OUR WORSHIP A.A Vital Part Of Our Worship Is Singing. B.Why Do We Not Use Musical Instruments?

I.Some Crucial Beginning Points A.What is our standard of authority? B.How are we going to understand that standard? C.Why are we here?

II.What Does The Bible Say? A.Sing with spirit and understanding. What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding. (1 Corinthians 14:15 NKJV)

II.What Does The Bible Say? A.Sing with spirit and understanding. B.Sing when you are cheerful. Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. (James 5:13 NKJV)

II.What Does The Bible Say? A.Sing with spirit and understanding. B.Sing when you are cheerful. C.Speak to one another in songs. “Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19 NKJV)

II.What Does The Bible Say? A.Sing with spirit and understanding. B.Sing when you are cheerful. C.Speak to one another in songs. D.Teach and admonish one another in songs. “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.” (Colossians 3:16 NKJV)

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. Of these, twenty-four thousand were to look after the work of the house of the LORD, six thousand were officers and judges, four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised the LORD with musical instruments, "which I made," said David, "for giving praise.“ (1 Chronicles 23: NKJV)

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near; Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall; Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David; (Amos 6: NKJV)

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament And he stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and 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. (2 Chronicles 29: 25 NKJV)

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament B.The argument about silence

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament B.The argument about silence C.Lessons from the Israelites

III.But What About…? A.The Old Testament B.The argument about silence C.Lessons from the Israelites D.The Book of Revelation

SINGING Remember – We Are Worshipping God. Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. (Hebrews 13: 15 NKJV)