Instrumental Music in Worship to God

Instrumental Music 1. What The Old Testament Says:

What The Old Testament Says: Ps 68:25 “The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.”

What The Old Testament Says: Ps 33:2 “Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.”

What The Old Testament Says: 2 Chron 29:25-26 “And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets.”

What The Old Testament Says: Ps 150 “ Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”

What The Old Testament Says: Amos 6:1 “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!”

What The Old Testament Says: Amos 6:1 “Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!” Amos 6:4-5 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

Instrumental Music 2. What The History Says:

What History Says: The American Encyclopedia, Vol. 7, page 688 “The Pope Vitalian is regarded to have first introduced organs into some of the churches of Western Europe about 670 A.D.; but the earliest trustworthy account is that of one sent as a present by the Greek Emporer Contstantine Copronymus to Pepin, King of Franks in 755.”

What History Says: Chambers Encyclopedia, Vol. 7, page 112 “The organ is said to have been introduced into church music by Pope Vitalian in 666 A.D.”

What History Says: Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. 2, page 1702 “In the Greek church the organ never came into use, but after the eighth century it became common in the Latin church, not, however, without opposition from the side of the Monks…the reformed church discarded it; and though the church of Basil very early introduced it, it was in other places admitted only sparingly and after long hesitation.”

What History Says: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, Vol. 6, page 759 “The Greeks, as well as the Jews, were wont to use instruments as accompaniments in their sacred songs. The converts to Christianity accordingly must have been familiar with this mode of singing; yet it is generally believed that the primitive Christians failed to adopt the use of instrumental music in their religious worship.”

What History Says: Lyman Coleman, Presbyterian scholar and author in The Primitive Church, page , “Both the Jews in their temple service, and the Greeks in their idol worship, were accustomed to sing with the accompaniment of instrumental music. The converts to Christianity, accordingly, must have been familiar with this mode of singing…but it is generally admitted, that the primitive Christians employed no instrumental music in their religious worship… Such musical accompaniments were gradually introduced; but can hardly be assigned to a period earlier than the fifth and sixth centuries.”

What History Says: Professor John Girardeau, Presbyterian Professor in the Columbia Theological Seminary in Music in the Church, page 179 “The church, although lapsing more and more into defection from the truth and into a corruption of apostolic practice, had no instrumental music for 1200 years” (that is, was not in general use until that time).

What History Says: Dr. Frederic Louis Ritter, History of Music from the Christian Era to the Present Time, page 28 “We have no real knowledge of the exact character of the music which formed a part of the religious devotion of the first Christian churches. It was, however, purely vocal.”

Instrumental Music 3. What Other Religious Leaders Said:

What Other Famous Individuals Said: John Calvin “one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church” “Musical instruments in celebrating the praise of God would be no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting of lamps, the restoration of the other shadows of the law. The Papists, therefore, have foolishly borrowed this, as well as many other things from the Jews.” John Calvin’s Commentary, Ps. 33

What Other Famous Individuals Said: Adam Clarke “Methodist Commentator” “I am an old man, and an old minister; and I here declare that I never knew them (musical instruments) productive of any good in the worship of God; and have had reason to believe that they were productive of much evil. Music, as a science, I esteem and admire; but instruments of music in the house of God I abominate and abhor. This is the abuse of music; and here I register my protest against all such corruptions in the worship of the Author of Christianity.” Clark’s Commentary, Vol. 4, page 684

What Other Famous Individuals Said: John Wesley “reputed founder of the Methodist Church” Quoted by Adam Clarke to have said, “I have no objection to instruments of music in our chapels, provided they are neither heard nor seen” Clark’s Commentary, Vol. 4, Page 684

What Other Famous Individuals Said: Martin Luther “reformer” called the organ an “ensign of Baal” McClintock and Strong’s Encyclopedia, Vol. 6, page 672

What Other Famous Individuals Said: Charles H. Spurgeon “Baptist Preacher” Preached for 20 years to thousands of people weekly in the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, London, England, did not have musical instruments in the worship. M.C. Kurfeest, Instrumental Music in the Worship, page 196

What Other Famous Individuals Said: Conybeare and Howson “famous scholars of the Church of England” in commentary of Eph. 5:19 say, “make melody with the music of your hearts, to the Lord…let your songs be, not the drinking of heathen feasts, but psalms and hymns; and their accompaniment, not the music of the lyre, but the melody of the heart.” Life and Epistles of St. Paul, Vol.2, page 408.

