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Originally Posted by Puddleglum I don't think I've explained myself very well. | Don't feel too badly about that, I never seem to explain myself very well when it comes to conversing on this board. I think I may be one of the top five misunderstood posters on this board because of my inability to express what I want to say through a forum. Thank God we don't have forum churches or I'd be out of the ministry.  |
Thank you for taking the time to respond to this post,as well as all the other's who have interacted with it. I think most everyone in here[PB] takes the instruction to "take heed how you hear" very seriously. Sometimes the area of sanctification has many deep veins that are presented in the scriptures for us.
Certainly it points out our need of prayer in our daily walk,and even especially when we are to come together to worship. I see our worship as blending in with the worship described in Revelation 4-5, even if we only know in part and sometimes what we offer is not as pure as our heart would like it to be.
I read where some of the puritans considered people who would sleep during the sermon as a sign of reprobation. Maybe Don Kistler would know more about that.
Perhaps as one suggested bringing up this area in a private way, or just having open an honest discussions about what is the proper attitude to bring in worship,if we would see the blessing of God in our assemblies is a way to address this issue.
Each one of us has certain expectations of what we desire in preaching. Unless the Spirit is blessing it ,[whether it is quiet and methodical, or very animated] it will not profit.
I have heard of some ,even on sermon audio who kind of scream,and gasp for breath thinking that it is preaching ,or "the annointing" [ there is a father and son on sermonaudio]. I doubt that anyone sleeps there, but I am pretty sure that no one understands those emotional kind of out -bursts, because you cannot even understand the words spoken.
The seeker sensitive churches just add to the confusion. Spurgeon once mentioned in a sermon the verse in 1Pet where angels "desire to look into the things of salvation". He spoke of them perhaps observing us as we prepare to assemble with the local body. I might have to look this sermon up tonight and re-read it.
