Elders Maury Hills
Church of Christ
Greg Smith Hohenwald Church of Christ: Instrumental WORSHIP
(as opposed to Falling on your face in reverence and godly fear)
if FINE: jude says that your leaders were FORE ORDAINED
to this JUDGMENT. The LOCUSTS as Apollyon's Musical WORSHIP
Girls (dirty adulteresses) DRIVE the godly out from AMONG you.
This is the Baptism of Spirit (WIND, hot air) and FIRE heaping
you up for FIRE or IGNIS: the INCENTER or Song Starter LIGHTS
THE FIRES.
I will not waste too much time of Russ Adcox's assertion: they
are all false and prove that he is not a Disciple of Christ and
is therefore a false teacher.
John 8:31
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him,
IF ye continue in my WORD, THEN are ye my disciples indeed;
John 8:37 I know that ye
are Abraham’s seed;
but ye seek to kill
me, because my WORD hath no place in you.
John 8:38 I SPEAK
that which I have seen with MY Father:
and ye DO that which ye have seen
with YOUR father.
Son.of.man.shall.send.forth.his.angels.html
Matt. 13:38 The field is the world;
the good SEED
are the children of the KINGDOM;
but the tares
are the children of the wicked one;
Matt. 13:39 The enemy that sowed [dna] them is the DEVIL;
the harvest is the end
of the world; [Aion messianic Age]
and the REAPERS
are the ANGELS
God sends forth MUSICIANS meaning to make the lambs dumb
before the slaughter.
aggelos
Arabios a.,
of a loquacious person, 2.
generally, one that announces or tells,
e.g. of birds of augury, Il.24.292,296;
Mousōn
aggelos,a.
kai
arkhaggeloi
Mousōn Dios
aigiokhoio
thugateres”
Daughters whatever the sex led by Apollyon.
“kanakhan
. .gnashing
of teeth, clanging brass, k.
aulōn
sound of flutes, of the
lyre
Xenophon.Symposium.Lying.Wonders.Music.html
Mousōn [Locusts]
theias antiluron
mousas”
S.Tr.643
(lyr.); “
A.to be inspired, frenzied,
[WRATH] frenzy obtained inspiration through
ritual,
II. WORSHIP as divine, Id.59.27;
“Puthagoran kai
Platōna”
Mousōn [Locusts]
Aiakō
moisan
pherein”
Pi.N.3.28 [LADED BURDEN]“adein adokimon
m.”
Pl.Lg. 829d:
i
The MUSES are adokimon
3. DISREPUTABLE “lakismat'
adokim'
olbiois
ekhein” E.Tr.497;
“mousa”
Ep.Rom.1.28.
4. of persons, Pl.R.618b;
discredited, reprobate, X.Lac.3.3,
2 Ep.Tim.3.8,
etc.
Mousōn [Locusts]
adein aeidō
crow as cocks, Pl.Smp..223c;
hoot as owls, Arat.1000; croak
as frogs, a.
pros
aulon
ē luran
sing to .sing of, chant, “mēnin
aeide”
Il.1.1; “paiēona”
. A Song to 2. title of APOLLON (later as
epith.,
“Apollōni
Paiani”
OPPOSITE . logos
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
The BEAST is "A new style of music or drama including
Satyric Drama". The MARK or sign is defined as
music or sorcery. Paul warned that Elders would let the WOLVES
in to devour the flock and music from mystery means "to make the
lambs dumb before the slaughter." Jesus says they are OF the
World or Kosmos which we will define and which Paul SILENCES in
Rome. Jesus said that God HIDES from the WISE or SOPHISTS
meaning self-preachers, singers, instrument players, actors or
any religious teknokrat for which there is no role and no dole:
so they fleece the lambs and call them to the flecing with
instrumental sounds always defined as sorcery and sourced from
Satan.
ADDED
BELOW THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST AT MAURY HILLS.
Revelation 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial
upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous
sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and
upon them which WORSHIPped his image.
16:2]
et abiit primus et effudit fialam suam in terram et factum est vulnus saevum ac pessimum in homines qui habent caracterem bestiae et eos qui adoraverunt imaginem eius
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
kharag-ma
kha^,
atos,
to,
(kharassō)
3. metaph., mark, stamp, CHARACTER,
“to
tēs
monados
sēmantikon
sēman-tikos
,
ē,
on,
A.significant,
opp. “
asēmos,
onoma
esti
phōnē
s.
kata
sunthēkēn
aneu
khronou”
Arist.Int.16a19; “
rhēma
. . phōnē
sunthetē
s.
meta
khronou”
Id.Po.1457a14; “
logos
. . esti
phōnē
s.
kata
sunthēkēn”
Id.Int.16b26, cf.
Stoic.2.48: c.
gen., “
s.
hugieias”
Arist.Top.106b36;
“
s.
pasēs
kakias”
D.S.3.4;
s.
orē
mountains
giving signs of the weather,
Thphr.Sign.51;
s.
parōtidōn
indicative of mumps,
Gal.17(1).405;
-ka
significant symptoms,
Hp.Praec.11.
