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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 41–80. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Exodus 30:20 (KJV)
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
Exodus 30:21 (KJV)
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Exodus 34:8 (KJV)
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Exodus 34:23 (KJV)
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.
Exodus 40:34 (KJV)
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:35 (KJV)
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Leviticus 10:3 (KJV)
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Leviticus 16:2 (KJV)
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Leviticus 19:30 (KJV)
Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Numbers 17:4 (KJV)
And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Deuteronomy 5:7 (KJV)
Thou shalt have none other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 6:13 (KJV)
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Deuteronomy 12:5 (KJV)
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Deuteronomy 12:6 (KJV)
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
Deuteronomy 12:7 (KJV)
And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
Deuteronomy 12:11 (KJV)
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
Deuteronomy 12:12 (KJV)
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 16:6 (KJV)
But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:7 (KJV)
And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.
Deuteronomy 16:8 (KJV)
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.
Deuteronomy 16:11 (KJV)
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:14 (KJV)
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy 27:12 (KJV)
These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Deuteronomy 27:13 (KJV)
And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 27:14 (KJV)
And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Deuteronomy 27:15 (KJV)
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:16 (KJV)
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:17 (KJV)
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:18 (KJV)
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:19 (KJV)
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:20 (KJV)
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:21 (KJV)
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:22 (KJV)
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:23 (KJV)
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:24 (KJV)
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:25 (KJV)
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:26 (KJV)
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 31:11 (KJV)
When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
Deuteronomy 31:12 (KJV)
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
Deuteronomy 31:13 (KJV)
And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
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.