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Welcome!Sunday
Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM
5:30 PM
Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM
Bibles and copies of sermons are available
Please silence your cell phones
Two Theories of AuthorityThe Church may do those things:
1. Specifically authorized Silence prohibits
2. Not specifically prohibited Silence permits
Conservative
Liberal
History of Instrumental Music
Acapella – as in the church5th-10th Century – introduction of organs
Reformation – rejection of instrumentsFrom 1800 to 1880 - Protestant changes
History of Instrumental MusicAcapella – as in the church10th Century – introduction of the organReformation – rejection of instruments
“Men still living can remember the time when organs were very seldom found out of the Church of England. The Methodists, Independents, and Baptists rarely had them, and by the Presbyterians they were stoutly opposed”
John Spencer Curwen, the Royal Academy of Music, 1880
History of Instrumental MusicPOINT – As go the denominations, so
does the Lord’s church digress….Now make us a king to judge us like all
the nations. 1 Samuel 8:5b ….they followed idols, became idolaters,
and went after the nations who were all around them. 2 Kings 17:15b
MisconceptionsWe have a personal distaste for musicWe think Acapella is betterA cultural objectionWe cannot afford a pianoWe have no one to play the pianoWe think mechanical music is sinful
Four Points on Worship1. Worship is for God, not men
“….Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, and to Him you shall offer sacrifice.” 2 Kings 17:36b
Four Points on Worship1. Worship is for God, not men2. Not ALL worship is pleasing to God
By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain,
Hebrews 11:4
Four Points on Worship1. Worship is for God, not men2. Not ALL worship is pleasing to God3. God reveals what worship is pleasing
His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 2 Peter 1:3
Four Points on Worship1. Worship is for God, not men2. Not ALL worship is pleasing to God3. God reveals what worship is pleasing4. Wrong worship is sinful Jeroboam’s error – “This thing became a sin” I Kings 12:30
Has God Spoken on Music?In Examples
Mark 14:26, Acts 16:25, Hebrews 2:12In Commands
Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, James 5:13In Inferences
Hebrews 13:15, I Corinthians 14:15
God has revealed HIS desire every way possible!
But What About David?Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
1 Chronicles 13:8
Carnal Old LawCarnal Old LawPhysical IsraelPhysical JerusalemPhysical TemplePhysical PriesthoodPhysical SacrificesPhysical Music
Spiritual New LawCarnal Old LawPhysical IsraelPhysical JerusalemPhysical TemplePhysical PriesthoodPhysical SacrificesPhysical Music
Spiritual New LawSpiritual Israel
Spiritual JerusalemSpiritual Temple
Spiritual PriesthoodSpiritual Sacrifices
Spiritual Music
David & the Old LawThere is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2
God’s RuleCarnal Old LawPhysical IsraelPhysical JerusalemPhysical TemplePhysical PriesthoodPhysical SacrificesPhysical Music
Spiritual New LawSpiritual Israel
Spiritual JerusalemSpiritual Temple
Spiritual PriesthoodSpiritual Sacrifices
Spiritual Music
Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are
under the curse; for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does
not continue in all things which are written in the book of the
law, to do them."
God Didn’t Say “Don’t”He also does not say:
“Don’t sacrifice your children”“They have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind”
Jeremiah 19:5
God Didn’t Say “Don’t”He also does not say:
“Don’t offer strange fire”Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. Leviticus 10:1
God Didn’t Say “Don’t”God does not need to say “don’t”
Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other.
1 Corinthians 4:6
A Mistranslation of Psallo?Psallos, Psalmos “to sing” (with
instruments?)If so, then instruments are commanded!
Paul sinned in Acts 16Jesus at the Lord’s Supper
No translator has ever rendered Psallo or Psalmos anything other than “to sing”
Simply an Aid or ExpedientTo “aid” in singing, not to accompanyAn Aid: that which is needed or
helpful in order to accomplish
Simply an Aid or ExpedientTo “aid” in singing, not to accompanyIf so then it is an aid:
That dominates the musicThat creates a new form of musicThat changes music to entertainmentThat divides brethren
Can it be expedient or an aid as such?
Musical Instruments in Revelation
Revelation 14:2 – HarpsRevelation 6:9 – AltarsRevelation 8:3 – Incense offeringsRevelation 1:13 – LampstandsRevelation 4:4 – Robes & CrownsRevelation 3:12 – TempleRevelation 20:6 - Priesthood
Literal Doctrine or Old Testament
Imagery?
Two Theories of AuthorityThe Church may do those things:
1. Specifically authorized Silence prohibits
2. Not specifically prohibited Silence permits
Habakkuk 2:20 But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the
earth keep silence before Him."