Adv. “
-kōs”
Arist.Top.106b37:
c.gen.,
M.Ant.10.7:
Sup. “
-ōtata”
Longin.31.1.
sēmeion ,
to,
Ion.
sēmēion
, Dor.
sa_mēion
2.
sign from the gods, omen,
S.OC94;
“
ta
apo
tōn
theōn
s.
genomena”
Antipho 5.81,
cf.
Pl.Phdr. 244c,
Ap.40b,
X.Cyr.1.6.1;
wonder, portent,
LXX Ex.4.8,
al.; “
s.
kai
terata”
Plb.3.112.8,
Ev.Matt.24.24,
Ev.Jo.4.48,
cf.
IPEl.c.,
D.S.17.114;
“
phobēthra
kai
s.
ap'
ouranou”
Ev.Luc.21.11;
esp. of
the constellations, regarded as
signs,
“
duetai
sēmeia”
E.Rh.529
(lyr.), cf.
Ion 1157.
signal for battle, ta
s.
ērthē,
katespasthē,
Th.1.49,
63, etc.;
kathairein
to
s.
to take
it down, strike the
flag, as a
sign
of
dissolving an assembly [EKKLESIA], And.1.36;
to
tēs
ekklēsias
s.
Ar.Th.278;
8. watchword, war-cry,
Plb.5.69.8;
“
apo
s.
henos
epistrephein
tas
naus”
Th.2.90, cf.
X.HG6.2.28.
2. n Prosody and Music,
unit of time,
Sign that Jesus has been there to remove His Candlestick
(lamps) and the speakers, singers, instrument players
are called SORCERERS (Rev 18) and
ARE
BEING CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE.
THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST:
Pianos and Organs were out and suddenly
the GUITAR and fat singers came crushing down at the right
prophesied time: the end of DAY 6.
Imāgo
, ĭnis, f. cf. imitor, I.an imitation, copy
of a thing, Juv. 7, 29:
“hoc
tibi
sub
nostra
breve
carmen imagine
vivat,
carmen a
tune, song, air, lay, strain,
note, sound, both vocal and instrumental
versus,
numeri,
modi)
The ONLY Musical Melody Word. citharāque
Apollinem)
concordant
carmina
nervis,”
citharae
The Cithara or Guitar Mystery with no exception:
Me too, I am in
love with a kithara girl A
young slave-girl; by the gods, I have lost my mind.
Beautiful in
appearance, tall in height, and an expert in her art
Diogenes of Babylon
believed that the music of the flute was not conducive
to love, and that background listening musicwas much better for that, while Plato and
Plutarch complain that the flute kills
conversation, because it is too loud for the
guests to hear their own voice.
The psaltery a
triangular instrument similar to a harp,
produced gentler sound and would be more suitable
for somewhat restrained and low-key events,
as would be the kithara, an instrument similar to
the lyre.
Both were
traditional instruments played in
a variety of events, public and private, and were
often accompanied by song,
either by the performer him/herself or a singer.
Aristotle attests that those musicians came from the lower
social strata, and many of them, both men
and women, were prostitutes hired to entertain
guests in private parties.
Moreover there are numerous specific references to
psaltery and kithara players employed as prostitute
entertainers. Aeschines, for example, attests
that Misgolas, one of the alleged lovers of
Timarchos, had a reputation for being very fond of kithara
boys, while Antiphanes and Alexis confirm this
with jokes about Misgolas and his kithara
boys.
They still Joke: the internet is alive with the sounds of
joking!
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I. Transf.,
a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):
“(mellaria
facere
oportet)
potissimum
ubi
non
resonent imagines,”
Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12: “concava
pulsu
Saxa
sonant,
vocisque
offensa
resultat
imago,”
Verg. G. 4, 50;
cf. Sil. 14, 365: “alternae
deceptus
imagine
vocis:
Huc
coëamus
ait
... Coëamus
retulit
Echo,”
Ov. M. 3, 385:
“c
“hoc
tibi
sub
nostra
breve
carmen
imagine
vivat,”
Mart. 9, 1:
dulcis
, I. Trop., agreeable, delightful,
pleasant, charming, soft, flattering.
II. Trop., agreeable,
delightful, pleasant, charming, soft,
flattering.
THE BEAST COMING TO A CHURCH
NEAR YOU.
bestĭa
, ae, f. perh. akin to fera and to belua,
2 As a term of reproach (cf. belua and our
beast): “mala
tu
es
bestia,”
Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 21;
id. Poen. 5, 5, 13.—And,
humorously, of the odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper
THE CAPPELLA-CASTRATO), Cat. 69, 8.— mark
of CAPPELLA
II Transf., as a constellation, the wotf,
Vitr. 9, 4 (7)
cănis
(cănes
, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18;
id. Trin. 1, 2, 133;
I. As a term of reproach, to denote,
a. A SHAMELESS,
vile person,
Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40;
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33
Donat. ad loc.;
Hor. Epod. 6, 1;
cf.
id. S. 2, 2, 56;
Petr. 74, 9;
Suet. Vesp. 13.
—
a. Tergeminus, i. e.
Cerberus.
