Is Grinding Ok?

Question:



I wanted to know. Is it ok to grind at dances?



Answer:



Before I go into this I want you to know that I appreciate dancing. I think there is alot of good that comes from it. There's nothing wrong in dancing in itself. There are different expressions of it in different cultures and dance is healthy. God made us with the desire to dance. First off to be an offering to Him (Psalm 149:3). Secondly for our good pleasure.

But I do have some cautions. I believe you need to take into consideration what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 6:12 "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any." You have the freedom to choose what you want to do in your life because Christ gave you the freedom to do so. However, you have to keep in mind that what you choose, you give it power over you. If we are practicing something that someone who is weak in the faith sees, gets confused, and stumbles at it, we are held responsible for that. True freedom in Christ means that you have the ability to say "no" to something, not that you can do whatever you want.

Back to dancing. There are alot of things that are associated with certain types of dancing that are not helpful, not just to the body of Christ, but to your own well being. This form of dance desensitizes a person to the proper view of sex, giving it the idea that it's all just for fun. The fact that this form of dance is a very public flaunt of what it pictures goes against the privacy in which God intended for sex between a husband and wife to be. This is not harmless. The question you have to ask yourself is, "Does this build up the Body of Christ?" Would you be ashamed to dance like this in front of godly believers, who are a small picture of Jesus? Grinding is unhealthy from both aspects, for the Body of Christ and for yourself.


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