In To A Dancing God Sam Keen describes the new "wineskin" religion of
carnality. The reader should be aware that "wineskin" is
not used as a metaphor. Rather, it is a
world-swept "paradigm" created by turning the Word's of Jesus upside
down. Its premise is that worship should be celebrative and
exhilarating to "bring the worshippers into the presence of God." To
that end, worship is "performed" for the
watching audience by those talented and trained to move the emotions
through external means. Remember that we noted above that a
performing priest or priestess in Donandar's cult must be master level with at least two
entertainment skills,
The goal of such worship is to
"upset their equilibrium" or "comfort zone" or "bring them to the
brink of mental and emotional disaster just
so they can be jerked back at the last possible moment." This will
condition them, like Pavlov's dog, to salivate when the "worship
facilitator" or "worship manipulator" rings his little ding-dong.
Sam Keen is honest in that he
knows that such worship is "primitive" which means that it appeals to
the carnal senses. In this sense, it is identical to the worship of
the Jews when they fired
God and demanded a king like the nations so that they could worship like the nations. These lusted-after nations were the Babylonians,
Egyptians and Canaanites.
They said to him,
"You are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint a
king to lead [a] us, such as all the other nations have. 1 Samuel
8:5
They also wanted to worship
like the nations and they did especially under David and Solomon.
However, they would never get away with it:
You say, "We want
to be like the nations, like the peoples
of the world, who serve
wood and stone." But what you have in mind will never happen. Ezekiel
20:32
As with the drum beating of the
Keeper's attempt to worship Jesus as "a phallic kind of guy--
"Primitive religion is not believed, it is danced." "The word must be discovered in the flesh." "If the church fails to develop a visceral
theology and fails to help
modern man rediscover his flesh
and his feelings it will neglect a common source of grace as well as
the seed from which compassion grows."
With all phychologically-driven
change devices, the goal is to know self and even worship self or a charismatic figure
"used" in the idolatry of talent:
"The more I know of
myself the more I recognize that nothing human is foreign to
me." "In the depth of each man's biography lies the story of
all men." "The Sunday morning barrier against being touched or moved except by
words addressed to the congregation audience
should be torn
down." "Authentic
life is not
governed by a spirit of seriousness. It is graceful, light and
playful."
However, "From
the time when the rites were held promiscuously, with men and women
mixed together, and when the license offered by darkness had been
added, no sort of crime, no kind of immortality, was left attempted.
There were more obscenities practiced between men than between
men and women. Anyone refusing to submit to outrage or reluctant to
commit crimes was slaughtered as a
sacrificial victim. To
regard nothing as forbidden was among these people the summit of religious
achievement. Men, apparently out of their wits, would utter prophesies with
frenzied bodily
convulsions: matrons, attired as
Bacchantes, with their hair
disheveled and carrying blazing
torches, would run down to the Tiber, plunge their torches into the
water and bring them out still alight - because they contained a
mixture of live sulfur and calcium. Men were said to have been
carried off by the gods - because
they had been attached to a machine and whisked way out of sight to
hidden caves; or to submit to
violation." Titus Livy, History of
Rome, Book 39.13
Keen continues:
"The time is ripe to
return to the primitive, the carnal
-- there is a time for words,
it has lasted from the time of the Reformation to the present,
now we are
sick of being inundated in an ocean of
verbiage -- the word
must be rediscovered in the flesh,
religion must return to the dance."
The Seekers, Keepers and
Jubilators identify this as "The Post-Denominational World." You
should know that it is just the spiritually-empty call for a second
incarnation based on human phylosophy.
The dance, hand-clapping,
hand-waving gestures, strutting around on the podium or
dancing-while-preaching and many other external means are calculated
to tranquilize the rational, judgment-making power in order to build
on the flesh - the feelings of exhilaration. This is as violently
charismatic as you can get. The poor souls do not know why they waste
all of that human, carnal energy and the "audience" is still not
"revived."
