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Arguments for INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC answered. “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 .” Col 3:16. We do not use Instrumental music in worship. Why?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“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.”
Col 3:16
It Is Not Because:
• We don’t like itWe don’t like it• We can’t afford We can’t afford itit• We’ve never We’ve never had ithad it
We do not useWe do not useInstrumental music in worshipInstrumental music in worship
We do not useWe do not useInstrumental music in worshipInstrumental music in worship
Why we do not useWhy we do not useInstrumental musicInstrumental musicWhy we do not useWhy we do not useInstrumental musicInstrumental music
It Is Not Authorized
Must Have Bible Authority
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Col 3:17
Singing Is All ThatGod Has Authorized
Mt. 26:30 & Mk. 14:26 = Sung
Acts 16:25 = singing hymns
1 Cor. 14:15 = sing
Eph. 5:19 = singing
Col. 3:16 = Singing
Three Positions taken...Three Positions taken...
1. Commanded
2. Optional
3. Forbidden
1 Pet. 3:15 “...be ready to given an answer...”
1. Talents1. Talents
Musical talent used to glorify God
Mt. 25:15 ~ misunderstanding
No Bible authority
What about others with TalentsWhat about others with Talents?
Basketball
Artist
Cooking, sewing
Woodworking
Worship to GodIs not a Talent Show
2. Aid2. Aid
Difference between aid & additionDifference between aid & addition
Aid = helps without changingAid = helps without changing
Addition = alters / changesAddition = alters / changes
AuthorizedAuthorized AidAid AdditionAddition
Mother – son to get bread
Bag Candy bar
Car to get Oil change
Wrench
Funnel
4 new tires
Bread
Fruit of Vine
Table
CupsPizza
Coke
AuthorizedAuthorized AidAid AdditionAddition
Sing
Eph.5:19
Col.3:16
Song book
Pitch pipeOrgan
Piano
Additions are wrong
Visual Aids in Sermon ????
See and hear aids learning
Printed outline
Blackboard
Projector
Truth is not changed by visual aids
Instrumental Music is an additionNot an Aid
3. Home3. Home
If We use it in the home,Then we can use it in the church !
The Home is a separate institution from the Church
In the Home we can do many things that would not be right to do in the worship of the church!!!
1 Cor. 11:33-34
4. Not condemned4. Not condemned
God did not say we could not useInstrumental music.
God specifies that excludes God specifies that excludes everything else !everything else !
Noah – Ark – Gopher Wood – Gen.6
Lamb – without blemish – Ex. 12
Brass Serpent – Num. 21:8
The question is not: Where did GodExclude, but “Where did God includeInstrumental music”?
God says to Sing – Eph.5:19Cannot add or take away
Deut. 4:2Rev. 22:18-19
5. Good Crowd5. Good Crowd
Bring in a big crowdPeople like this kind of music
Give money
Give away new car Jn.6:26
Our Purpose is to please GodNot get a crowd
6. Instruments in Heaven6. Instruments in Heaven
Instrumental Music in HeavenRev. 14:1-3 = harps
If Harps are literal then...
That is figurative Harps figurative
Throne, bowls, incense literal- Rev. 5
Names on foreheads literal – Rev. 14
Seven plagues, smoke literal–Rev.15
Horses, armies literal – Rev. 19
Not literalNot literalBut symbolicBut symbolic
Suppose instruments are authorized in heaven !!
That does not authorize them for today in the worship.
7. Beautiful7. Beautiful
It makes the singing sound more beautiful
Melodeon at Midway, KY
What is beautiful to God?
Beautiful Sound ?
Beautiful Heart ?
Singing is not judgedBy how much man is pleased
8. Used in Old Testament8. Used in Old Testament
Instrumental music was usedby many in the Old Testament.
If it was ok for them then itWill be Ok for us
We are not living under the O.TWe are not living under the O.T.
We live under the New CovenantNew Covenant
Col. 2:14-17
Old law replaced by Gospel
New Testament Authorizes Singing Only
Instrumental music is opposedby those who respect God’s word!
• Some say “I want it anyway”
•“O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.” Jer. 10:23
1.Talent
2.Aid
3.Home
4.Not condemned
5.Popular
6.Heaven
7.Beautiful
8.Used in O.T.
It is not a matter of what we like or dislike!
It is not that we want to be contentious!
But it is having proper respect forGod and His word!
We can only do what God has authorized.
In worship God has authorized singing.
That excludes instrumental music!
John 4:24
““God is a Spirit: and they that God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.”in spirit and in truth.”
Truth = SingingTruth = Singing
•By Arthur PigmanBy Arthur Pigman•Evans Church of ChristEvans Church of Christ•Evans, GeorgiaEvans, Georgia•Sunday Morning – 19 September 2004Sunday Morning – 19 September 2004