sōma
3.
body, OPPOSITE. spirit
hostĭa
sacrificed, a victim, sacrifice
(c
which
is your reasonable service.
[rational
ēn logikēn latreian humōn:
logikēn speech,
OPPOSITE. mousikē, OPPOSITE. rhētorikoi,
tekhnē
2. craft, cunning, in bad sense, an
art, craft, professionals: he makes
this his trade khraō
I. in Act. of the gods and their oracles, proclaim,I.
in Act. of the gods and their oracles, proclaim,
OPPOSITE 2. of
persons, skilled in speaking, fit to be an
orator 3. suited for prose, possessed
of reason, intellectual,
John
4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the
true worshippers shall worship the Father
in SPIRIT
and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him
must worship him in SPIRIT and in TRUTH.
John
17:17 Sanctify them through thy TRUTH:
thy WORD IS TRUTH Acts
26:25
Acts 26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble
Festus;
but speak
forth the WORD
OF TRUTH and soberness.
2Tim. 2:15 STUDY to shew thyself
approved unto God,
a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly
dividing the WORD OF TRUTH
SERVICE
g2999. latreia, lat-ri´-ah; from 3000;
ministration of God, i.e. worship: — (divine)
service.
g3000. latreuo, lat-ryoo´-o;
from λάτρις latris (a hired menial); to minister
(to God), i.e. render religious homage: — serve,
do the service, worship(-per).
Rom. 12:2 And be not conformed
to this world:
but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may
prove what is that good, and acceptable,
and perfect, WILL OF GOD.
Worship in Romans 1 is to be a
Disciple or Student of Jesus Christ. The will of
God contains no music as worship,
Jeff Brown WORSHIP
that honors the Father
Rom. 15:4 For whatsoever things were WRITTEN
AFORETIME
were written for
our LEARNING,
hat 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.
Rom. 15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another,
as Christ also
received us to the GLORY of GOD
JEFF BROWN "imagines" a SUPERIOR way of worship that
TRANSFORMS
us to become more like Jesus.
Col. 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
Col. 3:10 And have put on the new man,
which is RENEWED
in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
WHEN YOU FAIL TO HONOR THE WORD GOD SENDS STRONG
DELUSIONS. The Spirit about now is Apollyon personified.
Eph. 2:2 Wherein in time
past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the
prince of the power of the air,
the SPIRIT that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
2Th. 2:7 For the mystery of
iniquity doth already work:
only he who
now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the
way.
2Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be
revealed,
whom the Lord
shall consume
with the SPIRIT of his MOUTH,
and shall
destroy with the BRIGHTNESS of his coming:
2 Thess. 2:9 Even
him, whose coming is after the working of Satan
with all power
and signs and lying
wonders,
2 Thess. 2:10
And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish;
because they received not the love
of the truth,
that they
might be saved.
IF YOU PURPOSE TO ADD INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, YOUR PRAYER
AND HEARING THE SPIRIT IS A SIN BEYOND REDEMPTION.
ELDERS ARE COMMANDED TO TEACCH THAT WHICH HAS BEEN
TAUGHT.
Last January, we, as your
shepherds,
made a
commitment to prayerfully consider
the INTERSECTION
of WORSHIP, mission and HERITAGE .
Only
Disciples Jesus defined as "Continuing in MY
WORD" are allowed to read BLACK text on
BROWN paper.
There is no DAY of Worship, preaching,
listening, singing or playing an instrument
defined as WORSHIP.
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,
Warning against the Mount
Sinai Instrumental-Trinitarian-Perverted
"pla"
Heb. 12:27
And this word, Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those things that
are shaken,
as of
things that are made,
hat
those things which cannot be shaken may
remain.
Heb. 12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom
which cannot be moved,
let us
have grace,
whereby
we may serve
[worship] God acceptably
with
reverence and godly fear:
Heb. 12:29 For our
God is a consuming fire.
-mŏvĕo, to
move, affect, excite, inspire: charms, to
stir up, excite, provoke to
move people FROM their place, to
dance, gesticulating
“cantus vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā,” Quint. 5, 10, 124:
citharam
cum
voce,”
id. ib. 5, 112:
“tympana,”
id. H. 4, 48;
to disturb: “ d. ib. 5, 112:Kithera
along with Voice.
tympana id. H. 4, 48;
beaten by the priests of Cybele and Isis
Mount Sinai Bacchantine females 1 Cor 13
Emasculated
Galatians 5 of witchcraft
to disturb: “novis Helicona cantibus,”
THE MARK
OF A CHRISTIAN
g127.
aidos, ahee-doce´; perhaps from 1 (as a negative
particle) and 1492 (through the idea of downcast
eyes); bashfulness, i.e. (towards men),
modesty or (towards God) awe: — reverence,
shamefacedness.
the INTERSECTION of WORSHIP, MISSION and HERITAGE .
