Clapping, Lifting Up Holy Hands, and Worship - Frank Brancato

We're going to talk about the idea of worship and then we're

going to talk about two different practices that are

often used or often done in the religious world and one is the

elevation of hands or lifting up holy hands and the other is

clapping in the assembly. What we want to notice is are

these things appropriate or are they not?

And if they're right, why are they right?

If they're wrong, why are they wrong?

So we want to notice these things for a little while today.

Day. But first of all, our text is

taken from the words of Jesus in John chapter 4 and verses 23 and

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24 where Jesus said, but the hour is coming.

And now is when the true worshipers will worship the

father in spirit, and in truth, for the father is seeking such

to worship him. God is a spirit and those who

worship Him must worship Him in spirit.

And in truth, may I just say, At the very beginning of this

lesson worshipping God in spirit and in truth is of utmost

importance and it is greatly significant.

In fact, the word of God is very clear on the subject.

Many things are taught about the aspect of worship.

Jesus himself, preached about Worship in our passage in John

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Chapter 4, verses, 23 and 24, the Apostle Paul on Mars Hill.

Preached on worship Acts chapter 17, So the question is, what is

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worship? What is it?

Well you know when God says something one time in the Bible

it's really necessary for us to understand that it's greatly

significant. Even if God says it one time,

after all everything, in the word of God is inspired by God.

Therefore they are words that are god-breathed and even though

inspired writers inspired by the Holy Spirit, pinned these things

for us, these were Birds literal words that came directly from

God. All that being said, if God says

something one time, it's enough. But the word worship or the

concept of worship is mentioned in the God's word 119 times.

If something is mentioned by God 119 times I would imagine it is

something that is greatly significant for us today.

I think there needs to be more preaching and teaching on the

subject of worship. And may I say this too?

I think it's extremely important that we talk about the items of

worship or as they afraid as they used under the law of Moses

ordinances of divine service. Every aspect of our worship

needs to be in truth as we'll get to in just a moment.

But the items of worship and the emblems of worship are very

significant so it's important that we deal with those things.

Absolutely. But sometimes in dealing with

the items of worship, we neglect other things, too.

Like Like the reason for worship and how we worship the spirit or

the motivation behind our worship.

Sometimes we just sometimes perhaps go robotically and

methodically through the service, never really thinking

about the aspects of them, or their significance or the heart

and spirit behind them. Now I'm going to ask you

questions, the general question, answer this question to

yourself. How important is worship to you?

I mean, sometimes people talk about going to church and by the

way, I want to make a point about going to church saying the

phrase going to church. It's not wrong to say going to

church because in the word of God, even though the church is

not the building and the church is the ekklesia the called out

the people even though that's true when the Bible talks about

in the phrase, like for example, women are to be silent in the

church. It means their to be silent in

the assembly. So if you say I'm going to

church, it's not unscriptural. You're saying, I'm going to the

assembly, but let me ask you this.

How important is worship in your life?

Is it of utmost importance? Is it significant to you?

Do you look forward to the day? Do you prepare your mind for the

Lord's day? Let me just ask the following

questions. These are General and I'll just

present them like this in answering the question.

Do you enjoy it? Do you actually enjoy worship?

Are you late coming in? Are you early to leave?

Are you bored? Are these questions that

sometimes can prick our own conscience?

Here's another one. And we're going to get back to

this. So, I've highlighted this in

another color, Do you participate?

Now, the reason that we're going to get back to that is it's very

significant because worshippers are not observers, we are not

the audience and every one of you that is under my the sound

of my voice. You are not a spectator, you are

a participant In Worship. God is the audience we are the

participant. So let me ask you, how important

is it to you? Do you participate or do you

just go through the motions questions for all of us?

Perhaps to consider somebody said one time that too many

times people show up the church at 10:30 dull.

Begin a dull service. And then by noon, the church

gives up her dead. I think that's really true.

Sometimes that's not be that though.

Let's take a passage that is found in John chapter 4 again.

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And in this, classic texts on worship.

We have in the analysis of it, we have the following, we have,

with regards to worship. We have an absolute.

We have an action. We have a name, we have an

attitude, and We have a standard all found in this worship.

In this passage, God is a spirit and those who worship Him must

worship Him in spirit and in truth, the first thing I want to

talk about is the absolute. And that's the word must.

