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NASB | Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre. |
Subject: Praise Dance Wrong Worship? |
Bible Note: Hi, Tamara... I think everyone understands what I'm talking about without my going into unedifying details. You asked, "How are we to know what is in folks hearts when they praise the Lord by dance?" This question reveals the presupposition that the only measure of God honoring worship only can be measured from the heart. That is not a Scriptural doctrine. God can only be worshipped -- and will only be worshipped -- through His explicitly directed means (Leviticus 10:1-4). Nadab and Abih -- indeed, Ananias and Sapphhira, too -- were killed by the Lord for what they did, not for an attitude nor a lack of sincerity. The example of David's dancing is from a narrative passage. The purpose of that narrative was not to give us instruction on normative practices. We have no NT didactic commentary commending such behavior. Worship is never something that arises just from the heart. Worship involves the whole man: his hands, his habits, his head, and his heart (see post #193547). In Him, Doc |