Students at Liberty University are praising and celebrating Jesus.
Notice how no one is rioting or fighting? AMAZING!
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LET'S GOOoOoooo!!!
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Something about that kind of jumping bothers me in the context of praising Jesus. I don't know why but it comes across as prideful to me.
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I like my Jesus praises to be a little more reverent you know? lol
Wow... I thought you were being sarcastic.
Here is what the bible says:
Acts 3:6-10
6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
.....and I could give you probably ten more passages of scripture that talk about jumping and praising God.
Maybe you should read your bible more....
Leaping up in that context makes me think of a child-like wonder and playfulness which suggests more of a humility before God to me. I know it's very nitpicky of me, but find somewhere that it says a crowd rhythmically leaped with swagger. I would imagine all the leaping and jumping that happened in the Bible would be sporadic and as a result of surprise and extreme joy that leads to the person reverting to a childhood sense of wonder. To be clear this is not a hill that I would die on necessarily, it's just my impression of this type of dance. It's the same leaping you'd see at a heavy metal concert or a gangster rap concert. I don't think that dancing in general is blasphemous or anything, but I just feel there are more fitting things to do to praise Jesus. I'm even a heavy metal fan myself, so maybe this type of leaping I just don't associate with the same Sunday church vibes of praising the lord. I don't think it's morally wrong, I just think it's off-putting.
Thank you so much. I didn't know the passages but I know it's ok if David did the dancing on the streets celebrating the lord.