Candle light services

chseeads · #1 12-15-2008, 10:01 PM

So what's your problem with it that you'd stay home?

Truthseeker · #2 12-15-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by chseeads

So what's your problem with it that you'd stay home?

Candles used as part of worship service is my problem. Check out the history of Christ mass and candles associated with it.

Elizabeth · #3 12-15-2008, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Truthseeker

Candles used as part of worship service is my problem. Check out the history of Christ mass and candles associated with it.

What did they used to light the church with before electricity?

Truthseeker · #4 12-15-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeanie

What did they used to light the church with before electricity?

Lamps and stuff, Using candles just for light is not a prob but part of religious ceremony like catholics do is wrong. Many pagans/cults use candles. I would stay home.

Mrs. LPW · #5 12-15-2008, 10:20 PM

I can respect your conviction, although I don't believe there to be any Biblical reason for it.

Matt 5:15
Mark 4:21
Luke 8:16
Luke 11:36

As long as it is not a ritual or rite, there is nothing wrong with a little symbolism or just the plain fact that candle light is very pretty.

Truthseeker · #6 12-15-2008, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mrs. LPW

I can respect your conviction, although I don't believe there to be any Biblical reason for it.

Matt 5:15
Mark 4:21
Luke 8:16
Luke 11:36

As long as it is not a ritual or rite, there is nothing wrong with a little symbolism or just the plain fact that candle light is very pretty.

We should be careful with symbols or using things for religious meaning that is not scripture. Yes we should be the light of the world.

Mrs. LPW · #7 12-15-2008, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Truthseeker

We should be careful with symbols or using things for religious meaning that is not scripture. Yes we should be the light of the world.

I agree with you that we should be careful, and respect your conviction.

I do think if Jesus used the Candle as a symbol, an object lesson if you will, than it wouldn't be harmful to use it once a year as well.
We've never had a candle lit service, to my knowledge, but it would be neat to have once in a while.

In one church we worked in, the youth choir sang "Carry your Candle" and each held a candle. I didn't see any harm in that whatsoever. It was simply reiterating the object lesson Jesus taught himself.

Now if they asked me to pay to light a candle for my sick loved one, I'd have a problem!!!