Bible Question:
Please help me. I attend many contemporary Christian worship services. I often have difficulty understanding the lyrics. Some examples: 1. "Let the river flow" 2. "Let your fire fall" 3. "Dance with me Jesus" I don't understand the lyrics to these songs and it makes my worship experience less than optimal. I finally put my foot down with the "Dance with me Jesus" worship song and now I have the Pastor and elders in conflict over the spiritual accuracy of asking Jesus to dance with us...not what I had intended at all! Does anyone else have difficulty over the spiriual accuracy of these songs? Do I really want Jesus to dance with me? Can I stop the river's flow? Isn't the fire falling from God a symbol of His judgment? Do I want any of these things aspart of my worship experiences? Please advise. Blessings! Bud Greenberg PSALM 133 |
Bible Answer: Scripture ... John 4:23-24, Eph 5:19, Col 3:16 ... Welcome to the forum, Bud Greenberg ... first we have changed the menaning of worship to mean what we want. Worship as defined by the Lord is getting our knees and faces on the ground before God, who has absolute rule over us. Second, there are hymns, choruses, and contempary songs that aren't 100 percent Biblical. I refuse to sing them ... and sometimes I will sing what the Bible says, when it is twisted. Today we sang a song with Wonderful Counselor that spilt the one title into two. I'll write our music director and ask why he sang a twisted Scripture song. I am not sure of the Biblical basis of the songs you mentioned. There should be something on the sheets you have. Plus, it sounds like you see that they are not ... and I think you are right. BTW none of these are worship songs. Because none of the activities are associated with worship. The church leadership needs to see that the songs probably aren't based on the Bible ... so study and present the truth to them. Searcher |