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My thanks to: Phillip Owens, Tommy Thrasher, & Chris Moss for their help and resources.

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The issue is not… The issue is…

• That we “don’t believe in music.”

• Were mechanical instruments of music used in the Old Testament or will they be present in

Heaven?

• Are mechanical instruments of music sinful within themselves?

• Do musical instruments sound good?

• What kind of music is to be used in the New

What are we

• authorized

• Is the use of musical instruments in worship to

God authorized by God?

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Matthew 26:30

30 And when they (Jesus and His apostles) had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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Acts 16:25

25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

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Romans 15:9

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9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written: "For this reason I will confess to You among the

Gentiles, And sing to Your name."

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1 Corinthians 14:8

15 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.

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Ephesians 5:19, 20

19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and 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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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.

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Hebrews 2:11, 12

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11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 saying: "I will declare

Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You."

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Hebrews 13:15

15 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.

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James 5:13

13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13

-- After institution of Lord’s supper

-- Paul & Silas in prison

-- David’s prophecy of the Gentiles

-- Singing w/ the spirit & sing with understanding

-- Speaking to one another, making

Can an instrument have understanding?

-- Declare God’s name, In the midst of the church I will sing thy praise

-- Sacrifice of praise…the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name

-- Is any merry? Let him sing praises

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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13





-- Speaking to one another, making melody in your heart to the Lord

-- Teaching & Admonishing, Singing w/

Can an instrument speak? Where is the melody?

giving thanks to His name


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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13





-- Speaking to one another, making melody in your heart to the Lord

-- Teaching & Admonishing, Singing w/ grace in your hearts

-- Declare God’s name, In the midst of the

Can an instrument teach?

Does an instrument have a heart?

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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13




-- Singing w/ the spirit & sing with

Can an instrument declare God’s name?

-- Teaching & Admonishing, Singing w/ grace in your hearts




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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13





Can an instrument give thanks? Would a harp be the “fruit of the lips”?

church I will sing thy praise



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1. Matt. 26:30

2. Acts 16:25

3. Rom. 15:9

4. I Cor. 14:15

5. Eph. 5:19

6. Col. 3:16

7. Heb. 2:12

8. Heb. 13:15

9. James 5:13


Singing is the only kind understanding of music melody in your heart to the Lord specified.

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Frederic Louis Ritter

History of Music from the Christian Era to the

Present Time, p. 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 congregations. It was, however, purely vocal”

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Emil Nauman

The History of Music. Vol. I, p. 177

“There can be no doubt that originally the music of the divine service was everywhere entirely of a vocal nature.”

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Frank Landon Humphreys

The Evolution of Church Music, p. 42

“The early Christians discouraged all outward signs of excitement, and from the very beginning, in the music they used, reproduced the spirit of their religion—an inward quietude. All the music employed in their early services was vocal.”

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Encyclopedia Americana, 1974

Vol. 19, p. 628

“The music of the Roman Church was purely vocal at first …”

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Theodore Finney

A History of Music, 1947, p. 43

“The early Christians refused to have anything to do with the instrumental music…”

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Thomas Tapper

Essentials of Music History, p. 34

“Both sexes joined in singing, but instruments of every kind were prohibited for a long time”

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Catholic Encyclopedia

Vol. 10, pg. 648-652.

“Although Josephus tells of the wonderful effects produced in the (Jewish) Temple by the use of instruments, the first Christians were too spiritual to substitute lifeless instruments for or to use them to accompany the human voice.”

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George Park Fisher, Yale Professor

History of the Christian Church, p. 121

“The primitive church music was choral and congregational.”

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W. D. Killen

The Ancient Church, p. 423

“In the early church the whole congregation joined in the singing, but instrumental music did not accompany the praise.”

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Hugo Leichtentritt

Music, History and Ideas, 1958, p. 34

“The Biblical precept to "sing" the psalms was obeyed literally, as is testified by many statements in the writings of the saints. Only singing , and no playing of instruments, was permitted in the early Christian

Church.”

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E. S. Lorenz

Church Music, pp. 250, 404

“The music was purely vocal. There was no instrumental accompaniment of any kind. . . . It fell under the ban of the Christian church, as did all other instruments, because of its pagan association.”

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 1972

Vol. 15, p. 1065

“The oriental religions also made their contributions to the forms of Christian worship and encouraged the use of (musical) instruments, to which the fathers of the church offered strenuous opposition.”

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Edward Dickinson

History of Music, p. 54

“…while the pagan melodies were always sung to an instrumental accompaniment, the church chant was exclusively vocal.”

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Fessenden's Encyclopedia of Art and Music, p. 852

“(the fact that) instrumental music was not practiced by the primitive Christians, but was an aid to devotion of later times, is evident from church history.”

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McClintock and Strong

Vol. 6, p. 759

“ … it is generally believed that the primitive

Christians failed to adopt the use of instrumental music in their religious worship…. The general introduction of instrumental music can certainly not be assigned to a date earlier than the 5 th and 6 th centuries; ”

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No group that claims to be patterning themselves after the first century church could have an instrument of music!

