Comments on: Fundamentalists and Music

By: Rodibidably

Rodibidably — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:22:03 +0000

Fundy, long time no read…
You may remember the last time we discussed religion, on a previous post of mine, I thought even though we disagreed, we at least had an understanding of each other.

Well of course I’ve come up with another question to help me understand the believers view on the world.
http://potomac9499.wordpress.c.....our-faith/

Hopefully you can give me your thoughts and help me to understand the mind of a believer, just a bit better.

By: fundyreformed

fundyreformed — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:31:05 +0000

Worship is for God, but if we are to follow the spirit of the Bible’s teaching on it, their should be nothing wrong with “Making melody” using instruments as David and company did.

Moses and the ladies of his day sang with instruments. The nature of a song includes accompaniment in it. Their are other good arguments against singing psalms only, but I’m all for singing psalms.

Where Scripture doesn’t specify, we have freedom. The commands of singing to God, for God, and with the added benefit of mutual edification and teaching, are to be obeyed. There are Biblical principles a plenty for how we use music.

Anyone interested in more study could pick up any of a number of good books or resources. You could click on the music category of my blog (see drop down category list to the right) for more. Or you could click on the music tab towards the top.

Thanks guys for contributing your thoughts.

Blessings from Jesus,

Bob Hayton

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:26:40 +0000

I agree, that worship is for God, but we glean many benefits thereby. Anytime we take the focus off of ourselves we benefit. Worship is making God the center of our focus and through the very act of worship we receive joy; strength; deliverance; an actual change of mind and heart.

Sacrificial praise and worship are powerful weapons that depose the enemy of our souls. Bringing Glory to God.

By: ProdigalKnot

ProdigalKnot — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:25:02 +0000

I won’t get too entangled on this, but I simply feel we must remember that worship is NOT FOR US, it’s FOR GOD.

I believe that since David invented instruments specifically for use in the temple worship on very specific occassions and by Levites, we are a bit presumptuous to assume instruments similar to the ones David invented (at the command of God) can be used in worship now. Matthew Henry agrees, saying ” But David, being a prophet, instituted it by divine direction, and added it to the other carnal ordinances of that dispensation, as the apostle calls them, Heb_9:10. The New Testament keeps up singing of psalms, but has not appointed church-music.”

Outside of church, I am all for theologically correct and edifying music. I am a big fan of Casting Crowns, for instance, but I would never want them playing as part of the Sunday services.
This type of music can be beneficial outside of congregational worship because it is for our encouragement outside the church building.