Must is a modifier and may I say this.

Also, sometimes people in looking for things religiously

are looking for a church instead of looking for the truth.

And I think there's more people in the world that are looking

for a church. Then looking for the truth.

Let me give you a little example, Tina.

And I were driving down the road the other day.

And there was a great big billboard and it was from a

local church and it was an advertisement.

I'd get that. But it said why not try Church?

I think that's the mindset of people in the religious World.

Why not try Church? In other words, you have your

life. You like your life, maybe you

have challenges in your life. I got an idea.

What you try to church, you know, there's nothing in the

word of God that says trying Church.

In fact, it talks about worshippers and the modifier is

an absolute and that's the word must.

Can I say this to you? Now I'm going to be as direct as

I can. All of you sit?

Being here in this building. Today, must be here to worship

God. You must be in the assembly

somewhere of God's people on the Lord's day.

It's the appointment that we have with our Lord must as a

modifier. And by the way, when I say

modifier, what I'm talking about is I'm talking about something

that is clarifying or qualifying, something else to

subject. So the Bible talks about a must

in other things to write like faith And Hebrews 11 and verse

6. It says without faith, it's

impossible to please God, for he, that comes to God, must

believe that he is, and that he is, a rewarder of them that

diligently seek him. So, we understand that we must

have faith. Number two, we must be baptized

in order to be saved. Jesus said that in Mark 16:16.

Mark 16:16

He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.

He that believeth not shall be damned.

We understand that. So faith is a must baptism is a

must but worship is also a must. It's a must There's no greater

appointment that we have in our life.

In fact, you're the word must is the strongest word in the

English language. One scholar called it like this.

He said, must is Heavens imperative.

It is the Masters mandate, we must worship.

The word. Must also modifies, three

elements that constitute worship.

Here's our passage, again must modifies the object or the aim

and that is God. Must modifies the attitude.

It must be in spirit must also modifies the standard and that

is truth. So notice, here we go.

Must is the Divine mandate. You got no choice if you want to

be a servant of God, you must what worship who God, you must

have the proper attitude and it must be by the proper standard,

which is truth, or that, which is in accordance with revealed

truth. So the object.

Attitude and standard of our worship is vital, but I want to

talk about worship itself sometimes, I don't think we

realized that worship. I don't mean to insult anyone's

intelligence, by saying this, but let me just say, worship is

an action word. It's an action.

It requires doing something. Worship by according to mr.

Webster defines worship like this.

It is courtesy or reverence to worth hence.

It is honor and respect. It's an act.

That's an action word of paying Divine honors to deity.

That's God, religious reverence or homage?

That's what mr. Webster says, about the word

worship. Now the English word Worship in

the scriptures is translated in the New Testament.

Estimate from several different Greek words, three of which are

used more than once. The first ones found in our

passage in John chapter 4 and verse 24.

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This is the Greek word and it appears 60 times in the New

Testament, and this is what it means.

Means to kiss the hand to or towards one, in token of

reverence to fall upon the knees and touch the ground, with the

forehead, as an expression of profound, reverence, what else?

Here's another word. It's found 10 times in the New

Testament and it means this it means to stand in awe to

venerate to, reverence, to worship, to adore and one more,

one more It's this word here the true.

Oh, it's found 21 times in the New Testament and that word, by

the way, translated 17 times in English as service and four

times its translated as worship. And this is what that means.

It means to render religious service of homage to worship God

in the observance of Rights instituted for worship.

So, From these words studies it's very clear that true

worship entails participation, we must be the participants not

the spectators. As I've said, worship is an

action word and we are the participants of that and God is

the audience. Let me ask you a question.

Do you realize when you came to worship today?

That you were doing something that was to bow in the reverence

of God, and you are doing something in honor and all of

God, and God was watching. God is watching this worship

service is not for me and it's not for you.

It's for us to be participants for the audience, the object,

the aim, and that's God. He's watching.

And we must worship Him in spirit and in truth, you've

heard people say this, I'm not going to, I'm not going to beat

this dead horse. You've heard people say this

many times. I'm sure.

Have you ever heard somebody say, I'm just not getting

anything out of it. I'm not going to go down that

road very long, but I must say this.

We all know what the answer to that is if you're not getting

anything out of it, You're not putting anything in it.