Ov. A. A. 3, 322;
id. Tr. 4, 7, 16;
“
called
also
viperius,”
id. Am. 3, 12, 26:
“
Tartareus,”
Sen. Herc. Fur. 649:
“
triformis,”
id. Herc. Oet. 1202:
Echidnaea.
Ov. M. 7, 409;
cf.: “
infernae
canes,”
Hor. S. 1, 8, 35;
Verg. A. 6, 257;
Luc. 6, 733.
—
b. Semidei canes, Anubis, Luc. 8, 832.—
D. A Cynic philosopher: “Diogenes
cum
choro
canum
suorum,”
ekhidn-a
,
hē,
(
ekhis)
A.viper,
Hdt.3.108,
S.Tr.771,
Pl.Smp.218a,
etc.; prob. of a
constrictor snake, Act.Ap.28.3: metaph., of a
treacherous wife or friend,
A.Ch.249,
S.Ant.531;
himatismenē
e.,
of woman,
Secund.Sent.8;
gennēmata
ekhidnōn
brood
of vipers, term of reproach, in
Ev.Matt.3.7.
Paul said that WORSHIP was IN THE SPIRIT as a PLACE:
this was giving attendance to the Word only and would PREVENT
the Dogs or Catamites (elders as Wolves) from seeking whom he
might DEVOUR (a double entendre)
THE BEAST IN GREEK
thērion , to (in form Dim. of thēr), A. wild animal, esp. of such
as are hunted, mala gar mega thērion ēen, of a stag, Od.10.171,
180 (never
in Il.); in Trag. only in Satyric
drama
WORSHIP.Androgyny.The.Pagan.Sexual.Ideal.html
Sikinnis
sikinn-i^s
si^,
or siki_nis
(E.Cyc.37),
idos,
A. “Sikinnin”
D.H.7.72:—Sicinnis, a
dance of Satyrs used in the Satyric drama,
S.Fr.772,
E. l.c., D.H.
l.c., Luc.Salt.22:
named from its inventor Sicinnus, Ath.1.20e, cf. Scamon 1; or from Sicinnis,
a nymph of Cybele, although originally
danced in honour of Sabazios,
Arr.Fr.106J.— Also
written Sikinnon
, to/, Suid.; Sikinna
,
Sa^bazios
, ho,
(Sabos)
a Phrygian deity, whose mysteries resembled the teletai
of Dionysus, Thphr.Char.27.8
(but Sabadion
[acc.] ib.16.4,
cf. Dessau Inscr.Lat.Sel.2189),
Nymphis 11; hence
afterwards taken as a name of Dionysus himself, Ar.V.9,
Av.875,
Lys.388;
A.“theō
Sabaziō
pagkoiranō”
CIG3791 (Bithynia),
cf. IG12(5).27
(Sicinus); “Di
Sabaziō”
The Jew's Covenant with Death and Hell was called
Sabazianism
Cybele or Kubebes: CII.
Kubêbês.
The ‘Great Mother’ goddess of the Phrygians WORSHIPped at Pessinus, the mêtêr Dindumênê of i. 80. 1.
For the Anatolian ‘Great Mother’ cf. App. I. 2, Frazer, G. B.
iv, Bk. II, Attis, &c.; Ramsay, in Hastings' Bible
Dictionary, extra vol., p. 120 f. The Atys myth which involved her cult is
connected with Sardis by H.'s story of the son of Croesus (i. 34. 2 n.). The Great Mother was WORSHIPped at Athens in the days of Sophocles (Phil. 391), and identified by the Greeks with Rhea, [EVE] mother of the gods (cf.
iv. 76; Strabo 469), with Aphrodite, with Demeter, and with Artemis as the lady of the wild woods. But
here she is regarded as a foreign goddess.
She whatever the sex is the facilitator or organon a musical instrument of
Rhea (Eve, Zoe, Lucifer)
Deilos cowardly, vile,
worthless, lowborn, mean
“hē mousikē aei ti kainon thērion tiktei”
mousikê aei ti kainon thêrion
tiktei
A. Mousikos, musical, agônes m.
kai gumnikoi choroi te kai agônes ta mousika
music,
II. of persons, skilled in music, kuknos
[minstrel] kai alla zôia; peri aulous
- professional musicians, mousikos kai
melôn poêtês, use with singing, skilled in speaking
before a MOB . Melody,
B.
aei always
C. kainos , esp. of new
dramas, the representation of the new
tragedies, (Aphrodisias dedicated to Aphrodite
(ZOE); comedy, sexual love, pleasure, a
woman's form of oath, Aster or Venus
or ZOE Lucifer
D. Therion
E. Tikto mostly of
the mother of Rhea
one of the zoogonic or vivific principles
sunestiōmenon,
of woman
Sunesti^-aō , A. help to
entertain, AP4.3.24
(Agath.):—Pass., live
or feast along with or together, Lys.Fr.53.2, Is.3.70, D.19.190,
etc.; [theois]
Plu.2.121f; “meta
tinōn”
VOCAL OR VISIBLE WOMEN EXERCISE
AUTHORITY OR AUTHENTIA WHICH IS EROTIC AND MURCEROUS.
