How to really worship with swords?

 

Wake the Faith up Slayer… This is Garth Heckman with the David Alliance and you can reach me at

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WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO WORSHIP GOD? having a really good voice and singing? Playing an instrument? giving stuff to the needy? making a joyful noise? How about dancing? Or better yet, dancing with flags, in your church… and if you are a guy don’t look like a woman…

 

How do you worship God? Well I would never dance in church with a flag… I have been to churches that do that, and thats fine… it is distracting to me… but I do think if women can dance with flags in church then men should be able to dance with swords. Do a ninja dance swinging it around and flailing like they are killing things… I mean the bible is called the sword in Gods armor… just a thought. 

How’d your uncle die? Uh, sword accident in church… long story, but lets just say if your hands get slippery from anointing people with oil… don’t dance with swords… at least no in church…

 

 

Romans 12:1 NLT

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you.(it’s not enough to just give your heart or spirit or soul) Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

 

If you want to know the secret of success its pretty simple. Watch most people and do the opposite. 

 

When Paul writes to the church he is not just saying don’t copy the world… but don’t just copy the local Christian as well. How can I say that? Because he goes on to say “let God transform you by the way you think”. and so that you prove it by your actions… you test your new mind by becoming what God has called you to do through action.

 

Its not enough to just not follow the world, and its not enough to not just follow the behavior of other Christians, but rather allow God to renew your mind, and change your actions so that you become what he wants you to become. 

 

See in the english we think there is a correlation between conformed and transformed… but there is absolutely none in the greek. In the greek conformed means you literally morph into whatever is most pressing in on you. Like sillypuddy, whatever you press into it, it becomes that shape. The world presses in on us and we become that shape.

Transformed is from the inside out. It is like a seed that planted in the ground, covered and packed down by mud and dirt, covered in gravel and beat on by rain… but guess what it does not conform to any of those elements. It grows from the inside out. 

And how? Be the renewing of the mind. the word here in the greek is noose. It is neutral meaning if you put good things in, it will transform your actions to good things, if you put bad things in it will transform your actions to bad things, AND IF YOU PUT SPIRITUAL THINGS IN, IT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR ACTIONS INTO SPIRITUAL ACTIONS. 

 

 

 

 

Paul Goes on to say… don’t compare yourself to others… even the good people.

Here is what he says exactly… Because of the privilege and authority God has given me, I give each of you this warning: Don’t think you are better than you really are. Be honest in your evaluation of yourselves, measuring yourselves by the faith God has given us. Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

 

What’s he saying… don’t judge your actions by comparing yourself to others. Rather you have a special place, gift, work, job description - honestly judge yourself by asking “am I doing what God has called me to do?”… because if not, I am not really worshiping God to my best.

AGAIN… don’t be like the world or even the super Christian - rather be who God created you to be