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Bible Question: Dear Saints, I wonder....In many churches in our land, it has become common practice to applaud. Applaud the choir. Applaud a soloist. Applaud the preacher when he makes a good point. Applaud just about everything but the collection plate :-).....What are your thoughts about this practice? Does it enhance the worship of God or detract from it? Is the worship service being turned into a performance? Is there any Scripture that might be applied to support or refute the practice? --Hank |
Bible Answer: Greetings Hank - Now, I know that this is a really OLD post, so dust off the cobwebs and revisit it with me OK? Just today I was wondering about clapping hands and so I searched the Forum before I asked the question - Aside from - "O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy." Ps 47:1 and "Then he brought the king's son out and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!" 2 Kings 11:12 - the scriptures that I found indicated that in the majority of instances, hands were clapped in a derogatory manner as a judgement against someone or thing. All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, "Is this the city of which they said, 'The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth'?" Lam 2:15; See also Job 27:23; 34:37; Ez 6:11, 21:14, 25:6 Now consider this verse: "I will also clap My hands together, and I will appease My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken." Ez 21:17 What do you make of this? Is applause misused or abused? mommapbs |