1.Timothy.2.Women.Authority.Authentia.html
THE WORSHIP
OF THE BEAST
The BEAST
from the EARTH
exerciseth all the POWER
of the first BEAST before
him,
and
causeth the earth and them which dwell therein
to WORSHIP the first BEAST,
whose deadly wound was healed. Rev. 13:12
CONTRARY AND
ANTITHETICAL to the WORSHIP of God,
Rick.Atchley.Acts.17.25.God.Not.WORSHIPped.Mens.Hand.html
THE WORSHIP OF THE BEAST is--
Thera^p-euō
II.
do service to the gods, athanatous, theous
th.,
Hes.Op.135, Hdt.2.37, X.Mem.1.4.13,
etc.; “daimona” Pi.P.3.109;
Dionuson, Mousas, E.Ba.82 (lyr.), IT1105(lyr.); th.
Phoibou [“Apollon”]
naous
serve them, Id.Ion111 (anap.):
abs., WORSHIP, Lys.6.51;
do service or honour to one's parents,
E.Ion183 (lyr.), Pl.R.467a,
Men.91a;
serve, wait upon a master, Id.Euthphr.13d,
cf. Ar.Eq.59,
1261,
etc.; th.
tas
thēkas
reverence men's graves, Pl.R.469a.
APOLLYON- Phoebus
, i, m., = Phoibos
(the radiant), I. a poetical appellation of
Apollon as the god of light: “quae
mihi
Phoebus
Apollon,
Val. Fl. 1, 228: “Circe,”
[CHURCH AS WORSHIP CENTER] daughter of Sol,
Petr. 135.—
Phoebus , i, m., = Phoibos
(the radiant), I.a poetical appellation of Apollo as the
god of light: “quae
mihi
Phoebus
Apollo,
Val. Fl. 1, 228:
“Circe,”
daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—
B.
Phoe-bēus
, a, um, adj.,
Phœbean,
Apollinean: “
carmina,”
Lucr. 2, 504:
“
lampas,”
the sun,
Verg. A. 4, 6:
“
virgo,”
Daphne,
Ov. P. 2,
2, 82: “
laurus,”
id. Tr. 4,
2, 51: “
Rhodos,”
where the WORSHIP of Apollo prevailed,
id. M. 7,
365: “
lyra,”
id. H. 16,
180: “
sortes,”
oracle,
id. M. 3,
130: “
tripodes,”
id. A. A. 3,
789: “
Phoebeā
morbos
pellere
arte,”
id. F. 3,
827.—
Female WORSHIP Leater C.
Phoebas
, ădis, f.,
a PRIESTESS of Apollo; hence
the
inspired one,
the PROPHETESS Ov. Am. 2, 8,
12;
id. Tr. 2, 400;
Luc. 5, 128;
165.
-therap-ōn
henchman, attendant [1] “Mousaōn
[2]
therapontes”
[1] Mousa
music, song [3 below]
stu^ger-os
, Mousa
“kanakhan
. theias
antiluron
mousas”
II. mousa,
as Appellat., music, song, “m.
stugera”
A.Eu.308
Muses as: moisan
pherein
LADED BURDEN
Muses as:
adokim-os
, disreputable,
discredited, reprobate,
Muses as:
“kanakhan
. . theias
antiluron
mousas
clanging and harp-players
PROOF ONE: WHY
JIMMY ADCOX AND THE POST-BIBLICAL THEOLOGIANS CANNOT BE
CHRISTIANS.
John 8:31 Then said Jesus to those
Jews which believed on him,
IF ye continue in my WORD, then
are ye my disciples indeed;
Russ Adcox part two Biblical Considerations
9-22-13, Maury Hills Church
Russ Adcox:
If you’re joining us for the first time today
or you just happened to miss last Sunday, I launched
a new series on Music & WORSHIP. It’s a series
that deals specifically with why our leadership believes
it’s time to start offering both a cappella and instrumental
WORSHIP services at Maury Hills. I want to
start by saying thank you for your response to last week’s
message. I was very encouraged by the comments I received.
Not all of them were in agreement but all of them were kind
and gracious and sensitive to the way others felt about it.
That’s no surprise. I wouldn’t have expected anything
different from Maury Hills but I still appreciate it. The
comments were all across the board from “Yes, let’s go. I
can’t wait!” to “No, I’m not real comfortable with this
right now” and everything in between. That’s also not a
surprise. Maury Hills is a very diverse church so I was
expected a diverse reaction.
Jenny and I are helping plant a
new community group this Fall and the majority of the
people are new to Maury Hills. We’re not actually doing the
music study. We’re doing some material that Tim asks
new small groups to go through, but last week someone in the
group said, “Hey, before we start our study can ask a
question about the message this morning?” I said “Sure.”
“Well, I was just wondering, is this really a big deal?” I
thought he was joking so I laughed. He said, “No, no, I’m
being serious. I was raised Catholic and I’m really asking
is this a big deal?” Someone else spoke up and said “I was
wondering the same thing. I mean obviously it is if you’re
spending three weeks on it, but is really that big of an
issue?” You could see the same question on other faces but
there were three 3 people nodding “Yes, this is a really,
really big deal!” And I immediately knew who in the room grew
up Church of Christ and who didn’t.
