Bible Study #2 - Are You Worshipping
God In Spirit And In Truth?
Lesson #17 - Singing In Worship (Part
1)
Singing has a very definite place in worshipping God in spirit
and in truth. We glorify God in our singing praises to His
name. There are only nine scriptures in the New Testament which
specify the kind of music in the worship of the church that
God wishes in order for us to worship Him in spirit and in
truth. They are as follows: (1) Matthew 26:30, "And when
they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives";
(2) Acts 16:25, "But at midnight, Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God"; (3) Romans 15:9, "For
this reason I will confess you among the Gentiles, and sing
to your name"; (4) 1 Corinthians 14:15, "I will sing
with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding";
(5) Ephesians 5:19, "Speaking to one another in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in
your heart to the Lord"; (6) Colossians 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";
(7) Hebrews 2:12, "In the midst of the assembly I will
sing praise to You"; (8) Hebrews 13:15, "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";
(9) James 5:13, "Is any among you suffering? Let him pray.
Is any cheerful? Let him sing psalms." All without exception
specify only singing. Mechanical instruments of music in the
worship of the church are not mentioned in the above scriptures
or anywhere else in the New Testament because God has not authorized
them.
God has commanded us to sing. That means each one of us. When
people just sit through the song service and never attempt
to sing they are not obeying God. Or when people just sit and
listen to a choir sing they are not obeying God’s command
to sing. They are not "offering the fruit of our lips".
Can someone else worship for us? I think not. There is no Biblical
authority for a choir. Congregational A Capella singing is
the only kind of music divinely authorized by the Lord for
Christian worship.
Questions - Lesson 17 - Singing
In Worship (Part 1)
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answer of your choice)
1) (Matthew 26:30) What did Christ and His apostles
do before they went to the Mount of Olives?
Went home first.
Took a nap.
Sung a hymn.
2)
Singing is part of our worship to God.
3) (Acts 16:25) While Paul and Silas were in jail
They prayed and sang hymns to God.
They were trying to break out.
They were crying.
4)
While in jail Paul played the guitar while Silas played the drums as they
sang hymns to God.
5) (1 Corinthians 14:15) What are we to sing with?
A piano.
The spirit and the understanding.
An organ.
6)
The above verse tells us we are to sing with a five piece band.
7) (Ephesians 5:19) When we sing praises to God,
where are we to make the melody?
On a piano.
On an organ.
In our heart.
8)
We are speaking to one another as we sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual
songs.
9) (Colossians 3:16) As we sing psalms, hymns,
and spiritual songs we are to sing with what?
Grace in our hearts.
A guitar.
An organ.
10)
We teach and admonish one another as we sing.
11) (Hebrews 13:15) The sacrifice of praise that
we offer to God when we sing to Him
Can be performed on a piano.
Can be performed when we don’t sing.
Is referred to as the fruit of our lips.
12)
The sacrifice of praise we give to God is the fruit of our lips as we
sing.