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Musical Worship

Musical Worship. Musical worship is worship & is governed by God’s word, Col. 3:16, 17 God provides a pattern Worship in every age Not one pattern for all ages Musical worship in the gospel age Singing: Jesus, disciples, saints Praise God & teach one another Respect singing as worship.

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Musical Worship

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  1. Musical Worship • Musical worship is worship • & is governed by God’s word, Col. 3:16, 17 • God provides a pattern • Worship in every age • Not one pattern for all ages • Musical worship in the gospel age • Singing: Jesus, disciples, saints • Praise God & teach one another • Respect singing as worship

  2. Musical Worship • Our worship must be by His will, not ours • Worthy of worship, Rev. 4:11 • Musical worship due to love & devotion, not to please our ears

  3. Musical Worship Not All Worship Is Accepted Arguments For Instruments Sober Statements

  4. Musical Worship Not All Worship Is Accepted • Worship through idols is rejected, Ex. 20:1-5 • Golden calf, Ex. 32:1-10 • Idols at Dan & Bethel, 1 Kgs. 12:26-30

  5. Musical Worship Not All Worship Is Accepted • Worship offered sincerely, • but without authority, is rejected • Nadab & Abihu, Lev. 10:1-3 • Sincerity is not enough, 1 Kgs. 18:25-29 • Rejected at Judgment, Mt. 7:21-23

  6. Musical Worship Not All Worship Is Accepted • Not all beliefs are right • Water boils at 211 degrees • Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim • If God accepted all worship – hypocrite • Presbyterian & Baptist cannot be right • Catholic & Episcopal cannot be right • Pentecostal & Mormon cannot be right

  7. Musical Worship Not All Worship Is Accepted • Changes to worship are sinful • Divinely given worship, Acts 2:42; Col. 3:16 • Man’s changes • Images & figures • Women leaders, 1 Tim. 2:11, 12 • Instruments of music

  8. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • David used them, Psa. 71:22 • Dancing, Psa. 150:3-5 • Animal sacrifice, Psa. 66:13, 15 • Polygamy, 2 Sam. 3:2-5; 5:13

  9. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • The New Testament doesn’t say not to • Argument from silence, Heb. 7:12-14 • NT doesn’t say “thou shalt not…” • Gamble, Eph. 4:28 • Baptize babies, Mk. 16:16 • Pray to Mary, 1 Tim. 2:5

  10. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • God has given me a talent • and I feel I should use it to praise Him • Saul felt compelled, 1 Sam. 13:12 • Juggler? • Magic tricks? • Sword swallower?

  11. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • Instruments are expedients like songbooks • The Lord’s Supper, Mt. 26:26-29 • Expedients: tray, cups, napkins • Non-expedients: cake, tea

  12. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • Instruments are expedients like songbooks • Baptism, Col. 2:12 • Expedients: river, lake, baptistery • Non-expedients: sprinkle, pour

  13. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • Instruments are expedients like songbooks • Sing, Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16 • Expedients: book, projector, memory • Non-expedients: piano, guitar

  14. Musical Worship Arguments For Instruments • Instruments are in heaven, Rev. 5:8; 14:2 • Golden bowls & incense • Lamb on Mt. Zion, Rev. 14:1 • 144,000 virgin men, Rev. 14:3, 4 • Symbolic language, Rev. 1:1

  15. Musical Worship Sober Statements “An organ in the worship of God is an ensign of Baal” Martin Luther - Founder of Lutheran Church - Quoted in McClintock & Strong’s Encyclopedia

  16. Musical Worship Sober Statements “Musical instruments in the celebration of praises to God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense and the restoration of other shadows of the law” John Calvin - Founder of Presbyterian Church - Commentary on Psalm 33:2

  17. Musical Worship Sober Statements “I have no objections to instruments in our chapels provided they are neither seen nor heard” John Wesley - Founder of Methodist Church - Quoted by Adam Clarke in Commentary on Amos 6:5

  18. Musical Worship Sober Statements Charles Spurgeon - Baptist Preacher 1800s - Treasury of David Vol. 1, p. 272 “What a degradation to supplant the intelligent song of the whole congregation by the theatrical prettinesses of a quartette, the refined niceties of a choir, or the blowing off of wind from inanimate bellows and pipes! We might as well pray by machinery as praise by it”

  19. Musical Worship Sober Statements “Speaking to one another In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, Singing and making melody In your heart to the Lord” The Holy Spirit - Ephesians 5:19

  20. Musical Worship Sober Statements “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord” The Holy Spirit - Colossians 3:16

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