Worldliness

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Worldliness
Credit Given to Donnie Rader for some of the
material in this lesson. See his sermon on
Dancing at http//www.truthmagazine.com/ppt0.html
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Worldliness
Dancing The Prom
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Dancing Defined

• Dance is an expression in rhythmic movement of
  an intensified sense of life, arising from an
  inner perception that stimulates both mind and
  body. - Groliers
  Dictionary

• Is ALL rythmic movement wrong in ALL
  circumstances? No.

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Various Types of Dances

• abstract dance alegrias allemande ballet
  ballo ballroom dance barn dance basse danse
  beguine belly dance bergamasca Bharat Natya
  bocane bolero bop bossa nova bourree
  breakdown bugaku bunny hopbunny hug cachucha
  cakewalk canary cancan
• carioca carmagnole

cha-cha Charleston clog conga contredanse
cotillion country dance courante czardas
dancercise djanger ecossaise
fandangofarandole flamenco fling foxtrot
galliard galop gavote ghost dancegigue
gopak habanera haka highland fling hoedown
Mexican hat minute modern dance morris dance
one-step ox dance pas de deux paso doble
passacaghlia pavane peabody polka polonaise
quadrille rain dance reel rigadoon round
dance rumba salsa saltarello samba saraband
schottische seguidilla shag shimmy
shuffle siciliano skirt dance slow dance
snake dance soft-shoe square dance stomp
swing sword dance tambourin tango tap dance
tarantella Texas two-step toe dance trepak
turkey trot two-step villanella Virginia reel
waltz Washington Post west coast swing
zapateado
hop hora hula hussle interpretive jazz
dancejig jitterbug joropo jota juba kathak
kazatsky kebiyar khon kolo Lambeth walk
legong limbo lindy macarena malaguena mambo
manipuri maxixe mazurka merengue
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What Kind of DancingIs Under Discussion?
Mutual Bodily Contact and/or
Rhythmic Sensual Movement
may includeRomantic / Exciting
AtmosphereLights, Music, Beat etc.
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Why Shouldnt Single Christians Dance? Or Go To
The Prom?

• How can we say it is wrong when no passage
  specifically forbids it?
• World thinks it is an innocent thing.
• Why do some Christians see nothing wrong with
  dancing encourage it?
• Many know it is wrong want to be able to better
  defend their belief.

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Not ALL Dancing Is Wrong

• The Bible contains examples of dance when
  rejoicing before God.
• Miriam prophetesses danced after deliverance
  from Egypt (Ex. 1520)
• David danced with all his might when he brought
  the ark back to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 614
• There was dancing when the Prodigal Son returned
  (Luke 1525)

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Not ALL Dancing Is Wrong

• This dancing cannot be compared with modern
  dancing.
• always performed by self or with people of the
  same gender
• no indication of sensuality
• never performed for entertainment or amusement,
  only for rejoicing

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Not ALL Dancing Is Wrong

• Some dancing in the Bible is understood to be
  wrong.
• Children of Israel at the incident of the golden
  calf (Ex. 326, 19-25).
• Herodias before Herod when her mother asked for
  the head of John the Immerser (Matt. 146-8).

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The Appeal Is Sexual

• Testimony of The World

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Sexual Appeal?The World Admits It
Prof. W. C. Wilkerson of Chicago University a
system of means, contrived with more than human
ingenuity, to excite the instinct of sex
action. T. A. Vogner, former supervisor of the
Dancing Academy in CA No woman can waltz well
and waltz virtuously.
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Sexual Appeal?The World Admits It
J. P. Gibson, MD Among those who dance it is
noteworthy that very few girls spend much time
dancing with other girls. Neither do men dance
very much with own wives, nor brothers with their
own sisters... the secret of the popularity of
dancing (or is it a secret) is the exciting,
sexual stimulation resulting from the close
embrace of male and female, whether it be with
music in dancing or without music in petting and
necking.
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The Appeal Is Sexual

• Testimony of The World
• Remove The Sexual And Kill The Dance
• Bodily Contact
• Lewd Movements
• Boys w/ girls
• Stop the Music same actions would be called
  petting