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• Authority comes from what God has said – 1 Peter 4:11

1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. (NIV - as one speaking the very words of God)

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• God’s silence forbids, not authorizes (Acts 15:24, Heb. 7:14)

Acts 15:24 (apostles & elders in letter to Gentiles) Since we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying,

"You must be circumcised and keep the law" --to whom we gave no such commandment--

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• God’s silence forbids, not authorizes (Acts 15:24, Heb. 7:14)

Hebrews 7:13, 14 For He of whom these things are spoken

No example!

no man has officiated at the altar. For it is evident that our Lord arose

No command!

Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Hebrews 7:12 For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is also a change of the law.

No permission!

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• Does it aid in carrying out a command or is it an addition to a command?

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James 5:13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

Buddhist prayer wheel – prayers are written down and placed within the prayer wheel. Each turn of the cylinder generates as much merit as the reading of the prayer enclosed therein.

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• Harps are mentioned in Revelation 5:8; 14:1-2; 15:1-2

• Are you sure physical, literal harps are under discussion?

I’m not! The fact that they are standing on a sea of glass

(Rev. 15:2) indicates figurative language. Wouldn’t harps be the same? Even if true, where is Bible authority that says instruments in heaven should be in church?

• David used Instrumental Music in Worship – Psalm 150; II

Chron. 29:25

• No Longer under the Old Covenant –

Col. 2:14; Gal. 5:4; Heb. 10:9,10

• But let’s look at 2 Chronicles 29:25-29…

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2 Chronicles 29:25-29 (NKJV)

25 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. 26 The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. 27 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 and with the instruments of David king of Israel. 28 So all the assembly worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. 29 And when they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed and worshiped.

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In 1864, J. W. McGarvey said that if the Bible taught instrumental music, he wanted to have the scriptures. “How, then, are we to decide whether a certain element in Jewish worship, or in the worship of heaven, is acceptable in the Christian church?

Undoubtedly we are to decide it by the teaching of the New

Testament, which is the only rule of practice for Christians.

Whatever is authorized by this teaching is right, and whatever it condemns is wrong in us, whether it belongs to the service of the Jews or the service of angels. We cannot, therefore, by any possibility, know that a certain element of worship is acceptable to God in the Christian dispensation, when the Scriptures which speak of that dispensation are silent in reference to it. To introduce any such element is unscriptural and presumptuous.”

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• 47 scholars translated the KJV & 101 the ASV of the N.T., & all gave the meaning of this word all five times it appears the idea of “sing” (Rom. 15:9; I Cor. 14:15; James 5:13; Eph. 5:19;

Col. 3:16). Were they wrong?

Ephesians 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

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• If it means “play an instrument,” then all would need to be equipped with some instrument.

• Actually the instrument that is to be psalloed is the heart!

Worship must be from the heart!

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Psalm 19:13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins ; Let them not have dominion over me.

2 Peter 2:10 (There are) those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority.

They are presumptuous , self-willed.

• According to Webster, presumptuous means, "to take upon oneself without permission or authority, taking too much for granted, showing overconfidence, arrogance."

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Puzzle

Answer

2 John 9 Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ has both the Father and the Son.

• We can not abide in the doctrine of Christ and at the same time go beyond the doctrine of Christ to do that for which we have no authority. We can not practice instrumental music by the authority of

Christ, because Christ has nowhere authorized it, and because of this we will not have God.

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Hark the Gentle Voice

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1 - Hark the Gentle Voice

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Hark! the gentle voice of Jesus falleth

Tenderly upon your ear;

Sweet His cry of love and pity calleth:

Turn and listen, stay and hear.

Words: Mrs. M. B. C. Slade

Music: A. B. Everett

© 2001 The Paperless Hymnal™



c - Hark the Gentle Voice

Ye that labor and are heavyladen,

Lean upon your dear Lord's breast;


Come, and I will give you rest.





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Take His yoke, for He is meek and lowly;

Bear His burden, to Him turn;

He who calleth is the Master holy:

He will teach if you will learn.















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Then, His loving, tender voice obeying,

Bear His yoke, His burden take;

Find the yoke His hand is on you laying,

Light and easy for His sake.














In Christ Alone

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1 - In Christ Alone

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In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song.

This cornerstone, this solid ground,

Firm thru the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease.

My comforter, my all in all,

Here in the love of Christ I stand!

Words & Music: Keith Getty & Stuart Townsend / Arr.: D. J. Bulls

Copyright © 2002 by Thankyou Music (Admin. By EMI Christian Music Publishing)

International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

© 2006 The Paperless Hymnal®

1 - In Christ Alone


1 - In Christ Alone


1 - In Christ Alone


2 - In Christ Alone

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In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,

Fullness of God in helpless babe.

This gift of love and righteousness,

Scorned by the ones He came to save.

'Til on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied,

For every sin on Him was laid.

Here in the death of Christ I live!





2 - In Christ Alone


2 - In Christ Alone


2 - In Christ Alone


3 - In Christ Alone

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There in the ground His body lay,

Light of the world by darkness slain.

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again.

And as He stands for victory,

Sin's curse has lost its grip on me.

For I am His and He is mine,

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.





3 - In Christ Alone


3 - In Christ Alone


3 - In Christ Alone


4 - In Christ Alone

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No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me.

From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man

Can ever pluck me from His hand;

'Til He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I'll stand.





4 - In Christ Alone


4 - In Christ Alone


4 - In Christ Alone


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