And, you know, even if a Speaker gets up, maybe he's not the best

speaker. So what?

Maybe he's not the best speaker. The emphasis is not to say.

Oh, what a speaker, the emphasis afterwards is to say, Oh, What A

Savior. So the message is what's

important? Not the messenger, or the

speaker. So there are things that we can

all get from a lesson from any lesson.

Now, I will tell you this, it is of utmost importance for the one

that stands up here and teaching from the word of God to study

and be prepared and do the best that he can.

It's an awesome responsibility. Absolutely.

But it's also the responsibility of those that are in the

audience and participating in worship to listen, and be

encouraged and edified by the message.

So, if somebody says, well, I'm just not getting anything out of

it these days. Well, maybe it's because we're

not putting enough in it. Mere attendance must never be

equated with worship punching a Time Clock.

Check in, in warming, a seat that must never be equated with

worship. Worship is a drawing nigh to

God. Not drawing nigh to a church

building. All right.

Notice in Matthew, 15:8. These people draw near to me

with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their heart

is far from me. Do you know what's absolutely

sobering about this passage if you apply it practically today?

If you apply this practice this, this passage practically today,

then you would say this. It's entirely possible for

somebody sitting right here in this assembly today and going

through the motions and check it off the list and all that

punching in your clock, put your time in.

And God doesn't have your heart at all.

And your heart is somewhere else.

It's entirely possible. What the Lord say, these people

draw near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips,

but their heart is far from me. You know what God wants your

heart And by the way, may I also extend that not just in worship.

He wants your heart and worship absolutely.

But he wants your heart in your life, he wants you every day.

He wants everything that you have to serve him, that's what

God wants from you. That's the purpose of your life,

to give him everything that we have.

All right, so the action part is worship.

We get that. So, the object though, the

object of worship is him or it's God.

You know the Bible brilliant brilliantly teaches us that God

is to be the sole object of worship.

In fact, in Matthew chapter 4, when the devil tempted, Jesus,

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the Bible says when Jesus, neither ate nor drank, and for

those 40 days and he was tempted of the devil, the Bible says,

the devil took him up on an exceeding high mountain and

showed him all the kingdoms of the world.

And the devil said to the Lord Sid, you can have every bit of

it. All you got to do is Fall Down

and Worship me. And the King James says Jesus is

response. He says it like this, get down

behind me, Satan for it. Is written, Thou shalt Worship

the Lord God, the Lord your God and him only shalt thou serve.

We came here today to worship God.

He's the exclusive object of our worship.

Every other objects are off the table.

Wednesday night. We were studying about

Colossians chapter 2 and really there's some deep meat that are

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found in those passages. And one of the phraseology is

that were given and one of the things condemned that Paul was

condemning among the false teachers in colossi was a phrase

called the worship of angels. Now what they were actually

doing is there were people that were false teachers that entered

in and what they were doing is they were trying to get people

to understand, God cannot be touched.

T', wouldn't that be awful? If God could not be approached?

If he really wasn't Abba, Father, he really wasn't our

heavenly father and we have a relationship with him, wouldn't

be a terrible thing. Well, false teachers came into

the flock and what they try to do is they try to teach people,

you can't approach God. So, what you do is you approach

something that is subordinate to God or lesser than God like

angels and you pray to the angels, who are messengers They

convey your message to God, absolutely false and wrong and

unscriptural. Now, prayer is a form of

worship. So, Paul condemned the worship

of angels, it is always been condemned the worship of

anything else. Other than God, Jesus himself.

Even said and him only shalt thou serve.

When we assemble here is the body of Christ.

We are worshipping one. Being we are worshipping God.

Oh, what about Jesus? What about Jesus?

Don't we have the communion? Absolutely absolutely.

But we are worshiping God and in the worship of God, who is the

only being that we worship? We honor his son.

We remember his son, we commemorate, the death burial,

and resurrection of his son in the communion.

But the worship is only to God. Something else.

And by the way I'll just say quickly, you know, people today

that want to reverence people And they want to give people

positions of Honor that they don't.

Well, they don't deserve and they should not have.

In fact, other religions have beings that are supposed to be

like God and so forth, but let me just make one reference to

one Passage. If that's the case then why in

Acts chapter 10 when Peter goes to the household of Cornelius,

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do you remember what Cornelius does when Peter comes in?