It should be self-evident that
anything devoted to the human senses in the belief that it has some
magical or spiritual power is, defacto, devoted to the flesh by
people attempting to drown the church in another flood of words
devoid of faithful Biblical content. This was how the antichrist
tried to sweep the church off the face of the earth before it could
really get started. THE CIRCLE DANCE RELEASES POWER
In a report on
a gathering called "Catch The Fire II" in Moscow, Bill Cassada
reports that power
was released through dancing in a circle at Rosa Church, the largest charismatic church in
that city:
"We were
absolutely connected
with the Holy Spirit during this glorious time of adoration to our
Lord. There were
approximately 1000 people in attendance, and everyone was gloriously
entered in. Over towards one side near the front,
Kathleen Balassi danced in a
circle of
praise with several of
the youth from the St Louis team
and Russian children as well. Near the end of the worship time, the
worship
team played a tune
well-known to us, "The River is here.' It was not difficult to sing
along with that one!
Soon the place was
really
hoppin' as a dance
chain quickly formed (not hard to do here, Russians love to dance!)
and 50-60 people were leapin' and dancin' to the music around the
sanctuary. Also, all
during worship,
Russian women from the church
danced before the Lord in their folk costumes. One of their team
members is currently studying with the Bolshoi Ballet Troupe, so you
know the quality of this dance group is excellent! They joined in the
festivities with the other dancers, the end result being several of
the troupe lying on the floor, blasted by the Holy Ghost! To say the
worship was robust and meaningful would be somewhat of an
understatement. You shoulda been there!"
In an "Update from Tula
[Russia]: May 10th, 1996," we find another testimony of dancing in a
circle "before the Lord":
"We had been so
involved in the prayer with Lana that neither of realized what had
begun around us. An exhuberant flow of
worship had spread
throughout the theatre. Everywhere people were dancing to the Lord in
victorious praise. The prayer time had erupted into a party of
thanksgiving and joy. Even my own two left feet seemed to be
screeming at me, "Dance,
you fool...Dance!" Just
then a line of people swept past me. They had come dancing down the
aisle from the back to the front of the theatre and were making the
turn back when one of them grabbed my arm and pulled me along. I
resisted initialy (sic), as I flashed back to a church I'd visited
once in the States who regularly broke into this kind of
line-dance. I remember how I'd ridiculed them and written it
off as the kind of unbridled emotionalism I would never stoop to.
Lately I'm learning, with God
to be careful what I say I'll never do, because I'll probably end up
doing it. I threw the thought out of my [mind] and joined in, at
least for a couple of laps. Within moments the chain of dancers
spanned, unbroken, all the way down one aisle, across the front, up
the other aisle and across the back to create a full circle."
The
Charismatic Influence
If our presupposition, based upon our
understanding of Scripture, is that the Charismatic and Vineyard movements are not of God (see our papers on the
Vineyard Movement), then something is terribly amiss at the
Promise
Keepers conferences. Not only are the founders of Promise Keepers, many
of the key leaders, and a number of favorite speakers Charismatic, but the very worship, music
and methods
of Promise Keepers spring from the Charismatics well. I believe that in a very real sense
Promise Keepers is
the machinery that is moving the evangelical church
wholesale into the
Charismatic camp,
without most even realizing it.
One example at the Clergy
Conference will suffice at this time: Jack Hayford, one of the most
often used speakers at Promise Keepers conferences, attempted to
teach the thirty-nine
thousand pastors how to
"dance in the
Lord." He said he had
learned a little
dance in Africa and
later the Lord spoke to him directly saying,
"May I have this
dance?" At this point
he demonstrated his dance before the pastors.
Hayford and Promise Keepers
were subtly introducing thousands of pastors to some of the
heretical teachings of the Charismatic movement. The focus was
on a Charismatic form of worship dancing in the Lord! The real issue, one that seemed to be missed by most
of those pastors,
is that this man is
claiming direct
revelation from God!
Where was the outrage among
those pastors? Are they being anesthetized by Promise Keepers to the
extent that those who claim direct revelation are accepted without
rebuke? If so, where will this lead?
The fact is that when you fall
into a Charismatic fit as at
Promise Keepers in
Atlanta you have sold your birthright for a mess of effeminate soul
food and you can no longer discern.
