CONCLUSIONS:
PAUL
ALWAYS
AND
IN
GALATIANS
REPUDIATES
THE
USE
OF
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS
WHICH
WOULD
"NORMALLY"
BE
SOMETHING
ONLY
WOMEN
COULD
FALL
INTO.
Jay
Guin: “Thy
Kingdom
Come,” by Jay Guin. I’ll
offer an alternative approach to hermeneutics, based on the Sermon
on
the Mount and related passages.
Jay Guin: “The Early Church on
Instrumental Music,” by Danny Corbitt.
Danny, the author of Missing More Than Music: When Disputable Matters
Eclipse Worship and Unity,
will offer material regarding the historical argument that should be
brand new to most readers. Recent research into the writing and
thinking of the Early Church Fathers has dramatically changed our
understanding of why they said what they said about instrumental music.
Jay Guin: “Reconsidering
Ephesians 5:19” by Clyde Symonette. Clyde will offer an approach to the
passage that I’d never heard before and that I think is a far better
interpretation than any other I’ve ever heard.
Jay Guin: “Psallo: Lost in
Translation?,” by Danny Corbitt,
providing an extensive word study on psallo.
AL MAXEY VIOLATING DIRECT COMMANDS BY INTERPRETING
THAT WHICH CHRIST FINISHED.
Jay Guin: “Reflective
or Regulative? Inquiry into Two Interpretive Principles and their Application
to
Instrumental
Accompaniment
in
a
Worship
Assembly,”
by Al
Maxey. Al will offer a critique of the Regulative Principle (silence
is
a
prohibition)
and
offer
a
better
way
of
addressing
the
silences
of
the
scriptures.
http://www.zianet.com/maxey/reflx71.htm
Proposition
5 --- "That with
respect to the commands and ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, where the
Scriptures
are
silent, as to the express time or manner of
performance, if any such there be;
no human authority has power to
interfere,
in order to supply the supposed
deficiency,
by making laws for the church;
The Disciples /
Christian church subscribed to the High Church principle which
no one ever voted for to give themselve the right to use Scripture,
Church Councils, Traditionalism and Silence.
Christ ordained the
Qahal, synagogue or Church of Christ (the Rock) in the Wilderness
It was INCLUSIVE
of Rest, Reading and Rehearsing the Word of God.
It was EXCLUSIVE
of "vocal or instrumental rejoicing." Simple peoplle know better than
to do that when Jesus comes to be our only Teacher when WE teach or
sing "that which is written" or "that which has been taught." Romans 15
which EXCLUDES all rhetorical, musical or theatric performance.
Jesus exampled the
synagogue which, by direct command never had a "praise service."
Jesus commanded the
ekklesia which in the civil sense would hurt musicians really bad.
Paul always repudiates
the performing artists before defining the role of the synagogue.
Jesus "cast out" the
Musical Minstrels using a term "like dung."
Jesus consigned the
pipers, singers and dancers to the marketplace with all other
pollutants and consumables.
Jesus commanded that the
apostles make DISCIPLES: Disciples are students and Jesus commanded
that we "Teach what He has COMMANDED to be taught."
Jesus did not command
ceremonial legalism but a School of His Word
Those who IMPOSE
instruments know that they have no command, example or inference.
They in fact make a LAW
which is often spoken out loud: "Get over it or get out."
They assume that there is
a DEFICIENCE in the Word of God.
nor can any thing more be
required of Christians in such cases,
but only that they so observe
these commands and ordinances,
as will evidently answer the
declared and obvious end of their institution.
Imposing
instruments knowing that it will sow discord and NEEDING no authority
originally violates the Direct command of Christ and all of church
history which defends CENI. If you refuse to be tossed out of
your own "synagogue" by robbers, you are FORCED to observe what you and
all history defines as a sin.
Much less has any human
authority power to impose new commands or ordinances upon the
church, which our Lord Jesus Christ has not enjoined."
