Richard Beck Instrumental Music Sectarian

By Richard Beck

What will be the future of the Churches of Christ? Given all the changes we are experiencing will there be anything left of the movement in a generation or two? And if so, what is that going to look like?

Jesus said that the kingdom of God is WITHIN you: it does not come with observation meaning RELIGIOUS operations Paul calls lying wonders.

Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, [called OUT of the World or the Ecumenical]
        which cry day and night unto him,
        though he bear long with them?
Luke 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
         Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh,
        shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke 18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain
        which trusted in themselves that they were righteous,
        and despised others:
Luke 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray;
        the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luke 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself,
        God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are,
         extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luke 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off,
        would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven,
         but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other:
        for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased;
        and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Matt 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

CONDEMNING DOCTORS OF THE LAW

Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
        for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: [prayers are hymns]
        therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Hypokrites (g5273) hoop-ok-ree-tace'; from 5271; an actor under an assumed character (stage-player), i.e. (fig.) a dissembler ("hypocrite"): - hypocrite.

I. interpreter or expounder, “tēs di' ainigmōn phēmēs” Pl.Ti. 72b; “oneirōn” Luc.Somn.17, etc.

II. on Att., one who plays a part on the stage, actor, Ar.V.1279, Pl.R.373b, Chrm. 162d, Smp.194b, X. Mem.2.2.9, etc.

2. of an orator, poikilos hu. kai perittos (of Dem.) Phld.Rh.1.197 S.; one who delivers, recites, declaimer, “epōn” Tim.Lex. s.v. rhapsōdoi; rhapsodist,

Poikilos III. metaph., changeful, diversified, manifold,
2. of Art, p. humnos a song of changeful strain or full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87; “poikilon kitharizōn” Id.N.4.14; “dedaidalmenoi pseudesi poikilois muthoi” Id.O.1.29; of style, “lexis poiētikōtera kai p.” Isoc.15.47 (Comp.); “skhēmatismoi”
c. of persons and things, subtle, artful, wily,
Sophos , ē, on, A. skilled in any handicraft or art, clever,
Margites Fr.2; but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9, P.1.42, 3.113; en kithara s. E.IT1238
en oiōnois, kithara, E. IT662, 1238

epos  'hymn',1. song or lay accompanied by music, 8.91,17.519.

hupokrinô reply, make answer, of an oracle, 2. expound, interpret, explain [Peter outlawed this as private interpretation.] 2. deliver a speech, declaim, of orators and rhetoricians, represent dramatically, erôtikôn dramatôn 3. of an orator, use histrionic arts, exaggerate, ape, mimic, Mania or religious frenzy.

Rhêtor-ikos , ê, on, oratorical, hê rhêtorikê (sc. technê). These are the craftsmen lumped with the singers, musicians and "grinder" doing merchandise in the house of prayer. Rev. 18:22

LATIN: canto I. Neutr., to produce melodious sounds (by the voice or an instrument), to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; to sing and play while the actor accompanies the song with gestures or dancing, C. Transf., of instruments, to sound, resound: 2. Of the singing pronunciation of an orator, to declaim in a singing tone, to sing 

Matt 15:8 This people
.......... draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
.......... honoreth me with their lips;
.......... but their heart is far from me.

Matt 15:9 But in vain they do worship me,
.......... teaching for doctrines the commandments of men

WHAT IS A HYPOCRITE?

