14, 26.--
(b). With gen.: ad aedificationem Ecclesiae [church], Vulg. 1 Cor. 14, 12 ; ib. Eph. 4, 12.
Eph. 4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
Eph. 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Eph. 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Sermon for the Second Sunday in Advent; Romans 15:4-13
A Sermon by Martin
Luther; taken from his Church Postil of 1521:
about 300 years before Alexander Campbell.
http://www.pineycom.com/RefMLuthRom15.html
53. Service to God is praise of him. It must be free and voluntary, at table, in the chamber, cellar, garret, in house or field, in all places, with all persons, at all times. Whosoever teaches otherwise is no less guilty of falsehood than the Pope and the devil himself.
But how shall there be with us honor and praise of God, true service to him, when we neither love him nor receive his blessings? And how shall we love him when we do not know him and his blessings?
And how shall we know him and his blessings when no word is preached concerning them
and when the Gospel is left to lie under the table?
Where the Gospel is not in evidence, knowledge of God is an impossibility.
Then to love and praise him is likewise impossible.
As a further consequence it is necessarily impossible for divine service to exist.
Even if all the choristers were one chorister, all the priests one priest,
all the monks one monk, all the churches one church,
all the bells one bell; in brief if all the foolish services offered to God in the institutions,
churches and cloisters were a hundred thousand times greater and more numerous than they are,
what does God care for such carnivals and juggling?
54. Therefore, God complains most of the Jews in the second chapter of Micah,
because they silenced his praise, while at the same time,
they piped, blared and moaned like we do.
True divine service of praise cannot be established with revenues,
nor be circumscribed by laws and statutes.
High and low festivals have nothing to do with it.
It emanates from the Gospel, and certainly is as often rendered by a poor,
rustic servant as by a great bishop. [51]
The dramatic exchange of Bibles capped the third, and final, night of the annual non-voting, lectureship-style meeting of Christian Churches. Besides Walling, a cappella leaders who participated in the Bible exchange included ministers Marvin Phillips and Jerry Taylor as well as Abilene Christian University President Royce Money and Rochester College President Mike Westerfield.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC REMAINS DIVISIVE
With the theme “Together in
Christ,” the recent convention focused on fostering better
relations between the instrumental and a cappella fellowships
after a century of division. This year marks the 100th
anniversary of a 1906 federal census that first reported the
two Restoration Movement groups as separate bodies.
Paul was sent by
God to be an Apostle: He had to see the risen Christ (as
blind light) and hear the Voice of His Mouth. The word
PREACHER in fact must be a eye-- and ear-- witnesses,
chosen and taught by Christ in order to be a preacher.
Thereafter only APT elders are the GRATITUOUS holding School
of the Word only.
Only self-appointed "pastors" with NO God-given funding have
enough time to go beyond his own now-apostate assembly of Jeff..
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THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF JEFF WALLLING AND ALL "UNITY" PEOPLE WHO REJECT HOLY SCRIPTURE
Cecil May, dean of the College of Biblical Studies at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Ala., said some of his preacher friends in “progressive congregations” tell him they consider a cappella services a nice tradition that they do not intend to abandon. But they do not believe instrumental music is wrong, May said.
“Obviously, their approach to unity and fellowship with our instrumental brothers will be different from those of us who believe instrumental music is an unauthorized addition to what God has indicated he wants … in worship,” May said.
A MIX OF INSTRUMENTAL, A CAPPELLA HYMNS
The session at which Walling spoke mixed instrumental and a cappella hymns as praise teams from the Richland Hills Church of Christ in Texas and the Southside Christian Church in Orlando, Fla, performed together.
Keith Lancaster from the group Acappella led a non-instrumental rendition of Awesome God, followed by both praise teams singing a modern-day Rock of Ages, accompanied by a piano, drums, electric guitars, a trombone and a trumpet.
In a message titled “Together in God’s Grace,” Walling said he once believed that a cappella singing was the only way to worship. But he said God helped him grow to understand that grace, not perfect doctrine, saves Christians. Walling recalled that his mother taught him to be nice to strangers. “So, for years, that’s what I’ve done with folks in the independent Christian Churches,” he joked.
But he declared, “The time for being nice is over. It’s time to be family. … Nice is easy. Family is a mess. Family is loving and sacrificing. Family is trying to compromise without being compromised.”
David Faust, president of the North American Christian Convention, said he hoped members of both fellowships across the nation would repeat the exchange of Bibles. “This is a gesture of friendship and kinship, a way of saying, ‘I’m trying the best I can to teach God’s word with all my heart and I know that’s what you’re trying to do, too,’” Faust told The Christian Chronicle.
‘I’VE GOT TO TRY’
Tony Boyd, minister of the instrumental First Christian Church of Jasper, Ga., said the convention inspired him to want to go home and contact a local Church of Christ minister.
“I’ll knock on his door, and we’ll either sit down and talk or we won’t,” said Boyd, whose wife, Marcia, plays the piano at their church. “He may not want to have anything to do with me. But I hope he does. I’ve got to try.”
Daniel Daugherty, youth minister at a Christian Church in Roy, Utah, and his wife, Christina, said they would like to work with Church of Christ counterparts to share the true gospel with the predominantly Mormon state.
“It’s my dream to bring everyone together,” said Daniel Daugherty, 25. “When someone looks at Utah and says there’s only four New Testament churches in the state, I can say, ‘No, there’s 10 or 15.’ That’s what I want to see more than anything.”
Wyane Atkinson, minister of Northwest Church of Christ in Glendale, Ariz., said Christian Church members at the convention treated a cappella participants as their “long-lost brothers and sisters” and impressed him with sound, in-depth Bible study.
“If our brethren want to argue about
baptism, elders, weekly communion, the ‘priesthood of all
believers,’ the ‘inerrancy of the Scriptures’ or the plea to
separate from denominational attitudes and practices, then
they’ll have to go somewhere else than among the godly people
I met in Louisville,” Atkinson said.