"The role of 'praise and worship' music according to those who are involved with it is to bring people
'into the 'presence of God'. Religious ecstasy as seen in
'Toronto Blessing' or at Brownsville with the characteristic weeping
and laughing, and being 'slain in the spririt' is defined as
the 'anointing of the presence of God.'
"The extract from an article
published in 1987 quotes John Wimber, founder of the Vineyard churches and his
wife Carol
who also instrumental in their founding in 1977. The Vineyard
church at Toronto Airport gives its name to Toronto Blessing, Bill
McCartney founder of Promise Keepers is a member of a Vineyard
fellowship as are others on the Board of the organization.
VINEYARD
FELLOWSHIP
After she had a dream in 1976 of
standing preaching to a large crowd a seven-point sermon on the gifts
of the Spirit, at the final point, 'a sensation like
hot electricity' hit her head, travelled down her body, then up and out
of her mouth. She awakened speaking in tongues. The sensation of heat
and electricity is typical of that experienced in the current
revival. She said 'Soon God stopped showing me what he had
wanted to do in the past and began to show me what he was going to do
in the future. I had a strong sense of God's desire for his
bride, for the whole Church - Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox.'
(Riding the Third Wave - 1987)
In the article "Worship:
Intimacy With God the philosophy behind the 'praise and worship' found
in the Vineyard churches it is explained that there is a
'well-thought out philosophy' guiding
how God is worshipped through music and
movement
in order to achieve the goal through
"Worship: Intimacy With God" .
"To understand how we worship God, it is
helpful to learn about our fellowship's history, which goes back to
1977. At that time my wife, Carol, was leading a small group of
people in a home meeting that evolved into the Anaheim Vineyard. I'll
let her describe what happened during that time.
"After we started to meet in our
home gathering, I noticed times during the meeting -- usually when we
sang -- in
which I experienced God deeply... occasionally we sang a song personally
and intimately to Jesus, with lyrics like 'Jesus, I love you.'
Those types of songs both stirred and fed the
hunger for God within me... Thus we began to see a difference between
songs ABOUT Jesus and songs TO Jesus. "About that time we realised
our worship blessed God, that it was for God alone and not just a
vehicle of preparation for the pastor's sermon. This was an exciting
revelation. After learning about the central place of worship in our
meetings, there were many instances in which all we did was worship
God for an hour or two.
"At this time we also discovered that
singing
was not the only way to worship God. Because the word worship means
literally to bow down, it is important that our bodies are involved
in what our spirits are saying. In scripture this is accomplished
through bowing heads, lifting
hands, kneeling, and even
lying prostrate before
God. ... we are blessed as we worship
him.
He visits his people with manifestations of the Holy Spirit. "Thus worship has a two-fold
aspect: communication with God through
the basic means of singing and praying,
and communication from
God though teaching and preaching the
word, prophecy, exhortation, etc. We lift him up and exalt him, and as
a result are drawn into his presence where he speaks to us."
"In the Vineyard we see five basic phases of worship, phases through which leaders attempt to lead the
congregation.... as we pass through these phases we are headed toward
one goal:
intimacy with
God.".... The fourth phase is
described as "God Visits His People when "Expression then moves to a
zenith, a climactic
point, not unlike
physical
lovemaking... We have expressed
what is in our hearts and minds and bodies, and now it is time to
wait for God to respond.
Stop talking and wait for Him to speak, to
move. I call this, the fourth phase, visitation:"
A "second blessing" style experience, the ability to speak gibberish,
prophetic pronouncements, ecstatic feelings, sexual orgasms, falling down, trances, uncontrollable laughter and
crying, psychic experiences of clairvoyance and clairaudience are all
part and parcel of Eastern mystical practice.
The
Pentecostal/Charismatic Movement is therefore regarded by the Eastern
yogis of Hinduism and Buddhism as an immature variation of its own
practices. Alan
Morrison
- The ME,
Inanna - Ea - Gift of Wisdom and Music
- He gave me the art of
lovemaking.
- He gave me the art of
kissing the phallus.
- He gave me the art of
prostitution.
- He gave me the
resounding
musical instrument.
