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  • This is a production of World Video Bible School.

  • To God be the glory!

  • Michael Buble sings the song

  • "Save The Last Dance For Me."

  • Whitney Houston sang

  • "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

  • Lady Gaga sings

  • "Just Dance."

  • You know, it's amazing how many songs there are that have the word "dance"

  • in them.

  • On television these days,

  • dancing is the latest primetime rage.

  • FOX has its program "So You Think You Can Dance."

  • ABC has the program "Dancing With The Stars" which is

  • boasting an audience of 22,500,000 viewers on Monday nights.

  • And the point is that

  • dancing is extremely popular. And it's something that

  • young people have to deal with.

  • I'm standing here, right now, in a high school gymnasium.

  • But, pretty soon this could be the scene

  • of a high school dance.

  • And young people have to ask the question,

  • "Should I go?"

  • And there's the prom, "Should I attend the prom?"

  • These are very real issues. And for a teenager to stand up and say "No, I'm not

  • going to go to the prom," or, "No, I'm not going to go to the dance"

  • could make them seem kind of out of touch and

  • maybe old-fashioned and would likely bring ridicule from their peers.

  • And so, I think it's good that

  • we talk about this issue and see what the Bible has to say about the subject

  • of dancing. What does God think

  • about this issue.

  • And you know, questions like this

  • really come down to our attitude toward the Bible.

  • And so, as we begin,

  • I want us to ask ourselves,

  • "Am I a person

  • who seeks to avoid questionable decisions in my life?" Or,

  • "Am I a person who tries to get away with as much as possible and sacrifice

  • as little as possible

  • for the Lord?"

  • Alright, let's talk about dancing.

  • Dictionary.com defines dancing this way:

  • "To move rhythmically

  • usually to music,

  • using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures."

  • Now, the word "dance," including "danced,"

  • "dances," and "dancing"

  • is use 27 times in the Bible.

  • There are six Old Testament (or Hebrew) words translated as "dance;"

  • and two New Testament (or Greek) words.

  • When you go to the Bible,

  • and you read the 27 occurrences,

  • you will find that these words are used basically in two different ways.

  • Now, the first usage

  • means:

  • "To jump up and down with joy."

  • Like you might do when your team scores a touchdown.

  • This is a

  • celebratory type of thing.

  • You know, when the Ark of the Covenant was finally

  • returned to Jerusalem,

  • the Bible says David danced, in

  • 2 Samuel 6, 14 through 16.

  • In Exodus 15,

  • Miriam led the women in dance and song, praising God for bringing them safely

  • through the Red Sea.

  • Now, when dance is used in this sense,

  • it is a synonym for

  • happiness

  • or celebration.

  • And most of the references to dance in the Bible fall into this category.

  • Now, the second sense in which dance is used

  • is in the sense of men and women interacting together

  • like they would at a party,

  • like a dance club, or the prom, or something like that.

  • In Exodus, chapter 32, while Moses was on the mountain receiving the

  • Ten Commandments,

  • you might remember that the children of Israel made an idol,

  • a golden calf.

  • And they engaged in immorality.

  • And the Bible says

  • they danced around it.

  • And you remember when Moses came down, he strongly condemn them for it.

  • In fact, every time that men and women danced together in the Bible, in the Old

  • Testament and the New Testament,

  • it was condemned.

  • And that's the type of dancing that we're talking about,

  • the type that would take place at a nightclub or a high school dance.

  • What does the Bible say about

  • this type of dancing?

  • Now, somebody might respond, "Nothing. The Bible doesn't say anything about that.

  • There's no passage that says 'Thou shalt not dance.'"

  • And that's true. There's no verse like that.

  • But, there are certainly passages that address dancing.

  • And there are certainly principles

  • that address dancing.

  • I want you to consider with me four reasons why this type of dancing is

  • wrong.

  • Number one comes from Galatians, chapter 5, and verse 19.

  • Galatians 5:19 begins listing the works of the flesh.

  • Now here's how it reads:

  • "Now the works for the flesh are manifest,

  • which are these;

  • Adultery,

  • fornication, uncleanness,

  • lasciviousness..." Now, I want you to notice this word "lasciviousness."

  • This is not a word that we use much anymore.

  • Probably when you leave to go on a date, your mother doesn't say, "Drive carefully

  • and don't be lascivious."

  • Now the New King James uses the word "lewdness."

  • Other versions use terms such as

  • "sensuality"

  • and "lustful pleasure."