The Prototype of Babylon-Tyre Israel. Sodom not spiritual Israel.	Jesus referenced Isaiah and Ezekiel to define the national Worship of the Starry Host--Abaddon	The End-Time Fulfillment
For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. Ezek 26:7 They will plunder your wealth and     loot your merchandise;     they will break down your walls     and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, TIMBER and rubble into the sea. Ezek 26:12	Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. Eze 33:30	Rev 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. Rev 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: Rev 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
I will put an end to your noisy songs, and the music [sound] of your harps will be heard no more. Ezek 26:13 The LXX is more forceful in showing that both the music and the musicians would be silenced--- "And he shall destroy the multitude of thy musicians, and the sound of thy psalteries shall be heard no more." Ezek. 26:13 LXX	My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to listen to your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express devotion (Lord, Lord as amorousness - inordinate love), but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain (commerce or trade or attendance). Eze 33:31	Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.   2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.    And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; Rev 18:22
then I will bring you down with those who go    down to the pit,    to the people of long ago   I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the PIT,and you will not return or take your place in the land of the living. Ezek 26:20 Isaiah 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms [maggots] cover thee. Amos 5:23 Take thou away from me the noise [tŭmultus] of thy songs [carmen]  for I will not hear the melody [cantĭcum] of thy viols	Indeed, to them you are NOTHING MORE than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and [NOTHING MORE than one who] plays (make melody on) an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. Eze 33	Rev 18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries WERE all nations deceived.
I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God. Ezek 26:2	When all of this this comes true-- and it surely will-- then they will know that a prophet has been among them." Eze 33:33	Revelation 19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.    Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
THE BEAST THE MOTHER OF HALOTS RIDES TO USE SORCERY TO TAKE AWAY YOUR INHERITANCE da^pa^n-aō  2. consume, use up, “hē phusis d. ton thoron” Arist.GA757a25; “khronon eis of persons, to be destroyed, “hupo thēriōn” Ph.2.43; kathaper hupo puros ib.433; “pros thēriōn” App. BC5.79; “en tartarois kai barathrois puri kai phonō kai sidērō panta dapanēsasthai   “en tartarois kai barathrois dapanōmenous” WASTE THE PUBLIC'S MONEY thērion , III. as a term of reproach, beast. “kolaki, deinō thēriō” Pl.Phdr.240b; “hē mousikē aei ti kainon thērion tiktei” Meaning: A new style of music or drama! Tarta^r-os , the nether world generally, And altogether the ancient philosoj)hy of the Greeks appears to have been very much addicted to music; and on this account they judged Apollo to have been the most musical and the wisest of the gods, and Orpheus of the demigods. And they called every one who devoted himself to the study of this art a sophist, as Aeschylus does in the verse where he says — And then the sophist sweetly struck the lyre. Musae (Mousai). In Greek mythology the Muses were originally the nymphs of springs, whose waters gave inspiration, such as Hippocrené, Castalia, etc.; then goddesses of song in genera. They are all female and are considered goddesses dwelling in Olympus, who at the meals of the gods sing sweetly to the lyre of Apollo. They are the nine daughters of Zeus.  Sophis-tês , ou, ho, master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets, meletan sophistais prosbalon Pi.I.5(4).28 , cf. Cratin.2; of musicians, sophistês . . parapaiôn chelun A.Fr.314 , cf. Eup.447, Pl.Com. 140; sophistêi Thrêiki (sc. Thamyris) E.Rh.924, cf. Ath.14.632c: with mod II. from late v B.C., a Sophist, i.e. one who gave lessons in grammar, rhetoric, politics, mathematics, for money, such as Prodicus, Gorgias, Protagoras, a quibbler, cheat,  a RHETORICIAN as the primary meaning of a HYPOCRITE. hoi s. tōn hierōn melōn” A sophist, serpent, makes MUSICAL MELODY with a congregation AS a harp and cannot grasp that IN THE HEART is a place. 2 Peter 2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, [Zoon, Zao, Zoe]           made to be taken and destroyed,           speak evil of the things that they understand not;           and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; Natural: G5446 phusikos foo-see-kos' From G5449 [natural descent] ; “physical”, that is, (by implication) instinctive:--natural. Compare G5591 Bruit: G249 alogos [Anti-Logical] al'-og-os From G1 (as a negative particle) and G3056 ; irrational:--brute, unreasonable. Beasts: G2226 zōon dzo'-on Neuter of a derivative of G2198 [Zao, Zoe] ; a live thing, that is, an animal:--beast. căprīle , is, n. caper, like equile, ovile, bubile, etc., I. an enclosure or stall for goats, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8; Col. 7, 6, 6; Plin. 28, 10, 42, § 153; Vitr. 6, 9.—Adj.: căprīlis , e, of or pertaining to the goat: “semen, i. e. capellae, 2 Peter 2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness,           as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.           Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves           with their own deceivings [delusions] while they feast with you;           All musicians and rhetoricians are equated to parasites. Entrupo (g1792) en-troo-fah'-o; from 1722 and 5171; to revel in: - sporting selves. gamêliôi lechei [marriage couch-bed] hêdonais, playing in the wind, exult over, treat haughtily or contemptuously, made a mock of, tinos sumphorais, III. use or abuse at pleasure Entru^ph-aō ,  Paison paizô [pais] 4. to play (on an instrument), Hhymn. II. to sport, play, jest, joke, Hdt., Xen., etc.; p. pros tina to make sport of one, mock him, APOLLON LEADER OF THE MUSES

Before answering those questions, some quick backstory and context for Non-CoCers.

