Excellent sermon. I needed to hear that because sometimes my faith isn't what it ought to be especially with all these differences of opinion about what the word of God says. Sometimes my mind is too open to outside influences. We need to stick with God's Word as revealed to us in the bible. Thanks.
The Bible is the word of God, but it's not the LITERAL Word. Many say that it is because it says that it is, but we ultimately believe what we've been told about it. If I write on a piece of paper that I'm writing the word of God, does it have any less credibility? Saying that the Bible is the literal word of God because it says so is to short-circuit your conclusion. For me, the Bible is Good on its own merit of deep TRUTH, far beyond words. How can you evaluate such merit with a closed mind?
i guess i learn now that you sing acapella because it's a personal prefrence like jumping, clapping is.
Im sure you hered of the non-instrumental church of christ who say: 'Musical Instruments are forbidden! Applause is forbidden!' I just now realized Mountian View Church Of Christ in Dallas, TX is not one of those churches.
But im curious...if Mountain View Church Of Christ is not an Anti-Musical Instrument Church Of Christ then what denomination does Mountain View C.O.C. Belong to?
wow..ok..Well if the Church that Christ built could somehow be a "denomination" thats the one we belong to. The Church of Christ is un-denominational. do you think Jesus died for more than just what instrument is used in church, God made vs. man made. they dont belong in worship but if you can play the drums to uplift your brother or sister. Know that it is for them and not to God.
I was expecting the answer to be either simply yes or no. that' all i want to hear. so let me ask you again and please give me simple straight answer....do you approve of musical instruments like you approve hand clapping, jumping, lifing your hands and cheering? YES OR NO?
It's not important what I approve. the bible says sing so we sing, with the instrument God gave us. worship belongs to God. he sees the heart. you can clap all day or sit there like a rock. if your heart is wrong it makes no difference. so I ask you, why are we talking about this? we should be talking about when the last time went to feed the hungry. gave someone clothes. told someone about the love of Christ. maybe at your church they sit and stand, say amen when told its ok to do so.
if so, there must be a lot of sick and dying people outside the 4 quiet walls of your church. you can mock and add sound effects to preachers to show your hatered. yes they might be taching a false doctrine but can you minister to them face to face, teach them the One true Gospel of Christ? I hope you dont think God is giving you cool points just because you can add fart sounds to someone who does not know the truth. how is that effective in the kingdom?
"yes they might be taching a false doctrine but can you minister to them face to face, teach them the One true Gospel of Christ"
-(A) The point here is that scripture identifies who these people are, what fruit (none) they bear, and what they teach. Until preaches teach expositoritly and not topical...they will be in the same condition.
TheBible is not a Book regarding "Me". It is a book regarding the savior of the world and those that are his representatives on earth as a collective.
All right, I see your point on the farting videos i made of Pentecostals....now hear my point.
The Bible didnt say to use Musical Instruments yet, The Bible didnt say to clap either. If you believe that the Bible forbids Musical Instruments and yet believe that calpping is ok in church...that dont make sense. I said this before...The Bible is just as silent about clapping, dancing, and jumping as much as it is with pianos, drums, and all musical instruments..DONT YOU SEE?
We are all trying to live up to what the first century Church did. Some have it all wrong some are close but misunderstand and adapt the nuances of the western culture religion. To worship exactly the way it was in the 1st cent, I dont know of a church in america that does it to the letter. Im sure i could find small faults at your church as I can in the Church of Christ. But I Praise God that Hell was not created for clappers. The Bible did say Sing(Rom 15:9,1CO 4:15,He 2:12, Eph5:19, Col 3:16)
Christtards are SO RETARDED! Hello? "The Bible" is all fairy tale, you know! None of it ever happened and the laws of physics eliminate any "god".. Sorry, but that's reality for you. It's science.
Science reveals God more than theory tries to explain nature. But if thinking that there is no God helps you sleep at night, you better hope physics wakes you up. why is your reality a Godless one?
Clapping or not clapping is a personal preference. Sadly, in some areas its traditions are so deep that it's viewed as how it should be. I say lift the name of Jesus and speak, act, live in love!