Is. 2:3 And
many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go
up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the
God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and
we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go
forth the law, and the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
Is. 58:12
And they that shall be of thee shall build the old
waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of
many generations; and thou shalt be called, The
repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to
dwell in.
Is. 59:20
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion,
and unto them
that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the
LORD.
Is. 59:21 As for me, this is my COVENANT with them,
saith the LORD;
My SPIRIT that is upon
thee,
and my WORDS which I have
put in thy MOUTH,
shall not
depart out of thy MOUTH,
nor out of the
MOUTH
of thy seed,
nor out of the
MOUTH
of thy seed’s seed,
saith the LORD, from henceforth
and for ever.
Is. 61:1
The SPIRIT
of the Lord GOD is upon me;
because the
LORD hath anointed me
to preach good
tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent
me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim
liberty to the captives,
and the
opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Is. 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the
LORD,
and the day of
VENGEANCE of our
God;
to comfort all
that mourn;
Is. 61:3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion,
to give unto
them beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy
for mourning,
the garment of
praise for the SPIRIT
of heaviness;
that they
might be called trees of righteousness,
the planting
of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Is. 61:4 And they shall build the old wastes,
they shall
raise up the former desolations,
and they shall
repair the waste cities,
the
desolations of many generations.
Jer. 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see,
and ask for the old paths, where is the good way,
and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Jer. 18:15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they
have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused
them to stumble in their ways from the ancient
paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Mic. 4:2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come,
and let us go up
to the mountain of the LORD,
and to the house
of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach
us of his ways,
and we will walk
in his paths:
for the law shall go forth of Zion,
and the word of the LORD from
Jerusalem.
Matt. 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the
prophet Esaias, saying,
The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way
of the Lord,
make his paths
straight.
Luke 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of
Esaias the prophet, saying,
The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way
of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Heb. 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet,
lest that which is
lame be turned out of the way;
but let it rather
be healed.
Isa.
57:14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up,
prepare the
way, take up the stumblingblock out of the WAY
of my people.
Isa. 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One
that
inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy;
I dwell in
the high and holy place,
with him
also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,
to revive
the spirit of the humble,
and to
revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isa. 24:3
Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?
or who shall
stand in his holy place?
Psa. 24:4 He that hath clean hands,
and a pure
heart;
who hath not
lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn
deceitfully.
Psa. 24:5 He shall receive the blessing from the
LORD,
and
righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psa. 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek
him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
Luke 4:17
And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias.
And when he
had opened the book,
he found the
place where it was written,
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he
hath anointed me to preach the GOSPEL to the
poor;
he hath sent
me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach
deliverance to the captives,
and recovering
of sight to the blind,
to set at
liberty them that are bruised,
John 9:39
And Jesus said,
For judgment I
am come into this world,
that they
which see not might see;
and that they
which see might be made blind.
John 9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with
him heard these words,
and said unto
him, Are we blind also?
John 9:41 Jesus said unto them,
If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin:
but now ye
say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
Matt. 28:18
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matt. 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Rom. 10:13
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
Rom. 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom
they have not believed? and how shall they believe
in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall
they hear without a preacher?
Rom. 10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be
sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet
of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things!
John 1:33
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize
with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou
shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on
him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy
Ghost.
1Cor. 1:17 ¶ For Christ sent me not to baptize, but
to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest
the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
In the 2017 Vision and Mission Booklet that we handed
out, we communicated,
“Where HERITAGE gives us
effective and
helpful
expression to OUR LOVE FOR GOD we
should listen.
Where it does
not, we must find other and new ways to express
this love.”
We said, “It is
wise to keep our focus on MISSION
Rather than HERITAGE as
we encourage others to love God.”
John 14:15 If ye love
me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them,
he it is that
loveth me:
and he that
loveth me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and
not unto the world?
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him,
If a man love
me, he will keep my words:
and my Father
will love him,
and WE
will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 14:24 He that loveth me NOT keepeth not
my sayings:
and the word
which ye hear is not mine,
but the
Father’s which sent me.
John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide
in my love;
even as I have
kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his
love.
1John 5:2 By this we know that we love the children of
God,
when we love
God, and keep his commandments.
1John 5:3 For this is the love of God,
that we keep his
commandments:
and his
commandments are not grievous.
2John 6 And this is love, that we walk after his
commandments.
