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WORSHIP: The heartfelt offering up of praise, adoration and thanksgiving to God through singing, prayer, giving, partaking of the Lord's Supper, and Bible study. Worship is primarily vertical but may also be horizontal in that worship is meant to edify others (Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; 1 Cor 14:26). God desires worshippers who will worship in spirit and in truth (Jn 4:23,24).
Singing-Eph 5:19; Col 3:16; Jas 5:13;
Giving-1 Cor 16:1-2; 2 Cor 9:7,13; 8:12-13; Acts 20:35;
Prayer-1 Tim 2:1-2; Rom 12:12; Lk 18:1; Col 4:2; 1 Thes 5:17-18; 1 Jn 5:14;
Lord's Supper-Matt 26:26-28; Mk 14:22-26; Lk 22:14-20; 1 Cor 11:23-29; Acts 2:42; 20:7;
Preaching-Acts 20:7; 2 Tim 4:1-5; Rom 1:14-16; 1 Cor 1:21: Rom 10:12-1
In Spirit and in Truth – 1 Jn 4:24. The object of our worship is God. We are to have the right attitude of heart as said in the word “Spirit”. Then we must worship according to the “Truth” which refers to the proper standard – The Word of God (Jn 17:17).
Is everything we do worship to God? NO!!! The Bible clearly distinguishes between service and worship. Gen 22:1-14; Deut 4:19, 8:19, 29:26; 1 Kings 9:6, 9:9; Jer 8:2, 16:11, 25:6. Would those who teach and hold that hygienic and bathroom functions constitute worship? What about sexual relations between husband and wife? ABSURD!!! The position is neither logical nor scriptural.
Worship that pleases God must be according to truth, that is based on the Word of God. Specifically, true worship must be based on the teaching of Christ that is found in the New Testament. Is the use of mechanical instruments in the worship of the church according to Jesus truth? If so, where is the passage? Jesus instructed His apostles to teach men to observe all things that He commanded them (Matt 28:20). Is the use of such instruments in worship to God part of what Jesus commanded the apostles? If so, where is it written. Does the Lord command us to use mechanical instruments of music when singing spiritual songs? NO. Does God give us a direct statement that shows that such instruments are allowed? NO. Is there an approved example of such in the New Testament? NO. Is there any implication in Jesus doctrine that shows that the church has the right to worship God with mechanical instruments of music? NO. Thus, the use of mechanical instruments of music in worship to God is NOT part of Jesus doctrine. If that is so, then using them in the worship of the church did not come from Jesus, but from men. Do you remember Jesus question to the Jewish leaders about John the Baptists Baptism? “The Baptism of John, whence was it! From Heaven or of Men” (Matt 21:25)? If you will substitute in that question the words “the use of mechanical instruments of music in the worship of the church” for ”the baptism of John” then you will have the question that we need to answer. Is it (mechanical instruments in the worship of the church) from Heaven or men? FROM MEN.
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Key KJV Scriptures:
John 4:23-24; Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Corinthians 11:23-29; 14:15,26,40; 16:1-2; Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16-17
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
449 indexed verses · Showing 1–40. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Genesis 4:4 (KJV)
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
Genesis 4:5 (KJV)
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Genesis 4:7 (KJV)
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis 8:21 (KJV)
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Genesis 12:7 (KJV)
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis 12:8 (KJV)
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:4 (KJV)
Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:18 (KJV)
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Genesis 17:3 (KJV)
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Genesis 35:1 (KJV)
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:2 (KJV)
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Genesis 35:3 (KJV)
And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Exodus 3:5 (KJV)
And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus 3:6 (KJV)
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 5:1 (KJV)
And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
Exodus 15:2 (KJV)
The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Exodus 19:10 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Exodus 19:11 (KJV)
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:12 (KJV)
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
Exodus 19:13 (KJV)
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus 19:21 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exodus 19:22 (KJV)
And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.
Exodus 19:23 (KJV)
And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
Exodus 19:24 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.
Exodus 20:3 (KJV)
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Exodus 20:24 (KJV)
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Exodus 20:25 (KJV)
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 20:26 (KJV)
Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus 23:17 (KJV)
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus 23:18 (KJV)
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Exodus 24:1 (KJV)
And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off.
Exodus 24:2 (KJV)
And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Exodus 24:7 (KJV)
And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Exodus 25:8 (KJV)
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
Exodus 25:22 (KJV)
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 28:34 (KJV)
A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.
Exodus 28:35 (KJV)
And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
Exodus 28:38 (KJV)
And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD.
Exodus 29:43 (KJV)
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Exodus 30:19 (KJV)
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Reference selections include Orville J. Nave’s public-domain topical index, via Brady Stephenson’s bible-data (CC BY 4.0). Titles and references have been normalized, duplicates merged, and references checked against the site’s KJV. This is a passage-finding aid; its classifications do not establish doctrine.