- He gave me the art of
song.
- He gave me the
art of the
elder.
- He gave me the
kindling of
strife
The fifth phase is called
"Generosity "The
fifth phase of worship is the giving of substance. The church knows so
little about giving, yet the Bible exhorts us to give to God. it is
pathetic to see people preparing for ministry who don't know how to
give. That is like an athlete entering a race, yet he doesn't know
how to run. If we haven't learned to give money, we haven't learned
anything... " From Source
Wouldn't you know it, pagan
religions always charged for their worship rituals, their books,
their trinkets.
"Guru Bwagwham Shree Rajneeshru
tells one of his followers in his book, "Dance Your Way To God,"
'just be joyful . . . God is not serious . . . this world
cannot fit with a theological
god . . . so let this be your constant
reminder - that you have to dance your
way to God,
to laugh your way to God' (p.
229).
Rajneeshru is referred to as being
'drunk on the divine,' and encourages his followers to come and
'drink'
from him.\
His spiritual
'wine' was often passed along with a
single touch to the head. Rodney Howard Browne who has passed
the holy laughter on to others calls himself a Holy Ghost bartender
dispensing the new wine."
Jeff Walling
(Note: Several e-mails make it clear that whether
literal or figurative, the image of dancing with God is taken by
people as the authority
to dance literally.
Miriam and David are seen as supporting modern writers. One writer,
who has the "fullness," believes that song, music and dance were
given by God for his
pleasure. He even lands on the dance team like a
helicopter.
Jeff Walling,
asks using similar terms:
"Don't you want to dance?
"I do. I want to be
swept
away on a cloud of
music and laughter. I want to experience the sheer bliss
of waltzing and gliding
across the room to the sound of an orchestra in full swing. And not just with anyone. No, I want to dance with
the one who invented dancing. I want to dance with God.
(Never
had that dream. I would like to ask Him about black holes or how He
still creates a human out of a single cell. No, God didn't invent
dancing. We understand that it comes out of the young's (men or
beast) play
instinct.)
"And guess what?
He wants to dance with me.
"And he wants to dance with you
too.
My God
said: "And I will
walk (be conversant) among you, and will be
your God, and ye shall be my people. Leviticus 26:12. Can't ever
remember any comments about a real or mystical dance by God.
No. God didn't invent dancing.
He put the play instinct into children so that they could learn to interact with others.
However, when Paul became a man he put away childish acts and words.
This is the play instinct which is misused by adults as they try to
dance their way into the presence of God Who, according to Paul, is
already in our midst wanting to speak to us through His Words as we
speak to Him through our prayers. The dance was reserved almost
totally to young girls or lost men trying to bluff men trying to find
the Lost God -- David.
The One, Invisible,
Incomprehensible, without-body-parts God of the universe manifests
Himself to us as Jesus Christ in whom resides full Deity:
For in Christ all the fullness
of the Deity lives in bodily form, Colossians 2:9
Of course Jesus, who promised
to be in our midst, lives in a glorified sense as the One and Only
Holy Spirit. He is enthroned at the seat of His kingdom which is
"within you."
Now, we have to ask what we know about
Jesus which would make us hallucinate that He wants to dance,
literally or spiritually, with a male worshipper? We know for a fact
that He was repulsed by the Dionysus-influenced Jewish clergy who
tried to manipulate His emotions. For Him to have fallen into the
chorus dance of the women or effeminate would have meant that Judas
had really triumphed over Him in defiance of Psalm 41. This triumph
was outlawed "when the congregation comes together" (Numbers 10:7):
Ruwa
(h7321) roo-ah'; a prim. root; to mar (espec. by breaking); fig. to
split the ears (with sound), i. e. shout (for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy,
make a joyful
noise, smart, shout
(for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
In Daring to Dance With God by Jeff Walling, seeks perhaps a
spiritual dance which produces
the same effects on the body.
Many "gospel" songs use the same motif to create
self-pity in the listener which, of course, is translated as
spiritual. Muslims reject instrumental music because it tends to
accentuate whatever is going on in your own brain as you listen. This makes it self worship. Click To See
for Yourself.
