Hi Cloakk,
Hungry I come to you for I know you satisfyI am empty but I know your love does not run drySo I wait for youI'm falling on my knees, offering all of me. Jesus, you're all this heart is living for.
It goes against the truth. In other words, the words of the song does not reflect your faith currently and it does not reflect the promise for coming to Jesus in the first place.John 6: 35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.The other words of the song acts like you haven't received it yet even though you believe in Him. It seems to be a direct contrast, and makes the hearer think God would let them go so that you have to keep asking to be kept.
I trust in you for life to live, and air to breath....No longer bound.....I am just a man with a heart and sinful hands.I am a fallen victim.Lord, show me the way.I ask of you Father, let my words be your words.Let my thoughts be your thoughts.To you, I give my praise.Show me the way.Take me in your arms.Never let me go...
Some christian rock scares people in Haiti, a culture that shares a practise in voodooism. Former practitioners that hear the music being played on cassette or CDs from the offsprings of the missionary in their home, brought it to the attention of that missionary that the music is the same kind used to summon spirits. So I hope the missionary not wishing to cause offense and to cause a brother to stumble had his children not play those music anymore, but the report was given. So should we just play any music when really alone? I bought a CD that contained one of the songs that was played in the ending on an episode of a television show I used to watch. I had downloaded it onto my computer.. before the updated copyright laws says I couldn't do that, and as I read the words of the song, even though I love the tempo, it did not really reflect my faith so should I say words that deny Him as if I really did walk alone? So I took it off of the hard drive. It was gone completely when it started playing on my computer like some faint echo out of a tunnel, and I didn't push any button to do that. It was weird, but there it is. It makes me wonder about some of the other songs I had listened to in the past. Like Black Sabbath "Paranoid". After listening to it quite a bit, I had a nap, woke up, but I did not open my eyes on my own. I raised my head off of the pillow and spit across from my bed to the pciture of Jesus on my night stand, and as soon as I realize what was going on, I fought against it as my head was lowered unto my pillow and was forced to go to sleep as I growled against the action. When I woke up again, then I knew I was dreaming as I looked to the picture to confirm, and there was no spit on it. So I did not think much of it at the time, but hearing that song on my computer in real life, has made me wonder, especially as witnessed by those that are born again believers that came out of voodooism. So then this comes to the next question.How is God glorified?John 13: 31Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. John 17: 1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. Where is the Holy Spirit to be glorified in all of this? Yes, He is God, but on the subject of worship and glory and praises in the hymnals, where is the Holy Spirit to be gloried, or to be praised, or to be worshipped? I cannot find that practise anywhere in the New Testament. What I do find is HOW one worship... as IN Spirit... not OUT of Spirit.John 4: 18For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.Notice how He pointed out whom the "true worshippers" are? Is that significant enough to apply with these verses below about going to a place where Christ is.. or that "Spirit of Christ" when we are to worship God IN Spirit and not OUT of Spirit, calling for the "Spirit of God" to fall on them?Matthew 24: 23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25Behold, I have told you before. 26Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. 27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 2 Corinthians 13: 5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?But yet, we can see in some of the hymnals how one can disregard God's Words and just follow the crowd.Again, is it not written for a reason why the Holy Spirit is not mentioned in regards to glorying God as God with the Father and the Son? Is it not written to baptize in all of the three names? And yet, God the Father is only glorified througth the Son. By glorifying the Son, so id the Father. Where is the Holy Spirit in all of this glorying?John 16: 13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. Now note... same author.. same book... so I do not believe the absent of worshipping the Holy Spirit or glorifying the Holy Spirit with God the Father and the Son was an oversight. Why?John 5: 22For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. So when you stop honoring the Son....you are not honouring the Father. The Holy Spirit seeks to glorify the Son and tesify of Him, and so it is written plainly for us to do also.John 15: 26But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.So from this, true worshippers should worship God in Spirit and in truth, and our hymnals should reflect that faith so as to not glory in the day of Pentecoste as if it is an ongoing event in the life of a believer. We can baptize in the name of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost as a witness that the three are One God, BUT scriptures declare how we are to worship and praise and give glory to God.Philippians 2: 9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. How we sing and what we sing from our hymnals should reflect the faith we have in Jesus Christ as we worship God IN Spirit and IN truth...for truly, the only way to honor the Father is through the Son and the only way to glorify the Father is through the Son, thus worshipping God IN Spirit and IN truth. If that is what the Holy Spirit in us is doing in glorifying the Son and bearing testimony of the Son, then so should we. Why give praises or worship or glory to the Holy Spirit if the indwelling Comforter does not seek it nor is it written in His Word for us to do so?How important is this? As some reported getting drunk in the Spirit when they worship the Spirit to the extreme in its visitations...take note of verse 26 below.Luke 13: 24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: 26Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 28There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.I know that not everyone that sing those errant hymnals go in that direction, but no one can say that those hymnals don't point people in that direction... so why sing the hymnals that broadens the Way? According to His Words, let our hymnals reflect our faith so that none may go astray.To show what hymnals I am referring to as examples:
"Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow" which is also known as the "Doxology". I know shiloh has asked for text, but I am not certain I should show all of it, but I think I am allowed to point to the error. In the last verse, it starts from praising the Father and the Son.. and then went on to the Holy Ghost.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/p/r/praisegf.htmAnother one is entitled: "Glorify Thy Name" by Donna Adkins. There are three stanzas. I have sung it on numerous times in the past, but towards the latter days of my attending my former church before I left, I was convicted to not singing that last verse that the Lord through Holy Spirit in me did not want me to do according to His Words. entire text at this link:
http://www.worshiparchive.com/worship_chor...sp?t=song&id=67May the Lord guide you in discerning other hymns in regards to the Holy Spirit. I'm sure if you look in the table of content with the listing of hymns, you would find some centered on the Holy Spirit by the title alone! It does not reflect our faith if believers are singing it to happen!"O Holy Spirit, Enter In"
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/h/ohsentin.htm "Spirit of Faith, Come Down"
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/p/spifaith.htm"SPIRIT OF GOD, DESCEND UPON MY HEART"
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/o/sogdumyh.htm"SPIRIT OF GOD, THAT MOVED OF OLD"
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/g/sgtmoold.htm"SPIRIT OF HOLINESS, DESCEND"
http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/o/h/sohodesc.htmAnyway, these hymnals are misleading as even some believers are praying to the Holy Spirit, and why not? The hymnals do it! But His Words say the indwelling Holy Spirit seeks to point us to Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the Comforter as Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man.That is why some of the hymnals are unscriptural, and do not represent the current faith of the believer.A little leaven leavens a whole lump. That is why wayward believers seek after another spirit to receive which is after the rudiment of the world in how they seek after other spirits, but we have received the promise of the Spirit when we believed on Jesus as Our Saviour. Ephesians 1:12-15 & Galatians 3:14 & Matthew 9:17 & Colossians 2:5-10Thus the need to be seperate from the world. Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.May the Lord continue to help me to do this. Amen.