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Why We Sing With No Accompaniment

Why We Sing With No Accompaniment . The Need For Authority. Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed,  do  all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him . Command – Matthew 28:20, Luke 13:3; cf. Luke 10:16 Example – Philippians 3:17, Acts 20:7

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Why We Sing With No Accompaniment

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  1. Why We Sing With No Accompaniment

  2. The Need For Authority Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Command – Matthew 28:20, Luke 13:3; cf. Luke 10:16 Example – Philippians 3:17, Acts 20:7 Necessary Inference – Matthew 22:23-32, Hebrews 10:25

  3. Authority For Singing • Ephesians 5:18-19 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, • 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.

  4. What About Mechanical Instruments? • Where is the command, example or necessary inference? • It doesn’t exist, so a Scriptural argument in favor of mechanical instruments cannot be made. • Instead • God didn’t say NOT to use them, and we have liberty in the silence of the Scriptures.

  5. The Old Testament • Deuteronomy 4:2 You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. • Deuteronomy 5:32-33 “Therefore you shall be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. 33 You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong yourdays in the land which you shall possess. Deuteronomy 12:32 “Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it. Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there isno light in them.

  6. The Old Testament • Nadab and Abihu – Leviticus 10:1-2 • Cf. Leviticus 6:12-13; 16:12, Numbers 16:46 • God did not say NOT to use other fire.

  7. The New Testament • Matthew 28:20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen. • Luke 10:16 He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” • 1 Corinthians 4:6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against the other. Galatians 1:6-9 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

  8. The New Testament • Acts 15:24 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— • Hebrews 7:11-14

  9. What About Mechanical Instruments? • Where is the command, example or necessary inference? • It doesn’t exist, so a Scriptural argument in favor of mechanical instruments cannot be made. • Instead • God didn’t say NOT to use them, and we have liberty in the silence of the Scriptures. • God accepts all sincere worship.

  10. Does God accept all worship sincerely offered? • Cain – Genesis 4 • Nadab and Abihu – Leviticus 10:1-2 • Uzziah – 2 Chronicles 26:16-20 • John 4:24, Matthew 15:9

  11. Vain Worship Playing of mechanical instruments of music Instruments of music were introduced into worship nearly 700 years after the church was established.  It was first encouraged by Pope Vitalian in 666 A.D. of the apostate Roman Catholic Church.  However, it was not generally practiced until the ninth century.  The practice of using instruments in worship was long resisted through the 12th century even in the apostate church.  Even the Greek Orthodox Catholic church still refuses to use instrumental music.

  12. Vain Worship Playing of mechanical instruments of music • John Calvin (Presbyterian) - “no more suitable than burning incense.” • Martin Luther (Lutheran) - “a work of Baal.” • John Wesley (Methodist) - “no objection to instruments of music, as long as they are neither seen nor heard.”

  13. Authority For Singing • Ephesians 5:18-19 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, 19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, • 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.

  14. Be Saved Today! • Believe – John 8:24 • Confess – Matthew 10:32-33 • Repent – Luke 13:3 • Be Baptized – Mark 16:16 • Be Faithful – Luke 9:62

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