  • The Greek word here, according to "Thayer's Greek Lexicon," means:

  • "Wanton manners as filthy words,

  • indecent bodily movements,

  • unchaste handling

  • of males and females." I want you to think about this definition and I want you to

  • try to envision something that would violate this.

  • What would it be?

  • What involves

  • indecent bodily movements?

  • What involves

  • unchaste handling of males and females?

  • Well it's dancing.

  • If it's not dancing, if dancing doesn't fit that description,

  • I don't know what does.

  • Typically you have

  • a dark room, low-cut dresses,

  • males and females holding each other closely rubbing their bodies together,

  • suggestive music.

  • Now, I hope you don't watch this show, but

  • if you've seen "Dancing with the Stars,"

  • or even if you've seen a commercial for it,

  • it's this word,

  • indecent bodily movements,

  • unchaste handling of males and females.

  • Now this particular word

  • is found nine times in the New Testament.

  • It is translated six times as "lasciviousness,"

  • twice as "wantonness,"

  • and once as

  • "filthy."

  • In modern language, we would define it this way:

  • "Conduct which excites lust." In verse 21, Paul writes:

  • "...they which do such things shall not inherit

  • the kingdom of God." Now to put it plainly,

  • those who engage in lascivious dancing

  • are not going to go to heaven.

  • I'll tell you what else fits this definition,

  • and really is a type of dancing,

  • is cheerleading.

  • Now, it's not sinful

  • to cheer for a team.

  • And cheerleading is not inherently sinful. But most of the time cheerleading

  • involves young

  • girls or ladies

  • in short skirts that

  • fly up during their routine.

  • And they're engaging in very provocative movements,

  • sometimes sexual in nature.

  • And these days they have boys handling them and holding their bodies.

  • And again, there's nothing wrong with having team spirit.

  • But when this type of thing is going on,

  • it fits the definition that the Lord said

  • will keep you out of heaven.

  • Now, somebody might say,

  • "Oh, you're being crazy. It's not like that."

  • But you know, there's a reason why cheerleaders wear those skimpy outfits

  • even in the dead of winter.

  • I'm telling you that it's more than just team spirit.

  • Now, reason number two, why this type of dancing is wrong, comes from

  • Matthew 5:28:

  • Jesus said,

  • "But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her

  • has already committed adultery with her

  • in his heart."

  • Jesus said that to lust for a woman, who's not your wife,

  • is sinful.

  • And dancing creates lust.

  • Dancing is sexual in nature.

  • No healthy man will deny that

  • it's sexually arousing to watch a girl swing her hips and breasts

  • suggestively to music.

  • Now, let me give you a Bible illustration of this.

  • You're probably familiar with the story of Herod and Herodias.

  • Mark, chapter 6 and verse 21, listen what it says:

  • "Then an opportune day came

  • when Herod on his birthday gave a feast for his nobles, the high officers,

  • and the chief men of Galilee.

  • And when Herodias' daughter herself came in and danced,

  • and pleased Herod

  • and those who set with him,

  • the king said to the girl,

  • 'Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.'"

  • Now, I want you to notice that the text says that she danced before them. That is

  • she engaged in suggestive bodily movements and they watched.

  • Now, what was Herod's reaction?

  • The text says

  • that it pleased him.

  • Now the Greek word here is a word that carries with it the idea of

  • exciting emotion.

  • We're being told that he was sexually pleased. He was

  • stimulated by this.

  • Now, what was the result?

  • The result was that Herod made a foolish vow. He did something that he

  • regretted.

  • Now somebody said that this type of dancing, this type of arousal,

  • causes men to do things that they might not normally do.

  • I want you to think about this. What if Herod had danced with her?

  • Would that have made it better?

  • If he had handled her like they do in

  • modern-day dances,

  • would it have been less evil?

  • Of course not. In fact, it would've been worse.

  • Paul Southern wrote that:

  • "(Dancing) is like building a fire under a tea kettle

  • and then daring the water

  • to boil."

  • Dancing arouses sexual passions and lust.

  • Somebody might say,

  • "Well I just don't buy all this about dancing being sexual. It's just fun,

  • there's nothing sexual to it."

  • Well if that's true,

  • why don't we have a father-son dance?

  • You know, I have heard of a father-son ball game,

  • and I've heard of a father-son campout.

  • But you don't have father-son dances. If there's truly nothing sexual to it,

  • then why don't we do that?

  • And if there's nothing sexual to it,

  • why don't schools have separate dances for boys and girls?

  • We could have all the girls meet in the cafeteria for a dance,

  • and have all of the boys meet in the gym.

  • How long do you think that would last?

  • We all know that would be the end of the party.

  • And why?

