GCSDA
Corruption #23
The following article was in the May 2002 issue of the Adventist
Review.
This very vividly illustrates how effectively the adversary
is influencing
our people to sacrifice "Truth" in favor of the "Warm
Fuzzies" of the
"Social Gospel":
"...there's nothing wrong with worshiping on Sunday
too" May 2002 -
Adventist Review, pg. 14 - NAD Edition
Family
Matters by Kay Kuzma
Let's Just Praise the Lord
"I was raised a
Baptist, but I attended a series of evangelistic
meetings, and 1 now believe
in the seventh-day Sabbath. I love my
Sabbath school class, and the message
at church is good, but I miss
the praise and worshipful singing part of the
church service. I feel
like I'm starving to death. Sometimes I think about
going to a
Baptist church, but I don't believe in their beliefs any longer.
But
then again, I don't believe in everything at the church I'm at now.
What can I do?--Joyful
"Dear Joyful: I love praise services too. We
right-brained people
need to feel and respond to God's love with our body
language. There
are a lot of left-brained people, however, who were drawn to
the
Adventist Church because they saw the logic of Bible truth, and they
don't understand us. Many are afraid that a show of emotion will lead
to
extremes.
So what should we do? I urge you to enjoy the diversity of
God's
church family and pray for flexibility, for openness to new forms of
worship, and for a loving tolerance of each other. Raise your hands
when
you feel like it--especially if the words of the songs you sing
tell you to,
Any song can be a praise song if sung with emotion
(although it seldom
happens with heads buried in hymnals).
You might suggest that your church
select a few hymns to memorize, so
they can put the hymnals down and look up
to God. Start with a slow,
meaningful version of "Holy, Holy, Holy." Our
little church group is
memorizing scripture songs; it's really fun. The
children sing with
us, and they're eager to raise their hands to the Lord
and clap as
the words of the song may indicate. We're also learning to sign
some
songs, since one of our members is a deaf teenager.
There's no
question that the seventh day is holy time. But when
you're hungering for
something more, there's nothing wrong with
worshiping on Sunday too. Just
don't give up one for the other. Plus,
it's a great way to witness to others
about the Bible truth you've
found. And keep playing the praise CDs in your
home, singing out,
raising your hands, and praising the Lord."
Kay
Kuzma, Ed.D., is founder and speaker of Family Matters.
Send your questions
and comments to:
Dr. Kay c/o Family Matters
1105 Big Creek Road
LaFollette, TN
37766