As I’ve written about before, right now there are two streams in the Churches of Christ,
        a sectarian stream and an ecumenical stream.

The Church of Christ called the SECT OF THE WAY is A school of Christ: the command is to PREACH the Word (regulative principle) by READING the Word for comfort and doctrine. It has no other pattern.

The ECUMENICAL is clearly defined as OF the World for which Jesus does not pray: it is defined as the REIGN of
satan.

The ancient Middle East constituted an ecumene. The term ecumene comes from the Greek word oikoumene, which means the inhabited world and designates a distinct cultural-historical community. The material effects of the commercial and cultural interconnections that permeated the component regions of the ancient Middle Eastern ecumene are richly supplied by archaeological excavations, which provide evidence of the spread of architectural, ceramic, metallurgical, and other products of ancient Middle Eastern man's industry.

Manufacturing and services tended to be monopolized by professional guilds, including religious personnel specializing in sacrifices, oracles, divination, and other kinds of priestcraft. The mobility of such guilds throughout the entire area helps to explain the spread of specific religious ideas and techniques over great distances. Just as guild potters spread ceramic forms and methods, so also guild priests spread their religious concepts and practices from the Indian Ocean to the Aegean Sea, and from the Nile River to Central Asia. The Greek poet Homer, in the Odyssey, noted the mobility of guildsmen, mentioning religious personnel as well as architects, physicians, and minstrels. Guild priests called kohanim were found at ancient Ugarit on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria as well as in Israel. Moreover, Mycenaean Greek (late Bronze Age) methods of sacrifice are similar to the Hebraic methods, which are preserved in many countries to this day in the traditional techniques of Jewish ritual slaughter.

"The ancient Middle East made a place for homosexuality and bestiality in its myths and rites. In the Asherah cult the qedeshim priests had a reputation for homosexual practices, even as the qedeshot priestesses for prostitution. Israel eventually banned both the qedeshim and qedeshot, while in Ugarit the and kohanim were priestly guilds in equally good standing. Baal is portrayed in Ugaritic mythology as impregnating a heifer to sire the young bull god. The biblical book of Leviticus (18:22--27) bans homosexuality and bestiality expressly because the Canaanite population had been practicing those rites, which the Hebrews rejected as abominations. Middle Eastern Religion

Historically, the CoC has been very sectarian, believing only those from our tribe to be the only faithful Christians in the world. Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans and everyone else were headed to hell. At its worst that’s what CoC theology represented and communicated. And that is what a lot of people have in mind to this day when they think of the Churches of Christ.

THAT'S GOOD BUT A SECTARIAN IS A HERATIC WHO CREATES MENTAL EXCITEMENT BY ALL OF THE ACTORS-UPS TO KEEP YOU FROM HEARING A GOOD WORD FROM JESUS:

Act 9:2  and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, [A READING ASSEMBLY ONLY]
        so that if he found any belonging to the Way,
        men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Act 19:9  But when some became stubborn and continued in unbelief,
        speaking evil of the Way before the congregation,
        he withdrew from them and took the disciples with him,
        reasoning daily in the hall of Tyrannus.

THE WAY HAS A ONE-PIECE PATTERN WHICH EXCLUDES HYPOCRITES: RHETORICIANS, SINGERS AND INSTRUMENT PLAYERS.  Jesus said that the Father HIDES from the Wise or Sophists: speakers, singers, instrument players.  Even Simple Simon knows that when the preacher speaks out of his own head and the singers violate the direct command to SPEAK that which is written for our learning that SOMEONE is LYING IN WAIT TO DECEIVE.

Plat. Soph. 218d Theaetetus, this is my advice to ourselves, since we think the family of sophists is troublesome and hard to catch, that we first practise the method of hunting in something easier, unless you perhaps have some simpler way to suggest. Then shall we take some lesser thing and try to use it as a PATTERN for the greater?