  • Because there's a sexual aspect

  • to dancing.

  • You know, the world understands the sexual nature of dancing.

  • Mick Jagger the lead singer for the Rolling Stones said:

  • "All dancing is a replacement

  • for sex."

  • Dr. Rita Hollingsworth said:

  • "Dancing is an exciting and pleasurable recreation as it affords

  • a partial satisfaction

  • of the sex impulse.

  • Dancing, in fact, is such an erotic stimuli that it even works for boys

  • and girls as young

  • as age eleven."

  • In one study,

  • 44 boys were asked what their feelings were

  • toward young ladies with whom they were dancing.

  • 41 out of the 44, 93 percent of them said

  • they thought about sex.

  • An audience of 1,500 men was asked

  • how many can dance

  • and not have evil thoughts.

  • No hands were raised. In another study, 80 percent of men admitted to having

  • lustful thoughts

  • while dancing.

  • Now the point that we're making is that dancing stimulates sexual thoughts and

  • feelings

  • and it violates what Jesus said

  • in Matthew 5:28.

  • Now, number 3. A third reason why dancing is wrong

  • is because it's a prelude to

  • other things.

  • When you put a male and a female together,

  • and they handle each other,

  • and they move their bodies to music, and

  • they shake their bodies in front of one another, and they hold each other tightly

  • pressed against one another,

  • it builds sexual emotions and tension.

  • And it's begging for trouble.

  • It's flirting with temptation.

  • You know, the proverb writer tells his son about the immoral woman

  • in Proverbs 5:

  • "Remove your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house." Now, the idea is

  • get away, stay away,

  • not to see how close you can get to temptation.

  • In 1 Corinthians 6:18, the Bible says: "Flee fornication..."

  • Not entice yourself toward it.

  • 1 Peter 2:11 says: "...abstain from fleshly lusts, which

  • war against the soul."

  • You know, orphanages say

  • that nine months

  • after-school proms

  • they have extra babies to care for. Now, why is that?

  • Because dancing is a prelude that leads to other things.

  • The Roman Catholic confessional reveals that 19 out of 20 of their

  • girls who go wrong

  • attribute it to dancing.

  • Sometimes people will say,

  • particularly with reference to school dances,

  • "How can something that is

  • so tightly supervised be wrong? Nothing's going on there."

  • Well first, that's not true. I know of situations, I've heard of situations

  • where things

  • did go on.

  • And secondly,

  • chaperones can only control what goes

  • on outwardly.

  • They can't control your thoughts.

  • They can't control what kind of lust might be building

  • inside those young boys.

  • And they can't control what takes place after the dance or on the way home.

  • Now, somebody said:

  • "When you turn a guy on,

  • he can be awfully hard to turn off."

  • Reader's Digest had a survey from 1999 that said:

  • "Over 75 percent of young women and 65 percent of young men who

  • had not yet had intimate sexual relations

  • planned to change that

  • on prom night."

  • And have you seen some of those prom dresses?

  • I'm not trying to be crude,

  • but some of those dresses they wear make them look like prostitutes.

  • I want you listen to this ad,

  • it's about prom dresses. It's from CyberGown.com,

  • on their web page, that says prom fashion 2009.

  • It reads like this:

  • "The sexy necklines... look good

  • but try not to wear a necklace for a more astonishing sexy look...

  • This time the prom dresses have become more and more

  • enduring

  • and seductive..."

  • Now is that what you want for your daughter? Notice the words

  • "sexy necklines,"

  • "sexy look," "seductive." Is that what you want for your daughter, for her to be

  • seductive?

  • Promgirl.net provides a

  • list of workouts for young girls that they can do prior to the prom

  • and it says:

  • "Performing these prom workouts and exercises

  • can assure a phenomenal body just in time for the event of the season. With

  • time and effort you will undoubtedly turn some heads with your terrific

  • toned look!"

  • And let me make one more comment with regard to this chaperone issue.

  • You know, if something needs to be so tightly supervised in the first place,

  • that ought to tell us something.

  • Number 4. Fourth reason that this type of dancing is wrong

  • comes from 1 Corinthians 15 and verse 33. The Bible says: "Be not

  • deceived:

  • Evil companionships

  • corrupt good morals."

  • Now, I want you to use your imagination for just a minute;

  • and, I want you to think about one of the type of people

  • who participates in modern dance.

  • I want you to think about the people who would be at a dance club.

  • You know, they're going there

  • expecting to engage in things that are enticing and titilating.

  • And I want you think about the companions of dance itself.

  • What do you usually find along with dancing?

