Recently I’ve witnessed many discussions exchanged around the social forum on “whether or not we can dance in a church” and some say it is wrong to dance in church and some say it is ok to dance in other than churches and some stay skeptically silent.
Some group say it is ok to dance in halls, rooms, retreat center, etc and definitely shouldn’t be in church, I was perplexed to understand, what made them to draw to such understanding, is church considered to be a holy place? But Certainly not. As we are the temple of the god, if anyone defile his temple then god shall destroy the temple. As the heart is deceitful above all things – Jer17:9. Holiness start from the holy spirit, conceives in our hearts through the word of God. so you cannot take the church as a spiritual source for holiness rather it is just a building ease us to gather in his name for praising him, hearing the word of god and to grow up in fellowship.
Where two or three gather together in my name then I shall be there says the – Lord Jesus (Mat 18:20). So wherever we gather the lord is there, whilst isn’t it interesting to consider that our god is an omnipresent god as well and it is imperative to revisit our studies and lay the foundation on Jesus Christ once again and now it is not too late to start, Coz today is the day of salvation.
However we aren't supposed to do anything we want or like to do rather draw the line of resistance from the word of god and to adhere to the church principles drawn from the source ( word of God).
Where two or three gather together in my name then I shall be there says the – Lord Jesus (Mat 18:20). So wherever we gather the lord is there, whilst isn’t it interesting to consider that our god is an omnipresent god as well and it is imperative to revisit our studies and lay the foundation on Jesus Christ once again and now it is not too late to start, Coz today is the day of salvation.
However we aren't supposed to do anything we want or like to do rather draw the line of resistance from the word of god and to adhere to the church principles drawn from the source ( word of God).
Prov14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a man, and the end is the way of death”.
India is a country blended with multi linguistic people amalgamated with different cultures. In northern parts of India there are so many tribal people (Santali, Sadri, Maithili), who has dance as their traditional cultures, if anyone invited as a guest to their place, they will be welcomed with their traditional dance and garland. Some wash your hands and wipe it off with the small towel. They does this out of love and respect.
So far Christianity is concerned, fundamentally we believe in the Trinity God which is the Father, son and the Holy spirit but the modes of worshipping pattern differs from each church denomination without deviating from the new testament commandments. Albeit few Christian community changed the fundamental doctrines as well which is not relevant to discuss here. However here are something’s to ponder upon;
· We ask questions not knowing why we are asking
· We follow Jesus not knowing why we are asked to follow
· We raise concerns not knowing is it a concern to us or elsewhere
· We look for prejudice answers
We actually come to an understanding by reading the excerpts from the bible and build a theology around it which is wrong, we need to develop the habit of understanding by reading the whole context like why it was said, when it was said, to whom it was said & at what situation and all these things are necessarily needs to be focused on.
Dancing is not wrong, but our intention determines on the basis of why do we do? And our modesty dress codes determines on the basis of who are we? and regarding the dress codes you may visit the topic dress codes in my Blog.
--- wilsonpraveen
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