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Ps 100:1 > Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!

2 Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before His presence with singing.

3 Know that the LORD, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

5 For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations.

Ps 95:1 ¶ Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

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Why do we sing?

Why do we sing without the accompaniment of manmade mechanical instruments of music?

music (def.) - melodiuos modulations

Eph 5:18 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,

20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Christianity Today
Elesha Coffman / posted 8/08/2008 11:33AM
When did churches start using instrumental music? Are there churches today that still only use a capella music?
Mark
Though we know that early Christians sang during worship, they probably used no instruments. Nearly all of the backgrounds from which early Christians came-Jewish, Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and more-had instrumental traditions, but these traditions carried negative associations. Most church fathers saw the use of instruments in Jewish worship as a "childish" weakness, less glorifying to God than words of praise. In pagan worship, instrumental music and debauchery were often linked, as this fourth-century manuscript suggests:

Unaccompanied vocal music continued to be the norm in Christian worship for centuries. Then, in about the 10th or 12th century, Western Christians began to use the organ in the liturgy. (The organ had been used in processions and possibly as a call to worship centuries earlier, but it seems to have made its way only slowly into the actual liturgy.) By the 15th century, organ music was widely accepted in the Roman Catholic West, though it never caught on in the Orthodox East.

A few western churches, such as the Churches of Christ, still eschew the use of instruments in worship. These churches tend to employ primitivist arguments: because there's nothing in the New Testament about instruments, and because the early church almost certainly didn't use instruments, we shouldn't either. Churches that do use instruments tend to find support in the Old Testament and to argue that while the New Testament says nothing positive about instruments, it says nothing negative either.

Why do we sing?

• To connect with God.
• To connect with one another.
• To connect with power.
• To connect with heaven.

1) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH GOD.

Eph 5:17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

18 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,

20 giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

21 submitting to one another in the fear of God.

1) As the deer panteth for the water so my soul longeth after Thee: You alone are my heart's desire And I long to worship thee
2) You're my friend and You are my brother Even though you are a King. I love you more than any other So much more than anything.

You alone are my strength my shield To you alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart's desire and I long to worship Thee

1) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH GOD

• How Great Thou Art
• Amazing Grace
• Holy, Holy, Holy
• You Are the Song That I Sing

2) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER.


Col 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.

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.

Ac 16:23 And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely.

24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

25 ¶ But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

2) WE SING TO CONNECT TO ONE ANOTHER

• When We Meet In Sweet Communion
• There's a Great Day Coming.
• Songs of Encouragement, Invitation songs.

3) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH POWER

Ro 1:14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.

15 So, as much as is in me, I am ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also.

16 ¶ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

3) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH POWER

1Co 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

15 ¶ What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.

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3) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH POWER

• Nothing but the Blood of Jesus
• Soldiers of Christ arise

4) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH HEAVEN
Revelation 15:1 Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them the wrath of God is complete.

2 And I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who have the victory over the beast, over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.

3 They SING THE SONG of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the saints!

4) WE SING TO CONNECT WITH Heaven

• No Tears in Heaven
• Heaven Will Surely be Worth it All
• Won't it be Wonderful There
• When We All Get to Heaven
• Sing to Me of Heaven
• I'll Live On

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