This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard from the
beginning, ye should walk in it.
WE said, “It is
wise to keep our focus on MISSION
Rather
than HERITAGE
as WE
encourage others to love God.”
CHRIST'S MISSION BOTH
INCLUSIVELY AND EXCLUSIVELY: GOD NEEDS NO LITTLE
HELPERS.
Eph. 3:9 And to make all men see what is
the fellowship of the mystery,
which from the
beginning of the world [MESSIANIC AGE]
hath been hid
in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
Eph. 3:10 To the intent that now unto
the
principalities and powers in heavenly places
might be KNOWN
BY the church the manifold WISDOM
OF GOD
Eph. 3:16 That he would
grant you, according to the riches of his glory,
to be
strengthened with might by HIS Spirit in
the inner man;
Eph. 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts
by faith; t
hat ye,
being rooted and grounded in love,
Eph. 3:18 May be able to comprehend with all
saints
what is
the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Eph. 3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which
passeth knowledge,
that ye
might be filled with all the FULLNESS OF GOD
CHRIST IN JEREMIAH 15 IS
PARALLEL TO EPHESIANS 5. The direct
command is to SPEAK the Word of God for our
learning. There is no command to use music of
any kind which is the mark of those refusing to
let Jesus speak.
| Hebrew
cantillation is the manner of chanting
ritual READING from the Hebrew Bible
in synagogue services. Acts 15:21
For Moses of old time hath in every city them
that PREACH him, being READ in
the synagogues every sabbath day.
[No tuneful music in Holy Scripture] |
Col. 4:16 And when this epistle
is READ among you, cause that it be READ
also in the church of the Laodiceans;
and that ye likewise READ epistle from
Laodicea. NO ONE sang the Inspired Text!
NOT ONE
EXAMPLE OF SINGING IN THE NEW COVENANT. |
Jer 15:16 Thy words were found,
and I
did eat them; and
thy WORD
was unto me the joy
sermo prose
as opposed to poetry, verba inculcantes to
impress
Verba
translation of logos,
|
Eph. 5:17 Wherefore be
ye not unwise,
but understanding
what the WILL of the Lord is.
Eph. 5:19 Speaking [lŏquor
tone of conversation]
to yourselves in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
logos,
Vulg.
Joan. 1, 1; id. 1
Joan. 5, 7; id.
Apoc. 19, 13. [Opposite
of poetry or music]
|
and rejoicing [ludo]
of
mine heart: [Cor, Corde |
singing and making melody
IN your heart
to the Lord;
|
for I am called by thy name,
O Lord God of hosts. [not starry host]
|
Eph.
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ |
Jer 15:17 I sat not
in the assembly [to procure favor]
of the mockers,
[to play
on an instrument of music, to
make or compose music
or song:]
nor rejoiced; [boast,
take glory]
|
Eph. 5:6 Let no man
deceive [Wholly Seduce: Eve]
you with vain
words:
for because of these things cometh the
wrath [orgy] of
God upon the children of disobedience.
[Apistos:
refused to be baptized]
Eph. 5:7 Be not ye
therefore partakers [synagogue-church]
with them.
|
I sat alone because of thy
hand:
for
thou hast filled me with indignation.
|
Eph. 5:8 For ye were
sometimes darkness, but now are ye
light in the Lord: walk as
children of light:
|
Jeremiah 15:18 Why is
my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, [plaga]
which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be
altogether unto me as a liar,
Mendacium
lie,
untruth, falsehood, a fable, fiction opposite
historic truth Poet a maker,
contriver, trickster, scenā performer
oratores
versĭfĭcātor
,
and as waters that fail?
in-fĭdēlĭter
, faithlessly,
perfidiously, infidel, NOT
“Christiani,
|
Eph.
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit
is in all goodness and righteousness
and truth;)
Eph 5:10 Proving [inspect,
judge] what is
acceptable unto the Lord.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship [share]
with the unfruitful
works [cultūra
, 2. Of religious worship]
of darkness, [tĕnē^brae
“occultare et dissimulare appetitum
voluptatis,” măgus carmen [music]
artes
[craftsman]
but rather reprove
them.
Rĕd-argŭo
to disprove, refute, confute,
contradict
Ephesians 5:12 For it is a shame turpis effeminato viro [semen] rĕ-lĭgo
to bind to external things
even to speak of
those things which are done of them
in secret. occŭlo |
We think
that these people are saying that the Practices of
the Historical Church of Christ is just a tradition
or foolish trash or HERITAGE that you
inherited from your parents. Your godly parents from
the wilderness onward understood that music of any
kind is never mentioned and was indeed destructive
to the School of Christ.