The Bible says, they fell down or Cornelius boughs down before

him to worship Him. Do you know what Peter does?

Does he accept the worship? No, he says, get up.

I'm a man. Just like you.

I myself the King James says, and also a man.

We don't worship men. We don't worship angels, we

don't worship anything, but god Jehovah himself, and we must do

that in spirit and in truth. And that's the next Point,

that's the attitude and that is the standard.

I put these things together. And and instead of breaking them

down. Early.

Because this absolutely has to go together.

You cannot do one without the other be acceptable to God.

You have to have the spirit part connected to the truth part, you

have to have both, so I just put them together.

The attitude is has to be right, one scholar, wrote it this

night. I thought it was interesting.

He said worship to God as being a spiritual being must be from a

spiritual nature. In fact, he said a spiritual

being like God can only be pleased with worship that comes

from the heart and that which is Guided by the truth.

Okay, that's Worship in a nutshell.

That's what we're trying to do today.

We're trying to Worship in spirit and in truth, meaning the

emblems are the items of worship.

The ordinances of divine service.

We cannot change that. We have to do that according to

the Divine pattern, but we're going to put all of our spirit

in it. We're going to do.

So from a A heart from the right motive and all of that.

All right. What about this?

What about the lifting up of? Holy hands?

What's that mean? One of the latest practices in

the religious world. Is the practice of holding one's

arms up. And perhaps, I don't know, maybe

swaying to the music with elevated hands in the assembly

as some worshipful posture. That's very common in the

religious world today, and one of the things, one of the

reasons about the actual literal elevation of hamp's is because

of in large part, the mission turp rotation of one passage of

scripture that's found in first, Timothy Chapter 2, and verse

Verse 8 where Paul said I desire therefore that men pray

everywhere lifting up, holy hands without wrath and doubting

just a little side note. Before we go any further, this

is not exclusive, it's not saying in worship only, it says

men everywhere. So, whatever is being meant

there in that passage, it means for men to do it everywhere.

Stay with me, I will be back on that.

All right. So giving credit, where it's due

this command. In this passage does seem to

allude to the Old Testament. Practice of uplifted hands in

respectful petition to God. It was actually done in the Old

Testament Nehemiah chapter 8 and verse 6 and Ezra blessed the

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Lord, the great God, then all the people answered.

Amen. Amen.

While lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads and

worshiped. Worship the Lord with their

faces to the ground. Second Passage.

Psalm 141 and to let my prayer be set before you as incense the

lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

One final passage the book of Lamentations chapter 3 and verse

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41. Let us lift up our hearts and

hands to God in heaven. All right?

Was lifting up their arms. Lifting up their hands toward

the heavens. A prayer posture.

Yes. But so were six others.

It wasn't exclusive six others you don't, they were six.

Other postures are mentioned kneeling with head bowed arms

raised knees on the ground under the body.

With the forehead touching the ground standing, with head

bowed, low with eyes uplifted with arms, raised toward the

heavens and also lying face down on the ground.

So today, the The lifting up of hands comes more from a

following, the fads of today, rather than a serious Bible

study. In fact, while various prayer,

postures are mentioned in passing.

In the Bible. The overwhelming emphasis is

clearly on the attitude and thought of the one that's doing

the prayer. In other words, it is the

posture of the heart that really matters.

You may be a man that kneels down when you pray in the

assembly, you may walk up here and speak into the microphone to

be heard standing. That's all right kneeling.

That's alright standing. That's all right.

The whole idea, is the posture doesn't matter.

What matters is the posture of the heart.

That's what matters. Not a literal posture.

All right, so In 1st Timothy Chapter 2 and verse 8.

In In this passage, it is not a demand for any particular

posture in prayer or even the physical lifting of hand and may

I just say this, is it okay for somebody to lift their hands?

Yeah, that's fine. That's nothing unscriptural

about that. But in this passage, it's not

giving a directive to do that, literally with your hands.

What it is, is this it's actually a figure of speech

known as metonymy in which the writer substitutes an

association word for what is actually meant.

What I'm saying is this, holy hands means holy life.

