This is such a horrible false accusation. How is this okay?
The way I view church, music, and tithing are all changing
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marksman
My eldest granddaughter showing the result of her
If you read the New Testament scripture there is very little mention of music. In Acts 2 it says that they did four things when they met in their homes. They listened to and discussed the apostle's doctrine. They had fellowship. They prayed together and they shared a meal. In the Jerusalem Bible, it says that they shared their food gladly and generously.
In v 46 it says that they broke bread from house to house, and ate their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.
In those days and in that culture, breaking bread referred to eating a meal. It had nothing at all to do with communion.
Singing for 30 minutes could mean you are ignoring scripture. Not having a meal together could mean you are ignoring scripture. Replacing the meal with communion could mean you are ignoring scripture.
In v 46 it says that they broke bread from house to house, and ate their meat with gladness and singleness of heart.
In those days and in that culture, breaking bread referred to eating a meal. It had nothing at all to do with communion.
Singing for 30 minutes could mean you are ignoring scripture. Not having a meal together could mean you are ignoring scripture. Replacing the meal with communion could mean you are ignoring scripture.
quietthinker
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It could also mean you like singing; a pot luck hadn't been planned for and the communion was a meal.....a meal with significance.
Remember Jesus said, 'as oft as you do this...' .....the 'this' was a meal.
When i first joined our church they were big on meeting in each others homes and eating together and sharing. When we went to a Sunday gathering we never knew where we would eat lunch or who we might bring back to ours for lunch. Sadly it's not like that now.
marksman
My eldest granddaughter showing the result of her
It could mean you are ignoring scripture. There was no pot luck involved as preparing the meal was seen as a ministry. There was no communion when they met daily.
quietthinker
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Ignoring scripture? hmmmm, if one wants to be selective one could say that and regarding no pot luck, we don't know that definitively. What we do know is that many met daily and broke bread. Now it's your guess or mine what that might mean however, bouncing off Jesus words 'I am the bread of life' I can well imagine that when Jesus said 'as oft as you do this' could mean having a meal.......he is the real sustenance.
We could on the other hand make it a religious formality. I know which one I prefer.
marksman
My eldest granddaughter showing the result of her
We do know that definitively if you care to do the research which I have done. And it is not my guess what breaking bread means because I have done the research. It obviously was not a religious formality in the New Testament Church as evidenced by the research I have done and by what the scripture says that they ate their food with gladness.