It was really eye-opening because the
latter group was in the minority. Even though our sign
says “a church of Christ” we have folks here from all
sorts of different church backgrounds.
That's a false statement. The Pattern of folly was to Top
Load with elders and members who agreed with him. From the
beginning everyone knew the Russ Adcox agenda from his
divisive split of a church of Christ in Hohenwald. Churches
effective disfellowshipped Maury Hills. Russ made efforts to
court the Christian Churches and set out the hooks for anyone
ANTI Church of Christ: you can not be A Church of Christ and
use "machines for doing hard work mostly in making war and
creating the charismatic (Grace as erotic man-man favor) the
Bible and recorded history defines as SORCERY or Witchcraft
because it means "to make the lambs dumb before the
slaughter."
Russ Adcox: Sometimes
we do something in our 101 class I illustrate it like this.
I’ll ask you to participate with a simple show of hands. How
many of you grew up with Church of Christ as your
dominant church background? And how many of you grew up with
some other background (Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian,
Baptist, all of the above or none of the above) as your
background? That’s Maury Hills. We’re a diverse church and
it’s easy to forget that. People start thinking everyone
feels the same about this issue as me. They don’t. Some
folks wonder how in the world we hold it all together. It’s
simple. We major in the majors and don’t allow our
opinions on lesser issues to divide us. In other
words, we’re united in Christ despite any
differences of opinion on WORSHIP style. We’ll talk
a lot more about that next week.
That's wonderful:
since Russ Adcox has assumed the role of Authoratative
Teacher usurping the role of Jesus Christ, he does not
know and God HIDES the fact that The Church of Christ (the
Rock) in the wildernesss specificially outlawed "vocal or
instrumental rejoicing including Russ' form of
rhetoric. Jesus called the Scribes and Pharisees,
Hypocrites by in Ezekiel 33 naming self speakers (sons of
the Devil says Jesus), singers and instrument players.
Russ Adcox: This
week I want to ask the second question in our series. Last
Sunday we asked “Why?” Why do our leaders feel it’s time to
start moving in this direction? I answered that from 1st
Cor 9:19-23 and Acts 15:19. If you missed it I’d
really encourage you to go back and pick it up on the
website.
Basically, we believe
that offering both a cappella
-
and instrumental services will help us
better reach our community.
- If you AFFIRM that God authorized anyone to IMPOSE
instrumental noise in the Assembly of Christ.
- And God did not give one that superior authority and in
fact God MARKED instruments as OF the World.
- Then the Spirit OF Christ in Jeremiah says that you
despise God which is BLASPHEMY of the Holy Spirit OF Christ
Who radically outlaws the always-pagan and always-gender
bent use of instruments and calls the performers SORCERERS
and promised that the instrumental sounds will be proof that
God is driving His enemies into "hell" See Isaiah
30.
It will certainly sift out the Bible literate members of the
Church of Christ who remember that of those who PRETEND to be
ministers of Christ that the GO into all the world and preach
the GOSPEL (of the kingdom of church). They are to baptize
those who gladly receive the Word and then teach them what
Jesus COMMANDED to be taught and observed. Jesus was
ordained to seek and save the LOST SPIRITS who are not OF the
World or Kosmos as Jesus was NOT OF the World.
A Christian is a Disciple of Christ: the power to save is in
the WORD, Logos or Regulative Principle. Humans can suck
in butterflies but they are not the lost spirits as pilgrims
and sojourners waiting for the SIGN as did the enuch at
Philips preaching Jesus from Isaiah.
Discĭpŭlus , i, m.
disco, and root of puer,
pupilla; cf. Sanscr.,
putras,
son; Gr.
pōlos; Engl.,
foal,
I. a learner,
scholar, pupil, disciple.
I. In gen.,
-Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 44
sq.;
Cic. Div. 1, 3, 6;
1, 23, 46;
id. N. D. 3, 7
et saep.—
Trop. Prov.: “
discipulus est prioris posterior dies,”
Pub.
Syr. 120 (Rib).—In the
fem.:
discĭpŭla , ae,
a
female scholar or
disciple: “
ego te dedam discipulam cruci,”
Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 20;
Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 147;
Hor. S. 1, 10, 91;
Vulg. Act. 9, 36 al.—Cf.
transf., of the nightingale,
Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 83.—Of
Latin eloquence: “
Latina facundia similis Graecae ac prorsus ejus discipula videtur,”
Quint. 12, 10, 27.—
—
Russ Adcox: This
week we drop back and ask the second question “Is Biblical?
Is it OK to do this?” Let’s open our Bibles.
Russ is never
going to OPEN the Bible: by education for a role which has
not God-given dole, he is going to quote the snippet which
says what he wants to say.
1Corinthians
9:16 For though I preach the gospel,
I have nothing to
glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is
unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1Corinthians 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I
have a reward:
but if
against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is
committed unto me.
1Corinthians 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that,
when I preach the gospel,
I may make the
gospel of Christ without charge,
that I abuse
not my power in the gospel.
