POA Use Idol Worship at Campmeeting?

[triumphant1]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Said... I would pop in now and again...

Ever consider the generation gap between Bro. Strange and those of you who are posting here....


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Couldn't help yourself...LOL

I did consider that in one of my earlier posts today...that this generation(meaning theolder generation of Bro. Strange)...has difficulty with music style in general...my example was the drums at GC and the Wedgeworth brothers.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Said... I would pop in now and again...

Ever consider the generation gap between Bro. Strange and those of you who are posting here....


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I have been reading and thinking this very thing....

...still the "of another spirit" stuff goes over the line, IMHO.

[LaVonne]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Said... I would pop in now and again...

Ever consider the generation gap between Bro. Strange and those of you who are posting here....


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This thought crossed my mind as well. I have a friend who was at this campmeeting and this person felt that there were no "strange spirits"...

[triumphant1]

Originally Posted by Tina

No kidding!! I think that has a LOT to do with it. Many of the older generation refuse to accept the newer styles of worship music.

And the music they don't like...they label as demonic...

[tamor]

Originally Posted by revrandy

Said... I would pop in now and again...

Ever consider the generation gap between Bro. Strange and those of you who are posting here....


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This is an excerpt from post #729 of the thread in question about the generation gap:

Originally Posted by Bro Strange

I already told you that the matter of music and the spirit within it is subjective and cannot endure an objective natural explanation of what is spiritual.

Moses coming down the mountain heard strange music. He heard a strange sound. He knew something was wrong from the sound. Someone could have said, "Oh never mind, Moses, these young people have come up with their own sound. They ware worshipping the Lord in their own way and music."

Moses would have known better. He was right. The music was the sound of worship of an idol made of gold. Such sounds will always be different than that of divine consecreation music. The sound of the uncircucised should not be hard to recognize for those that have their ears and eyes turned toward heaven.

I am hearing the worship of an idol. While we have stood stoutly with our standards at the front door of the church, the enemy has slipped in through the back door and has erected an idol in our very midst, under our noses and we did not see it coming.

Keep dancing folks. Keep chanting folks. You are going to have more sommersaults in church. You will soon have a laughing spirit on you and who knows, some of you may be barking like a dog in church before it is all over. Weird spirits are creeping in and some of you people are so dead in slumber, you would not know a golden calf from a pillar of fire over the Tabernacle.

Nice going folks. Enter into the Temple of Wisdom. The devil has a lot of great wisdom for you all in the area of human reasoning

[Jehoram]

Are you guys really going to say that some of our songs aren't beat driven and written for the sole purpose to hype the crowd into a frenzy?

Are you really trying to say that many of our conferences and camps aren't just track meets and dance floors for the sole purpose of inflating ego and grandstanding?

We are so hypocritical here. We mock Catholics for their Gregorian chants but look at us. I firmly believe in exuberant worship directed unto the Lord but some of this is way out of hand. We are like the prophets of Baal flailing at ourselves in the hopes of getting God's attention. He doesn't work that way folks.

There is an old song we used to sing in Pentecost that identifies the trouble with manufactured emotion and praise. It is the standard for many "worship" songs in our movement. We think if we get loud enough or frenzied enough God will move.

The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.
The joy of the Lord is my strength.

If you want joy you must (insert word here such as clap, jump, stomp) for it.
If you want joy you must (insert word here such as clap, jump, stomp) for it.
If you want joy you must (insert word here such as clap, jump, stomp) for it.
If you want joy you must (insert word here such as clap, jump, stomp) for it.

[jwharv]

Originally Posted by tv1a

The king of all chants.

Sorry there is a huge difference between this:

Psalms 136
136:1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
4 To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.
5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever.
6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever.
7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever:
9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
11 And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:
12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever:
14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
16 To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever.
17 To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
18 And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
20 And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever:
21 And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.
23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.


And this:

To worship you I live
to worship you I live I live to worship you
To worship you I live
to worship you I live I live to worship you
To worship you I live
to worship you I live I live to worship you
To worship you I live
to worship you I live I live to worship you
To worship you I live
to worship you I live I live to worship you

[triumphant1]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hoover

I have been reading and thinking this very thing....

...still the "of another spirit" stuff goes over the line, IMHO.

Saying it was like the worship going on when Moses came off the mountian was even further over ther line....calling it "golden calf worship" is outragious...

[Malvaro]

for the most part, I grew up in a church where hymnals and old-school Pentecostal songs went the way of the dinosaur.... on a personal note, I'm a HUGE fan of modern worship music....

[Tina]

Originally Posted by triumphant1

And the music they don't like...they label as demonic...

You're probably right.

There are some of the newer songs that I can't handle. (and I'm still a young 38 ) I just keep a pair of ear plugs in the side pocket of my Bible case-- When one of those songs is used in service, I pop in the ear plugs to lower the volume a little.