Old Paths?

[AJ Miller]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

Don't want to be speaking for Mr Miller, yet,I don't think he was referring to the poster Old Paths, but what is referred to as old paths in the Apostolic movement.

You’ve spoken for me correctly.

[AJ Miller]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

A.J. what do you believe old paths to mean?

I’ve had ministers come to my church speak of the “Old Paths,” and I’ve come to understand it as the old practices and expressions of church life back in Pentecost. Kinda like an emphasis on prayer, the simplicity of the worship service, expecting God to perform miracles, and so on.

[AJ Miller]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

Old paths. Like singing out of a hymnal and no lights or smoke ? Sounds good to me.

Yeah I guess that’s one of the big contentions people have when mentioning the “Old Paths.” My local church isn’t involved with any of that; we mainly sing hymns, Gospel worship music is played in the service, we have tithe and offering, then we hear the Word preached with an altar call afterward.

[AJ Miller]

Originally Posted by Scott Pitta

I also like adult Sunday School. Sitting round the table and interacting with others as we listen and discuss the Scriptures is the best feature of our small church.

I think this is one thing that is not fulfilled in my local church setting. As someone who loves being taught more of God, and teaching others more of God, my church life kinda feels empty without this very important ministry.

[AJ Miller]

Originally Posted by jediwill83

Yeah. Dialogue is amazing in those settings.

I’ve never experience dialogue like that, and kinda yearn for it be quite frank. I go to a Bible college, but the dialogue here is a little disappointing and not as diverse as I’d want it to be.

[Scott Pitta]

We had plenty of dialogue in Bible college.

Our class has different age students from a variety of backgrounds. It flavors the discussions.

[jediwill83]

Originally Posted by AJ Miller

Yeah I guess that’s one of the big contentions people have when mentioning the “Old Paths.” My local church isn’t involved with any of that; we mainly sing hymns, Gospel worship music is played in the service, we have tithe and offering, then we hear the Word preached with an altar call afterward.

Well you gotta ask yourself....what old paths? How old are they and where did they originate?


Bro Billy Cole once said,"Some might say...well I got the HolyGhost down at the altar.....well you got it the Methodist way."


The point he wss making is that going to the "alter" as we know it began commonly in the Methodist movement which was a far cry from what it is today.


Let me just say this from the onset. God is real and God is good.


It can be a bit disconcerting however when you start the research history of standards and traditions...the enemy may try and harm your faith, in fact...you can be sure of it.


The questions you have come from a desire to know God and what you will also discover is that the answers you will find will reveal much about men and the nature of man.


You will read and hear information, facts and arguments and sometimes you will feel betrayed as if the information has been hidden from you but thats not always the case.


I started out extremely conservative and the more I discovered I became more liberal.


What I discovered is that conservative/liberal is two sides of the same coin of phariseeism.


I then sought God with my whole heart without agenda and with much fear...a Godly fear and now I follow things that would probably make both sides uncomfortable but are born out of using scripture in context.


We have good people here and we also have some snakes and even the good ones of us here can get a lil trollish and out of line because some of the discussions can just get plain stupid.


Take what you read here with a grain of salt. Dig in the Word to verify what you see and pray brother pray.


Truth more closely examined does not become any less of a measure of Truth.


Meaning dont be afraid to push back and test some things.


Paul called the Bereans noble for a reason....

[TakingDominion]

Originally Posted by jediwill83

Well you gotta ask yourself....what old paths? How old are they and where did they originate?


Bro Billy Cole once said,"Some might say...well I got the HolyGhost down at the altar.....well you got it the Methodist way."


The point he wss making is that going to the "alter" as we know it began commonly in the Methodist movement which was a far cry from what it is today.


Let me just say this from the onset. God is real and God is good.


It can be a bit disconcerting however when you start the research history of standards and traditions...the enemy may try and harm your faith, in fact...you can be sure of it.


The questions you have come from a desire to know God and what you will also discover is that the answers you will find will reveal much about men and the nature of man.


You will read and hear information, facts and arguments and sometimes you will feel betrayed as if the information has been hidden from you but thats not always the case.


I started out extremely conservative and the more I discovered I became more liberal.


What I discovered is that conservative/liberal is two sides of the same coin of phariseeism.


I then sought God with my whole heart without agenda and with much fear...a Godly fear and now I follow things that would probably make both sides uncomfortable but are born out of using scripture in context.


We have good people here and we also have some snakes and even the good ones of us here can get a lil trollish and out of line because some of the discussions can just get plain stupid.


Take what you read here with a grain of salt. Dig in the Word to verify what you see and pray brother pray.


Truth more closely examined does not become any less of a measure of Truth.


Meaning dont be afraid to push back and test some things.


Paul called the Bereans noble for a reason....

Jedi! Very good

[Michael The Disciple]

To some, no beards, no trimming hair for women. "Shouting" type services only.

[Esaias]

According to the Bible, the "old paths" are the ways prescribed by God in His Law-Word:

Jeremiah ch 6:

8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.
10 To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.
12 And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD.
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.