The BURDEN, dear sectarian, is that YOU must show where Christ
commanded instruments. On the contrary, any reader of "words" and pagan
patterns knows that Christ in Spirit did in fact repudiate the Musical
Minsltrels always marked as witches or sorcerers--as did John 9n
Revelation 18.
If anyone can show me in the
Scriptures where our Lord has specifically declared His disapproval
of the use of instruments as either
an accompaniment or aid to singing, then I will reverse my
position and declare that divine disapproval publicly. In
the absence of such evidence, however, I must choose not to
put the assumptions of mere men into His mouth. If all of this was
truly a matter of eternal life and death, as some assert, I find it
most odd ... don't you?! ... that God never uttered a single
syllable about it anywhere
in the Bible. He didn't even hint at divine disapproval.
Thus, neither shall I.
You would be bound to explain why even simple simons never imposed
"congregational singing with the organ in accompaniment." Singing
in that oriental style lwas never opposed until the year 373.
Some will have noticed that Christ was the Word of God (not a people)
Who created all things. It is Christ who defined the king/queen
of Tyre as "the singing and harp-playing prostitute in the garden of
Eden." It was Christ who had Isaiah define the MARKS of sight and sound
of God driving His enemies into hell: it would be the same wind, string
and percussion instruments Lucifer used when she was cast as profane
out of heaven.
Christ identified the Scribes and Pharisees as Hypocrites: He names
false preachers, singers and instrument players.
Christ spoke through John in the book of Revelation. In Revelation 17
he warns about the rise of the Babylon Mother of harlots. In
Revelation 18 "she" used "lusted after fruits" which is exactly
parallel to Amos. In Revelation 18 John identified the singers,
instrument players and ALL religious teknokrats as SORCERERS.
So, from Genesis where the Serpent is defined as a musical enchantress
to Revelation where the same harlot uses musical enchanters to DECEIVE
the whole world.
As practiced by Jesus who stood up to read the assigned text and
decently sat down, Paul, Peter and early church history continued the
church as:
INCLUSIVE of Rest, Reading and Rehearsing the Word of God
EXCLUSIVE of "vocal or instrumental rejoicing." That is the
alarm or triumph over: in Psalm 41 it will be the identifying MARK of
Judas whose "Judas bag" carried the mouthpieces of wind
instruments. That speaks of the tongues OF THE WORLD: Jesus
refused to pray for the WORLD and god HID Himself from the Wise or
Sophists.
See the origin of the Synagogue in the Wilderness
See
John
Calvin's
commentary
as
he
speaks
of
Restoring
the Church of Christ.
To presume to INTERPRET the Word of God about anything is probably
terminal arrogance. Peter spoke of the Apostles, who like the
prophets who spoke by Christ, as Eye- and Ear-witnesses of the post
resurrection glory of Christ who confirmed HIS right to interpret by
supernatural signs and willingness to be murcered.
See
Second Peter 1 which outlaws what Al Maxey works so hard to do.
This is after the "Jerusalem Counsel" defined the synagogue in absolute
terms which everyone understood.
Acts 15:21 For Moses of old time hath
in every city
them that preach him,
being read in the
synagogues every sabbath day.
Paul explains why the Jews were blinded at Mount Sinai and then fell
back into musical idolatry. For this affront of 'making music' on the
REST day God turned them over to worship the starry host: those were
the "gods" worshipped in the temple whatever the Scribes say: Jesus
marked the Scribes as hypocrites and in the Ezekiel 33 account He named
performance speakers, singers and instrument players.
2Cor. 3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use
great plainness of speech:
2Cor. 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, t
hat the children of Israel could
not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
2Cor. 3:14 But their minds were blinded:
for until this day remaineth the
same vail untaken away
in the reading of the old
testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
2Cor. 3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon
their heart.
2Cor. 3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the
vail shall be taken away.
2Cor. 3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit
of
the
Lord
is, there is liberty.
2Cor. 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory
of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even
as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Peter agreed that the Prophets by Christ and the prophecies made more
perfect by Jesus are the primary READING material to mold people into
the image of Christ and not to the effeminate speakers or musicians
with no Biblical funding.
