Repetition, Ritual, Religion

[aron]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Before we further with culture..

Psalm 18 doesn't say God delighted in David.

(To self: Hmm.. what to make of such cryptic comments? Stalling for time? Dissuading discussion? Ah well. . some of my posts are probably as baffling. So show mercy and mercy will be shown. .)

Psalm 18:19b (RecV) He rescued me, for He took delight in me.

No footnote. But the footnote in v 20 (a parallel verse) says, "This is a wrong concept".

But Psalm 16's NT reception shows the pattern: David claimed God's provenance, which was not shown him but to the Seed. Peter in Acts 2 and Paul in Acts 13 both show this in some detail. As does commentary in the Epistle to the Hebrews, various quotes in the gospels &c.

So, "He [the Father] took delight in Me [the Son]" and "He [the Father] rescued Me [the Son - i.e. delivered from the pangs of death] are implied by the clear and repeated pattern of textual reception in the NT.

Yet WL never apparently even considered this. No mention is made if the Christ is here in scripture. No, it's merely sinful David and his concepts. No cross-references to the Father's delight in the Son in the gospels. And common sense, and receiving Christ as life from the Bible "as written" is where? On this thread, we were talking about repeating or rehearsing the word of scripture. Fixing into consciousness, "dwelling in us richly" and so forth. Lee dissuaded the LC parishioners here, saying scripture was "low", and "vain" and "natural concepts", and "mixed sentiments", and "wrong concepts". Instead we were encouraged to repeatedly cry, "Incarnation, inclusion, intensification!" and "Processed! Amen! Processed" and so forth. Which repetitive shouting, especially with approved intonations, heel-rocking, fore-arm thrusts, and so forth created and atmosphere of "feeling". . erm. . "God".. .? Enjoyment?

And yet the text of the "high peak epistles" of Colossians and Ephesians, as written by Paul, encouraged us to sing the Psalms?!? I consider this kind of teaching, in the face of it, to be a case of mass delusion. The Guru and the True Believers go into the ditch.