I have been in services where they talked all about God and not to Him and worked themselves up into some kind of frenzy.
I've also been in services where the entire focus has been talking to God and worshiping Him and telling Him how great He is and how holy He is, and worthy and His glory has fallen.
I'm not sure which kind of service you think this is, or what it is about this service that you're fond of, so I'm not going to comment further.
__________________
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor, either we’ve got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we’ve got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition — and then admit that we just don’t want to do it."
-Steven Colbert
When there is 23 seconds left, you'll notice Borat on the left side of the video, planning his next visit.
__________________ If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart...
Abraham Lincoln
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. - Eph. 4:29
"As the time of the end draws near," saith the LORD, "there will be greater emphasis on worship than upon righteousness."
This video brings to mind the aforementioned essence of an interpretation for a "message in tongues" received during the famed Azuza Street revival of the early 20th Century in Los Angeles, California (paraphrased, of course).
Why is it that so many are quick to stress worship, while righteousness seems to be relegated to a secondary role? Are we witnessing the fulfillment of the noted Azuza Street prophecy?
Lafon - why did you mention people being unrighteous? I'm not sure how you get that from watching people praise and worship.
Amanah, I think you've misunderstood the things which I penned. My point was simply that God has said that as the time for the end draws near, there would be a greater emphasis directed upon worship than there would be regarding righteous - meaning, I believe, we will focus more of our attention upon worshipping Him than in taking heed to and following after the ways of righteousness... not that worship is in any way an unrighteous activity.
Should one worship God? Of course! He is worthy of all of the praise we might give unto Him for the things which He does, and has done, for us. However, I am convinced that this must never be our first concern, or item of importance. God desires that we both embrace and publish truth (i.e., righteousness), and I fear that we, as a corporate body of His saints, have not yet attained the unity of thought and purpose which He demands which will enable us to accomplish that. The disparity of beliefs expressed in this forum alone should provide sufficient, indisputable evidence of this.... it seems we, more often than not, and despite all of the back and forth contentious debating, can never attain a unified, scripturally defined consensus concerning a variety of issues which we should be of the same mind about.
Having said that, the question is whether we are focusing more of our attention upon worship than we are upon righteousness. I, for one, believe that we, as a corporate body of "born again" saints of God, are doing exactly that! For this reason I am inclined to hold to the belief that we are witness to the fulfilling of the aforementioned Azuza Street revival prophetic message.
Hybrid Mode
