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TEXT: 2 Timothy 3:16

INTRODUCTION: Should Christians today use instrumental music in our worship to God? This question has been a wedge of division between religious people. Yet, as controversial as the question is, there are many who think that the discussion is trivial – that it simply doesn’t matter. Should we; shouldn’t we; or does it even matter?

Immediately striking many visitors to the churches of Christ is the absence of any musical instruments. Some have mistakenly supposed that it may by because an individual congregation cannot afford an organ or may be that there is no one who can play. So much of the worship in many churches around us today is geared towards entertainment. Many people think they have worshipped acceptably if they “feel good” by what they do in worship. But Jesus has stated: “for what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God” Luke 16:15, Prov. 14:12.

Many people actually criticize the Lord’s Church for not using musical instruments in our worship but the questions are:
-Does God approve the use of instruments of music in Christian worship?
-Those instruments are popular in churches today; does that mean God is pleased?
- Did Christ anywhere in the Bible command the use of instruments in His worship?
- Did the Apostle use such? Did any of the churches we read about in the New Testament leave us an example of the use mechanical instruments?

God’s word is the final authority in all religious matters (Matt. 28:18, I Cor. 4:6, I Peter 4:11, Jude 3, Rev. 22:18-19)

WHY NOT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC?
1. New Testament worship is spiritual not physical: What was the distinction Jesus made between the worship of the New covenant and that of the Old (John 4:19-24)?

2. Was one to worship God “with the proper attitude and in the proper way” under the Old Testament law ( 25:2, Deut. 5:32; 6:4-9; 12:32)?

Then what is Jesus contrasting)?

How are the things of the Old Testament Law described ( 8:4-5; 10:1-4, Col. 2:16-17)?
Why did God send the physical types and symbols of the Old Testament first (I Cor. 15:46)?
How do the things of the New Testament Law replace the old ( 5:17-20, John 1:17)?
Are musical instruments part of the shadows and types of the Old Testament, or the spiritual fulfillment of the New ( 2:16-17, Eph. 5:19)

Go Has Not Commanded The Use Of Instruments

In Christian Worship: Since God alone is the object of our worship and is alone worthy to be praise, He should determine what our worship consists of and how and when it should be conducted.

God not man is to be worshipped. God – not man is therefore to be pleased. What pleases man, or what man thinks pleases God may be “abomination in the sight of God (Luke 16:15; Prov. 14:12).

Any act of worship offered to God should be in harmony with the will of God revealed in His Word (John 1:17, 4:24).

“To do what God has not authorized is to assume that God is not capable of knowing what He wants. To something religiously which God has neither commanded nor forbidden is to assume that man is licensed to do anything which God is silent about” – Celine R. Paden

Generic and Specific Commands: There are two kinds of commands given in the Bible: Generic and Specific commands; “music” is a generic term, because there is more than one kind.

If the Lord had commanded “make music” we could comply with the command by vocal, instrumental, or a combination of both. But “singing” is a specific term. Inasmuch as the scripture all point to singing, this restricts the music to vocal – Guy V. Caskey

The Scripture Authorize Singing: All the passages that deal with music in the New testament worship specify singing as the type of music, Matt. 26:30, Acts 16:25, I Cor. 14:15; Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16, Heb. 2:12; 13;5; in each and every case, the type of music is vocal.

None of these references mentioned the use of instrumental music.

We have authority for vocal music, but we have no authority to offer any other kind music; to offer any kind (like instrumental) music would be “strange or unauthorized” a sinful (Lev. 10:1-2).

We do not have authority to add or take away from the word of God – Deut. 4:2, 2 John 9, Rev. 22:18-19)

Read more via https://abulomachurchofchrist.org/why-we-dont-worship-god-with-musical-instrument/

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Psa 150:1  Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. 
Psa 150:2  Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 
Psa 150:3  Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 
Psa 150:4  Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. 
Psa 150:5  Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 
Psa 150:6  Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. 

semasir:
TEXT: 2 Timothy 3:16

INTRODUCTION: Should Christians today use instrumental music in our worship to God? This question has been a wedge of division between religious people. Yet, as controversial as the question is, there are many who think that the discussion is trivial – that it simply doesn’t matter. Should we; shouldn’t we; or does it even matter?

Immediately striking many visitors to the churches of Christ is the absence of any musical instruments. Some have mistakenly supposed that it may by because an individual congregation cannot afford an organ or may be that there is no one who can play. So much of the worship in many churches around us today is geared towards entertainment. Many people think they have worshipped acceptably if they “feel good” by what they do in worship. But Jesus has stated: “for what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God” Luke 16:15, Prov. 14:12.

Many people actually criticize the Lord’s Church for not using musical instruments in our worship but the questions are:
-Does God approve the use of instruments of music in Christian worship?
-Those instruments are popular in churches today; does that mean God is pleased?
- Did Christ anywhere in the Bible command the use of instruments in His worship?
- Did the Apostle use such? Did any of the churches we read about in the New Testament leave us an example of the use mechanical instruments?

God’s word is the final authority in all religious matters (Matt. 28:18, I Cor. 4:6, I Peter 4:11, Jude 3, Rev. 22:18-19)

WHY NOT INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC?
1. New Testament worship is spiritual not physical: What was the distinction Jesus made between the worship of the New covenant and that of the Old (John 4:19-24)?

2. Was one to worship God “with the proper attitude and in the proper way” under the Old Testament law ( 25:2, Deut. 5:32; 6:4-9; 12:32)?

Then what is Jesus contrasting)?

How are the things of the Old Testament Law described ( 8:4-5; 10:1-4, Col. 2:16-17)?
Why did God send the physical types and symbols of the Old Testament first (I Cor. 15:46)?
How do the things of the New Testament Law replace the old ( 5:17-20, John 1:17)?
Are musical instruments part of the shadows and types of the Old Testament, or the spiritual fulfillment of the New ( 2:16-17, Eph. 5:19)

Go Has Not Commanded The Use Of Instruments

In Christian Worship: Since God alone is the object of our worship and is alone worthy to be praise, He should determine what our worship consists of and how and when it should be conducted.

God not man is to be worshipped. God – not man is therefore to be pleased. What pleases man, or what man thinks pleases God may be “abomination in the sight of God (Luke 16:15; Prov. 14:12).

Any act of worship offered to God should be in harmony with the will of God revealed in His Word (John 1:17, 4:24).

“To do what God has not authorized is to assume that God is not capable of knowing what He wants. To something religiously which God has neither commanded nor forbidden is to assume that man is licensed to do anything which God is silent about” – Celine R. Paden

Generic and Specific Commands: There are two kinds of commands given in the Bible: Generic and Specific commands; “music” is a generic term, because there is more than one kind.

If the Lord had commanded “make music” we could comply with the command by vocal, instrumental, or a combination of both. But “singing” is a specific term. Inasmuch as the scripture all point to singing, this restricts the music to vocal – Guy V. Caskey

The Scripture Authorize Singing: All the passages that deal with music in the New testament worship specify singing as the type of music, Matt. 26:30, Acts 16:25, I Cor. 14:15; Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16, Heb. 2:12; 13;5; in each and every case, the type of music is vocal.

None of these references mentioned the use of instrumental music.

We have authority for vocal music, but we have no authority to offer any other kind music; to offer any kind (like instrumental) music would be “strange or unauthorized” a sinful (Lev. 10:1-2).

We do not have authority to add or take away from the word of God – Deut. 4:2, 2 John 9, Rev. 22:18-19)

Read more via https://abulomachurchofchrist.org/why-we-dont-worship-god-with-musical-instrument/