1 } 1 The Scriptures Furnish Us With All Truth New TestamentJohn 16:13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but what-ever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” New Testament }
2 } 2 The Scriptures Furnish Us With All Truth New TestamentJohn 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” New Testament
3 } 3 The Scriptures Furnish Us With All Truth New TestamentII Peter 1:3 “As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” New Testament
4 } 4 The Scriptures Furnish Us With All Truth New TestamentII Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous-ness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” New Testament
5 5 How We Learn From The BibleI Thessalonians 5:21 “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” Colossians 3:17 “And whatsoever ye do In word (Statement or Command - jts) or deed (Example - jts), do all in the name of (by the authority - jts) of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.”
6 6 New Testament Abiding IN The Doctrine of Christ“Whoever transgresses and does not abide IN the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides IN the doctrine of Christ hath both the Father and the Son” (II John 9). The Doctrine of Christ 1. God’s Plan of Salvation 2. Church Organization 3. Acts of Worship 4. Work of the Church
7 7 Sing and Make Melody In Your HeartThe Heart Is Cleansed By The Blood of Christ Hebrews 10:22 “Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” Hebrews 9:14 “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” Acts 2:37 “Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?”
8 8 Worship - New Testament MusicMatthew 26:30 “And when they had sung an hymn...” Acts 16:25 “And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God…” Romans 15:9 “. . . For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.” I Corinthians 14:15 “. . . I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.” Ephesians 5:19 “. . .singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” Colossians 3:16 “. . .singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
9 Authorized In New Testament Worship.9 Worship - New Testament Music Hebrews 2:12 “. . . in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.” James 5:13 “ Is any merry? let him sing psalms.” Matthew 26:30 - Sung; Acts 16:25 - Sang; Romans 15:9 - Sing; I Corinthians 14:15; Sing; Ephesians 5:19 - Singing; Colossians 3:16 - Singing; Hebrews 2:12 - Sing; James 5:13 - Sing Singing is ALL the Lord Authorized In New Testament Worship.
10 10 Sing and Make Melody Heart NOT HarpEphesians 5:19 “Speaking to yourselves 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 admonish-ing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
11 11 psallo - “Make Melody” Ephesians 5:191) to pluck off, to pull out 2) to cause to vibrate by touching, to twang a) to touch or to strike the chord, to twang the strings of a musical instrument so that they gently vibrate b) to play on a stringed instrument, to play, the harp, etc. c) in the Septuagint, to sing with the music of the harp d) in the New Testament, to sing a hymn, to celebrate the praises of God in song. Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon
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13 for baptism adopted by the council Instrumental Music (ca 800 AD)Outside The Doctrine Of Christ Outside Outside New Testament *Infant Baptism (ca 600 AD) Sprinkling for baptism adopted by the council of Ravenna (1311 AD) Latin Mass (394 AD) Purgatory (593 AD) Instrumental Music (ca 800 AD) IN The Doctrine of Christ 1. God’s Plan of Salvation 2. Church Organization 3. Acts of Worship 4. Work of the Church Pope Declared Infallible (1870 AD)
14 14 New Testament Authority “But I like to sing with an instrument. It aids me to stay on pitch. And besides I prefer to sing with a piano.” “Sing” Matthew 26:30 Acts 16:25 Romans 15:9 I Corinthians 14:15 Ephesians 5:19 Colossians 3:17 Hebrews 2:12 James 5:13 “Whoever goes onward and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God” (II John 9) No Authority
15 15 Statements Regarding Instrumental MusicThe first organ, that was introduced into the worship of any group claiming to be Christians, was in 670 AD. (That, of course, was 640 years after the church was established). It was introduced by Pope Vatalion I. It threatened the unity of the church. Eight hundred years after Christ the organ was re-introduced into the Catholic worship over some opposition. The Greek Catholic church refuses it and still rejects it. They do not use it today.
16 16 Statements Regarding Instrumental MusicMartin Luther: “The organ in the worship of God is an ensign to Baal.” John Calvin: The originator of the Presbyterian church, and author of the Calvinistic Creed, said of the organ in Worship: “It is no more suitable than the burning of incense, the lighting up of tapers or revival of the other shadows of the law. The Catholics foolishly borrowed it from the Jews.” When John Wesley, founder of Methodism, was asked about the use of the organ, he said, “I have no objection to the organ in our chapels provided it is neither seen nor heard.”