  • Well, one is alcohol. Almost always alcohol goes with dancing.

  • Secondly,

  • you find very revealing,

  • sexually provocative, clothing.

  • Thirdly, music. Music always goes with dancing. And oftentimes it's very

  • suggestive,

  • crude, crass music.

  • I looked up, on the internet,

  • the top ten prom songs for 2009.

  • Number one is "Just dance,"

  • by Lady Gaga.

  • Now I want you listen to some of the lyrics from this song:

  • "Show me

  • I can see that you got so much in the jean.

  • The way you twirling up them hips round and round.

  • There's no reason,

  • I know

  • why you can't leave here with me.

  • In the meantime

  • stand, let me watch you break it down."

  • And you know, this song pretty well sums up what we've been saying about dancing.

  • She's saying I like the way you fill out your jeans. I want to stand and watch. We

  • can go home together, but in the meantime,

  • I'm just going to observe you.

  • Number three on the list of the top

  • dance songs for the prom

  • was: "I kissed a girl."

  • It's a song about two females kissing each other.

  • Number seven of the top ten prom dance songs is: "Sexyback," by Justin Timberlake.

  • Now, here's an excerpt of its lyrics"

  • "Dirty babe (uh-huh),

  • You see the shackles?

  • Baby I'm your slave (uh-huh),

  • I'll let you whip me if I misbehave (uh-huh).

  • It's just that no one makes me feel this way (uh-huh)."

  • Now these are listed

  • as the top dance songs for the prom,

  • for kids.

  • Not that it's right for adults, but this is for kids. This is what accompanies

  • the dance.

  • Now let's take a minute to consider some random questions about dancing.

  • Number one: "What about dancing for exercise?"

  • You know sometimes people have said,

  • "Oh, I just like to dance because it's good exercise. Not for any of those things

  • that you're discussing."

  • You know if a person wants to dance alone, in the privacy of his own home for

  • exercise,

  • I guess that's fine.

  • But you know, as soon as other people come into the picture, other people

  • become involved,

  • then you run into the problems that we've been discussing.

  • Now somebody says,

  • "What about dancing when it's just between a husband and wife in the

  • privacy of their own home?"

  • You know, I have been asked this question several times over the years;

  • and I think it's because we talk so much about dancing being wrong that people

  • wonder about this.

  • But you know, dancing is not inherently wrong.

  • It's the sexual things. It's the immodesty. Oftentimes the environment. Those are the

  • things that make it wrong. But, if a man and woman who are married,

  • want to dance in their own home,

  • more power to them. Certainly nothing wrong with that.

  • It might even be good for their relationship.

  • Nuber three: "What about things like

  • the 'Hokey Pokey?'"

  • Believe it or not, I've had people object to things like this.

  • But I have never seen the Hokey Pokey

  • performed in such a way that it would fit the description of the things we've been

  • discussing.

  • You know, we've got to use good sense about things like this. And there's nothing wrong with

  • doing a game like that, that children involve themselves in.

  • Now I know as soon as I say that, someone's going to come out with a dirty

  • version of the Hokey Pokey. But I've never seen it done in an inappropriate way.

  • There's a story told of a young girl

  • who was going to take a tour of a coal mine.

  • And she came dressed in a spotless white dress.

  • And her friends kind of harassed her about it, and they told her how

  • ridiculous it was to take this tour in the white dress.

  • But she said, "It will be alright. I'll be careful not to touch anything."

  • And so, before they enter the mine,

  • she asked the coal miner who was giving the tour,

  • she said, "Is there anything that would prevent me from wearing a white dress

  • into the coal mine?"

  • And he responded, "No, there's nothing to keep you from wearing a white dress in,

  • but there are many things

  • that will keep you from wearing one out.

  • James 1:27 says that: "Pure and undefiled religion..."

  • involves keeping yourself

  • "...unspotted from the world."

  • But you know, that's awfully hard to do

  • when we surround ourselves with filth.

  • Dancing is lasciviousness.

  • It is sexual in nature.

  • It promotes lust.

  • It's a prelude to other things.

  • And it involves wicked companions.

  • It is impossible for a Christian to keep himself unspotted from the world

  • while participating in the modern day dance.

  • In Sherry Burgess' tract "Shall I Go To The Prom,"

  • she writes these words about the prom.

  • She says: "One night was hard,

  • God held my hand,

  • He gave me courage to take a stand.

  • It doesn't hurt me anymore,

  • I'm stronger than I was before.

  • One night was hard,

  • I made a stand,

  • and now there's left

  • the Promised Land."

This is a production of World Video Bible School.

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