Churches of Christ and MOST of the
world's worshipers do not and have never used music because it is
outlawed to any one with A holy spirit or A clearn conscience. The
church named the Church of Christ has existed in all ages and always
repudiated MUSIC as anti-scriptural. No one prior to 1878 ever
thought of looking for PROOF for music because post-civil the WEALTH
of the Northern churches-- more out of an Anglican backgrounds--
needed to COMPETE for the flood of $. The motive for J. H. Garrison
was to collect ALL CHRISTENDOM into one Society. Even children must
be signed up as LIFE MEMBERS. Evangelistic women sowed discord in
Nashville and hired their own EVANGELISTS to force churches to adopt
music: they retreated with their carpet bags empty and the church
untouched except those thy confiscated.
Of course Garrison
and Standard Publishing decreed that only THEIR SONG book was
acceptable for the joining churches which never joined and some
people cannot get over being rejected.
As exiles primarily from
Baptists and Presbyterians there was no MUSICAL BACKGROUND to
repudiate. Therefore, watch for those who claim that the church of
Christ CHANGED and ADDED a new LAW and a PATTERN for worship. Don't
buy no Koolaide from them.
As a result of a NEW ASSAULT on
Southern churches (by those riding the backs of the poor) you may
need to decide to COME OUT OF HER as she follows Hollywood, Dollywood
and the Grand Ole Opry.
This is our take on the iBelieve.com forum
which is JUST ONE SIDE of the formula for "church" attendance. The
CONTRACT demands that the leaders remain faithful to the direct
commands, examples and inferences by Jesus. In the church in the
wilderness (Qahal, synagogue) God outlawed "playing instruments and
'making a joyful noise'" because this was the WARRIOR'S "REBEL YELL"
to melt the heart of the enemies. The Levitical, warrior musicians
"under the king and
commanders of the army" were prophesied to
do this to MOCK Jesus as Beel-zebub which in Hebrew was the DUNG
GOD.
Perhaps this is why Jesus cast out the
superstitious MUSICAL WORSHIP TEAM "more or less violently" using a
word meaning as one "ejects dung."
I believe that there is
something missing in the DON'T FORSAKE the assembly
credo. What? Paul didn't use the word
CHURCH. Jesus didn't say "I will build my church" but "I will build
my Ekklesia" which is SYNAGOGUE in Hebrew. However, the Greek
ekklesia was more like a county court given to debate and decision
making. Therefore, of those who ASSEMBLED Paul used various forms of
SYNAGOGUE a school of the Bible.
Episunagoge (g1997) ep-ee-soon-ag-o-gay'; from 1996; a complete
collection; spec. a Chr. meeting (for worship): - assembling
(gathering) together
Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner
of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much
the more, as ye see the day approaching. Heb.10:25
Exhorting is:
Parakaleo (g3870) par-ak-al-eh'-o; from 3844 and
2564; to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or
consolation): - beseech, call for, (be of good) comfort, desire,
(give) exhort (-ation), intreat, pray.
FOR I would that ye
knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea,
and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; Col 2:1
That their hearts might be
comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of
understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; Col
2:2
Likewise must the deacons be
grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of
filthy lucre; 1 Tim 3:8
Holding the
mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 1 Tim 3:9
Episunago (g1996) ep-ee-soon-ag'-o; from 1909 and
4863; to collect upon
the same place: -
gather (together).
O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are
sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not Mt.23:37
Episun-agô
A. collect and bring to a
place, Plb.1.75.2
II. bring in, in a
discussion, peritton-ein kai tautas, conclude, infer. sullog-izomai II. conclude from premisses, infer 2.
in the Logic of Aristotle, infer by way of syllogism, infer
syllogistically. ratiocinor , a-tus, A. To consider, deliberate, meditate, B. To reason,
argue, to infer or conclude from a consideration of circumstances:
Polybius, Histories 1:75T he Carthaginians, therefore, when they
saw his mismanagement of the campaign, once more placed Hamilcar
Barcas at the head of affairs; and despatched him to the war as
commander-in-chief, with seventy elephants, the newly-collected
mercenaries, and the deserters from the enemy; and along with them
the cavalry and infantry enrolled from the citizens themselves, [p.
84] amounting in all to ten thousand men.
Sunagog (h4863) soon-ag'-o; from 4862 and 71; to
lead
together, i.e. collect
or convene; spec. to entertain (hospitably): - / accompany, assemble (selves, together),
bestow, come together, gather (selves together, up, together), lead
into, resort, take in.
And when they had
prayed, the place was shaken where they were
assembled
...........
together; and they were all
filled with the Holy
Ghost,
........... and they spake the word of God with boldness. Ac.4:31
And when he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year
........... they assembled themselves with the church,
........... and taught
much people.
