A
legalist is one who believes that they can earn their
salvation by their own works. No conservative believes that. But,
apparently Dr. Shelly believes that musical worship teams can
jack the worshipers "into the presence of God." Isn't that condemned as "ascending?"
LEGALISTS are those who twist all of the Bible to
impose musical instruments: musical performance must be the
most works intensive hypocritic profession possible. A musical
instrument is:
Organon 1 [*ergô]
I. an organ, instrument, tool, for
making or doing a thing,
Soph., Eur., etc.:--of a person, hapantôn aei kakôn org.
Soph.
2. an organ of sense, Plat.
3. a musical instrument, id=Plat.
4. a surgical instrument, Xen.
* II. a work, product,
laïnea Amphionos organa the stony works of Amphion,
Ergon [Ergô] I.work,
1. in Il. mostly of deeds of war, polemêïaerga, 3.a hard
piece of work, a hard task, Il.: also, a
shocking deed or act,
Ergon
[opposite to productive work] alêth-ês [Opposite of truthful,
honest people, opposite of true, unerring oracles] 1.
in Il. mostly of works or deeds of war,
3. melody of an instrument, phor
Aristotle Politics 1341b and all the instruments that
require
manual skill. And indeed there is a reasonable foundation for the story
that was told by the ancients about the flute. The tale goes that Athena found a flute and
threw it away. Now it is not a bad point in the story that
the goddess did
this out of annoyance because of the ugly distortion of her features; but
as a matter of
fact it is more likely that it was because education in flute-playing has no effect on the intelligence, whereas we attribute science and art to
Athena
And since we reject
professional education in the instruments and in performance (and we count performance in
competitions as professional, for the performer does not
take part in it for his own improvement, but for his
hearers' pleasure,
and that a vulgar pleasure, owing to which we do not consider performing to be proper for free men, but somewhat menial; and indeed performers do become vulgar,
since the object
at which they aim is a low one, as vulgarity in the audience usually
influences the
music, so
that it imparts to the artists who practise it with a view
to suit the audience a special kind of
personality, and also of bodily frame
because of the movements required)--we must therefore give some consideration to tunes and
rhythms, and to
the question whether for educational purposes we must employ all
the tunes and all
the rhythms or make distinctions; and next, whether for those who are
working at music
for education we shall lay down the same regulation, or ought we to
establish some
other third
one
(inasmuch as we see that the factors in music are melody and rhythm, and it is important to notice what influence
each of these
has upon education), and whether we are to prefer music with a
good melody or
music with a good rhythm.
"The psaltery (psalterion, saltere,
sauterie, Psalterium, Psalter, salterio) is an ancient
intstrument seen in many forms. Early versions were
simply a wooden board with gut strings stretched between
pegs. The strings were plucked with fingers or by plectra
(the name might have derived from the Greek psallein meaning plucked with
fingers).
Plutarch,
Lives (ed. Bernadotte Perrin) [4] Such objects are to
be found in virtuous deeds; these implant in those who
search them out a great and zealous eagerness which
leads to imitation. In other cases, admiration of the
deed is not immediately accompanied by an impulse to do
it. Nay, many times, on the contrary, while we delight
in the work, we despise the
workman,
as, for instance, in
the case of perfumes and dyes; we take a delight
in them,
but dyers and
perfumers we regard as illiberal and vulgar folk.
[5] Therefore it was
a fine saying of Antisthenes, when he heard that
Ismenias was an excellent piper:
"But he's a
worthless man," said he, "otherwise he wouldn't
be so good a piper."
And so Philip2 once
said to his son, who, as the wine went round, plucked the
strings charmingly and skilfully, "Art not
ashamed
to pluck the strings so well?" It is enough, surely,
if a king have leisure to hear others pluck the
strings, and he pays great deference to the Muses if he be but a spectator of
such contests.
"The name of psaltery entered Christian literature
in the 3rd century B.C. translation of the Old Testament
called the Septuagint where, in the Psalms, nebel was translated psalterion. Thus, Nebuchadnezzar's
idolatrous ensemble included the Aramic psantria. Notice, also, that the book
of Psalms has also become known as the Psalter (or psalterium), from the hymns sung with this harp. Source
BUT, JOHN AND CHRIST IN
ISAIAH CALLS THEM SORCERERS
Is. 8:19 And when they shall say unto you,
Seek unto them that have familiar
spirits, [the Witches Familar spirit: a Nebel or drum]
and unto wizards that peep, and
that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for
the living to the dead?
Is. 8:20 To the law and to the testimony:
if they speak not
according to this word,
it is because
there is no light in them.
The Testimony of the prophets IS The Spirit of Christ.
Yiddeoniy (h3049) yid-deh-o-nee'; from
3045; prop. a knowing one; spec. a conjurer; (by impl.) a ghost: - wizard.
"In Isa 8:19 the 'obhoth and yidh'onim are spoken of those who
'chirp and mutter." These terms refer to the necromancers
themselves who practiced ventriloquism in connection with their magical rites. In Isa 29:4 it is
said 'Thy voice shall be as an 'obh, out of the
ground.'... They are stamped
in these passages, as in the Witch of Endor narrative, as
deceivers
practising
a fraudulent
art. By
implication their power to evoke spirits with whom they were in familiar intercourse is
denied." (Int Std Bible Ency., ency, p. 690
It
sounds like the rich and famous preachers TASKED to sow
discord are guilty of what Paul worried about when the
Corinthians fell for the professional rhetoricians in his
absence.
