Whose interpretation is correct?
In a rathare large mega church some years ago, I heard a preacher preach against rock music, but he dared not preach against country music because that was ground he didn’t wish to trod. This was to the delight of the older crowd but to the consternation of the younger crowd there.
The parents were telling their kids to not listen to rock music, and the kids replied “but you listen to country music and songs that talk about adultery, fornicating, drunkenness, etc.”
Music is not bad, I mean David even stripped down to a loin cloth and danced in the streets.
Most of the people I know who don’t like dancing, don’t like because they think it will lead to fornication.
In the very olden days when the waltz came about it was scandalous that people touched hands.
My foster dad always said, that if you like to dance dance, but it is why you dance that maybe the problem, but if someone around you becomes judgmental and angry because you dance - stop because you are instrumental in their sin, as in stumbling.
I guess that could the same for everything.
Sin in its simplest terms is anything that separates you from God Almighty.
I have been at church where people dance to the Lord, they are worshiping with fervor but have coronaries if people go to a dance.
There are somethings which are clearly spelled out as sin in the Bible, the others we must use wisdom.
(Oh, I do have a funny joke about dancing and a particular denomination but if you are of that denomination you might not laugh and I know there are those on FR who are also of that denomination.....yet I really would like to tell it)- yes I’ll slap myself.
The preacher was inveighing against foul language, gambling and drunkenness, and all the Amen Sisters in the church were nodding and smiling in approval. Then he expanded into condemning factions, vanity and gossip, and started getting some frowns from the ladies.
One of them commented afterwards, "Preacher, you were good at preachin', until you got into meddlin' --
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