F.O.P. or FLOP
FOP 05 had just ended last night, i was "privileged" to be able to squeeze into the indoor stadium. yes, literally "squeezed". the queue, as i overheard some conversations, started since morning.. WOW!!! eager worshippers of God? nah, i doubt it... nonetheless, by the time grace & i reached the place, 1 long queue had already been closed & another was extremely long... the average age of the "worshippers" was 20-21 years of age. thousands of kids were in the queue & the situation was chaotic. peopl squeezed into the smallest gap they can find & sprinted when there was a wider gap. queue-cutters were overrunning both queues & there were also "clowns" for entertainment while waiting. kids threw their bags & water bottles around, shouting & making a fool out of themselves. absolutely conducts unbecoming of Christian youths.
once into the stadium, one will still not be in the mood of worship. the reception area looked exactly like a market place, with the organizers & ushers selling CDs/DVDs/program & also 7-11 booths selling food & drinks... it was in such a mess... yucks...at the seats, all i saw was ushers selling ushers selling CDs/DVDs/program like a popcorn-man selling popcorn in a concert.
oh, did i mention that the kids seem to be there for a concert? hillsongs & delirious concert to be precise. it's really depressing to see that the kids were there to worship music & the worship leaders instead of the true object of worship: Christ Jesus Himself. thru-out the whole F.O.P., or shld i say half the F.O.P. that i was there, i only felt a sense of grieve, not of praise. the audience was spirit-gifted but not spirit-filled. they could speak in tongues but i dun sense God being worship, the true spirit of worship was so absent from the whole indoor stadium that i was able to sleep even with jumping kids & booming music blasting in my ears.
to me, F.O.P. has outlived its purpose. until & unless the F.O.P. organisers realized the absence of true worship of the one true God in F.O.P., it'll continue to be a Festival of Praise to idols, namely the music & the worship leaders. there'll no longer be a revival that will come thru F.O.P.
"I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps." (Amos 5:21-23)
once into the stadium, one will still not be in the mood of worship. the reception area looked exactly like a market place, with the organizers & ushers selling CDs/DVDs/program & also 7-11 booths selling food & drinks... it was in such a mess... yucks...at the seats, all i saw was ushers selling ushers selling CDs/DVDs/program like a popcorn-man selling popcorn in a concert.
oh, did i mention that the kids seem to be there for a concert? hillsongs & delirious concert to be precise. it's really depressing to see that the kids were there to worship music & the worship leaders instead of the true object of worship: Christ Jesus Himself. thru-out the whole F.O.P., or shld i say half the F.O.P. that i was there, i only felt a sense of grieve, not of praise. the audience was spirit-gifted but not spirit-filled. they could speak in tongues but i dun sense God being worship, the true spirit of worship was so absent from the whole indoor stadium that i was able to sleep even with jumping kids & booming music blasting in my ears.
to me, F.O.P. has outlived its purpose. until & unless the F.O.P. organisers realized the absence of true worship of the one true God in F.O.P., it'll continue to be a Festival of Praise to idols, namely the music & the worship leaders. there'll no longer be a revival that will come thru F.O.P.
"I hate, I despise your religious feasts; I cannot stand your assemblies. Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps." (Amos 5:21-23)
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