I'm not adding anything. I'm not adding new revelation, or changing the words, which is what the verse is talking about.
I'm doing exactly what the Bible tells us to, as I have clearly set out. But since you aren't listening, and you're not actually responding to my points, good day, sir. This discussion is over.
YOU JUST SAID ADDING INSTRUMENTS WAS GREAT.
Good day sir. Please work on your reading comprehension. :tounge:
Harry Potter does not "teach witchcraft" either. If I point a stick at someone and say Avada Kedavra they're not going to drop dead. HP spells have roots in Latin, English, or sometimes African languages. No real sorcery.
Whatever you want, I don't like Her but if you do that's your business.
It's fine. You don't have to like her, I'm just pointing out that it's not evil for someone to read her books.
God never said not to add instruments to worship. Keplers found a verse in Colossians that actually did say to use instruments.
Yah and in Revelation John gives a warning to any who add to the bible.
He said "this scroll," which meant the Book of Revelation. Even so, the point of Jesus' sacrifice was so that we wouldn't have to be perfect and follow all the rules to get to heaven. If we had a bunch of rules we had to follow like "don't use instruments to worship," that would defeat the purpose. We can't have rules like that because that would ruin the whole point of the crucifixion.
In Galatians Paul said, "It was for freedom that Christ set us free!" We have complete freedom in Jesus Christ. Technically we are free to do anything we want because we're covered by Jesus' righteousness. Even sin won't stop us from getting into heaven. But since we now have the Holy Spirit living in us, we shouldn't want to sin. We are being sanctified, and are becoming more and more like Jesus.
We Christians should be grateful for our freedom because it prevents us from being punished for our past sins, but instead of using our freedom as an excuse to keep sinning, we should be following Jesus' example and becoming more like Him.
The ending of Revelation is intended to be a warning against adding or taking away from the words of REVELATION specifically -- not any of the other books in The Bible, just Revelation.
However, if we follow that thread of logic you presented, Tweed, we could also say YOU are guilty of adding on to The Bible by saying that we are disallowed from playing musical instruments in worship. therefore, you are just as guilty of 'adding on' to The Bible as the very people who do play musical instruments.
I defer you back to Bobbywan's argument. To expect The Bible to specifically tell you everything you CAN do not just what you can't do is absolute folly. The whole point of the Christian Religion is that it isn't works based -- that we as followers of Christ have been liberated from the burdens most other religions present, because we've already been made salvageable. Following any sort of strict orthodoxy, therefore, would only serve to discredit our religion, and make us look no better than Buddhist monks.
If God wanted us to why didn't he tell us? let are stupid Logic figure it out? Play cue games in verses? You're the one who won't listen, you're defining what you think is best. Maybe Ib think we can do anything we want as long as we worship.
Technically we can. We just shouldn't. See my last post. (if it made it up, it's about 3 paragraphs, that's how you'll know if it's the right one)
By "vacations," are you talking about visiting other countries? Because basically every president since Teddy Roosevelt has done that, it's an important part of politics and foreign relations. If he was using our tax money to visit Miami and do nothing for a week, that would be wrong.
No he means Florida, Trump sends Pence abroad.
He's already spent more money than Obama ever did within just 4 MONTHS!!!
Furthermore, he's already spent NINE weekends at both his golf club(s) in Florida, and one of his other establishments somewhere else in the country.
Harry Potter does not "teach witchcraft" either. If I point a stick at someone and say Avada Kedavra they're not going to drop dead. HP spells have roots in Latin, English, or sometimes African languages. No real sorcery.
Whatever you want, I don't like Her but if you do that's your business.
Wrongfully judging somebody is wrong. Let God be her judge. "Let the man who is sinless cast the first stone."
The ending of Revelation is intended to be a warning against adding or taking away from the words of REVELATION specifically -- not any of the other books in The Bible, just Revelation.
However, if we follow that thread of logic you presented, Tweed, we could also say YOU are guilty of adding on to The Bible by saying that we are disallowed from playing musical instruments in worship. therefore, you are just as guilty of 'adding on' to The Bible as the very people who do play musical instruments.
I defer you back to Bobbywan's argument. To expect The Bible to specifically tell you everything you CAN do not just what you can't do is absolute folly. The whole point of the Christian Religion is that it isn't works based -- that we as followers of Christ have been liberated from the burdens most other religions present, because we've already been made salvageable. Following any sort of strict orthodoxy, therefore, would only serve to discredit our religion, and make us look no better than Buddhist monks.
If God wanted us to why didn't he tell us? let are stupid Logic figure it out? Play cue games in verses? You're the one who won't listen, you're defining what you think is best. Maybe Ib think we can do anything we want as long as we worship.
You are not addressing my points, and just restating your belief, even as several people are poking holes in it
The ending of Revelation is intended to be a warning against adding or taking away from the words of REVELATION specifically -- not any of the other books in The Bible, just Revelation.
However, if we follow that thread of logic you presented, Tweed, we could also say YOU are guilty of adding on to The Bible by saying that we are disallowed from playing musical instruments in worship. therefore, you are just as guilty of 'adding on' to The Bible as the very people who do play musical instruments.
I defer you back to Bobbywan's argument. To expect The Bible to specifically tell you everything you CAN do not just what you can't do is absolute folly. The whole point of the Christian Religion is that it isn't works based -- that we as followers of Christ have been liberated from the burdens most other religions present, because we've already been made salvageable. Following any sort of strict orthodoxy, therefore, would only serve to discredit our religion, and make us look no better than Buddhist monks.
If God wanted us to why didn't he tell us? let are stupid Logic figure it out? Play cue games in verses? You're the one who won't listen, you're defining what you think is best. Maybe Ib think we can do anything we want as long as we worship.
Me personally, I can't stand music in Church. I just want to hear the sermon and that's it however -- as long as the music makes people have a spiritual connection to the Lord -- who am I to say that their enjoyment of the music is wrong?
There is nothing wrong with Singing, its done in Acts I think and the early church, funny thing is no Instruments, but if Paul had more money he surely would get some and get huge buildings to, right?
If Paul had gotten huge buildings for the early church to worship in, the early church would have been stamped out by the Romans very quickly.
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