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Amos is not speaking about the nonsense being called "social justice" today. He is speaking of an entirely different system. The churches are to be charitable, but Paul directs us in this charity. Paul is explicit that only the truly deserving are to be helped. I can guarantee you Paul would not support "BLM".
Social justice is a term that has been around much longer than right-wing media. You’ve made an assumption that I’m talking about a right-wing caricature of social justice, not biblical social justice.
It’s a completely different culture, but the issues are the same. He’s talking about oppression of the poor, letting greed overtake equity and compassion, and distortion of justice so that the wealthy and elites have one system of justice, and the poor have another. There’s more to unpack in the passage, but those are some of the basics.
Actually Jesus and the leaders of the first century church said something quite different. Folks love to rip the “if you don’t work you don’t eat” phrase out of Paul’s writings and use that to undermine the full biblical witness. John points out that those who have material possessions and does not help their brother does not have the love of Christ in them (1 John 3:17). James defines pure and undefined religion as one that cares for widows and orphans (biblical shorthand for the poor and powerless) in James 1:27. He also blasts those who do not care for those who do not have the basic possessions of life — food shelter, and clothing — as having a dead faith (James 2:14-17).
You are the only one talking about BLM. That group never occurred to me in considering this passage. You seem to be debating a Fox News parody of what you assume I am.
That’s clear. You have been clueless the whole time, yet you accuse. I hope that’s a lesson to you.
I never mentioned the United States or the right-wing media misconception of social justice. That’s on you.
It does not matter whether this is "a burning issue" where I am from. The point of the thread is to establish biblically what Christians--regardless of where they are from--are to believe and practice concerning music and the occult.
You are ripping that out of context. Notice that I am referring to those who are powerless (slaves). Or perhaps you do understand and you would condemn the person who was raped as well as the rapist?
Paul has enough faith in the Corinthian congregation to know they were not ignorant of the world in which they lived. Remember, 1 & 2 Corinthians was written for us, but not to us. We are responsible for understanding the context. You are condemned to misinterpret scripture if you refuse to study ALL of it in context, not just your favorite passages.
True. And the Kingdom of God is already present and will overwhelm every other kingdom.
It’s a good thing that I didn’t do that.
True. But their desire to rape was only a symptom of their deeper issues (Ezekiel 16:49-50) with social justice. The men of the city wanted to oppress/dominate the visiting angels through rape (like prison rape). It was sexual violence that had nothing to do with sexual desire. Otherwise Lot would not have offered his daughters.
Excuse my ignorance, but you keep posting in generalities that I do not understand with the extreme examples you give. I know you have a more specific goal that you pushing towards. Please provide a more realistic example of songs and instruments that are actually in widespread use in today's church so I can discuss intelligently.
There is sufficient objective information available that shows that rock music is music of the occult. Christians who use rock music in worship disobey the divine prohibition against having fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness (Eph. 5:11).
We, as Christians, shouldn't use human skulls as drums.
That could be said of any music that uses harmony or is based on scale rather than maqam.
These statements are false and are merely your opinions. It is impossible for you to show factually that all music of the world was first originated or invented by occultists.
Lol...no, my position that music based on harmony and scale differs from the music initially considered suitable for worship is not false or opinion. It is a fact. That you are unaware is a bit bewildering as it is no secret. Christians often rejected what we now accept as traditional.
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Jesus did not experience any occult rhythms or drumming in worship. That is a bogus claim.
Speaking out against occult music is biblical. Your claim that I speak against occult music because it "does not tickle [my] ears" is false.
Of course Jesus didn't worship in the occult.
You repeatedly misrepresent what I say. I have never called all music that uses drums and rhythms satanic. That is a false claim that you are making.
