Ex-Church of Christ Review The Ex-Church of Christ forum seems to cater to people who have a twisted view of Scripture as used by the Church of Christ which agrees with all recorded history on music.

The Pharisees and Instrumental Music: Ex-Church of Christ: did the Pharisees outlaw a capella singing because they were legalists? Do people who do not use instruments just latter-day Pharisees?

Our Comfort Zones. One of the common mantras over the internet these days springs from Liberation Theology which must be grouped with feminist theology where "patriarchial religion is destroyed by small acts of treachery." But, Jesus died to give us a Comfort Zone called the church for rest, reading and study of the Word of God free from the discord of hypocritic religion: rhetoric, singing and playing instruments."X

The Church of Christ

Scripture makes it clear (Romans 14) that most spheres of life are not subjects of dialog or "disputation" as the business of the church of Christ. In Romans 15 Paul defines the ekklesia or synagogue which Jesus died to found. The Church of Christ: A CHURCH of CHRIST is a ONE-ANOTHER ASSEMBLY of believers freed from the ANXIETY OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONY and enabled to teach one another. It is not for MUSICAL PERFORMANCE engaged in THE IDOLATRY OF TALENT. We have outlined those HANDS OFF spheres here.

Restoration of the church is always an effort to resist attempts to merge the church with all religious groups by those who may have high ideals but a low regard for the church and the Word. Therefore, these articles speak to those efforts to divide the church and institute a "new wineskins revival."

The Church of Christ is The Kingdom of God is within you. If the Levitical warrior noise makers would be executed if they dared to enter into the Holy Place as a type of the body or church of Christ, OR if they went into the Most Holy Place which typifies worship which happens ONLY in the new PLACE of the human spirit devoted to the truth. The "spirits" are "pseudo-prophets" or musical prophesiers: God does not even know your name!

God in Christ promised to build an ekklesia. This Greek word is similar to various Greek words defining the Synagogue in various forms. The building or the group is known as the EKKLESIA which was like a county court in Greek society. However, when one gathers Paul uses a form of the SYNAGOGUE. In his Jewish background that spoke of the Jewish Synagogue. The Synagoge was organized for prayer and for listening to the Biblical text read. The reader or president might explain any unclear passage in Aramaic or other languages. Because it was a SCHOOL of the Bible there "was no praise service." Indeed, we don't make music when we go to school.

As background you may want to read some background to the synagogue. Click here. As the "church in the wilderness" or the Qahal the assembly was only for instructions. The term triumph or alarm meant to "play instruments and/or make a joyful noise before the Lord." This was not worship but boasting in battle to try to panic the enemy into running away.

The word CHARISMATIC while worshiping Chara-the Grace-only goddess, is most often attached to perverted sexuality Charismatic ecstasy is speaking as "prophets." The only background for "threskia" form of ceremonial worship was founded by Orpheus one of the "fathers" of music and what Paul identified as MADNESS or speaking in tongues in 1 Cor 14. Chara or GRACE was a goddess. Charismatic connected directly to attempting to bind spirit and flesh together in the "harmony" principle of Apollyon or Apollo: "moving together" involved only two persons and was acted out in homosexuality: usually in pederasty (sodomy) which was common in ALL priesthoods or brotherhoods of religious performers.

A church history timeline.

Is THERE A PATTERN FOR The Church of Christ?

DOES THE GOSPEL "APPLE" HAVE MORE THAN JUST A CORE?' church of christ, churches of christ,
Behold The Pattern - It's Scripture's or Yours! church of christ, churches of christ,
Rubel Shelly - ACU - Restoration Forum XII - Core Gospel cches o
Romans 14 Must All Things Be Tolerated church of christ, churches of christ,

The model of the Temple, Synagogue and church puts musicians on the far side of the Sacrificial Altar, the Laver of washing, the door to the Holy Place or church and the Most Holy Place where we worship God before His throne ONE WORSHIPER at a time with God.