Jeff
Walling: "For a while I
accepted my misery quietly and put aside any dreams of dancing with
God as fantasy. Don't pity me for this. You see, I had no idea how
miserable I was. If you had asked about my burden, I would have responded like the country mule who, when asked by the city mule how he stood the weight of the huge pack on his
back, replied, "What pack?" After all, few around me seemed to have
any more joy than I. And the few who did were suspect. They obviously
didn't know that Christianity was serious business.
This is the common theme of
denying the value of Jesus, as the rural
Shepherd who came to lead by still waters, as inadequate and we must
look for an urban
rapper or
rocker to lead us into supercharged worship
which, like morphine, removes the burden for the moment. I would
suggest that we all quit looking at ourselves in the mirror and
return to the Incarnate Word
Who said:
Come to me, all who
labor and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28
The burden Jesus came to remove
was "anxiety from religious ceremony" and is defined exactly as Jeff
defines his burden.
Phortizo (g5412) for-tid'-zo; from 5414; to load up (prop. as aa vessel or animal), i.e. (fig.) to overburden with ceremony (or
spiritual
anxiety): - lade, be
heavy laden.
The rest of us are tired of having burden laders rise again after Jesus put them on the unimployed role:
kop-iaō
Tired of:
orkheomai , dōsō toi Tegeēn possikroton orkhēsasthai to dance in or on, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.66, cf. Lakōnika skhēmatia orkheisthai dance Laconian steps, Id.6.129 ; o. pros ton aulon skhēmata Id.Smp.7.5 , tōn humnōn hoi men ōrkhounto hoi de ouk ōrkhounto Ath.14.631d.
Tired of: phi^losophos , ho, A.
lover of wisdom; Pythagoras called himself philosophos, not sophos, Cic Tusc.5.3.9, D.L.Prooem.12; ton ph. sophias phēsomen epithumētēn einai pasēs Pl.R.475b,
2.
philosopher, i. e. one who speculates on truth and reality, hoi alēthinoi ph., defined as hoi tēs alētheias philotheamones, Pl.R.475e;
Revelation 2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus
write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right
hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and
how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them
which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
Revelation 2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my names sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
phort-izō , phortia ph. tinas load them with burdens, Ev.Luc.11.46; perissē dapanē ph. ta koina
hudatis -izousa ton ophthalmon encumbering, Hes.Op.690; phortioumenos meli to carry away a load of honey,
Aenigma Sphingis (ap.Sch.E.Ph.50):
Now when the Sphinx was oppressing and ravaging our city, after my
husband's death, my brother Creon proclaimed my marriage: that he would
marry me to anyone who should guess the riddle of the crafty maiden. It
happened somehow
[50]
that my son, Oedipus, guessed the Sphinx's song; [and so he became
king of this land] and received the scepter of this land as his prize.
He married his mother in ignorance, luckless wretch! nor did his mother
know that she was sleeping with her son.
IF JEFF WALLING AND THE NEW PEPPERDINE REPROGRAMMING INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WILL GET JOBS THEN.
Rest From;
ana-pauō , poet. and Ion. amp- , fut. Med. anapausomai: aor. anepausamēn
make to cease, stop or hinder from a thing, kheimōnos . . hos rha te ergōn anthrōpous anepausen Il.17.550; a. tina tou planou give him rest from wandering, S.OC1113; tous leitourgountas a. (sc. tōn analōmatōn) to relieve them from . . , D.42.25, cf. 42.
Rest From;
leitourg-eō , 2.
perform religious service, minister, epi tōn hierōn D.H.2.22; tō Kuriō Act.Ap.13.2, etc. (Written lit- in Rev.Et.Anc.32.5 (Athens, i B.C.), etc., cf. leitourgion, leitourgos.）
D.H. 2.22
ei de kai dia gunaikōn edei tina hiera
sunteleisthai kai dia paidōn amphithalōn hetera, hina
kai tauta genētai kata to kratiston, tas te gunaikas
etaxe tōn hiereōn tois heautōn andrasi sunierasthai,
kai ei ti mē themis ēn hup' andrōn orgiazesthai
kata nomon ton epikhōrion, tautas epitelein kai
paidas autōn ta kathēkonta leitourgein:
Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts 13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
leitourg-os , III.
in religioussense, minister, [theou] ib.Ps.102(103).21, Ep.Rom.13.6, al.; tōn theōn D.H.2.22, cf. 73; tōn hagiōn l. Ep.Hebr.8.2; theois litourgoi
IV.