Paul commanded Timothy the evangelist to
WORK so that he could sponsor the agape or feeding
workers before they went to a day job. This verse
TERMINATES preachers who refuse to GO and preach what
Jesus commanded to be taught and observed. Russ
Adcox stands condemned. A SERVANT means that while the
Jew was working Paul would go out and be his
SERVANT. Being masculine he would not be caught
dead singing, clapping and picking a guitar to SERVE a
Jew.
False teachers were demanding that
believers be circumcised and keep the law of
Moses. Moses did not include 'instrumental WORSHIP'
but the Scribes and Pharisees are defined as
hypocrites meaning preachers, singers and instrument
players in Ezekiel 33
Acts 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is,
that we trouble not them,
which from among the
Gentiles are turned to God: [converted, baptised]
Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them,
that they abstain
from pollutions of idols, and from fornication,
and from things strangled, and from blood.
Men like
Timothy and the Gentiles were "wise unto salvatio"
because they attended the synagogue often to escape the
perverted, musical rituals "making the lambs DUMB before
the slaughter" to fleece them.
BECAUSE:
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath in
every city
them that PREACH
him, being READ in the synagogues every sabbath
day.
Russ Adcox stand condemned by his proof text: Jesus said that
God HIDES from the wise, sophists meaning rhetoricians,
singers, players, actors or dancers demanded of the MUSIC
concept.
First, I want you to go to the Old
Testament. In 2nd Chronicles we read about the ark being
brought in the temple and the dedication of the temple.
2nd Chr 5:12-13—12 All the Levites who
were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and
relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in
fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were
accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. 13 The
trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and
thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and
other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise
to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures
forever.” Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the
cloud,
Josh. 5:14 And he
said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I
now come. And Joshua
FELL
ON HIS FACE to the earth,
and did WORSHIP, and said unto
him, What saith my lord unto his servant?
Dan. 2:46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar FELL ON HIS FACE,
and WORSHIPED
Daniel,
and commanded that
they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
2Chr. 20:18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his
face to the ground:
and all Judah and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem
FELL BEFORE THE LORD
WORSHIPING THE LORD.
1Cor. 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made
manifest;
and so FALLING DOWN ON HIS FACE
will
WORSHIP God, and
report that God is in you of a truth.
Rev. 7:11 And all the angels stood round about the
throne,
and about the
elders and the four beasts,
and FELL before the throne on
their faces,
and WORSHIPPED God,
Rev. 11:16 And the four and twenty
elders, which sat before God on their seats,
FELL UPON THEIR
FACES and WORSHIPPED God,
2nd Chr 7:6—6 The priests took their positions,
as did the Levites with the LORD’s musical instruments,
which King David had made for praising the LORD and which
were used when he gave thanks, saying, “His love endures
forever.” Opposite the Levites, the priests blew their
trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.
Now skip over the Psalms. These were
the WORSHIP songs of Israel and over 25 of them
contain either references to instruments or instructions
which instruments should accompany the songs. For example,
if you look at Psalm 4 it says “with stringed instruments”
and Psalm 5 says “for flute accompaniment.” And here’s what
a couple of the Psalms say…
Psalms 33:1-3—1 Sing joyfully to the
LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise
him.2 Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on
the ten-stringed lyre.3 Sing to him a new song; play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
Pslams 92:1-3—1 It is good to praise
the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, 2
proclaiming your love in the morning and your faithfulness
at night,3 to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and the
melody of the harp.
Pslams 150:3-6—3 Praise him with the
sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre,4
praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the
strings and pipe, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that
has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.
I read all of that to show you that
instrumental music was a part of WORSHIP in the time
of Israel and it wasn’t just an aid to WORSHIP. It
could also be WORSHIP itself.
God never ordained a DAY of WORSHIP (falling on your face)
The Jews never assembled for WORSHIP
There is no person ever said to WORSHIP by Preaching,
listening, singing, Playing Instruments, acting or PAY TO
PLAY.
The instrumental NOISE was to warn that to WORSHIP everone
must fall flat on their face.. The Levites carried a sword to
encourage you to submit.
We can praise him not only with our
voices but also with the music of instruments. The Old
Testament shows us (especially the Psalms) that God not only
allowed instrumental praise, he approved of it as well. The
argument against that is “Well, he didn’t actually approve
of it, he just tolerated it. God put up with it but he never
approved of it.” Be careful with that assumption because its
saying something the text never says. There’s never any hint
in the Old Testament that God was not pleased with music
that came from a sincere heart. The second argument against
it is “Yeah, but that’s Old Testament. There were lots of
things they did in Old Testament WORSHIP that don’t
continue in the New Testament.” Fair point.
Let’s go to the New Testament. Here’s
where we run into some issues. The New Testament doesn’t
have much to say about instruments. Jesus never addressed
the issue, the book of Acts (which contains the history of
the early church) never addressed the issue, the letters to
the churches do not address the issue. However, the New
Testament is not completely silent because instruments are
clearly mentioned on Revelation. Two examples…
Russ Adcox is not
permitted to read BLACK text on BROWN paper.