........... And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Ac.11:26
And when he had considered the
thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname
was Mark;
........... where many were gathered together praying. Ac.12:12
And when they were come, and
had gathered the church
together,
........... they rehearsed all that God had done with them,
........... and how he had opened the door of faith
unto the Gentiles. Ac.14:27
So when they were dismissed,
they came to Antioch: and
........... when they had gathered the multitude
together,
........... they delivered the epistle: Ac.15:30
And upon the first day of the
week, when the disciples came together
........... to break bread, Paul
preached unto them,
........... ready to depart on the morrow; and
continued his speech until midnight. Ac.20:7
In the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ, 1Co.5:4
The word for synagogue
is:
Sunagoge (g4864) soon-ag-o-gay'; from (the redupl. form of)
4863; an assemblage of persons; spec. a
Jewish "synagogue" (the meeting or the place); by anal. a
Christian church: -
assembly, congregation,
synagogue.
When Paul went into
the Jewish synagogue he did what he had authority to do: that was not
to play music:
And when they were at Salamis,
they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they
had also John to their minister. Ac.13:5
And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. Ac.18:4
Epilog-ismos, ho, epilogismos defined as a generally accepted
inference, of inductive reasoning, afterthought, later consideration,
Look up REASONING and you get SYNAGOGUE
For Moses of old time hath in
every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Ac.15:21
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly
apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; Ja.2:2
Paul said that there is
something much worse than missing the assembly. In 11:5 he condemned
the "uncovered women prophesiers" who were probably just out of some
Oracle. Beginning in verse 17 Paul begins to list all of the problems
in Corinth which were never solved in the Bible and only momentarily
in church history.
Now in this that I
declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the
worse. 1 Cor 11:17
Sunerchomai (g4905) soon-er'-khom-ahee; from 4862 and 2064; to
convene, depart in company with,
associate
with, or (spec.)
cohabit (conjugally): - accompany, assemble (with), come (together), come (company, go) with,
resort.
For first of all, when ye come
together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and
I partly believe it. 1Co.11:18
When ye come together therefore
into one place, this is not to eat the Lords supper 1Co.11:20 .
And if any man hunger, let him
eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the
rest will I set in order when I come. 1Co.11:34
If therefore the whole church
be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and
there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not
say that ye are mad? 1Co.14:23
Paul used the word which
LIBERAL PATTERNISTS deny was ever commanded in the Bible. This,
naturally, gives them the authority to toss away the OLD WINESKIN and
create a second incarnation made of rubber which will stretch to fit
all views.
Worse or "more harm than
good" is:
Etton
(g2276) hate'-ton; neut. of comp. of eka , (slightly) used for that
of 2556; worse (as noun); by impl. less (as
adv.): - less, worse
Kakos (g2556) kak-os'; appar. a prim. word;
worthless (intrinsically such; whereas 4190 prop. refers to
effects), i.e. (subj.) depraved, or (obj.) injurious: - bad, evil, harm, ill, noisome, wicked.
Poneros (g4190) pon-ay-ros'; from a der. of
4192; hurtful, i.e. evil (prop. in effect or influence, and thus
differing from 2556, which refers rather to essential character...
Ponos (g4192) pon'-os; from the base of 3993;
toil, i.e. (by impl.) anguish: - pain.
One of the wicked things they were doing was violating the direct
command of Paul and approved example of Jesus and JUST MAKING UP
their inspired Scripture to replace the songs of Christ the Spirit.
They were speaking out of THEIR OWN SPIRIT. Paul said that they were just "speaking
into the air" and we know the names of the SPIRITS OF THE AIR
worshipped in Corinth.
Paul said that CARNAL WEAPONS which are LIFELESS INSTRUMENTS cannot do battle with the principalities and powers
of the air.
This is fulfilled in the
end-time arousal of the Babylon harlot worship which worships those
who help destroy God's creation.
And the first went,
and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a
noisome (g2556) and
grievous (g4190)
sore (ulcerous, weeping) upon the men which had the
mark of the beast, and upon them which
worshipped his image. Revelation16:2
and cursed the God of heaven
because of their pains
and their sores,
but they refused to repent of what they had done. Rev 16:11
After discussing Romans 14
where division would assuredly result if the musical background of
the Orphics (vegetarians) and the Dionysiacs (meat-eating, wine
drinking) insisted on making the SYNAGOGUE a pagan worship center
where both groups depended on singing, dancing and playing
instruments to induce the mantik
(madness in 1 Cor) form of prophesying (singing with instruments. The witch of
Endor used an old wineskin like the harp eco chamber) which is defined as SOOTHSAYING.