2Pet. 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed, (the only Worship Word in the spirit or mind)
as unto a light that shineth in a
dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day
star
arise
in
your
hearts:
The Evil Day Star is Lucifer: Christ in the prophets called him/her the
singing and harp-playing prostitute in the garden of Eden. The
MARKS of God driving His enemies into "Hell" will be thesame wind,
string and percussion instruments.
Isaiah 30
God will treat the Musical bandits to the same religion they
practiced before and after Hezekiah's plague stopping exorcism.
Rick
Atchley's PATTERNISM is taken from 2 Chronicles 29: Hezekiah replaces
the CHILDREN burnt offering with GOAT burnt offerings to try to appease
Israel. Immediately before this chapter and immediately after it the
Levites returned to burning infants to Molech a cult they operated in
Egypt.
2Pet. 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2Pet. 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied
unto you through
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, hath
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through
the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory
and virtue: having
escaped the corruption [connects to musical sounds]
that is in the world through lust.
2 Pet
1:15 Moreover
I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things alway
in remembrance.
2Pet.
1:16 For we have not followed cunningly
[sophizo] devised fables, when we
made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but
were
eyewitnesses of
his majesty.
Fables
are myths from MUO [to shut the mouth: music forces
the lambs to be silent before the slaughter]
Muthos 2. fiction (OPPOSITE. logos, historic truth)embroidered lies Poikilos 2. of Art, p. humnos a song of changeful strain or
full of diverse art, Pi.O.6.87; “poikilon kitharizōn” Id.N.4.14; “dedaidalmenoi pseudesi poikilois muthoi” Id.O.1.29; of
style, “lexis poiētikōtera kai p.” Isoc.15.47 (Comp.); “skhēmatismoi” D.H.Is.3.
Fables
are myths from MUO [to shut the mouth: music forces
the lambs to be silent before the slaughter]
Sophis-tês ,A.
master of one's craft, adept, expert, of diviners, Hdt.2.49; of poets, “meletan sophistais prosbalon” Pi.I.5(4).28, cf.
Cratin.2; of musicians, “sophistēs . . parapaiōn khelun” A.Fr.314,
cf.
Eup.447, Pl.Com.
140; sophistē Thrēki (sc. Thamyris) E.Rh.924, cf. Ath.14.632c: with modal words added, “hoi s. tōn hierōn melōn”
II. from late v B.C., a Sophist, i.e. one who
gave lessons in grammar, rhetoric, politics, mathematics, for
money,
Goēs A.
sorcerer, wizard, Phoronis 2,
Hdt.2.33,4.105, Pl.R. 380d, Phld.Ir.p.29 W.; “g. epōdos Ludias apo khthonos” E.Ba.234, cf. Hipp.1038; prob.
f.l. for boēsi Hdt.7.191.
2. juggler, cheat, “deinos g. kai pharmakeus kai sophistēs” Pl.Smp.203d; “magos kai g.” Aeschin.3.137:
2 Pet
1:20 Knowing this first,
that no prophecy of the scripture is of any
private
interpretation.
YOU CANNOT WITHOUT BEING MARKED
Epilusis
(g1955)ep-il'-oo-sis;
from 1956; explanation, i.e.
application: - interpretation.
Epiluo
(g1956) ep-ee-loo'-o; from 1909 and 3089; to solve
further,
i.e. (fig.) to explain,
decide:
-
determine,
expound.
Epi-lusis A.
release from, e. phobôn [fear] didou A.Th.134
(lyr.): abs., exemption
from banishment,
[purgatory?]. The word dissertio
also carries the idea of trying to REMOVE fear by explaining away any
worry about keeping laws.
2. . solution, “sophismatōn” S.E.P.2.246;
explanation, 2 Ep.Pet.1.20,
WHY YOU
CANNOT DISPUTE
OR EXPOUND WITH RHETORIC OR MUSIC AS
MAGIC.
2 Pet. 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the
people,
even as
there shall be false teachers among you,
who
privily shall bring in damnable heresies,
even
denying the Lord that bought them,
and bring
upon themselves swift destruction.