2Cor. 12:18 I
desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus
make a gain of you?
walked we not in the same spirit? walked
we not in the same steps?
2Cor. 12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto
you?
we speak before God in
Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your
edifying.
2Cor. 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find
you such as I would,
and that I shall be
found unto you such as ye would not:
lest there be debates,
envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings,
whisperings, swellings, tumults:
2Cor. 12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble
me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned
already, and have not repented of the uncleanness
and fornication and lasciviousness which
they have committed.
psithur-os , on,
A. whispering,
slanderous, logoi S.Aj.148 (anap.): as epith. of Aphrodite
[Zoe}, Paus.Gr.Fr.330: as Subst., psithuros, ho, =
psithuristês, whisperer, slanderer, Pi.P.2.75, Ar.Fr.167
(anap.), LXX Si.5.14,
2.
twittering, of birds, AP12.136; so of music,
psithuron euêthê nomon Ar.Fr.671 .
Pindar, Pyfthian 2 And your
wisdom beyond your years provides me with praise of you
that cannot be challenged in any detail. Greetings! This song,
like Phoenician merchandise, is sent to you over
the gray sea: look kindly on the Castor-song [homoxual], composed in
Aeolian strains; [70] come
and greet the gracious offering of the seven-toned
lyre. Learn and become who you are. To children, you
know, an ape is pretty, always [73] pretty. But
Rhadamanthys has prospered, because his allotted portion
was the blameless fruit of intelligence, and he does not delight
his inner spirit with deceptions,
[75] the kind that always follow a man because
of the schemes of whisperers. Those who mutter
slander are an evil that makes both sides helpless; they
are utterly like foxes in their temper. But what does the
fox really gain by outfoxing? For while the rest of the
tackle labors in the depths, [80] I
am unsinkable, like a cork above the surface of the salt
sea. [81] A
crafty
citizen is unable to speak a compelling word among noble
men; and yet he fawns on everyone, weaving complete
destruction
Sophocles, Ajax Son of
Telamon, you who hold [135] your
throne
on wave-washed Salamis near the open sea, when your
fortune is fair, I rejoice with you. But whenever the stroke
of Zeus, or the raging rumor of the Danaans with
the clamor of their evil tongues attacks you, then I
shrink with great fear and shudder in terror,[140] like
the fluttering eye of the winged dove.
Stroke Plege 2.stroke by
lightning, 3.stroke or impression
on the ears or eyes, heaven sent plague
All of the "psallo"
concepts of killing, cutting, abrading, dragging on the
ground and beating was needed to make a LIFELESS animal
(preferably one which died of itself) speak for the "gods
living inside." Then a child is trained as a musician for
many years. Therefore, singing is a spiritual activity while
"playing" is defined as WORK. Therefore, it takes lots more legalism to
"perform" musically than it does just to allow out of tune
people to teach one another with the Word.
No conservative has
ever excluded a single person from worshiping in their
assembly simply because they believed in musical
instruments. None!
A sectarian is "a predilection either for a particular
truth, or for a perversion of one, generally with the expectation of personal advantage; hence, a division and the
formation of a party or 'sect' in contrast to the uniting power of 'the truth,' held in toto."
Those who become musical
therefore become the sectarians and knowingly sowing
discord.
They do it to suck in
seekers and therefore, the 'personal advantage' makes the
definition of any kind of performance "worship" a MUSICAL
SECT.
Those who introduce
musical worship teams (pseudo pipe organs called organum) know that they judge those who have remained faithful as being the sectarians and
legalists.
In truth, which is
always turned on its head by those in expectation of a personal advantage, know that they are
deliberately, with a high hand excluding others based on their interpretation of not even
remotely unclear matters.
There is not a remote
hint of personal
advantage
for a preacher to remain faithful to the Biblical teaching
and two thousand years of anti-instrument opinion (yes, even in the
Catholic Encyclopedia). On the contrary, rejecting instruments
brings on the abuse of the majority. The surest way to be
"despised and rejected of men" is to fail to "be redeemed"
by attending a musical church, repenting and confessing
for the discord THEY sowed and return to STAR worship.
The Restoration Movement
was formed in an environment which excluded musical worship as a straight-line faithfulness back to the first century. This does not exclude
Catholicism. This was, as is among scholars, the view of
music held "en toto."
Therefore,
when instruments were added it was to force a sect
and become sectarian.
Since playing was
in the classics defined as "work" demanding long
training and great talent, and since the modern praise
craze claims to help
do God's Work, then "the
works of human hands" is the true legalism.
Because
"music" is the only practice which excludes about
half the group, the instrumental group has always
been the sectarians.
There is noting complex
about the instrumental music issue and teaching the truth
is not passing judgment.
Catholic
Encyclopedia Instrumental Music
Catholic Encyclopedia Singing
Catholic Encyclopedia Congregational Singing
Catholic Encyclopedia Ecclesiastical Music No Instruments
for the Pope
Catholic Encyclopedia The Mass - Restoration of Levitical
Music
Musical Minister - Catholic Precentor
- First Heresy
This move against the liberty
Christ died
to remove by adding the burden which was "spiritual anxiety
created by religious ceremony" is pure legalism because they believe that they
can, through the use of the most works-intensive thing people can engage in, literally jack them up the
steps of the tower of Babylon "into the presence of God." This is pure ceremonial legalism which denounces the "rest" Jesus came to give as he
fired those who "took away the key to knowledge" and allowed
people to "take their repose" and learn of God first-hand.