THE DAY OF WORSHIP for The Church of Christ

Sunday and Sabbath Observance
Sabbath worship (as opposed to rest) began in Babylon.
The Babylonian Sabbath--Feast of Marduk
Sunday and Sabbath: Rest or worship
The True Fast and Sabbath
Josephus Against Apion II The Commonality of The Sabbath for Rest

Alfred Edersheim: Sabbath at the Temple

Augustine

What Churches of Christ Say About the Sabbath
Sabbath Worship Is Saturn Worship: the True Sun God
Connection Between Catholic Sabbath and Saturn Worship
Saturn (Sabbath) The Mark of The Beast
Rhea (ZOE): The Female Musician Counterpart to Sun Worship

THE SYNAGOGUE AS PATTERN

The Synagogue helps define the "contract" 11/17/2K
WHEN THE CHURCH WAS ESTABLISHED

The entire nature of the church depends upon whether it is founded upon John the Baptist or after the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ -- That is, on the day of Pentecost.

THE GOSPEL

1 Corinthians Chapter 2: Christ and Him Crucified
The Gospel is the Story about Christ Romans 1
Free Grace, The Gospel, The Gift of God And Relation to Baptism
Acts 16:14-15 God Opened Lydia's Heart - She Was Baptized

Max Lucado: FALSE GOSPEL

Max Lucado: Saved by Trust or Prayer Only 12/5/02
Max Lucado: The Thief on the Cross 12/5/02

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The Gospel Means "Good News." Gospel includes being freed from the bondange common to all ancient religions organized like national, human institutions. The best way to illustrate freedom is to examine some of the world's attempts to restore legalistic, set-aside clergy claiming their ordained choice and training by "God's Sovereign Grace" and your "free will" tithe to support them.

The Gospel: Freed from Tithing or Forced Generosity
The Gospel: Freed from Located, Levite-Like Hierarchy.
The Gospel: Freed from Human Philosophy A classical example of "lading burdens" on the audience.
- John Calvin Spirit and Word But Calvin said: "They know of no other Spirit than the one who dwelt and spake in the apostles--the Spirit by whose oracles they are daily invited to the hearing of the word.
The Gospel: Freed From Witchcraft-Like Revivalism

BECOMMING A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

You cannot Join Christ's Church: Christ must add you. Only those who were baptized believers were said to have been baptized into Christ or added by Him to His church. This is the request to God for a CLEAR CONSCIENCE (1 Peter 3:21). In Acts 2:38 the promise of the gift of A holy spirit is defined in 1 Peter as a clear CONSCIOUSNESS which remission of sins gives you as you can come boldly fefore the throne of grace. The word means "co-perception" or the ability to discern the Holy Spirit which is the Mind of Christ (1 Cor 2)

First you must believe in the God Who came fully in the flesh of Lord Jesus Christ. That is, you must repeat the Shema confirmed by Jesus that There is Only One God.

The triad of gods or a family of gods is the ancient Babylonian trinity. No one prior to our generation saw God as three, separated persons. Therefore, to become a Christian you must believe that Jesus Christ is the image of a spiritual person God wants you to become.

One ceases to be a believer when one denies that Christ came fully in the flesh. The new "god family" or incarnation views permits the direct operation of the Spirit which gives you the right to ignore everything but the Core Gospel and just make up your own narrative theology.

If you do not believe and trust Jesus Christ to be your One and only Teacher and mediator then you will not obey His will. If you are a believer then you cannot sign up with Jesus the Carpenter until you turn away from Willie the Wine Maker. If you give your "school money" to a pretender then you are disloyal to the Master Teacher and He will turn away.

Becoming a member of the church is like the ancient apprenticeships where you are baptized into the name of your teacher. Jesus didn't send evangelists out to make ritual worshipers or religionists. Because Christianity is not a religion but a discipline, He wants you to become a DISCIPLE which means that only He is the teacher.

Dipping into water has no value unless you abandon your own rights and agree to suffer as a result of walking in His blood stained steps.