2Pet. 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways;
by reason
of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2Pet. 2:3 And through covetousness shall
they with feigned words make merchandise of you:
whose
judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation
slumbereth not.
Jay Guin: “An Afternoon with Rick
Atchley
and
Chris
Seidman” is an interview by me of Rick and Chris. Rick is the
senior
minister of The Hills Church of Christ (formerly The Richland
Hills
Church of Christ), which is the largest congregation among the Churches
of Christ. Chris is the senior minister of the Farmer’s Branch
Church
of Christ. Both congregations have added instrumental services in
addition to their a cappella services.
Jay Guin: Rich and Chris
will address a variety of topics,
including why they made the
change,
how they handled the
transition,
how the addition of instrumental
services have helped the congregations fulfill God’s
mission.
Jay Guin: “Reflections
on My Interview with Rick Atchley and Chris Seidman,” by Jay Guin. This
will be my reflections on what Rick and Chris taught me in the
interview. And they taught me a lot.
Both Chris and Rick follow the play book of the NACC which sent out
handlers to help make the switch. Each and every one of the proof texts
yanked out of context is twisted to try to FORCE the curse God imposed
upon Israel because of musical idolatry at Mount Sinai. Of
course, being a Bible student is not required when you are a
rhetorician which Jesus identified as a hypocrite.
The musical fall from Grace at Mount Sinai
Christ
in
Spirit
interprets
the
musical
idolatry
in
the
Prophets
who
always refuted the "lying pen of the unlawful king's Scribes.
Christian Chronical posted the boast before the first deliberate sowing
of discord over adding the "musicl worship team" (a heretical term) and
then firing the deacons and selecting or hiring some deaconesses, the
number was 6,400 members. After the addition of instruments their
roughly 4,500 attendance dropped to roughly 3,500 which means that the
"owners" had their pocket picked three times as the moved from
6,400
to now rougly 4,000+ by countinng two congregations.
October 9, 10, 2010
NRH Campus: 3,871
WFW Campus: 162
Total: 4,033
Classes: 1,883
Contribution: $150,064
Weekly Budget: $176,043
Jay Guin: “Beyond the Pitch
Pipe” by Ryan Christian. Ryan is the worship minister for The Hills
Church of Christ, and he will address what any church considering
an
instrumental service needs to know about the practicalities of adding
an instrumental worship.
Jay Guin is using as authority those who were
"handled" by the NACC and their White Paper full of black lies to move
their congregationa away from the Church of Christ (the money
collecting stage) to a defacto Christian church (the diversions of the
monies."
All of those who have been used (willingly) rest their case on the Law
of the Monarchy which God permitted to carry out the captivity and
death sentence imposed because of musical idolatry at Mount
Sinai. Rick Atchley actually uses a plague stopping animal
slaughter used for exorcism when the sacrifices and sounds were taken
out of quarantine which God promised would bring on His wrath.
You
see, it’s time. It’s time to get past the “whether it’s okay” debate
and move on to the “Is it necessary for this church?” discussion and,
for some churches, to the “How do we do it?” discussion.
We’ll
post these articles about every-other day. The Q&A with Rick and
Chris will be broken down into four posts, due to the length and depth
of their comments. And they are deep.
There are two
reasons I’m
particularly proud of this body of work — meaning the articles by
people other than me. First, I’m thrilled to introduce readers to Clyde
Symonette, a Bahamian minister for the Westridge Church of Christ,
Nassau, Bahamas. We Americans tend to assume that all good Church of
Christ theology comes from the USA. God’s mission is to call all
nations into his Kingdom, and that can’t happen if no one outside the
U.S. gets to be a part of these discussions. Until then, it’s just
religious colonialism.
Second, I
don’t know about you, but I
love a good discussion about doctrinal and practical church leadership
issues — when the topic is close to my heart. And this one is. It’s an
issue I grew up with and live with. It’s part of who I am. And I’ve
savored every word of these articles. Agree or disagree, these are
thoughtful, well-written, insightful, fresh works. Enjoy
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