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why, if dead to the world, submit yourself to human ordinances - "touch not, taste not, handle not" ?
what was made clean by the spirit, perfected by the flesh?
Paul called it "will worship" & "vain deceit"
amazingly ironic to me how he talks about 'law being taken away' as if it were a justification to bind everyone with even heavier chains, that were never imposed. those chains he thinks hold him down are already crumbled to dust! by the very cause he uses to argue them into existence!
it is like Christ said though, in order to see the kingdom, one has to be born again.
I never said it was wrong to be circumcised. Christians have not been commanded to be circumcised, Christian have not been commanded NOT to be circumcised, circumcision is nothing. So how could it go from "nothing" (1 Cor 7:19) to being an erroneous practice? By making it a religious practice goes above what is written. Likewise, Christians have not been commanded to use IM and have not been commanded NOT to use IM yet by making it a religious practice goes beyond what is written. Making IM is erroneous religious practice as circumcision was in Acts 15 and Galatian epistle
There's not a "dogma" for Christians to use IM for such a 'dogma' has NEVER existed.
The book of Revelation is highly figurative, (Rev 1:1) and the harps are just as figurative as the vials full of prayers, Rev 5:8
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Two commands in this verse, one command of the Lord was the command the Levites in the temple (Deut 10:8) and the other command was David that prescribed the instruments. (1 Chron 15:16; 23;5; Ezra 3:10).
The commands in 2 Chron 29:25 was given to Israel not to NT Christians and were all taken out of the way by Christ on His cross, Col 2:14.
Then there is the condemnation of Israel using IM "like David" Amos 6:1-5.
Lastly 2 Chron 29:28 "And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished."
While the IM was being played sacrifices were being burnt. Are you following all the OT law (Gal 5:3) or cherry picking out what you like disregarding what you do not like?
AS I already said, none of this applies to nor is binding upon NT Christians for Christ took it all out of the way Col 2:14. No reason for Christ to have to die to take the OT out of the way if one can still go back to that OT law for justification for a particular practice as circumcision or IM.
Those that try to run back to the OT law and use David to seek justification for using IM create this problem for themselves. Since you do not get to make the rules for everyone else, that means if you can go back to the OT law/David to justify IM then anyone can go back to that law to justify polygamy and slavery. Again, you do not get to pick and choose for everyone else on what they can or cannot go back to the OT law to try and justify. If you can use the OT to justify IM then another has as much right to use that same OT law to justify polygamy, concubines, slavery, etc.
WE VIne defines will worhsip as "voluntarily adopted worship, whether unbidden or forbidden” (1952, 236)."
In the NT, circumcision was neither specifically bidden or forbidden but making it a NT religious practice was wrong. The same is true with IM.
https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/1544-pauls-condemnation-of-will-worship
More red herrings. One is a debtor to the law if one is using the law for righteousness. The Law is unchanged in that the law could never impute righteousness only the knowledge of sin.
Musical instruments are not prohibited nor are they required in the NT church. One is at liberty to use or not to use instruments in worship.
The western world largely practices circumcision not for religious reasons but for reasons pertaining to health.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Musical instruments are not prohibited nor are they required in the NT church. One is at liberty to use or not to use instruments in worship.
The western world largely practices circumcision not for religious reasons but for reasons pertaining to health.
For the cause of Christ
Roger
Who said anything about Psalms not being inspired?
What YOU do not understand is the implication that if you can go back to the OT to justify IM then there is nothing to stop others from going back to that same OT to justify polygamy and slavery. It is not written anywhere that dcontroversial alone can go back to the OT and justify what he likes yet others cannot.