When you have "signed on" to the TRADE of being a Christian then Chrisit gives you A holy spirit or the ability to hear His Words. For instance, to the multitudes Jesus spoke in parables to keep the mysteries of the Faith out of their hands.

The Gift of A Holy Spirit, co-perception of spiritual discernment.

INSTITUTIONAL FINANCING

Tithing - Smith's Bible Dictionary
Tithing, Law of Moses, Not Christian
1 - Tithing - Legalism - Origin
2 - Tithing - Legalism - Malachi 3:8-10 church of christ, churches of christ,
3 - Tithing - Legalism - New Testament Giving
Law of Giving: lay by in store
1 Corinthians 16:1-2

THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WORSHIP

Jesus did not prescribe worship similar to that created as "A uniquely American Worship." Worship is in spirit (mind) based upon truth (the words of Christ in song and sermon). He stressed the private and inward nature of worship. Paul, on the other hand still saw "worship" as falling on your face in awe as the result of speaking the Words as forth-telling "prophesying." "Church" was for edifying (education) and preaching through the Lord's Supper.

New Gnosticism - Sophia / Zoe: "Sophia sent her daughter Eve (Eve-Zoe}, a female instructor. Afterwards, the authorities called it "Beast", so that it might lead astray their modelled creatures. The interpretation of "the beast" is "the instructor".

Zoe or Lucifer: Musical Mark of the Beast
Sophia - Zoe Female Instructing Principle from Eve
Look to the Hills - Zoe Group - Human Potential
Zoe Group: Music and Drama as Psychological Change Agent

Worship in Spirit - False Prophets.
Thomas Campbell The Holy Spirit Not to be Worshiped.
Silence in Worship in Spirit and in Truth
Basil the Great (329-379) - De Spiritu Sancto - Spiritual Worship

Review: Worship Minister, Woodmont Hills, Jubilee 98 A uniquely pagan concept (and Israel under the kingdom) is that a priestly class can mediate between God and the "audience' or can "lead" another person into worship.

Worship: Praise to Please and Appease or Equipping the Saints 8/14/99

Why is the church of Christ in such a frenzy over new worship schemes while ignoring the Word?

Daring to Dance with God - Hip or Heresy : Review of books on "Dance" as a paradigm for a new world order for church worship along with Biblical and historical commentary. These views are actively infiltrated into independent churches.

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Part Two
Part Three
Worship in Spirit - Lifting up the Lord - Jubilee 99 -
Worship in Spirit - Worship in Flesh - Two Choices
Worship in Spirit - Worship in Truth 11/8/98
Worship in Spirit - Worship in Romans 11/19/98
Worship Song - Worship in Spirit - Worship in Truth 11/27/98

Charismatic Worship

Reviewed: A Pixel in a Greater Picture: The Emerging Church of Christ" by Fred Peatross.
Speaking In tongues from the Barbarians.
See how God destroyed them in Egypt. The instrumental music, hand clapping and visionary orgasm connection.
Heredotus and Hand Clapping: Background to Mount Sinai
Hand Clapping to Replace the Amen: Rubel Shelly
Worship in Raising Holy Hands?
Escaping God's Grace into Legalism: the Musical Burden
Christ Died To Give us Rest

CHURCH DISCIPLINE

Mark Them that Cause Division and Miss Services
Abortion -- The Six-Fold Holocaust. Enoch says that God will come with ten thousand angels to execute judgment.

CHURCH MUSIC

Musical Worship Index

Psalms-Hymns-Spiritual songs are ALL inspired Bible text

It was customary in, poetry to bring down heavenly powers on earth. Not to speak of Dante, in France, clerks, as well as

The monks in the monasteries, used to give regular performances in which the Madonna, the saints; the angels, Christ, and God Himself were brought on the stage. (Musical Praise Teams or Musical Worship Teams Can Still do it!)

In those days it was done in all simplicity. In Victor Hugo's 'Notre Dame de Paris' an edifying and gratuitous spectacle was provided for the people in the Hotel de Ville of Paris in the reign of Louis XI. in honour of the birth of the dauphin. The Grand Inquisitor