That's the simplest way to put that what he was saying is I

would that all men everywhere. Then, I think the King James

says, all men everywhere and that would include both Jewish

and Gentile Christians that when they pray here, talking about

men that have a holy life or living a holy life, that's the

picture. They're not the literal

elevation of your hands. Paul teaches that men who lead

in prayer should possess a character of purity.

And holiness. 1st Peter, chapter 1.

In verse 15 and 16. But as he who called you is,

Holy you also be holy in all your conduct because it is

written be holy for. I am Holy again, holy hands

means holy life. That's what that means.

It's a metonymy. It's a figure of speech.

All right, but let me just say this while lifting up one's

hands is not wrong in itself. It's not wrong to have your

hands up. When you pray to God, let me

Consider with you, the following.

Nowhere in the scripture. Are we allowed to have anything

that is potentially self-serving?

And designed to impress, the participants rather than focus

on God. Nothing is about us.

It's not to impress someone outwardly by our own posture.

It's for the focus of God. As a matter of fact, Jesus

criticized religious leaders in his day, for their persistent

attention to external displays, appearances, shows and hype.

Jesus said this in Matthew 16 verse 5.

Matthew 16:5

When you pray, you shall not be like the Hypocrites for.

They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the

corners of the streets. That they may be seen of men,

assuredly, I say to you. They have their reward.

I guess what I'm saying is this what's the motive behind it?

If the motive is to look a certain way while you pray that

motive is wrong, has nothing to do with how you look has

everything to do with what your heart looks like.

That's what God's looking at God's looking at the heart.

That's all that matters. That's the posture that God

wants. So, ask yourself the following

if I elevate my hands in prayer, what's the motive behind it to

be seen? Can't do that, that's bad.

But it is something that you do on your own, whatever, it

doesn't matter. It doesn't matter, the motive

behind it is everything. All right?

I'll just say this to you remember when you've heard me

preach many times and others too, but when Jesus spoke of the

Pharisee and the Publican, I just want to make this one

point. I have said this, I have said,

in my mind's eye, I picture a man that perhaps a standing

there with elevated hands and eyes up toward the heavens.

Yeah, that was probably literal, he probably was doing something

like that. It fit what they did, it fit the

prayer posture of the Old Testament.

It fits some of those things. Some of those customs of the day

and maybe he was doing solo because he wanted to be seen by

others. Like the Pharisees that went to

the street corner. They want to be known for their

long prayers and much speaking. The heart was wrong, not the

hands, but also The last point. Is what about hand clapping?

So, let me just summarize. What I've just said is it wrong

to elevate your hands in prayer? No, it's not ask yourself the

question though. What's the motive behind it?

All right. What about hand clap?

What about clapping? That's a different subject

altogether. There's two reasons.

Why people clap two reasons? Number one is to keep the beat

of the song. In other words to keep up with

the song you've seen it, a guy goes to hold a concert or he's

performing somewhere and then all of a sudden during the song

gets to the course and starts clapping his hands for everybody

to clap along with him you're keeping the beat of the song by

the Clapping of hands. That's the one reason.

The only other reason that you would clap and I'm going to get

back to this but the only other reason you would clap is for the

purpose of applause. Okay, let's talk about the first

one though. Let's talk about musical

accompaniment. This is clearly unscriptural on

the grounds that it is parallel to a mechanical device, that

might be used to supplement vocal music.

Clapping our hands along with the music is no different than

beating a drum playing a piano or playing a guitar.

For example, clapping of hands is a non-vocal natural

instrument. While a piano is a non-vocal

mechanical instrument, it's the same thing and both of those are

unauthorized because God demands vocal verbal articulation in

music, only Ephesians 5 and Teen speaking to one another in

Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.

Singing. And making melody in your heart.

To the Lord. The only two instruments

authorized are the vocal cords and the Heart.

That's what God wants, not the accompaniment of anything else,

so you can have a piano and it's going along the beat of the song

in the tune of the song. You're adding something to what

God has not authorized. And by this passage here by the

laws of exclusion. It excludes, all other manners

are all other methods. One final thing about this

though. Don't ever let somebody say,

well, what about a song book? It's just an expedient like a

songbook. No it's not.

Instrumental music is not an expedient and inexpedient

expedites the process of that which is commanded, what's

commanded is to sing. So if we add musical instruments

to the assembly to the worship, we add something to what God is

not authorized. When we have a songbook, the

songbook expedites the process of singing, the notes, the words

and so forth and so on. And that Is scriptural.