17 17 Statements Regarding Instrumental MusicAdam Clark: “I am an old man and an old minister, and I here declare that I have never known instrumental music to be productive of any good in the worship of God, and have reason to believe that it has been 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 I here register my protest against all such corruptions in the worship of that Infinite Spirit who requires His followers to worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
18 18 Statements Regarding Instrumental MusicWhen Charles Haddon Spurgeon, who preached to 10,000 people every Sunday in London, England was asked why he did not use the organ in worship, he gave I Corinthians 14:15 as his answer: “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,” and remarked, “I would as soon pray to God with machinery as to sing to God with machinery.”
19 Among Churches of ChristStatements Regarding Instrumental Music Among Churches of Christ In his book, Search for the Ancient Order, Volume I, pages , by Earl Irvin West we read: Midway, KY “Shortly afterwards, someone brought in a melodeon to be used in getting the right pitch. Before long, one of the sisters was accompanying the singing with her playing on the melodeon. The group observed that the effect of the use of the melodeon was good on the singing, and so it was decided to try to use the instrument on the Lord's Day worship. “The church at Midway (KY) is the first congregation on record to use the instrument. It is not entirely accurate, however, to say that it was the first congregation among the pioneers to do so.”
20 Among Churches of Christ20 Statements Regarding Instrumental Music Among Churches of Christ “In 1864 the question was renewed, and this time it was raised in the Millennial Harbinger. Early that year a brother, signing his name ‘Ancient Order,’ sent W. K. Pendleton the following question: “Will you inform me whether it is in accordance with the Scriptures to use in the churches organ or other instrumental music connected with the worship?” Pendleton Replied: “With respect to instrumental music, I presume that no one at all acquainted with ecclesiastical history will pretend to claim for its introduction in the church any pretence of primitive authority or warrant. . .”
21 Among Churches of ChristStatements Regarding Instrumental Music Among Churches of Christ L. L. Pinkerton: “So far as known to me, or, I presume, to you, I am the only 'preacher' in Kentucky of our brotherhood who has publicly advocated the propriety of employing instrumental music in some churches, and that the church of God in Midway is the only church that has yet made a decided effort to introduce it.” “The introduction of the instrument owed its inception to the deplorable singing the congregation did. This singing had degenerated into screeching and brawling that would, as Pinkerton said, ‘scare even the rats from worship’."
22 Among Churches of ChristStatements Regarding Instrumental Music Among Churches of Christ Alexander Campbell replied: “But I presume, to all spiritually-minded Christians such aids would be as a cow bell in a concert.” Moses E. Lard said: “. . . what defense can be urged for the introduction into some of our congregations of instrumental music? The answer which thunders into my ear from every page of the New Testament, is none. Did Christ ever appoint it? did the apostles ever sanction it? or did any one of the primitive churches ever use it? Never.
23 23 Statements Regarding Instrumental Music“In what light then must we view him who attempts to introduce it into the churches of Christ of the present day? I answer, as an insulter of the authority of Christ and as a defiant and impious innovator in the simplicity and purity of the ancient worship.”
24 “But I like to sing with an instrument. It aids me to stay on pitch“But I like to sing with an instrument. It aids me to stay on pitch. And besides I prefer to sing with a piano.” 24 New Testament Authority “Sing” Matthew 26:30 Acts 16:25 Romans 15:9 I Corinthians 14:15 Ephesians 5:19 Colossians 3:17 Hebrews 2:12 James 5:13 “Whoever goes onward and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God” (II John 9) No Authority
25 25 Have You Obeyed The Form?Romans 6:16-18; 6:3-4 CHRIST DIED BURIED QUICKENED OR MADE ALIVE I Peter 3:18 TRUTH DEAD BURIED IN BAPTISM QUICKENED OR MADE ALIVE Col. 2:12-13 AROSE ARISE ERROR BAPTIZED BURIED ALIVE DEAD IN SIN NEW LIFE
26 The Scriptures Teach 1. The blood of Christ was shed “for the remission of sins” (Matthew 26:28). 2. We are baptized “for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38). WHAT washes away our sins? The blood of Christ (Revelation 1:5). WHEN are our sins washed away? When we are baptized! (Acts 22:16)
27 Proper Subject Believer Right Purpose Remission of SinsScriptural Baptism Proper Subject Believer Mark 16:16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved...” Right Element Water Acts 10:47 “Can anyone forbid water, that these should not be baptized…” Right Mode Burial Romans 6:4 “Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism…” Right Purpose Remission of Sins Acts 2:38 “…Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins…”