Is God,
therefore, the contriver both of the mind, and of the
voice, and of the
tongues, unable
to speak eloquently?
Yea,
rather, with the greatest foresight,
He
wished those things which are divine to be
without
adornment,
that
all might
understand the things which He Himself
spoke to all."
Therefore God made all things to supply
a contest between two things.
Those enticements of pleasures, then, are the
instruments
of
that whose only business it is to
subdue virtue,
and to
shut out justice from men.
With
these soothing influences and
enjoyments it captivates their souls;
for it knows that pleasure
is the contriver of death. (Lactantius,
The Divine Institutes, Ante-Nicene Fathers,
VII, p. 188
Aristotle: Melody
Deceives: "Poets also
make use of this in inventing words, as a melody
"without strings" or "without the lyre"; for they employ
epithets from negations, a course which is
approved in proportional metaphors..
- The form of
diction should be neither metrical nor without
rhythm.
- If
it is metrical, it lacks
persuasiveness, for it appears
artificial, and at the same time it distracts
the hearer's attention, since it
sets him on the watch for the recurrence of such and
such
a cadence..
According
to Philo, the gods of the pagans exploit this
weakness of men. For the sake of a better
effect, and with the intention of
more easily cheating their
devotes, that they have set their
lies to melodies, rhythms and meters.."
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"Philodemos considered it
paradoxical that music should be regarded as
veneration of the gods while musicians were
paid for performing this so-called
veneration. Again, Philodemus held as self-deceptive the view that
music mediated religious
ecstasy. He saw the
entire condition induced by the noise of cymbals and
tambourines as a disturbance of the
spirit. (Paul called it mad or insane) He found it
significant that, on the whole, only
women and effeminate men fell into
this folly."
Aristot.
Nic. Eth. 1175b.1
But things that are akin to things of
different kinds must themselves differ in
kind.
[3] A still clearer
proof may be drawn
from the
hindrance that activities
receive
from the pleasure derived from other
activities.
For instance, persons fond of the flute
cannot
give their attention to a philosophical
discussion [The
LOGOS or Regulative
Principle]
when
they overhear someone playing the flute,
because
they enjoy music more than the activity
in which they are engaged;
therefore the
pleasure afforded by the music of the flute
impairs
the activity of study. |
YOU CANNOT
OCCUPY A ROLE FOR WHICH CHRIST PROVIDED NO DOLE AND
HAVE A MISSION NOT DEFINED BY GOD.
Matt. 28:18 And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying,
All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Matt. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach
all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matt. 28:20 Teaching them to observe
all things
whatsoever I
have commanded you:
and, lo, I am
with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
John 6:63 It is the SPIRIT that
quickeneth;
the flesh
profiteth nothing: [NOT APT elders or
preachers]
the WORDS that I SPEAK unto you,
they are SPIRIT, and
they are LIFE.
Jesus is the
ONLY Rabbi or Teacher: He teaches throug HIS
WORD ONLY
Rom. 10:14 How then shall they
call on him in whom they have not believed?
and how
shall they believe in him of whom they have not
heard?
and how
shall they hear without a preacher?
Rom. 10:15 And how shall they preach, EXCEPT
THEY BE SENT as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, and BRING
glad tidings of good things!
Rom. 10:16 But they have not all obeyed the
gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath
believed our report?
Rom. 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
Rom. 15:20 Yea, so have I
strived to preach the gospel,
not
where Christ was named, lest I should
build upon another man’s foundation
We want you to know that the
shepherds and ministers
have been
engaged in continual dialogue about worship at
Woodmont.
If it is
God's will, all you have to do is open Holy
Scripture
In the first three months of
2018, the shepherds and ministers
will enter a
time of discernment as we seek GOD'S WILL
with regards to
worship at Woodmont.
IF THESE PEOPLE COULD TURN THAT TRICK THEN JESUS DIED IN
VAIN.
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth
them,
he it is that
loveth me:
and he that
loveth me shall be loved of my Father,
and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord,
how is it that
thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the WORLD?
John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him,
If a man love
me, he will keep my words:
and my Father
will love him,
and WE
will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
John 14:24 He that loveth me NOT keepeth not
my sayings:
and the word
which ye hear is not mine,
but the
Father’s which sent me.
Over the next 90 days, we will
look intently at the intersection of worship,
mission and HERITAGE.
We will be discussing different ways to
structure our
Sunday assemblies
to engage SEEKERS
and longtime members alike.
Heb. 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he
is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.
