On
the morning of the Acts 2 Pentecost, everyone mentioned in Acts 2 knew
that God had established that he wanted to be praised in song
accompanied by instruments.
Then, by lunchtime, according to our brotherhood's longstanding doctrine, God had changed his mind about that.
Yet there's not a single word mentioning that change.
And no one mentions any controversy that a new message of "Stop using instruments! They're now sinful!" would have generated. Certainly the Jews who weren't yet converted would not appreciate being told they were now sinning, and the freshly-converted Jews surely would have had some issue with being told they had to stop using instruments.
Yet we have concluded that God changed his mind between 8am and 10AM that Pentecost morning about how he wanted his praise music conducted.
Notice that we don't get that conclusion from any statement in the text; we get that conclusion from the silence of the text.
We have decided God no longer wants what he specifically said he wanted, because he hasn't repeated himself that he still wants it.
And then we divide, and condemn, because some people don't understand that God's silence about changing his mind means he has definitely changed his mind.
Originally published at:
https://kentwest.blogspot.com/2019/07/ive-changed-my-mind-but-im-not-telling.html
Then, by lunchtime, according to our brotherhood's longstanding doctrine, God had changed his mind about that.
Yet there's not a single word mentioning that change.
And no one mentions any controversy that a new message of "Stop using instruments! They're now sinful!" would have generated. Certainly the Jews who weren't yet converted would not appreciate being told they were now sinning, and the freshly-converted Jews surely would have had some issue with being told they had to stop using instruments.
Yet we have concluded that God changed his mind between 8am and 10AM that Pentecost morning about how he wanted his praise music conducted.
Notice that we don't get that conclusion from any statement in the text; we get that conclusion from the silence of the text.
We have decided God no longer wants what he specifically said he wanted, because he hasn't repeated himself that he still wants it.
And then we divide, and condemn, because some people don't understand that God's silence about changing his mind means he has definitely changed his mind.
Originally published at:
https://kentwest.blogspot.com/2019/07/ive-changed-my-mind-but-im-not-telling.html
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