What Other Famous Individuals Said: J.W. McGarvey, well known preacher for the Church of Christ “It is manifest that we cannot adopt the practice without abandoning the obvious and only ground on which a restoration of Primitive Christianity can be accomplished.” What Shall We Do About the Organ?, Page 4

Instrumental Music 4. What The New Testament Says:

What The New Testament Says: Matt 26:30 “And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.”

What The New Testament Says: Mark 14:26 “And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.”

What The New Testament Says: Rom 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.”

What The New Testament Says: 1 Cor 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.”

What The New Testament Says: Eph. 5:19 “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;”

What The New Testament Says: Col 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.”

What The New Testament Says: Heb 2:12 “Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.”

What The New Testament Says: James 5:13 “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.”

What The New Testament Says: 1 Cor 14:7-9 “And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

What The New Testament Says: 1 Cor 14:8-9 “For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.”

What The New Testament Says: 1 Cor 14:37 “If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.”

What The New Testament Says: 1 Cor 4:17 “For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.”

The New Testament Doesn’t Say That We Can’t Use Instruments of Music:

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take General Assembly of United Presbyterian Church of North America

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take 1. “..voted on a memorial asking that the article in the directory for worship banning the use of instrumental music be repealed. The overture was carried by a majority of 8 with this resolution..”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take 1. “that this decision is not to be considered as authorizing instrumental music in the worship of God, but simply as a declaration of the judgment of the church that there is no sufficient Bible authority for an absolutely exclusive rule on the subject.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take 1. Those with discernment will clearly see that the change was not made because it was shown that the Bible commands the use of musical instruments. No such proof was offered, nor (as far as the record shows) even asked by the General Assembly. The change was simply that a majority (as the resolution shows) did NOT any longer believe…

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: 1.Dangerous Position To Take 1. … that the Regulative Principle is correct. Without realizing it (no doubt), these men had moved from a Reformed view of worship (what is not commanded is forbidden), to a Romish view of worship (what is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable).

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1. Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10: 1-2) “And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1. Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10: 1-2) “And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 2. Uzziah (II Chron. 26:18) “And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 2. Uzziah (II Chron. 26:18) “Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 3. Uzza (I Chron. 13: 7-10) “And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 3. Uzza (I Chron. 13: 7-10) “And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 3. Uzza (I Chron. 15:13) “For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.”

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8) 5.Circumcision (Gen. 17:13-14)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8) 5.Circumcision (Gen. 17:13-14) 6.Candlestick (Ex. 25:31)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8) 5.Circumcision (Gen. 17:13-14) 6.Candlestick (Ex. 25:31) 7.Table of Shewbread (Ex. 25:30)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8) 5.Circumcision (Gen. 17:13-14) 6.Candlestick (Ex. 25:31) 7.Table of Shewbread (Ex. 25:30) 8.Laver (Ex. 30:18)

It Doesn’t Say We Can’t: What is not forbidden in Scripture is allowable? 1.Incense (Ex. 30:1) 2.Tithe (Duet. 14:22) 3.Animal Sacrifices (Ex. 29:42) 4.Sabbath (Ex. 20:8) 5.Circumcision (Gen. 17:13-14) 6.Candlestick (Ex. 25:31) 7.Table of Shewbread (Ex. 25:30) 8.Laver (Ex. 30:18) 9.Instruments Of Music ?? (II Chron. 29:25)

Arguing From A Position Of Silence 1.Bread and Fruit Of The Vine (Matt. 26: 26-39) 1.Elements of the Lord’s Supper 2.Meat & Potatoes?