Astrol., leitourgoi, hoi, astral gods subordinate to the dekanoi, Iamb.Myst.9.2
2. c. acc. only,
put an end to,
boēn
S.Tr.1262; more freq.
rest, make to halt,
a. strateuma
X.Cyr.7.1.4;
lay it in a reposing posture, Ael.VH12.64, cf. NA7.29: abs., anapauson give me rest, Luc.Tyr.21.
2. abs., take one's rest, sleep, Hdt.1.12, 2.95, al., E.Hipp.211, v.l. in Ar.Pl. 695, cf. Lys. 13.12, etc.
3. rest or settle upon an object, to tou Theou pneuma eph' humas anapauetai 1 Ep.Petr. 4.14, cf. LXXIs.11.2; of shadow
After all, don't the same
second
incarnation people
selling a new "paradigm" to soothe your troubled mind, load the
burdens on us in their first incarnation as "pattern preachers?"
We will see what the man,
Lord Jesus, thought of those who wanted to
dance with Him in the choral
or new wineskin-dance with the women of Dionysus.
"But understand this: the dance
to which God invites you is not one of the physical
realm--moving your body is a snap compared to getting your
spirit's movement in time with God's
tempo--no, the dance to which this book is dedicated is a dance of the heart, a dance of the
soul. It's a dance that will change
your life. "
Jeff's legitimate next wish
is for more 'joy" in worship services. But, Jesus said that the Kingdom does not come with observation meaning religious operations or lying wonders.
"Or possibly you're
just plain scared. Exuberant (Meaning: profuse, luxuriant, uninhibited, overly
elaborate, flowery, extreme: Webster) expressions of praise and joy can
rock a good, conservative Christian back on his heels (or Rap um
onna haid?). And abuses of
our freedom in
worship have convinced
some believers that the Puritans were right: too much celebrating of God's goodness turns the spiritual brain to mush.
Every Hallelujah! is another step on the path to "sloppy agape" and
"cheap grace."
The "biblical" joy in which we
can rejoice has nothing to do with "joy as an extreme, uninhibited
act of worship." We don't really live in
"worship services," you know. Joy is:
Chairo
(g5463) khah'ee-ro; a prim. verb; to be "cheer"ful, i.e.
calmly happy or well-off; impers. espec. as salutation (on meeting
or parting), be well: - farewell, be glad, God speed, greeting,
hail, joy (-fully), rejoice.
This kind of joy is not there
for "happy hour at the
new wineskin pub."
Rather, joy is a quiet, calm, inner
peace first produced by receiving the Word of God into the heart at
the hands of the only authorized "ministers"--
But he that
received the seed
into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon
with joy receiveth it; Matthew 13:20
Jeff Walling: "But praise God for good news: the fruit of the Spirit is
still joy.
And we can and should experience it every day. What a relief to know
that we are not called to be miserable! If real joy is not
vibrantly
alive in your faith each day, it's time you protest. If you have
shared the feeling that there must be something more to your faith,
take heart and read on.
Vibrant: "quivering or vibrating in such a way as to produce sound,
throbbing with life and activity, radiant, sparkling, vivacious." Webster.
All that Christ gives us is to
help us live as pilgrims in a foreign land. We are not to take roots
and feed on the emotions of the carnal. Look at these fruit and see
if you can find one which speaks of jumping joy in the worship
service induced by charismatic, mind-manipulating devices. Our God is
not the god of the vivacious:
But the fruit of
the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Galatians 5:22
Meekness,
temperance (self-control): against such there is no law. Galatians 5:23
Joy is:
Chara (g5479) khar-ah'; from 5463;
cheerfulness, i.e. calm
delight: - gladness,
greatly, (be exceeding) joy (- ful, -fully, - fulness, -ous).