Paradeig-ma  A.pattern, model: of an architect's model.
of the divine exemplars after which earthly things are made, “en ouranō isōs p. anakeitai” Pl.R.592b;
2. precedent, example, “paradeigmata labein para tinos”
3. lesson, warning, “ekhontes paradeigmata tōn ekei Hellēnōn” Th.6.77;
4. argument, proof from example, Th.1.2, etc., cf. Arist.APr.68b38, Rh.1356b3,
including parabolē and logos, Arist.Rh.1393a 27. II. foil, contrast,
Richard Beck, Jeanene Reese etal claim that THEY have discovered a NEW PARADIGM: they do not know that Jesus laid down His paradigm and it is called a PATTERN.

Acts 19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not,
        but spake evil of THAT WAY before the multitude,
        he departed from them,
        and separated the disciples, [ mathētas]
        disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.

THAT WAY HODOS 3.  method, system, Id.Sph.218d, Arist.APr.53a2, al.; “hodō” methodically, systematically,Pl.R.533b,  . ; so “kath' hodon” Pl.R.435a ; “tēn dia tou stoikheiou ho. ekhōn egraphen” Id.Tht.208b (cf. “diexodon” 208a). pattern.
4.  of the Christian Faith and its followers,Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14.

The WAY is the METHOD is the SYSTEM is the PATTERN is the PARADEIGMA of God--not the NEW one.  The METHOD

Method-os , hē, (meta, hodos)  II. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, Pl.Sph.218d, 235c, al.; m. poieisthai to pursue one's inquiry, ib.243d; “en tē prōtē m.” Arist.Pol.1289a26: hence, treatise, Dam.Pr.451.
2. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system, Pl.Phdr.270c, Arist.EN1129a6, Pol.1252a18, etc.; “hē dialektikē m.” Pl.R.533c,

Contrary to all of the False Teachers Alexander Campbell said that if there were Baptized Christians (upper case) among the sects then they should COME OUT OF BABYLON.  All but a Little Flock is ecumenical and the command of Jesus, Paul and common sense is to come out of Babylon.  If a Baptist tells all of the Bible speakers that baptism is only for those already saved by FAITH ONLY then they are still OF the World.

Act 19:23  About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.
Act 24:14  But this I confess to you,
        that according to the Way, which they call a sect,
        I worship the God of our fathers,
        believing everything laid down by the Law
        AND  written in the Prophets,
Act 24:22  But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying,
        “When Lysias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.”

The Prophets defined the future REST both inclusively and exclusively and excludes the dogma of Highland and the Abilene Kingdom.

RICHARD BECK ETAL WANT YOU TO WORSHIP THE "GODS" OF THE FATHER AS DEFINED BY THE "LYING PEN OF THE SCRIBES" ABOUT MUSIC AND SACRIFICE.  However, any pretender who names it and claims it (money) is defined as an anathema which you will never learn in any pseudo college.

Anakeimai or Anathema is YOUR SELF-WILL to offer yourself, rhetoric, singing, making music. Only the ancient women fell into this folly and Paul silences both men and women so we can "All be saved or safe and come to a knowledge of THE TRUTH."

anakeimai A.to be laid up as a votive offering in the temple, to be dedicated, “krētēres hoi . . hex khruseoi anakeatai”  b. to be set up as a statue in public,
II. pan or panta anakeitai es tina everything is referred to a person, depends on his will, Hdt.1.97, 3.31
Anatithēmi , II. set up as a votive gift, dedicate, “tini ti” Hes.Op.658, Pi.O.3.30, Hdt.2.159,7.54, Ar.Pl.1089, etc.; “Rhēneian anethēke tō Apollōni” Th.1.13; “anathēma anatithenai” Hdt.1.53, 2.182; “a. ti es Delphous”

Churches of Christ just teach that which is written and that makes Richard Beck THINK he is in hell. The Spirit OF Christ (OF is a preposition) defined HIS future REST both inclusively and exclusively in the prophets. A Church of Christ is built upon or educated by the Prophets and Apostles.  It was the spirit of Christ Which said that the marks in sound of God driving His enemies into Hell were wind, string and percussion instruments. Richard Beck THINKS that an evil member of the Church of Christ said that.

The Isaiah DSS Scroll the Ethiopean Enoch would have with him.