Arguing From A Position Of Silence 1.Bread and Fruit Of The Vine (Matt. 26: 26-39) 1.Elements of the Lord’s Supper 2.Meat & Potatoes? 2.Lamb For The Passover Feast (Ex. 12:3) 1.Goat?, Calf?, Rabbit?

Arguing From A Position Of Silence 1.Bread and Fruit Of The Vine (Matt. 26: 26-39) 1.Elements of the Lord’s Supper 2.Meat & Potatoes? 2.Lamb For The Passover Feast (Ex. 12:3) 1.Goat?, Calf?, Rabbit? 3.Gopher Wood to be used on the Ark (Gen. 6:14) 1.Poplar, Oak, etc.?

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.Difference Between An Aid and An Addition 1.An Aid is something that helps you to do the thing that the Lord directed without adding an element to the thing commanded 2.An Addition is adding a new element to the service.

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentGopher Wood 2.AidHammer, Saw 3.AdditionPoplar, Oak

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentFruit of Vine 2.AidTable 3.AdditionMilk

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentBread 2.AidPlate 3.AdditionMeat

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentSing 2.AidSong Books 3.AdditionPlay

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentBaptize 2.Aid or Addition?Baptistery 3.Man’s ResponseBaptize 4.ConclusionAid

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentMeet 2.Aid or Addition? Church Building 3.Man’s ResponseMeet 4.ConclusionAid

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentSing 2.Aid or Addition? Song Books 3.Man’s ResponseSing 4.ConclusionAid

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.CommandmentSing 2.Aid or Addition? Instruments?? 3.Man’s ResponsePlay 4.ConclusionAddition !!!

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysSing (Eph. 5: 19) 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysTeach (Col.3:16) 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysAdmonish (Col.3:16) 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysSing w/Spirit (I Cor. 14:15) 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysSing w/Understanding 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

Instruments Are Just An Aid To Worship 1.The Bible SaysMake Melody In Heart (Eph. 5:19) 2.The Voice Can 3.The Instrument Cannot

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them 2.Their Use Scripturally Was Strictly Old Testament (II Chron. 29:25)

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them 2.Their Use Scripturally Was Strictly Old Testament (II Chron. 29:25) 3.Instruments Of Music Do Not Edify (I Cor. 14:5)

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them 2.Their Use Scripturally Was Strictly Old Testament (II Chron. 29:25) 3.Instruments Of Music Do Not Edify (I Cor. 14:5) 4.It Would Add An Element To New Testament Worship

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them 2.Their Use Scripturally Was Strictly Old Testament (II Chron. 29:25) 3.Instruments Of Music Do Not Edify (I Cor. 14:5) 4.It Would Add An Element To New Testament Worship 5.We Are Concerned About God Being Pleased With Our Worship (Jn. 4: 23-24)

Playing An Instrument Is My God Given Gift/Talent

Playing An Instrument Is My God Given Gift/Talent 1.Comedy

Playing An Instrument Is My God Given Gift/Talent 1.Comedy 2.Tumbling

Playing An Instrument Is My God Given Gift/Talent 1.Comedy 2.Tumbling 3.Football

Playing An Instrument Is My God Given Gift/Talent 1.Comedy 2.Tumbling 3.Football 4.Ballet

We Do Not Need/Want Instruments of Music in our Worship To God 1.We Do Not Need Them 2.Their Use Scripturally Was Strictly Old Testament (II Chron. 29:25) 3.Instruments Of Music Do Not Edify (I Cor. 14:5) 4.It Would Add An Element To New Testament Worship 5.We Are Concerned About God Being Pleased With Our Worship (Jn. 4: 23-24)

Instrumental Music in Worship to God