That he would grant you,
according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might
by his Spirit in the inner man; Epesians 3:16
Strengthened with all might,
according to his glorious power, unto all patience and
longsuffering with
joyfulness; Colossians
1:11
Now unto him that
is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Ju.1:24
Jeff Walling:
"He demands that we
open ourselves to the unexpected, the unpredictable, and even the unexplainable. The Bible is full of instances where God chose to
work in outrageous and shocking ways: Walls fell down. Water stood up.
Bread sprang from the ground. And the sun stood still.
When you turn
yourself over to the unexplainable you might come up accusing the
Incarnate God of the universe with being outrageous which is:
Outrageous: "having the nature of, involving, or doing
great
injury or
wrong. Exceeding all bounds of
decency or reasonableness.."
Webster
Shocking includes: "highly offensive to good
taste, propriety,
extremely revolting."
It is hard to see how God can
be seen this way, but different people have different
needs.
"And the days of his
surprises are far
from over.
(surprise means "to come
upon unaware.")
"So if you have grown
accustomed to an orderly and predictable Christianity, I understand
that turning the God of all creation loose within
you can be an
unsettling concept. But trust him. As Jesus said, he will not
give you a snake if you ask for a fish.
Isn't it
surprising how many 'scholars' fall for the notion that the separated
"Spirit" nature of God is cut loose to roam around inside the carnal
body? We do not believe that Scripture teaches this.
The word unsettling in Greek is:
Throeo (g2360) thro-eh'-o; (to wail); to clamor,
i.e. (by impl.) to frighten: - trouble
Thriambeuo (g2358) three-am-byoo'-o; from a prol.
comp. of the base of 2360 and a der. of 680 (mean. a noisy iambus, sung in honor of Bacchus); to make an acclamatory procession, i.e. (fig.) to
conquer or (by Hebr.) to give victory: - (cause) to triumph (over).
That is what they tried to do
to Jesus. However, Psalm 41 says that these were the people with the
Judas Bag using their little wind instruments trying to get Jesus to
dance the Bacchus dance of the women or effeminate. It would not
work.
Paul said that we are
not to be unsettled by anything which is
claimed to come by inspiration:
We are "not to
become easily
unsettled or alarmed by
some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come.
2Th.2:2
Jeff Walling:
"Whether the well of
your soul has been dry for a long time or you just want a little more
passion in your piety
and spring in your step, renewal and refreshment are available if you
will take time to seek them. I pray that the simple biblical
principles and steps you'll find in this book will help you venture out onto the dance floor and into his arms.
In following
articles we hope to show that the "water of the Word" is the refreshment which Jesus came to give us. It
is free of charge (Isa 55:1f)
"This book is designed to help you hear and accept God's invitation. He's been offering it to any who will listen ever
since Jesus paid the ultimate price on a hill outside
Jerusalem.
Many people
apparently feel the need for a "worship facilitator to help lead you
into the presence of God, lift your holy hands, lay your holy hands
on others." This book will pick up where Christ's old wineskin
busted: it will let you hear the Word and direct thy path to thy olde
book shoppe. One Jubilator
can even do what the Word claims for itself.
It may be dangerous to use
literal dancing, which is not what God wants, as a model or paradigm
for spiritual worship. It may give ones authority to practice literal
dance in the worship services. In the same way a "wineskin" creed and
making true worship like drunkeness and exhilaration gives our youth
to tap into the literal wineskin with heavenly blessing. I would not
be daring to dance with God.
In section two we will look at
Rubel Shelly and Randy Harris as they connect the notion of a
mediating priesthood, dance as worship and appeal to Plato as the
"father" of the notion that God is an idea too big to get your arms
around.
Now, I hear that you can even marry a "god." The SPIRITUS is that of Abaddon or Apollyon
who unleashed the locusts of MUSES as dirty adulteresses SHEPHERDS and
Apollyon is the LEADER OF THE MUSES. Since all of the hypocritic
artists get CAST ALIVE INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE I'll be there will be some
Hot Dancing in the Old Town.
