|
| Trinity Bible Fellowship Frequently Asked Questions |
| WHY
DO WE MEET TOGETHER REGULARLY? WHY
DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS?
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS? "Thus I will bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name." (Psalm 63:4) "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD." (Psalm 134:2) "I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." (1Tim. 2:8) WHY DO WE HAVE AUDIBLE PRAISE UNTO GOD? "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name." (Psalm 103:1) "I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." (Psalm 34:1) "And when they heard that they lifted their voice to God" (Acts 4:24) WHY DO WE SING IN TONGUES AND IN ENGLISH? "For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also." (1 Corinthians 14:14,15) WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP? "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:23, 24) "For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh." (Phi 3:3) WHY DO WE SING CHORUSES AS WELL AS HYMNS? "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:18,19) "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. (Col. 3:16) WHAT IS PROPHECY? "The Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy?" (Amos 3:8) "But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort." (1 Cor. 14:3) "Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy." (1 Cor. 14:1) "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal ... To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy." (1 Cor. 12:7,10) "For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be comforted." (1 Cor. 14:31) "Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge." (1 Cor. 14:29) WHY DO WE HAVE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF THOSE TONGUES? "Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy and forbid not to speak with tongues." (1 Cor.14:39) "But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal ... To another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues." (1 Cor. 12:7,10) "I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret that the church may receive edifying." (Acts 4:24) "If any man speak in an unknown
tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course,
and let one WHY ARE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A PART OF WORSHIP SERVICE? "Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: Praise him with the psaltry and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance. Praise him with the stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals. Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals." (Psalm 150:3-5) "And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps." (Revelation 14:2) WHY
DOES THE WHOLE CHURCH PRAY AT ONCE "And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven and earth..." (Acts 4:24) WHY DO WE ANOINT WITH OIL AND PRAY FOR THE SICK? "Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer offered in faith shall restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they will be forgiven him." (James 5:14,15) SOME SCRIPTURAL TERMINOLOGY THE ANOINTING - the presence and the work of the Holy Spirit in a person’s life. "But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you." (1 John 2:27) TO MINISTER - to serve or help another by the anointing of the Holy Spirit. "...but our sufficiency is of God; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament." (2 Cor. 3:5,6) ZION - the hill in the Old Testament (in Jerusalem) where God’s presence dwelt. God’s presence is now in His Church (also called Mt. Zion). "But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem ... to the general assembly and church of the firstborn." (Hebrews 12:22,23) THE GLORY - the manifestation of God’s presence and splendor to man’s spiritual and physical senses. "And it came to pass ... that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, so that the priests could not stand to minister ... for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD." (1 Kings 8:10,11) REVELATION
- our understanding of God’s will and purposes. "Wherefore I also
... making mention of you in my prayers; that, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and THE BODY - the Church, the Body of Christ on earth. (1 Cor. 12:12-14) EDIFY - to build up. "Even so ye, forasmuch as you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church." (1 Cor. 14:12) SPIRITUAL
GIFTS -
supernatural abilities given by the Holy Spirit to believers.
(Acts19:2-6)
| |
| About Us Our Team Friends
|