All right. What about clapping for

Applause? I got to tell you I've been in

the Philippines and there's and there's a lot of folks that show

up and they're not members of the church and they hear that

the Americans are coming people. Invite them, there are times

when the when the assemblies are really large even in small

confined areas packed and sometimes because they don't

know any different if we get up and give a lesson.

They just feel compelled to do what you do after somebody

performs and start clapping start, banging your hands

together. Start clapping and they just

don't know any better. That brings me to my point about

what hand-clapping really is. It's for Applause.

The proponents though of hand clapping today in the religious

World, say it's just a modern form of the word.

Amen. Well, no, it's not and consider

the following. I looked this up, I looked up

clapping as used in American culture, okay?

So this is a response to somebody saying that clapping

your hands after a sermon is the same thing as saying.

Amen. All right, Clapping Your Hands

in an American culture. Number one, the primary function

of Applause is to indicate personal approval of a

performance like at a football game, an actor or even a mute

musician. To another function of Applause

is the showing of recognition of the performer.

We express our appreciation for their Skill 3.

Another function of hand clapping is an expression of

excitement for a fourth function.

Action of Applause is to manifest courtesy.

That's not saying, amen. That has all the emphasis on the

performer and the performance. I don't read that in the Bible

at all you You know, what's amazing is the Apostle Paul

divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit to write over two-thirds

of the New Testament. He said this, neither he that

plants is anything. Neither, he that Waters is

anything, but God gives the increase.

There is never a time that I was stand before you that I am

worthy of your applause. It's not about that.

Difference though, between Applause and amen.

Let's talk about, amen, that's a great work.

Amen. As used in the Old Testament.

First, our English word, amen. Is a transliteration of a Hebrew

word. That means firm.

It is a term, meaning, certain and true.

Now, a transliteration, a transliteration is something

that changes the letters from the words, original alphabet to

similar-sounding. Letters in a different alphabet.

Here's the difference between a Action.

And a transliteration. A translation means the same in

other words, m word, that means the same and a transliteration

sounds, the same, the English word.

Amen. Is a transliteration of a Hebrew

word that means firm, or certain and true.

In the Old Testament. There were two uses for the

word. Amen.

Number one, it signified, the individuals acceptance of a

statement. Numbers 5 and 22.

Also indicated truthfulness. By the way you say, Amen, meant

this statement is true. First Kings, chapter 1 and verse

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36. That's the Old Testament.

What about the New Testament? We're concerned about the New

Testament. The word is found 126 times in

the New Testament and it affirms that a statement is certain

true. And reliable to say, Amen, was

to confirm The Binding nature of those truths.

That was the purpose of the word, amen.

In fact, Jesus often said that, Add this.

Jesus often said, verily, verily or truly, truly, as I said, just

a moment ago, Applause in our society.

Is a response to the entertaining Performance Based

and it's emphasized on the performer saying, amen.

Focuses on the message rather than the giving of the mess from

the messenger. It focuses on the message.

Somebody says, amen. What they're saying is?

I agree with that. That is a true statement.

That is a statement, of fact, not the preacher said it real

nice and he needs to be applauded.

There's a difference folks there.

Huge difference between clapping hands and saying, Amen, in

conclusion, and I'm just about finished now.

This passage right here. What have we learned?

God is a spiritual being. So he's only going to be pleased

with us when our worship our service to him is done properly.

We've learned this to that must is a modifier.

Must is an absolute. We must worship.

God, God is the subject. He's the only object of our

worship. And when we assemble, we must

understand it is for God. We are the participants.

God is the one as The Spectator, he is the one observing us.

Worship means basically this to kiss the hand of or from a

spiritual perspective, we are Thoroughly saying how great God

Is by our actions in worship, we are bowing before him and always

in that way. But we also understand this, it

must be in spirit. And in truth, it must denote the

proper attitude, the proper mindset and it has to be that

which is in accordance with revealed truth lifting up.

Holy hands. What's that mean means?

Lifting up. Holy lives that the let the men

have holy lives. Those that are Ryan as simple

and other passages, bear that out finally clapping.

That's clapping is not something that's appropriate in the

assembly. That's a way to carry on a tune

and that's not authorized. And it's also a way to applaud

the speaker, and that is not authorized either.

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