If God had simply said "Show Agreement" then Cheering, Applause, Lifting Hands, Whistling, and Dancing would have done the trick! but God did not simply say: 'Show Agreement' he said to say: 'Amen' only. Also dont Acapella Church Of Christ 'Speak when the Bible Speaks and be silent when the bible is silent'? No where in the New Testament did it say for Clapping to be in Worship. so that makes Clapping just as sinful as Musical Instruments!
Call clapping a 'personal prefrence' if you want, but the bible gives a clear proper way to worship in 1 Corithains 14:16 were it reads: ''Otherwise, if you bless with the Spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say 'Amen' at your giving of thanks since he does not understand what you say." The manner of Paul's question implies that the proper way to show agreement in worship service is to say 'Amen'. If God had simply said "Show Agreement" then clapping would be fine .
if you did then God is either really unhappy with the applause and cheering in your church and Mountain View C.O.C. in Dallas or he is Laughing at all of you be so ridicoulus in believing 'Musical Instruments are sinful!' yet you turn around and include things that are also not mentioned or commanded by God in the New Testament like Hand-Clapping, Cheering, Dancing, and Jumping.
who said they are sinful? I dont know where you live or if the internet is the only contact you have with the outside world, but you have the wrong idea about the Church of Christ. you seem to have a closed mind about many things and only open your bible/mind to fit you view point. know Jesus healed someone and he left jumping and rejoicing. let Jesus heal you and you might have something to shout,clap and praise him about.
so you do indeed believe that it is okay to have musical instruments in church service.
well i believe musical instruments are fine too....but if there is any hand-clapping, jumping or all that stuff then it belongs to God....not the preacher, and not the person singing.
im glad you dont forbid musical instruments like the non-instrumental church of christ in myarea does..they are the ones with the wrong idea not me.
@1050HzSineWaveTone Think I answrd this quest b4. Bible gives specfc & genrc comnds. The bible says sing=spec exclsve Eph 5:19 books used is gen a prsnl pref. Absent script IS a prsnl pref as long we violate none of God's commnds 1 Cor 11:13-16. This is a case were we can us the silence of script. The Bible says we are to wrshp God/Spirit/truth Jhn 4:24 spec comnd exclsiv. We stand sit a prsnl pref as we hav NO SCRIPT. Dont get stupid w/script sayng it does not say 2 use books pews etc 1Tim1:6.
@6153calme Most ppl r caught up n what the bible does not say rathr than what it does. bible says sing. It does not say play. Let's do what it says rather than wrest w/script ovr what they do not say 2Pet 3:15-17. The bible nevr say 2 say Amen in wrshp, but we can reasonably infer by script that is is alright 2 do so. Those who refus 2 do as bible says hav many excuses 2 not do as it says. As preacher say it is what it is. We find no script 4 mech inst n wrshp, it says sing so that we may teach.
i love this guy!...hes like the tony smith of the Church of Christ haha
bricemilleson 2 months ago
@bricemilleson but not a jerk lol
bricemilleson 2 months ago
Excellent sermon. I needed to hear that because sometimes my faith isn't what it ought to be especially with all these differences of opinion about what the word of God says. Sometimes my mind is too open to outside influences. We need to stick with God's Word as revealed to us in the bible. Thanks.
horseman528 1 year ago
PREACH JAMELL!!!!
ANewDay2007 1 year ago
POWERFUL WORD!
mnobles 2 years ago
Very good stuff. Anyone notice how his bible stayed closed? Lol But he said some great things.
quietstorm608 2 years ago
WOOOOO! AMEN! Preach the TRUTH brother!!!!!!
LoveJC777 3 years ago
Marshall Keeble would have been beaming with joy if he could have seen your sermon.
bjobe1964 3 years ago
The Bible is the word of God, but it's not the LITERAL Word. Many say that it is because it says that it is, but we ultimately believe what we've been told about it. If I write on a piece of paper that I'm writing the word of God, does it have any less credibility? Saying that the Bible is the literal word of God because it says so is to short-circuit your conclusion. For me, the Bible is Good on its own merit of deep TRUTH, far beyond words. How can you evaluate such merit with a closed mind?
kevinthenerd 3 years ago
So where do find the literal word of God?
kcrig 3 years ago
When the word became flesh.
gsixty 2 years ago
So scripture is lying face down in what it says about ITSELF?