Galatians.5.Music.Witchcraft.html
2.Timothy.4.Shall.be.Turned.unto.Fables.html
2.Peter.2.Instrumental.Music.Marks.Corruption.html
Rev 5:8—8 And when he had taken it,
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell
down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp and they were
holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers
of God’s people.
Rev 15:2-3—2 And I saw what looked
like a sea of glass glowing with fire and, standing beside
the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and
its image and over the number of its name. They held harps
given them by God 3 and sang the song of God’s servant Moses
and of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord
God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the
nations.
Again, God not only allowed the use of
instrumental praise but he approved of it. The argument
against this is “Well, that’s symbolic language. It’s not
meant to be taken literally. Besides, Revelation isn’t
addressing an WORSHIP assembly so it doesn’t apply.”
The point is that God approved of instrumental praise in the
Old Testament and he approves of it in the coming age so
what makes us think that he now disapproves of it during the
time in-between?
Of course, if you share the same heritage
as me right now you’re thinking, “I’ll tell you what makes
us think that. The Bible says it!
he Latin Psallo includes:
Phrȳnē
, ēs, f., = Phrunē.
II.
A Roman courtesan, Hor. Epod. 14, 16.—
Quint.
Inst. 2 15.9 So also
according to general opinion Phryne was saved not by
the eloquence of Hyperides, admirable as it was, but
by the sight of her exquisite body, which she further
revealed by drawing aside her tunic. And if all these
have power to persuade, the end of oratory, which we
are discussing, cannot adequately be defined as
persuasion.
componere
Plin.
praef.
§ 25: carmen,”
Cic. Mur. 12, 26:
“carmina,”
Tac. Or. 12; id. A. 3, 49:
“epistulas,
blanditias tremulā voce,” T
2. In a bad sense, soft,
effeminate, unmanly, weak (syn. effeminatus): “philosophus
tam
mollis,
tam
languidus,
tam
enervatus,”
Cic. de Or. 1, 52,
226: “Sabaei,”
Verg. G. 1, 57:
“viri
molles,
i.
e.
pathici,”
Liv. 33, 28;
Sen. Ep. 87:
“disciplina,”
effeminate,
III.
A procuress, Tib.
2, 6, 45.
The
Latin Psallo includes: căno
, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient I.imp. cante =
canite, “once
canituri,”
Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13),
3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassō,
kanakhē,
konabos;
Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos,
ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = DUCK; A. With
carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to
sing, play, rehearse,
recite
Rev. 8:12 And the fourth
angel sounded,
and the third part
of the sun was smitten,
and the third part
of the moon,
and the third part
of the stars;
so as the third part
of them was darkened,
and the day shone
not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
Rev. 8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through
the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud
voice, Woe, woe, woe,
to the inhabiters of
the earth by reason of
the other
voices of the trumpet of the three angels,
which are yet to sound!
ka^na^kh-ē
, Dor. -Kha,
hē,
(kanassō)
Od.6.82;
odontōn
men
k.
pele
gnashing of teeth, Il.19.365,
Hes.Sc.164:
k.
aulōn
sound of flutes, Pi.P.10.39
(pl.), B.2.12,
cf. S.Tr.642
(lyr.); of the lyre, h.Ap.185.
ka^na^kh-eō , a
Verb expressing various sounds, kanakhēse
de
Khalkos
A.r
ang, clashed, Od.19.469;
kanakhousi
pēgai
plash, Cratin.186;
kanakhōn
holophōnos
alektōr
crowing, ., k. melos to
let a song ring loud, A.R.4.907.
CLANGING BRASS khalkos
“sidēros
de
kai
kh.
polemōn
organa”
Pl.Lg.956a
SUITABLE FOR OFFERINGS IN TEMPLES OR ANATHEMA
organon , to, (ergon, erdō) A.instrument,
implement, tool, for making or doing a
thing,
3. musical
instrument, Simon.31,
f.l. in A.Fr.57.1
; ho men di' organōn ekēlei anthrōpous, of
Marsyas, Pl.Smp.215c
; aneu organōn psilois logois ibid., cf. Plt.268b
; “o. polukhorda” Id.R.399c,
al.; “met' ōdēs kai tinōn organōn” Phld.Mus.p.98K.; of
the pipe, Melanipp.2,
Telest.1.2.
Sal. Cat. 25 In the number of
those ladies was Sempronia, a woman who had
committed many crimes with the spirit of a man. In
birth and beauty, in her husband and her children, she was
extremely fortunate;
she was skilled in
Greek and Roman literature;
she could sing,
play, and dance, *
with greater elegance
than became a woman of virtue,
and possessed many other
accomplishments that tend to excite the passions. But
nothing was ever less valued by her than honor or chastity.
Whether she was more prodigal of her money or her
reputation, it would have been difficult to decide. Her
desires were so ardent that she oftener made advances to
the other sex than waited for solicitation. She had
frequently, before this period, forfeited her word, forsworn
debts, been privy to murder, and hurried into the utmost
excesses by her extravagance and poverty. But her abilities
were by no means despicable; she could compose verses,
jest, and join in conversation either modest, tender, or
licentious. In a word, she was distinguished by much
refinement of wit, and much grace of expression.