12. (10) Hear the word of YHWH princes of Sodom and give ear to the Torah of our God people of Gomorrah. (11) What are they to me,
13. your multiplied sacrifices, says YHWH, I am sated with holocausts of rams and the fat of fatlings, and in the blood
14. of bulls and lambs and goats I have no delight. (12) When you come to see my face to make this request
15. from your hands treading my courtyard. (13) Do not continue to bring empty gifts, Incense is an abomination
16. to me, new moon and sabbaths, calling of reading meetings,
        I am not able to endure even the sacred assembly.
        Your new moons and seasonal feasts
17. my soul hates, they are a burden to me, I am tired of bearing them.
         And when you spread your hands I will hide my eyes
18. from you, also when you multiply prayer I will not listen, your hands are full of blood. [+and your fingers+] [
19. [+of iniquity+] (16) Wash and make yourselves clean and turn away the evil of your habitual practices from before my eyes, stop doing evil. (17) Learn

lăvo , lāvi, lautum, lăvātum and lōtum
II. Trop., to wash away: “venias nunc precibus lautum peccatum tuum,” Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 80: “dulci Mala vino lavere,” Hor. C. 3, 12, 2.—Hence, lautus , a, um, P. a.

Isa 1:16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Rachac (h7364) raw-khats'; a prim. root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing): - bathe (self), wash (self).
Le.14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.

Only after baptism is our spirits translated into that heavenly kingdom which has been sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ.

20. to do well, pursue judgement, bless the oppressed, judge the orphan,
        contend for the widow. (PP)

17] Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

21. Please come and let us reason together says YHWH,
         if your sins are like scarlet they shall be white as snow
22. if they be as red as crimson they shall be as wool.
        (19) If you are obedient and you give heed then of the good of the Land [
        {you shall eat.}]
23. (20) But if you refuse and you rebel you will be devoured by the sword
        because the mouth of YHWH has said it.

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.

Isaiah 1.23 Your princes are rebellious [ infidelis], and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don't judge the fatherless, Neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

THOSE WHO REFUSE TO BE INVITED INTO THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST ARE CONDEMNED TO BE AFFLICTED BY FALSE PREACHERS, SINGERS AND INSTRUMENT PLAYERS.

How the Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites as self-speakers, religious singers and instrument EAT UP the money intended for the Lord.

Dē-vŏro , C. ejus oratio, nimia religione attenuata, a multitudine et a foro devorabatur, qs. swallowed but not digested (i. e. heard without being understood), Cic. Brut. 82, 283.
E-lŏquor II. In partic., to speak in an oratorical or eloquent manner (only absol.): et Graece ab eloquendo rhētōr et Latine eloquens dictus est .: “composite, ornate, copiose

THE DESTINY OF DOCTORS OF THE LAW

Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation

Only after baptism is our spirits translated into that heavenly kingdom which has been sanctified by the blood of Jesus Christ.

20. to do well, pursue judgement, bless the oppressed, judge the orphan,
        contend for the widow. (PP)

17] Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."

21. Please come and let us reason together says YHWH,
         if your sins are like scarlet they shall be white as snow
22. if they be as red as crimson they shall be as wool.
        (19) If you are obedient and you give heed then of the good of the Land [
        {you shall eat.}]
23. (20) But if you refuse and you rebel you will be devoured by the sword
        because the mouth of YHWH has said it. 

DARE TO BE A SECTARIAN OR BURN: THE DESTINY OF ALL CRAFTSMEN, SINGERS AND INSTRUMENT PLAYERS CLAIMING TO BE INSPIRED: THE LYING WONDERS OF THOSE SELF-DECEIVED: GOD MADE THEM DO IT.

Jesus came to seek and save a Little Flock: lambs rarely engage in expensive musical performances. It is the SECT called the WAY: a very narrow, exclusive road that fools cannot stumble into.  Why should people become violent when others will not bow when they pipe.

2Th. 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
        that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother
        that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
trādĭtĭo , A teaching, instruction: “divina,” (praeceptorum),

Prae-cĭpĭo  to give rules or precepts to any one, to advise, admonish, warn, inform, instruct, teach; to enjoin, direct, bid, order,

NOT Lectio Divina which is the MARK of Witchcraft or Sorcery as are the craftsmen, singers and instrument players.

Col 2:[6] As therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, [7] rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in it in thanksgiving. [8] Be careful that you don't let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ

Matt. 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way [hodos], which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Thlib-ō  , of a person heavy-laden, hōs thlibomai! Ar.Ra.5,  Ev.Matt.7.14; bios tethl. a scanty subsistence, D.H.8.73, oppress, afflict, distress,  opsōnion 

Ar.Ra.5 Xanthias
So why should I have to carry all this stuff,
without doing any of the jokes that Phrynichus
and Lycis and Ameipsias always make
the baggage-carriers say in all their comedies?

