WHY A CHRISTIAN SHOULD NOT DANCE

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WHY A CHRISTIAN SHOULD NOT DANCE?
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SCHEDULE

• Dancing defined
• Dancing in the Bible
• Dancing in history
• Points for reflection

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SCHEDULE

• Dancing defined
• Dancing in the Bible
• Dancing in history
• Points for reflection

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DANCING DEFINED

• A rhythmical skipping and stepping, with
  regular turnings and movements of limbs and body
  usually to the accompaniment of music
• Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

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SCHEDULE

• Dancing defined
• Dancing in the Bible
• Dancing in history
• Points for reflection

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DANCING IN THE BIBLE

• Pagan Dance Exodus 3219
• Celebratory Dance 2 Samuel 614-16. In this
  instance the word dance means to leap with joy,
  not dance in the proper sense.
• Social Dance Judges 2121. Here dancing is
  associated with an age of apostasy.

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Dancing in the Bible

• 4 Religious Dance Psalm 3011, 1493, 1504,
  Jeremiah 314, 13. It appears that dancing may
  have played some role in Old Testament worship.
  Its purpose was limited as it is rarely
  mentioned. It is clear that it had no sensual
  implications and was not a performance but was
  something carried out to the glory of God.
  Therefore it CANNOT be used to justify 21st
  Century dancing.

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Dancing in the Bible

• 5 The Immoral Dance, Mark 622.
• a Only mention of dancing in the New Testament.
• b The dance persuaded Herod to kill John the
  Baptist against his better judgement.
• THE SCRIPTURES DISCOURAGE DANCING

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SCHEDULE

• Dancing defined
• Dancing in the Bible
• Dancing in history
• Points for reflection

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DANCING IN HISTORY

• Ancient History
• a Egyptians practised pagan dances which
  were very immoral.
• b Hindus composed dance manuals.
• c Roman dances were so evil that some Romans
  were totally opposed.
• NOTE THE CONNECTION WITH FALSE RELGIONS AND
  SINFUL LIVING

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DANCING IN HISTORY

• 2 Early Church
• Christians do not deliver up half a kingdom nor
  another mans head but their own souls to
  inevitable destruction.where dancing is there is
  the devil.dancing is the devils invention.
• Chrysostum (An early Church Father)

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DANCING IN HISTORY

• 3 Middle Ages
• a Dancing began to be accepted by the church.
• b It eventually became a part of worship.
• c This coincided with the apostasy of the early
  church into what we call the Roman Catholic
  Church.
• d Dancing at this time was also used in civic
  festivals (e.g. Maypole)
• e Notable Christians such as John Wycliffe and
  John Huss opposed the practice.

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DANCING IN HISTORY

• 4 The Reformation
• If anyone sings songs that are unworthy,
  dissolute or outrageous or spin wildly round in a
  dance, or the like he shall be imprisoned for
  three days
• John Calvin

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DANCING IN HISTORY

• 5 After the Reformation
• a Dancing became an activity between a man and a
  woman ( before it was mostly single sex).
• b The puritans said that this broke the 7th
  Commandment, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
• c As dancing moved from the ballroom to the
  disco Christians have consistently opposed it as
  something worldly and wrong.
• ARE WE TO CHANGE THE POSITION OF CHRISITIANITY ON
  THIS MATTER NOW

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SCHEDULE

• Dancing defined
• Dancing in the Bible
• Dancing in history
• Points for reflection

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POINTS FOR REFLECTION

• 1 Dancing which involves immodest dress and / or
  physical contact between the sexes is in breech
  of the 7th commandment Matthew 528.
• What is wrong with the dance? Child of the
  Brothel, sister of Drunkenness, Lewdness, Divorce
  and Murder, the Mother of Lust A Road To Hell.
  John R. Rice.

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POINTS FOR REFLECTION

• 2 Dancing introduces you to ungodly company.
• 3 Dancing is accompanied by ungodly music.
• 4 Could you witness to sinners at a dance?
• 5 Would Jesus Christ have attended a dance?
• 6 Has the solid opinion of believers through the
  centuries been wrong?

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CONSIDER THESE VERSES

• Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
  whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
  are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
  things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
  report if there be any virtue, and if there be
  any praise, think on these things. (Php 48)
• For of him, and through him, and to him, are
  all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen. (Ro
  1136)
• Abstain from all appearance of evil. (1Th
  522)