* Sing, play, and dance] “Psallere,
saltare.”
As psallo
signifies both to play on a musical
instrument,
and to sing to it while playing, I have
thought it necessary to give both senses in the
translation.
However Psallō.
used in Scripture does NOT include
plucking a harp to make music.
The New Testament letters do speak to
the use of instrumental music. Did you forget about those
verses?” No, I didn’t forget. The other night at community
group there was another group meeting at the building and I
was walking by them as they were doing this study.
They said “Hey what’s the verse that
folks use to refute music?” I quoted them without
hesitation—Eph 5:19, Col 3:16. Those are implanted right
here. If they would have asked me the verses that teach the
atonement of Christ I’d need a concordance, but I know right
where those music verses are located. Let’s take a look at
those.
I want to read both of them to you and
I want to challenge you to set aside your background. I know
this is really hard to do but try to hear them as a first
time hearer.
Col 3:16—16 Let the message of
Christ dwell among you richly as you teach
and admonish one another with all wisdom through
psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God
with gratitude in your hearts.
Eph 5:19-20—19 speaking to one
another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the
Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
What do those verses specifically
teach us about instrumental music in the assembly? Nothing.
They don’t even address the assembly. The context is
Christian living. However, even if they are about the
assembly they still tell us nothing in regards to
instruments. They tell us to sing in our hearts to God. That’s it. They neither
authorize nor condemn the use of instrumental music but both
sides have used them to prop up their arguments.
The pro-instrument folks say that tell
us to “sing psalms” and remember what we learned about the
psalms? Many of them are to be accompanied by
instruments so God is actually commanding instrumental
praise here. That’s a bit of stretch. It’s saying
something the text doesn’t say. It only commands us to sing
in our hearts. The anti-instrument people say “That’s right
and the only way you can do that is through a cappella
praise alone.” Sing means sing only. That’s a bit of stretch
as well. Again, you’re trying to say something that the text
doesn’t say. Then there’s this whole argument over the Greek
word “psallo” and whether it means to play an instrument or
to sing with the voice and the Greek lexicon gives both
definitions so both have some valid points. Of course, if
you don’t share my heritage abut right now you’re thinking
“Wow. I had no idea this issue was that involved.” Yep, and
I’m just scratching the surface.
Here’s the bottom line. These verses
say absolutely nothing about the use or non-use of
instruments in WORSHIP. If you read them, in context
without a particular interpretative grid, you would never
reach the conclusion of “It’s clear right there that God
doesn’t want music!” You wouldn’t reach that conclusion if
you read the entire Bible. If I handed a Bible to someone
who’d never read it and asked them to read it cover to cover
then after they were done I asked them “what did you learn?”
They wouldn’t say “Well, for one, I learned that God does
not approve of instrumental WORSHIP.” That’s not the
point of Scripture. They’d learn about Jesus, they’d learn
about sin, they’d learn about grace but music is a non-issue
in Scriptures. So how in the world did a non-issue because
the main issue in our fellowship?
Debbie.Boggs.Psallo.Instrumental.Music.in.Worship
Debbie.Anderson.Boggs.Women.Learn.in.Silence
I believe it’s because we’ve done
exactly the opposite of our old Restoration Movement motto.
“We speak where the Bible speaks and are silent where the
Bible is silent.”
Well, we’ve done a lot of arguing over
things God never said. One brother comes up and says “You
can’t show me anywhere in the Bible where God authorizes
instrumental music.” The other brother says “You can’t show
me anywhere in the Bible where God condemns music.”
And the argument goes round and round
in a circle while both brothers are right! How do you
interpret what someone never said? How should we understand
the silence of God? Is it always permissive or always
prohibitive? It’s neither. Those who say it’s always
permissive run the risk of adding all sorts of crazy things
to WORSHIP. We have to weigh these things against
the whole of Scripture and have a little common sense. But
those who say it’s always prohibitive can’t consistently
apply that principle. They do all sorts of things in WORSHIP
that aren’t specifically authorized in the New Testament.
Again, we have to weigh that against the whole of Scripture
and use a little common sense. It’s a decision left to
individual congregations and their leadership.
They may choose a cappella praise only
and that’s fine. But they shouldn’t impose it on others or
insist that on it as a condition of salvation or fellowship.
They may choose instrumental praise and that’s fine. But
they shouldn’t impose it on others or insist on it as a
condition of salvation or fellowship. Where the Bible is
silent we are silent. How can we judge one another based on
something God never said? And do we actually think God is
going to judge us based on something he never said? That’s
not the God I read about in the Bible. The absence or the
presence of instruments doesn’t make any difference. It’s
what happens in the heart. This is what it all comes down
too. This is God’s main concern. He makes that abundantly
clear in his Word. So I’ll end with this question. What if
that’s all he hears? What if God doesn’t hear the
instruments? He doesn’t even hear the voices? He just hears
the heart. What does our WORSHIP look like then? I
hope we don’t get so distracted by our opinions on music
that we forgot this core principle.
11.21.13
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