Dionysus
Just don't. Since when I'm in the theater
and hear any of these stupid jokes,
I go away just older by a year.

opsōnion   gratuity to tax-farmers, gramma^t-ikos , ē, on, 2. one who occupies himself with literary texts, grammarian, critic
3. concerned with textual criticism, “exēgēsis” IV. grammatikon, to, fee paid to scribes in Egypt, 

The Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites names as popular preacher for HIRE, singer instrument player in Ezekiel 33. Peter outlawed "private interpretation" or further expounding to AID the Spirit of Christ.

g4728.  stenos, sten-os´; probably from the base of 2476; narrow (from obstacles standing close about): — strait.

stenos , close, confined, apeilēthentes es steinon driven into a corner Hdt.9.34; scanty, petty,
small-minded, narrow-minded, of sound and style, thin, meagre,

Hdt.9.34; According to the legend, the Argive women were driven mad by Dionysus for refusing to take part in his orgies [Paul's wrath], and cured by Melampus. Many Greek authors refer to it, with varying details.

diakeima afflicted 2. of things, to be settled, fixed, or ordered, to be suspected by the people,

FEW WILL FIND THE NARROW, SECTARIAN WAY

oligos   Little, small, opp. “megas,
with small, low voice Degree, o. kai megas of low and high degree,
of Number, few, or of Quantity, little,  b. en oligois one among few, i.e. exceedingly, remarkably

Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
prosekhō mostly, p. ton noun turn one's mind, attention to a thing, be intent on it, give heed to him, pay court to him,devote oneself to a thing, devote oneself to the service of any one, esp. a god,

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.

LITTLE FLOCK [SHEEP] IS

SIZE:
mikros , petty, trivial, slight, of persons, of small account,        
Arist.Ph.197a30; but to para mikros sōzesthai to be only just saved, Id.Rh.1371b11,

Opposite megas megas= 2. generally, vast, high, ouranos, oros, purgos (theōn b. ho m., of Zeus [Father or KAIROS, demon son], Pi.O. 7.34) 3. of sounds, great, loud, Opposite. “oligos  opp. mikros   Mētēr m., of Cybele, “Mētēr theōn m mega eipein to speak big, and so provoke divine wrath,

Pind. O. 7 That man is prosperous, who is encompassed by good reports. Grace, which causes life to flourish, looks with favor now on one man, now on another, with both the sweet-singing lyre and the full-voiced notes of flutes. And now, with the music of flute and lyre alike I have come to land with Diagoras, singing the sea-child of Aphrodite and bride of Helios

The triple-godesses as "trinity" included the three Graces: they were blue-eyed blond prostitute singers.

Sōkratēs

THAT WAY
HODOS 3.  method, system,  “hodō” methodically, systematically,Pl.R.533b, Stoic.2.39, etc. ; so “kath' hodon” Pl.R.435a ; “tēn dia tou stoikheiou ho. ekhōn egraphen” Id.Tht.208b (cf. “diexodon” 208a). 4.  of the Christian Faith and its followers,Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14.

Plat. Theaet. 208b Socrates
Yes, but with his opinion he has rational explanation; for he wrote with the method in terms of letters in his mind, and we agreed that that was rational explanation.
There is, then, my friend, a combination of right opinion with rational [logon] explanation, which cannot as yet properly be called knowledge?

THE ONLY PURPOSE

Method-os , hē, (meta, hodos)  Pattern

II. pursuit of knowledge, investigation, Pl.Sph.218d, 235c, al.; m. poieisthai to pursue one's inquiry, ib.243d; “en tē prōtē m.” Arist.Pol.1289a26: hence, treatise, Dam.Pr.451.

2. mode of prosecuting such inquiry, method, system, Pl.Phdr.270c, Arist.EN1129a6, Pol.1252a18, etc.; “hē dialektikē m.” Pl.R.533c,

ANTITHETICAL TO:

III. trick, ruse, Plu.2.176a: pl., Vett. Val.242.11; “m. erōtikai” Aristaenet.1.17; stratagem, LXX 2 Ma. 13.18.




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