Christian Raves

I know I am suppose to write about something else so forgive me.  I will get back to it another time
I have 2 kids that love raves.  Music, jumping, light shows, and high tech clothing with lights and such. I think about King David leaping and dancing before the LORD and dancing with all his might (read 2 Samuel 6 about how David ). I think a mistake is being corrected with these functions such as the fun of being young, paired with the love of God and a great teaching tool to keep the young connected to God and his awesome presents.  I think it is cool.  Who says everything have to be a pious sterile atmosphere.  Don't get me wrong I love church and all its many complexities but why not allow them to be as they are young.  I love pray nights and bible study I mean that is my thing.  Love Sunday fellowships, worship  and encouraging one another.  I love to study the history of the texts, scripture and first Christians.  I can get lost in the study of this stuff.  People come to the knowledge of God in may ways and from all walks of life. They come to the knowledge of Christ our Lord and Savior.  Who  was “in the beginning with the Father, and is the Firstborn son. 



I like this scripture because it characterize a child's actions and thought development  (although is is about how we develop and come into the awareness of Gods Knowledge)
 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

1 Corinthians 13:10-12

¹⁰but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
 ¹¹When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
 ¹²For now we ^(A)see in a mirror dimly, but then ^(B)face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also ^(C)have been fully known.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

Ephesians 1:3

New American Standard Bible (NASB)
3(A)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in (B)the heavenly places in Christ,

Cross references:
A. Ephesians 1:3 : 2 Cor 1:3
B. Ephesians 1:3 : Eph 1:20; 2:6; 3:10; 6:12

King James Version (KJV)
3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

Amplified Bible (AMP)
³May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!

2 Corinthians 1:1-5

Amplified Bible (AMP)¹PAUL, AN apostle (a special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, to the church (assembly) of God which is at Corinth, and to all the saints (the people of God) throughout Achaia (most of Greece):

²Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

³Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement),

⁴Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God.

⁵For just as Christ's [own] sufferings fall to our lot [as they overflow upon His disciples, and we share and experience them] abundantly, so through Christ comfort (consolation and encouragement) is also [shared and experienced] abundantly by us.

New American Standard Bible (NASB) ¹Paul, ^A)">(A)an apostle of ^B)">(B)Christ Jesus ^C)">(C)by the will of God, and ^D)">(D)Timothy our brother, To ^E)">(E)the church of God which is at ^F)">(F)Corinth with all the saints who are throughout ^G)">(G)Achaia:

²^H)">(H)Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³^I)">(I)Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and ^J)">(J)God of all comfort,

⁴who ^K)">(K)comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵For just ^L)">(L)as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

Cross references:

1. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Rom 1:1; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:1; Col 1:1; 2 Tim 1:1; Titus 1:1
2. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Gal 3:26
3. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : 1 Cor 1:1
4. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 16:1; 1 Cor 16:10; 2 Cor 1:19
5. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : 1 Cor 10:32
6. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 18:1
7. 2 Corinthians 1:1 : Acts 18:12
8. 2 Corinthians 1:2 : Rom 1:7
9. 2 Corinthians 1:3 : Eph 1:3; 1 Pet 1:3
10. 2 Corinthians 1:3 : Rom 15:5
11. 2 Corinthians 1:4 : Is 51:12; 66:13; 2 Cor 7:6, 7, 13
12. 2 Corinthians 1:5 : 2 Cor 4:10; Phil 3:10; Col 1:24

King James Version (KJV) ¹Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:

²Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

³Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

⁴Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

⁵For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.