WE then that are
strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves. Rom 15:1
Please
ourselves is the NEW
CREED of most religious groups who got schizophrenic as the Pope
called for Jubilee 2000 where they HOPED that the church of Christ specificially would RETURN to the flock
and Mary would "kill all of the Masons and Pagans."
PLEASE IS:
Aresko (g700) ar-es'-ko; prob. from
142 (through the idea of EXCITING EMOTIONS); to be agreeable (or by impl. to
seek to be so): - please.
Self-directed speakers or
musicians CANNOT HELP "soaring away" lifted up as the product of
their attempts to ELEVATE their own songs and sermons up to perform
some MAGICAL effort. This is absolutely OUTLAWED. JESUS CHRIST read
the passage and SAT DOWN. You cannot artificially pump the body
without the FLESH taking over from the spirit:
AIRO
(g142) ah'ee-ro; a prim. verb; to LIFT; by impl. to take up or AWAY;
fig. to RAISE THE VOICE, KEEP IN SUSPENSE the MIND
The Incarnate God of the
Universe came to give us REST from the burden of the RELIGIONISTS who
try to silence the voice of God in all of the MUSICAL examples of the
Old Testament. The laded burden is:
Phortizo (g5412) for-tid'-zo; from 5414; to LOAD up..
figurative to OVERBURDEN
with CEREMONIAL or SPIRITUAL ANXIETY.
The Rest Jesus gave us means
"to repose, be exempt, to refresh, to take ease, refresh or give
rest." That fits the SYNAGOGUE or Ekklesia BUT "churching" or
"religionists" are totally lost as proven by PROGRAMS to try to
artificially pump up the SPIRIT.
SYNAGOGUE is still Jesus
still speaking through His Word "as it has been taught" and sincere
disciples sitting at His feet.
Paul immediately shows how
the DIVERSE groups could meet in UNITY as a school of the Bible.
Thomas Campbell spoke of the church as A SCHOOL OF CHRIST.
"Restoration scholars" take pride in lying about the motives of the
Restoration leaders. "Publish or perish" would prohibit the DOCTORS
OF THE LAW fired by Jesus to publish the truth in once "christian"
colleges, most now "infiltrated and diverted" into the MUSICAL
SECT.
Campbell defined the act of
worship as reading, discussing and comparing Scriptures. That is what
Jesus died to build and that is what Paul commanded. "There was
no praise service in the synagogue." Edersheim.
Music, noise, physical movement
and just crowds BURDEN all people. The youth feel the endorphin or
natural morphine DRUG HIGH as SPIRITUAL because it creates the
impulses of FIGHT, FLIGHT or SEXUALITY. Older people can tell you
that it is a BURDEN and "church" just becomes another PRODUCER OF
ANXIETY just like the TV commercials. When you have to retreat from
the hand waving, finger flinging, eye-winking, toe dancing and spit
baptizing WORSHIP LEADER you know that you are in the presence of
IRREVERENCE and GODLY CONTEMPT.
As a result, when the
thoughtless youth destroy reverence and godly fear they are NADABS
AND ABIHUS and "JUST CHRIST" didn't fool Paul who told the Hebrews
that falling away from the Word was an unforgivable sin.
Wherefore we
receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby
we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: Heb 12:28
For our God is a
consuming fire. 12:29
Besides, watch out for the
hucksters who TEACH ONLY
CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED. Paul said "KNOW only
Christ and Him crucified." See the difference. God Incarnate modeled
SACRIFICIAL SERVANTS and you cannot SELF-ELEVATE and be a
Christian.
Paul who said that singing WITH
MELODY in your heart also said singing WITH GRACE in your heart. Both
"melody" and "grace" are essential parts of singing. Plato wrote in
his Republic:
"At any rate you
can tell that a song or
ode has three parts
--the words,
the melody,
and the rhythm;
that degree of knowledge I may presuppose?"
There is NO musical word
associated with WORSHIP in the Bible. The word PRAISE which gave birth to the word LUCIFER
connects "playing the flute, polluting or prostituting." Beginning
with Lucifer (Latin) the PRAISER who caused the fall of so many
angels is the PATTERN in the Bible and its contemporary literature as
the "harp playing prostitute." MUSIC in the Bible always tells God:
"We will NOT listen to your Word."
Forward this to anyone
interested or submit e-mails of those interested in hearing the WORD
which has been "restrained" by Music as Amos and Isaiah 5 warned. As
a result the "wander from sea to sea looking for the water of the
Word" but starve and go into captivity and death to the beat
of musical instruments.
What am I going to do about it?
Right now, take a nap.
Musical Worship
Index You will never find any support for
"music as worship" and you will always find it associated with
paganism or telling God to "get lost." You can do whatever you want
to do but don't add lying to it by blaiming faithful churches for
SPURTING BLOOD on your dancing slippers because YOU shot whole
churches in the heart.
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