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The Appeal Is Sexual
If a young man takes a young girl to the Prom
the parents are proud! If they engage in the
same action in the living room send him home!
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The deeds of the flesh
Galatians 519-21

• Impurity uncleanness thoughts, speech,
  actions
• Sensuality lasciviousness, indecency,
  licentiousness
• Fornication illicit sexual intercourse
• Those who practice such things will not inherit
  the kingdom of God

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LasciviousnessGreek aselgeia
Passages Gal. 519 1 Pet. 43 Rom. 1313 2
Pet. 27
Defined Unbridled lust wantoness shamelessness
wanton (acts or) manners, as filthy words,
indecent bodily movements, unchaste handling
of males and females (Thayer, p. 79-80)
How Used Sensuality That which leads to or
contributesto lust.
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All that remains of wickedness
James 121

• Any and all activities that promote the deeds of
  the flesh should stop.
• Comparatively harmless is not the same as
  harmless.
• We do not compare an activity to MORE sinful
  activities to determine whether the activity is
  right or wrong. We compare it to the Bible!

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Make no provision for the flesh
Romans 1314

• Someone who doesnt want to marry shouldnt date
  someone who doesnt want to become violent
  shouldnt lose his temper and someone who
  doesnt want to engage in lasciviousness or
  fornication shouldnt dance.
• Flee fornication (2Timothy 222)

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Do not participate in theunfruitful works of
darkness
Ephesians 511

• Going but not dancing tells everyone you
  approve of their activities it certainly does
  not expose them.
• Non-participation is not as obvious as you might
  think.
• Non-participation can easily become participation
  if we give ourselves the opportunity.

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Walk by the Spirit, and you willnot carry out
the desires of the flesh
Galatians 516

• What are other appeals of dancing?Peer pressure?
  Fun? Stimulation?
• Do we want those things more than we want to
  walk by the Spirit?
• Self-control is part of the fruit of the Spirit
  (Galatians 523) we need to exercise some.

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Why Do You Want To Dance?

• DANCING IS FUN
• A lot of sins are fun.
• Heb. 1125 Moses resisted the temporary
  pleasures of sin.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• THERE IS NO SEXUAL CONNOTATION WITH ME IN
  DANCING
• Then why dont boys dance with boys?
• Dancing is lust-oriented.
• 1 Pet. 211 we are to abstain from fleshly
  lusts.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• DANCING DOESNT AFFECT ME THAT WAY I CAN
  HANDLE IT.
• Rom. 1415 you may affect someone else that
  way.
• Will our actions cause a weaker brother or sister
  to fall?

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• BOYS WILL HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS ANYWAY.
• Maybe so, but you dont throw matches at dynamite
  just because it will explode anyway.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• I WONT FIT IN IF I DONT GO EVERYONE ELSE IS
  DOING IT.
• Matt. 713- it is difficult to get to heaven
  sacrifices must be made.
• A Christian must stand out from the crowd, not
  blend in.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• ILL BE RIDICULED IF I DONT GO.
• Matt. 512 Yes, you probably will.
• 1 Pet. 416 we will suffer sometimes as a
  Christian.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• THERE WILL BE CHAPERONES THERE.
• Then that makes it chaperoned sin.
• Chaperones cannot control your thoughts.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• ILL JUST GO AND WATCH.
• If its wrong to dance, why would it be OK to
  watch?

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• THE BIBLE DOESNT SAY NOT DANCE.
• Gal. 519 In reality, it does.

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Why Do You WantTo Dance?

• BECAUSE I WANT TO, NO MATTER WHAT GOD SAYS.
• This is the only reason to go to the dance.

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Do You See The NeedTo Preach On Dancing?
Homer Hailey It is true that only a minority
of church members dance, and possibly a small
minority but to whatever degree dancing is
tolerated among members of the body, to just that
degree the church tends toward the world, and
allows the spirit of the world to infiltrate it.
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Have You ObeyedThe Gospel?
Hear The Word (Rom. 1017) Believe That Jesus
is the Son of God (Acts 837) Repent of Your
Sins (Acts 238) Confess That Jesus is the Son
of God (Acts 837) Be Baptized for Forgiveness
of Sins (Acts 238) Live Faithfully Until You
Die (Rev. 210)