Mark 7:9 "Making the WORD OF GOD of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye."
What is the Word?
John 7:42 "Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? "
The scripture SAID. Obviously something recorded....open your eyes.
amorrison32 3 years ago
@kevinthenerd PREACH DOC
YARBERIII 1 year ago
the only way other people will lead you to wrong when you have an open mind is if you are stupid enough to do anything anyone will tell you
LestatDavinci 3 years ago
ive been to this church many times i go to cedar valley church of christ under bro.ben foster and james smith asst. min. is ny dad.
gtman70 3 years ago
i guess i learn now that you sing acapella because it's a personal prefrence like jumping, clapping is.
Im sure you hered of the non-instrumental church of christ who say: 'Musical Instruments are forbidden! Applause is forbidden!' I just now realized Mountian View Church Of Christ in Dallas, TX is not one of those churches.
But im curious...if Mountain View Church Of Christ is not an Anti-Musical Instrument Church Of Christ then what denomination does Mountain View C.O.C. Belong to?
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
wow..ok..Well if the Church that Christ built could somehow be a "denomination" thats the one we belong to. The Church of Christ is un-denominational. do you think Jesus died for more than just what instrument is used in church, God made vs. man made. they dont belong in worship but if you can play the drums to uplift your brother or sister. Know that it is for them and not to God.
kcrig 3 years ago
so you approve of musical instruments like you do applause, jumping, and dancing? yes or no?
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
1 Corinthians 6:12
kcrig 3 years ago
I was expecting the answer to be either simply yes or no. that' all i want to hear. so let me ask you again and please give me simple straight answer....do you approve of musical instruments like you approve hand clapping, jumping, lifing your hands and cheering? YES OR NO?
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
It's not important what I approve. the bible says sing so we sing, with the instrument God gave us. worship belongs to God. he sees the heart. you can clap all day or sit there like a rock. if your heart is wrong it makes no difference. so I ask you, why are we talking about this? we should be talking about when the last time went to feed the hungry. gave someone clothes. told someone about the love of Christ. maybe at your church they sit and stand, say amen when told its ok to do so.
kcrig 3 years ago
if so, there must be a lot of sick and dying people outside the 4 quiet walls of your church. you can mock and add sound effects to preachers to show your hatered. yes they might be taching a false doctrine but can you minister to them face to face, teach them the One true Gospel of Christ? I hope you dont think God is giving you cool points just because you can add fart sounds to someone who does not know the truth. how is that effective in the kingdom?
kcrig 3 years ago
"yes they might be taching a false doctrine but can you minister to them face to face, teach them the One true Gospel of Christ"
-(A) The point here is that scripture identifies who these people are, what fruit (none) they bear, and what they teach. Until preaches teach expositoritly and not topical...they will be in the same condition.
TheBible is not a Book regarding "Me". It is a book regarding the savior of the world and those that are his representatives on earth as a collective.
amorrison32 3 years ago
All right, I see your point on the farting videos i made of Pentecostals....now hear my point.
The Bible didnt say to use Musical Instruments yet, The Bible didnt say to clap either. If you believe that the Bible forbids Musical Instruments and yet believe that calpping is ok in church...that dont make sense. I said this before...The Bible is just as silent about clapping, dancing, and jumping as much as it is with pianos, drums, and all musical instruments..DONT YOU SEE?
