[Church_of_Christ] Re: The Melting Pot
Dear Clay, ED
The worship in our assembly does not even resemble the worship in the
Temple (OT). It is, however, very much like the synagogue services of
the Jews in the first century.
--- In Church_of_Christ@
<claynashvilletn@
>
>
> Ed said to Norman:
> God reveals; man reasons. You and I can't get around it. To reason
that
> God revealed this or that to be done by Christians today does not
> constitue making law and binding it when and if God indeed intended it
> to be followed.
>
> Clay's response:
> Ed explain to me when it comes to Old Covenat "Assembled worship" why
> they only had to obey very simple, very detailed commands?
>
> What did they do under the Old Covenant during the times they were
> "assembled for worship" that was not a direct command that God
revealed
> and man reasoned?
>
> Can you give us anything God revealed and man reasoned under the Old
> Covenant for an "assembled temple worship" that man did?
>
> What changed Ed?
>
> They strictly obeyed commands when they assembled for worship under
> the Old Covenant.
>
> They were commanded as to what specific days they were required to
> assemble for worship.
>
> They each knew specifically what each was to do in the assembled
> worship.
>
> Nothing was left to chance when they were still under "worship law"
and
> they only did in assembled worship what they were commanded to do.
>
> HERE COMES THE QUESTION:
>
> Where are the commands for an assembled worship under the New
Covenant?
>
> What day or days are we commanded to assemble for worship?
>
> What specifice things are we commanded to do when assembled for
worship?
>
> Were you SHOCKED when it first dawned on you that we are not commanded
> to assemble for worship under the New Covenant?
>
> No specific day or days to assemble on for worship.
>
> No spefic acts to complete when assembled for worship.
>
> Why did God break from His historical pattern of giving commands?
>
> Why did He change?
>
> I suggest He did not change.
>
> He didn't give us any worship commands because he did not intend for
us
> to have any.
>
> We are realeased from "worship assembly law"
>
> That is the ONLY reason we had to MAKE SOME UP FOR GOD.
>
> I believe it was Ray that said, God didn't need to reinvent the wheel,
> he had already commanded us to assemble for worship under the Old
> Covenant.
>
> If that is true,then what exactly do we have to do to please God now
> when we assemble for worship under this new and better covenant?
>
> None of us want to be Nadab and Abihued.
>
> Grace and peace Clay
>
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