| THE PIED PIPER......DO WE WORSHIP THE WORSHIP? DO WE FOLLOW THE MUSIC......IS PRAISE MORE IMPORTANT THAN "THE WORD" ? WHAT CAPTURES OUR ATTENTION? DO WE COME TOGETHER FOR US OR FOR HIM? THE LAST DAYS ......CHRISTIANS WILL BE CAUGHT UP TO THE PLEASING OF THEM SELVES WHILE LOOKING LIKE THEIR ON FIRE FOR GOD! MULTITUDES FOLLOWING AFTER THE PIED PIPER. DID JESUS NEED THE WORSHIP TEAM TO DRAW THE CROWD OR WAS IT "THE WORD " THAT THE Y CAME TO HEAR ? HE THAT HAS EARS ......FOR THE MOST PART THE CHURCH HAS BEEN DECEIVED! CHANGING THE NAME ON THE BUILDING TO WORSHIP CENTER AND INTRODUCING CATCHY LITTLE SONGS THAT LEAVE OUT THE BLOOD... THE CROSS...THE RAPTURE...HOLINESS...SELF DENIAL... IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST.....HE IS A NEW CREATION.....OLD THINGS HAVE PAST AWAY..... IF THE MUSIC MOVES YOUR HIPS AND NOT YOUR HEART....... IS IT WORLDY.....POP.....ROCK & ROLL..... YOU LIGHT UP MY LIFE..... I'M DESPERATE FOR YOU..... YES I KNOW IT SOUNDS BAD BUT OF RECENT I WAS NOT ABLE TO KNOW IF THEY WERE SINGING TO THE LORD OR TO THEIR BOYFRIENDS............. FEIGNED WORDS MAKE MERCHANDISE OF YOU.....MY.....I MUST SAY THESE CD'S.....DVD'S.....VIDEO'S.....COST A LOT OF MONEY! NOT TO MUCH SEND WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD POLICY THESE DAYS SURELY GODS PEOPLE KNOW IT COSTS MONEY TO GET IT OUT..... WHAT ABOUT LIVING BY FAITH AND TAKING AN OFFERING..... I KNOW.....IT'S HARD HAVING TO CHECK THE MAIL BOX FOR THE GENEROSITY OF THE SAINTS! BUT THATS HOW IT GO'S AMEN! YES INDEED THE PIED PIPER IS ALIVE AND WELL BUSINESS IS BOOMING!!!!!!! COME OVER HERE WAS THE CRY THE APOSTLE PAUL HEARD..... YES SO FEW SEEMED TO BE CALLED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL YET THOUSANDS IN GROUPS, TEAMS, BANDS, ETC......THERE ARE SO MANY CALLED TO THE MUSIC MINISTRY WE DO KNOW IT IS NOT OF GOD.............SINNERS GOING TO HELL.....MILLIONS BY THE MONTH BUT I MUST BUY THE LATEST MUSIC. WE KNOW SINGING AND PRAISING ARE TO BE PART OF OUR GATHERING TOGETHER; BUT JESUS IS TO HAVE THE PRE-EMINENCE IN ALL THINGS AS THE BODY COMES TOGETHER. IN THE EARLY CHURCH THERE WAS NOT THE FORM THAT WE HAVE TODAY.....WHAT HAPPENED.....MAN TOOK OVER.....TOOK THE CONTROL OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE HOLY GHOST NOW THE EMPHASIS IS ON MAN'S ABILITY.....ENTERTAINMENT.....MINE.....ART.....THERATER.....DRAMA..... SPECIAL ARTIST'S.....RECORDING STARS! I THOUGHT JESUS WAS OUR STAR! MENS NAMES WITH PEOPLE SCREAMING AFTER THEM! WHERE HAS THE CHURCH FALLEN TO......BACK IN THE EARLY CHURCH GOD USED THE BODY TOGETHER AS HE WOULD HAVE IT TO BE! NOT FROM A MAN-MADE PLATFORM! THE BIBLE TELLS US HOW IT SHOULD BE..... BUT WE CHANGED IT! 1ST. COR 14 V 26...........PLEASE READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY THE WHOLE BODY SHOULD WAIT BEFORE ' THE LORD' AND ENTER IN AS THE SPIRIT MOVES.....NOT BEING LED BY SOMEONE FROM A PLATFORM.....THERE WAS NO PLATFORMS IN THE HOUSE MEETINGS.....AND IT IS UTTER FOOLISHNESS TO HAVE THEM TODAY! THEY ARE NOT NECESSARY AND DO IN FACT CREATE A TWO TIER SYSTEM .....WE SEE FROM THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE THAT THE ALTAR WAS NOT CARRIED OVER FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. TODAY WE HAVE SETTLED NOT ONLY FOR MANS DENOMINATIONS BUT FOR HIS PROGRAMS OF THE FLESH WHICH AMOUNT TO HIGH TECH ENTERTAINMENT WITH NO CONVICTION......ONE MORE SERVICE IS OVER. ONE MORE TIME DR. FEEL GOOD HAS WORKED HIS MAGIC AND ASSURED EVERY ONE THAT YOUR FEELING CONDEMNED MUST BE THE DEVIL EVEN IF YOU ARE TRYING TO WORSHIP OVER THE TOP OF SIN AFTER ALL GOD UNDERSTANDS AND IF WE WILL JUST PRAISE HIM UNTIL THE BREAKTHROUGH COMES! SO MUCH EMPHASIS PUT ON PRAISE.....WORSHIP.....POWER.....BINDING.....THE NEXT LEVEL ETC. WHAT ABOUT GODLY SORROW.....REPENTENCE..... SEEING OUR SELVES AS SELFISH.....NOT LOVING OUR NEIGHBOUR AS OUR SELVES. A LACK OF LOVE FOR THE THINGS THAT JESUS CALLS US TO ......HIS BRIDE.....MISSIONS WE MUST GET HONEST WITH OURSELVES................... MUSIC......AND ALL THAT GOES WITH IT HAS OVER RUN MOST OF THE CHURCH WORLD.....IN FACT THE WORLD'S MUSIC HAS GOT INTO THE CHURCH! ROCK&ROLL WITH A LITTLE JESUS SPRINKLED ON TOP. SO CALLED CHRISTIAN MUSIC THE PIED PIPER HAS DECEIVED MOST OF THE ENDTIME CHURCH! YES FOR SURE WE DO BELIEVE AND OUR BLESSED BY GODLY MUSIC & SINGING.....I FOR ONE LOVE INSTRUMENTS AND THE FREEDOM TO LIFT MY HANDS UP.....TO BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND AND SING PRAISE'S.....BUT GOD IS HOLY.....I MUST REMEMBER THAT......I MUST NOT MAKE HIM LIKE A POP STAR.....I FOR ONE KNOW THAT IF JESUS WAS HERE AS IN THE FORM BODILY.....AS HE WALKED THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM.....IT WOULD NOT BE A JUKING & JIVING JESUS WE WOULD BE TALKING WITH.....BACK SOME YEARS AGO IN ENGLAND I CAME ACROSS A POSTER FOR AN ALL NIGHT YOUTH RALLY.....IT SAID..... COME ROCK WITH THE FLOCK & JAM WITH THE LAMB THE PASTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WILL HAVE TO MEET GOD YOU CAN NOT GET THIS FAMILIAR.....AND NOT ANSWER FOR IT. MUSIC...MUSIC...MUSIC...GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT...NOT WHAT THEY NEED! JESUS IS NOT MY MUSIC BUDDY.....FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE HIM ENDURED THE CROSS, DESPISING THE SHAME HEB:12, 2. PRAY FOR PASTORS THAT THEY MAY FIND THE FEAR OF THE LORD OUR MAIN THRUST SHOULD BE SENDING GROUPS...TEAMS TO THE MISSION FIELD WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL... MUSIC IS JUST TO COMPLIMENT AND HELP..."WITH THE WORK" THE WORD AND THE WORK OF GOD IS TO COME FIRST IN EVERY GENERATION...THIS IS THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL GOD IS NOT TRYING TO DO A NEW THING, BUT TO GET US BACK TO THE OLD THING..."GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE! MAY GOD GIVE US THE GRACE TO DO THIS AND NOT MAKE MORE MUSIC...WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF THAT AT THE COST of THE OTHER! IF WE WOULD SPEND MORE OF OUR TIME IN PRAYER AND STUDY AND OUTREACH....WITNESSING AND LESS TIME IN THE PURSUIT OF MUSIC AND SONG, THOUGH THIS IS GOOD IT IS CLEARLY TOP-HEAVY AND NOT THE BALANCE OF THE LORD! |
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