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?. Simple Answers. to. ?. Troubling Questions. Is Dancing Sinful?. The Simple Answer. Yes… No… It Depends!. Is Dancing Sinful? No!. Definition – Dancing To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. (freedictionary.com)

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  1. ? SimpleAnswers to ? Troubling Questions Is Dancing Sinful?

  2. The Simple Answer Yes… No… It Depends!

  3. Is Dancing Sinful? No! Definition – Dancing To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures. (freedictionary.com) There is nothing inherently sinful about moving rhythmically to music. Therefore it is an accurate statement to say that dancing is not sinful. But…

  4. Is Dancing Sinful? Yes! • Some dancing is lewd. • Some dancing is done in places and situations, and with people that are worldly. • Some dancing is accompanied by immodest dress. • Some dancing can cause others to sin. • Some dancing can harm a Christian’s influence.

  5. Defining Lewdness Lewdness (Lasciviousness) aselgia - excess, licentiousness, absence of restraint, indecency, wantonness… The prominent idea is shameless conduct. (Vines) (Romans 13:13-14, READ) lewdness (koite) and lust (aselgia) (combined!) (NKJV) koite – a couch (in context, unlawful sexual intercourse) “chambering and wantonness” (KJV) “debauchery and liscentiousness” (RSV)

  6. 1 Peter 4:1-3 Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, 2 that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. 3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles--when we walked in lewdness [aselgia], lusts [epithumia – a longing for what is unlawful], drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

  7. Galatians 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

  8. Companions and Places • Bars and clubs • Social situations with people who want to “hook up” (have sexual trysts) • Often associated with alcohol use • Prom night promiscuity is so prevalent as to have become a cliché both in our culture and in our entertainment • 1 Peter 4:4; 2 Timothy 2:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18

  9. 1 Peter 4:4 In regard to these, they [the Gentiles] think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you. (i.e. – engaging in the same lustful actions) dissipation – profligacy, excess, riot

  10. 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

  11. 2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteous-ness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 15 And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell in them And walk among them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.” 17 Therefore “Come out from among them And be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, And I will receive you.” 18 “I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty.”

  12. Immodest Dress • Immodest dress often accompanies dancing • Example: Prom dresses … Ballet. It is often intended that dance accentuate and emphasize the human form. • Cleavage, bare legs, form fitting dresses or pants, gauzy and revealing materials. • 1 Timothy 2:8-10; Jeremiah 8:12; Proverbs 5:16-20

  13. 1 Timothy 2:8-10 I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting; 9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works.

  14. Jeremiah 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; In the time of their punishment They shall be cast down," says the LORD. Be careful if such dress and movements “don’t bother you.” They should!

  15. Proverbs 5:16-20 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be only your own, And not for strangers with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love. 20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

  16. Causing Others to Sin • Young ladies and mothers need to realize the lust they can excite through dress and action in men and boys. • Fathers need to protect their daughters! • Accusations – “You are just a dirty old man” Wrong! Again, it is a cliché of our culture. Women seducing men. • Proverbs 5:16-20; Matthew 14:6-10; Matthew 18:6-7

  17. Proverbs 5:16-20 Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be only your own, And not for strangers with you. 18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice with the wife of your youth. 19 As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love. 20For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

  18. Matthew 14:6-10 But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. 7 Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 8 So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter.” 9 And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. 10 So he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

  19. Matthew 18:6-7 But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

  20. Harming Your Influence • The world recognizes the lascivious nature of dancing and glories in it. (Movie: Dirty Dancing). • Being in ungodly places, around ungodly people doing ungodly things presents you in an ungodly light, not the light you are to reflect as a child of God. To desire it is to show spiritual immaturity! • Matthew 5:14-16; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Romans 12:1-2

  21. Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

  22. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

  23. Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

  24. Conclusion While it is technically true that the concept of dancing is not inherently sinful, the modern dance in almost all of its forms certainly is. Worldly people in worldly places participating in worldly activities engage in dancing to satisfy their worldly lusts. A Christian has no business being a part of such ungodliness.

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