What Will Happen If I Raised My Hands In Your Church?

[The Glory Land]

Will I be lost or weird, I have no prOBlem with someone raising their hands and praising God, do you? 

 

 

Can I get a 

[Arbo]

People would think that you had a question.

[The Glory Land]

People would think that you had a question.

 

How about if my eyes     are closed?

[Arbo]

How about if my eyes     are closed?

People might think that you are asleep and dreaming about football? How should I know?

[Bro K]

[MountainChristian]

They are southern Baptist churches here that would take cover under the benches.  ​ 

 

Everybody would think you was praising the Lord. It would be seen in the same way if you said Amen during the preaching or while a song was being sung or someone was bragging on how good God is. If a tear was rolling down your face no one would think you was having a heart attack. 

 

If you got down and rolled in the floor someone would coming rushing over to see if your heart was attacking. I might call 911 so they could rush you to the hospital.

 

We had a lady with a seizure one time. Things was shorten and we went up and prayed for her. Her husband asked for us to go home and we did. She got okay. And was back the next service. 

[Standing Firm In Christ]

Keep them raised too long, your muscles will ache and blood circulation in them might be poorer.

[Invicta]

You may be changing the lighbulbs.

[No Nicolaitans]

All kidding aside...just make sure you're wearing deodorant.  

[candlelight]

Will I be lost or weird, I have no prOBlem with someone raising their hands and praising God, do you? 

 

 

Can I get a 

 

While my church doesn't raise our arms while praising God, I have been in churches where people do.  People have different ways of showing glory, honour and praise to the Lord.  I don't see a prOBlem with it, as long as it isn't an emotional show.  KWIM?

[OLD fashioned preacher]

Like the old recitation entitled "I Like Shoutin', When it's Real".

 

I don't like a show, however. Such as a preacher who can turn the tears on and off at a whim while preaching.

[John81]

 If there are genuine tears, heartfelt shouts, sincere calls of "Amen!" and such, praise God! Yet if someone simply has a habit of calling out "Amen" every 20 seconds, or a preacher puts his acting skills to work for drama, that's not Christ honouring and really detracts from a service.

[Jeffrey]

While my church doesn't raise our arms while praising God, I have been in churches where people do.  People have different ways of showing glory, honour and praise to the Lord.  I don't see a prOBlem with it, as long as it isn't an emotional show.  KWIM?

about a third of our church does it during singing, I dont have a prOBlem with it.

[candlelight]

about a third of our church does it during singing, I dont have a prOBlem with it.

 

I ran out of "likes" again Jeffrey.  Otherwise, I would have liked your post.  I have no prOBlem with it, either.  If that is the way Christians praise and worship the Lord, who am I to tell them it is wrong?  Many Baptist churches down south raise their hands in service.  

[2bLikeJesus]

It really angers me that this issue understandably makes many IFB uncomfortable, and only because of what the charismaniacs and the stand-and-sway crowd has done to an otherwise entirely scriptural response to God in worship.  Take away what the charismatics have done with this, with their love of showing their "spirituality" by outward displays of tongues, hand-raising, rolling in the isles...you name it as long as it brings attention to THEM and how spiritual they are,  then Baptists would prOBably be a lot more comfortable with it.  We have a couple in our church that on occasion will raise their hands and have so for many years, and while no one says anything, the practice hasn't caught on in our congregation, which I think is sad.

 

Bro. Garry