John 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he
said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and
where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John 8:21 ¶ Then said Jesus again unto them, I go
my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in
your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Acts 17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if
haply they might feel after him, and find him,
though he be not far from every one of us:
Rom. 2:7 To them who by patient continuance in
well doing seek for glory and honour and
immortality, eternal life:
1Cor. 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are
zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel
to the edifying of the church.
Phil. 2:21 For all seek their own, not the things
which are Jesus Christ’s.
Col. 3:1 ¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where Christ sitteth
on the right hand of God.
Heb. 13:14 For here have we no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
1Pet. 3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let
him seek peace, and ensue it.
ADOLF HISTORY CONCURS WITH THE
WOODMONT PATTERN:
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler mkv2ch06.html
The mass meeting is also necessary for the reason that
in it the individual, who at first while becoming a
supporter of a young movement, feels lonely and
easily succumbs to the fear of being alone, for the
first time gets the picture of a larger community,
which in most people has a strengthening,
encouraging effect. The same man, within a company or a
battalion, surrounded by all his comrades, would set
out on an attack with a lighter heart than if left
entirely on his own. In the crowd he always
feels somewhat sheltered, even if a thousand
reasons actually argue against it.
But the community of the
great demonstration
not only strengthens the individual, it also unites
and helps to create an esprit
de corps. The man
who is exposed to grave tribulations, as the first
advocate of a new doctrine in his factory or
workshop, absolutely needs that strengthening
which lies in the conviction of being a member and
fighter in a great comprehensive body.
And he obtains an
impression of this body for the first time in the mass
demonstration. When
from his little workshop or big factory, in which he
feels very small,
he steps for the
first time into a mass meeting and has thousands and
thousands of people of the same opinions around him,
when, as
a seeker, (Als Suchender.' A Wagnerian phrase, which Hitler was apparently
determined to use at all costs) he is swept away by three or four thousand others
into the mighty effect of suggestive intoxication and enthusiasm,
when the visible
success and agreement of thousands confirm to him
the rightness of the new doctrine and for the first
time arouse doubt in the truth of his previous
conviction -
then he
himself has succumbed to the magic
influence of what we designate as 'mass
suggestion.'
The will, the
longing, and also the power of thousands are
accumulated in every individual. The man who enters such a meeting
doubting and wavering leaves it inwardly
reinforced: he has become
a link in the community.
The National
Socialist movement must never forget this and
in particular
it
must never let itself be influenced by those bourgeois s who know
everything better,
but who nevertheless
have gambled away a
great state including their
own existence and the rule of their class.
See also
the Volkish Movement
Richard Wagner was the unofficial
court composer of the Third Reich. Adolf Hitler said
that "Whoever wants to understand National
Socialistic Germany must know Wagner." Hitler's
appropriation of the Bayreuth Wagner Festival was to
serve his
own cultural propaganda purposes. Wagner was a
cultural hero for Hitler and his Nazis.
The strains of
Wagner were played during the Nazis' book-burning
ceremonies and when concentration camp
prisoners were about to be put to death.
Nazi Germany's main defense fortification was
called the "Siegfried Line," after the mythic hero
in Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung.
We will be evaluating our current
policy
regarding the
use of instrumental music.
And we will be looking for new
ways to call more people into the mission of
God.
We are
overwhelmed by God’s heart for the lost.
The Good
Shepherd left 99 sheep in the open field to pursue the
1 that was lost.
We believe God’s
people should reflect God’s heart!
This period of DISCERNMENT
will conclude with
open and HONEST
communication to the Woodmont family.
We will consider worship policies
and practices through the lens of our mission: Love
God, Love Each Other, and Love the World.
Yesterday, the shepherds and
ministers gathered to consider
worship from a
theological perspective.
We seek to honor God, above all
others, as we worship.
In February, we will be
considering WORSHIP from a missional
perspective.
We want to
mirror God’s love for the world with our assemblies.
And in March, we will assemble to
consider the PASTORAL implications
of changing or
maintaining our current worship policies and
practices.
Insights that EMERGE from
our time of DISCERNMENT
will be shared
through congregational teaching in both large and
small groups.
We invite and encourage your
questions, concerns, encouragement, and prayers. We
value your input and we will create space for
dialogue.
While WE know that WE
cannot “please” everyone WE
fully intend to lead everyone.
Any changes in
policy will be communicated
well in advance of implementation.
WE are asking
you to pray that God would lead us all. WE are asking
you to pray for us and to TRUST us. WE are
committing to open and honest communication.
Above all, WE are
committing to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit.
WE are
excited about these discussions and the MOVEMENT of
the Spirit in this place. WE are
confident that God will continue to guide us and lead
us as we seek to Love Him, to Love Each Other and Love
the World!
