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Sing Me A SongSinging in Worship to God
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Singing only, by faith (Rom 1017)

• Col 316 Let the word of Christ dwell in you
  richly in all wisdom, teaching admonishing one
  another in psalms hymns spiritual songs,
  singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

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Singing only, by faith (Rom 1017)

• Eph 518-20 And do not be drunk with wine, in
  which is dissipation but be filled with the
  Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms
  hymns spiritual songs, singing making melody
  in your heart to the Lord, 20 giving thanks
  always for all things to God the Father in the
  name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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What is acceptable worship?

• John 424 God is Spirit, those who worship
  Him must worship in spirit truth.

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Acceptable worship (John 424)

• In Spirit - Spiritual
• Its not a mere public exhibition (Matt 65-7).
• IT IS performed in the sanctuary of the heart.

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Acceptable worship (John 424)

• In Truth - Governed by Truth
• Concerned with Gods word not mens traditions
  (Matt 158-9 John 1717)
• Command SING (specific)
• Command gopher wood (specific)
• Make music or Play (general)

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Acceptable worship (John 424)

• In spirit truth
• Jesus made a contrast
• Worship under the Old Law emphasized physical
  forms.
• Those forms were only shadows of the true things
  in heaven (Heb 923-24 Heb 101).
• Worship under the New Covenant emphasizes the
  spirit of the worshipper the truth of God.

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Acceptable worship (John 424)

• In spirit truth
• The church is His spiritual temple (1 Cor 316
  Eph 219-22)
• His holy royal priesthood (1 Pet 25, 9 Rom
  121 Heb 1315)
• Prayers songs a sweet incense to Him (Rev 58)

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Acceptable worship (John 424)

• True worshippers are moved to emotion by the
  knowledge that they are giving God what He wants
  to receive.

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Bible related questions

• Didnt they use instruments in old testament
  worship?
• Instruments of God (1 Chron 1642)
• AMP With them were Heman Jeduthun with
  trumpets cymbals for those who should sound
  aloud, instruments for accompanying the songs
  of God.
• Youngs literal instruments of the song of God.

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Bible related questions

• Didnt they use instruments in old testament
  worship?
• 2 Chron 2925 And he stationed the Levites in
  the house of the LORD with cymbals, with stringed
  instruments, with harps, according to the
  commandment of David, of Gad the king's seer, and
  of Nathan the prophet for thus was the
  commandment of the LORD by His prophets.

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Bible related questions

• Didnt they use instruments in old testament
  worship?
• Instruments were NOT part of Moses law
• They were NOT used in the first tabernacle
• Musical instruments were a part of a covenant
  that predated ours (Num 1010).

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Bible related questions

• Didnt they use instruments in old testament
  worship?
• 2 Chron 2927-28 Then Hezekiah commanded them
  to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And
  when the burnt offering began, the song of the
  LORD also began, with the trumpets with the
  instruments of David king of Israel. 28 So all
  the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, the
  trumpeters sounded all this continued until the
  burnt offering was finished.

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Bible related questions

• Didnt they use instruments in old testament
  worship?
• 2 Chron 2929-30 And when they had finished
  offering, the king all who were present with
  him bowed worshiped 30 Moreover King Hezekiah
  the leaders commanded the Levites to sing praise
  to the LORD with the words of David of Asaph
  the seer. So they sang praises with gladness,
  they bowed their heads worshiped.

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Bible related questions

• Dont they use instruments in heaven? Rev 142
• I heard a voice Grk. fooneen from heaven like
  Grk. hoos the voice of many waters like the
  voice of loud thunder. And I heard a voice like
  harpers harping on their harps
• And they sang as it were a new song before the
  throne

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Bible related questions

• Doesnt the word psalms include instruments?
• Psallo is translated sing (Rom 159 1 Cor
  1415 Jas 513)
• Psallo is translated making melody (Eph 519)
  transitive verb in your heart

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Bible related questions

• The Bible doesnt say not to?
• Many of Gods people suffered greatly for acting
  on His silence
• Cain (Gen 4)
• Moses (Num 20)
• Nadab Abihu (Lev 10)
• David Uzzah (2 Sam 6)
• Saul (1 Sam 13 15)
• King Uzziah (2 Chron 26)

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What does God say?

• Singing hymns (Acts 1625)
• Sing to Your name (Rom 159)
• Sing with the spirit
• Sing with the understanding (1 Cor 1415)
• Singing making melody (Eph 519)
• Singing with grace (Col 316)
• I will sing praise to You (Heb 212)
• The fruit of our lips (Heb 1315)
• Sing psalms (Jas 513)

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Personal questions

• Shouldnt our style of worship adapt to our
  culture?
• Should our morals adapt to our culture? NO!
• The true worship of God is driven the desire to
  obey TRUTH (John 424 1717).

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Personal questions

• Shouldnt people use their talents to worship
  God?
• Pianists, organists, vocalists, praise teams,
  choirs, soloists.
• The true worship of God requires equal joint
  participation (Col 316 Eph 519).

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• Thomas Aquinas 13th century Instruments of
  music such as harps psalteries, the church does
  not adopt for divine praises, lest it should seem
  to Judaize.

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• Chrysostom, 3rd century Therefore, just as the
  Jews are commanded to praise God with all musical
  instruments so we are commanded to praise him
  with all our members - the eye, the tongue, ear,
  the hand. These instruments were then allowed
  because of the weakness of the people.

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• John Calvin (1509-1564 Presbyterian) "Musical
  instruments in celebrating the praises of God
  would be no more suitable than the burning of
  incense, the lighting up of lamps, the
  restoration of the other shadows of the law.

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892 Baptist) What a
  degradation to supplant the intelligent song of
  the whole congregation by the theatrical
  prettiness of a quartet, bellows, pipes! We
  might as well pray by machinery as praise by it."

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• Martin Luther The church rings with the noise
  of trumpets, pipes dulcimers human voices
  strive to bear their part with them. Men run to
  the church as to a theater, to have their ears
  tickled

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Personal questions

• Hasnt the church always used instruments?
• Directory of Worship (prior to 1881 United
  Presbyterian Church of America) As the use of
  musical instruments in the New Testament Church
  has no sanction in the Bible, they shall not be
  introduced, in any form, in any of our
  congregations

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Singing in Worship to God

• Demonstrates the Unity of the Body of Christ
• (John 1720-21 1 Cor 110)

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Gospel Plan of Salvation

• Believe the gospel of Christ
• John 824 2030-31 Rom 116 1010
• Repent or turn from your sins
• Luke 2446-47 Acts 238 319 1730-31
• Confess your faith in Christ
• Matt 1032-33 Rom 109-10
• Be immersed in water
• Matt 2819 Mk 1616 Acts 238 Rom 63-4 1
  Pet 321
• Live in obedient faith
• 1 Peter 114 Rev 210