Transcript Instrumental Music in Worship

Colossians 3:17
James 5:13
“In The Name Of”
 3686 onoma {on'-om-ah}
 Meaning: 1) name: univ. of proper names 2) the
name is used for everything which the name
covers, everything the thought or feeling of which
is aroused in the mind by mentioning, hearing,
remembering, the name, i.e. for one's rank,
authority, interests, pleasure, command,
excellences, deeds etc. 3) persons reckoned up by
name 4) the cause or reason named: on this
account, because he suffers as a Christian, for this
reason
The New Testament Pattern
 N. T. passages on MUSIC used in the worship of
God in the church:
 James 5:13, “Is any among you afflicted? let him
pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”
 Acts 16:25, “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed,
and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them.
 Romans 15:9, “And that the Gentiles might glorify
God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I
will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing
unto thy name.”
 1 Corinthians 14:15, “What is it then? I will pray
with the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and
I will sing with the understanding also.”
 Ephesians 5:19, “Speaking to yourselves in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord;”
Colossians 3:16, “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.”
 Heb. 2:12, “Saying, I will declare thy name unto my
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing
praise unto thee.”
 Hebrews 13:15, “By him therefore let us offer the
sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the
fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”
In EVERY Example in the N. T.
SINGING or VOCAL music is specified!
Our Worship Must Be:
 This is all God says about music. They reveal what
God desired and desires.
“In spirit – John 4:24
 Our worship is to be:
“In Truth”-John 4:24
God’s Penalty For Change – Gal. 1:6-9
Reasons Cited For Using It:
 “I don’t see anything wrong with it”
 What can we see that is right about it?
 1 Cor. 2:12-14 – God hasn’t asked our opinion
 Isa. 55:8-9 – Our thoughts are often foolish
 Prov. 14:12 – “There is a way that seemeth right”
 Jer. 10:23 – We are not capable to advise
 “God doesn’t say NOT TO”
 We do not serve God by what He does not say!
 We worship by His authority – Matt. 28:19-20
 Jack Daniels on the Lord’s Supper?
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 God doesn’t say NOT TO continued:
 Will Quail Springs church invite the Mormon Choir
to their assembly? God doesn’t say NOT
 God did not tell Nadab and Abihu NOT to use a
different fire on the altar, but He DID specify the
fire
 God did not tell Saul NOT to spare King Agag
 God did not tell Noah NOT to use oak, but God DID
specify gopher wood
 God did not say NOT to use Inst., but God DID
specify singing
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 God specified the kind of music He wanted
 We are to “walk by faith and NOT by sight,” 2Cor.
5:7
 Faith comes from the Word – Rom. 10:17
 If Instrumental in worship cannot be found in the
New Testament, it is NOT OF FAITH.
 “There are harps in heaven”
 Rev. is Symbolical. If “harps” is literal, so is the
144,000 male, Jewish, Virgins that are going to
heaven. Rev. 7:4; 21:17
 John said he heard a “VOICE” (Rev. 14:2), “AS”
rushing water, thunders, harps.
 If “harps” can be literalized to justify inst. of
music in worship, why not literalize the other
symbols and use them in worship? “golden
censor,” “incense,” “golden altar” – 5:8
 “We use it in the home,” why not worship?
 “It is just an aid” – An aid would be a song book,
tuning device, leader, all of which aids the thing
specified--singing
 “The word ‘psalm’ in Eph. 5:19, includes it”
 If this were true we would be required to use it.
 If true, all would have to play and sing
 Why wasn’t Paul inspired to say “play and sing?”
 Why wasn’t it obeyed until 600 years later?
 The word “psallo” does not include the inst.
 “psallo” – In the N. T. to sing a hymn, to celebrate
the praises of God in song, James 5:13 (Thayer)
 See Gingrich & Danker
 Eph. 5:19, shows the inst. to be the heart
 “It was used in the Old Testament”
 “Nailed to the cross” – Col. 2:14
 Matthew 28:18
“But in vain they do worship
me, teaching for doctrines
the commandments of men.”
Jesus, Matthew 15:9