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
We are all trying to live up to what the first century Church did. Some have it all wrong some are close but misunderstand and adapt the nuances of the western culture religion. To worship exactly the way it was in the 1st cent, I dont know of a church in america that does it to the letter. Im sure i could find small faults at your church as I can in the Church of Christ. But I Praise God that Hell was not created for clappers. The Bible did say Sing(Rom 15:9,1CO 4:15,He 2:12, Eph5:19, Col 3:16)
kcrig 3 years ago
Do you know Bro. ben foster
gtman70 3 years ago
Christtards are SO RETARDED! Hello? "The Bible" is all fairy tale, you know! None of it ever happened and the laws of physics eliminate any "god".. Sorry, but that's reality for you. It's science.
winterstellar 3 years ago
Science reveals God more than theory tries to explain nature. But if thinking that there is no God helps you sleep at night, you better hope physics wakes you up. why is your reality a Godless one?
kcrig 3 years ago
i thought acapella church of christ were against clapping and lifting hands. or is it just african culture?
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
Clapping or not clapping is a personal preference. Sadly, in some areas its traditions are so deep that it's viewed as how it should be. I say lift the name of Jesus and speak, act, live in love!
kcrig 3 years ago
If God had simply said "Show Agreement" then Cheering, Applause, Lifting Hands, Whistling, and Dancing would have done the trick! but God did not simply say: 'Show Agreement' he said to say: 'Amen' only. Also dont Acapella Church Of Christ 'Speak when the Bible Speaks and be silent when the bible is silent'? No where in the New Testament did it say for Clapping to be in Worship. so that makes Clapping just as sinful as Musical Instruments!
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
Call clapping a 'personal prefrence' if you want, but the bible gives a clear proper way to worship in 1 Corithains 14:16 were it reads: ''Otherwise, if you bless with the Spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say 'Amen' at your giving of thanks since he does not understand what you say." The manner of Paul's question implies that the proper way to show agreement in worship service is to say 'Amen'. If God had simply said "Show Agreement" then clapping would be fine .
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
Why do you think that? We believe in the bible and the bible only.
gburn97 3 years ago
if you did then God is either really unhappy with the applause and cheering in your church and Mountain View C.O.C. in Dallas or he is Laughing at all of you be so ridicoulus in believing 'Musical Instruments are sinful!' yet you turn around and include things that are also not mentioned or commanded by God in the New Testament like Hand-Clapping, Cheering, Dancing, and Jumping.
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
who said they are sinful? I dont know where you live or if the internet is the only contact you have with the outside world, but you have the wrong idea about the Church of Christ. you seem to have a closed mind about many things and only open your bible/mind to fit you view point. know Jesus healed someone and he left jumping and rejoicing. let Jesus heal you and you might have something to shout,clap and praise him about.
kcrig 3 years ago
so you do indeed believe that it is okay to have musical instruments in church service.
well i believe musical instruments are fine too....but if there is any hand-clapping, jumping or all that stuff then it belongs to God....not the preacher, and not the person singing.
im glad you dont forbid musical instruments like the non-instrumental church of christ in myarea does..they are the ones with the wrong idea not me.
1050HzSineWaveTone 3 years ago
@1050HzSineWaveTone Think I answrd this quest b4. Bible gives specfc & genrc comnds. The bible says sing=spec exclsve Eph 5:19 books used is gen a prsnl pref. Absent script IS a prsnl pref as long we violate none of God's commnds 1 Cor 11:13-16. This is a case were we can us the silence of script. The Bible says we are to wrshp God/Spirit/truth Jhn 4:24 spec comnd exclsiv. We stand sit a prsnl pref as we hav NO SCRIPT. Dont get stupid w/script sayng it does not say 2 use books pews etc 1Tim1:6.
6153calme 2 years ago
@6153calme Most ppl r caught up n what the bible does not say rathr than what it does. bible says sing. It does not say play. Let's do what it says rather than wrest w/script ovr what they do not say 2Pet 3:15-17. The bible nevr say 2 say Amen in wrshp, but we can reasonably infer by script that is is alright 2 do so. Those who refus 2 do as bible says hav many excuses 2 not do as it says. As preacher say it is what it is. We find no script 4 mech inst n wrshp, it says sing so that we may teach.
6153calme 2 years ago
The Church Of Christ was founded by Christ not man. Ask your pracher who founded your religious dwelling.
deetermined1 3 years ago
Very inspirational!!!!
japannupe 4 years ago