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In June 2007, tens of thousands of people all over the United States lined up in front of stores for a chance to be one of the lucky first Apple iPhone owners. But in February 2008, only six months after these lucky people bought their iPhones, Apple released a “new and improved,” “bigger and better” version.
We live in a “new and improved” culture. We trade our “old” cars, computers, cell phones, and all other gadgets in for the latest model. We replenish our wardrobe according to the season of the year. Even our homes get old very quickly.
“Old” means obsolete, useless, and material for thrift stores. Toddlers today would probably not know what iPods and iPhones are by the time they become teens.
Our churches are not immune from this “new and improved” culture. The “one, holy, catholic, and apostolic” church – one church throughout the ages whose foundation was laid by the apostles’ teaching – does not mean much to them.
Evangelicals have no knowledge as to what the church’s worship and music was like only a few decades ago. They have no connectedness to the past, and will surely be disconnected from the future. Their worship is constantly changing so that worshipers do not know what to expect on any given Lord’s Day. Everything “new and improved” is welcomed, and everything “old-fashioned” is discarded. Their “new songs” and new “musicians” last but a few months, “famous for 15 minutes,” so that even their younger siblings do not know their songs. Fortunately, the Scriptures (Sola Scriptura!) give us the answer to this beleaguering and hotly debated issue.
Ultimately, it is not Reformed tradition or current opinions that is our basis, but the Word of God. What does the Word teach us? Our worship must glorify God (1 Cor.
In Psalm 150, we are told that everything should praise our God. Note that it includes all kinds of instruments familiar to the one who wrote it. Our worship must be according to Sound Doctrine (Titus 2:1). It must follow the truth (Jn.4:24). If it contradicts the Scriptures, then it is not according to truth and it doesn’t glorify God. Our worship must be intelligible (1 Cor.
How can we worship God if we don’t understand what we are saying? Our worship must move us to a greater appreciation of Who God is (Rev. We must worship with our hearts to the Lord (Eph. Do the songs we sing move us to WORSHIP our Heavenly Father or are we just repeating words that we have sang over and over again? I am sure that many worshipers (true believers) from whatever Bible believing church do not worship God when they “go to church”.
They may not even be thinking about the words or even what they are doing. They may attend a Bible believing church every Sunday. The most important thing when we sing is that we WORSHIP. God is not concerned whether we use an overhead projector, DLP projector, hymnal, song sheet, memorized song, or chart, as long as we are worshiping Him. This brings me to a final point. 5) Our worship because should be from the heart and should use instruments and words familiar to the worshipers and their culture (Ps. Who would take a piano or organ to the Ifugao tribesmen of Luzon or the Manobo tribal people in Mindanao in order to teach them “correct worship”?
Or teach them English praise songs when they can’t understand English? Whenever we institutionalize a form of worship when God has not done so, we are in danger of legalism. God has given us many principles in His Word on worship and how to worship. Let’s not criticize people for what kind of music they use, as long as it edifies other believers, exalts God, and moves the worshiper to heartfelt worship.
Let’s encourage them and make sure that our hearts are right before God and that we are not judging the motives of others or condemning them because they are different from us. This is why God allowed all the cultures of the world with their own uniqueness (I am not saying that everything in a culture is from God). May we all WORSHIP HIM every day with our hearts and with our lives (Rom 12:1-2)! The Bible have shown different style in worshiping God. Worshiping is not confined on music. Furthermore, I think it is wrong to be dogmatic in our views in music.
In 1800’s, hymn tunes were further developed and those music has become our music hymns today. In those times, those types of music were the “modern” type, thus, many churches also did not welcome it. Today, the Christian music again evolved to Praise and Worship style.
And many churches are outrageous in this evolution, because for many, hymnal is still far better. And how much more the current evolution of music to contemporary music? My main point is this, I think there is nothing wrong with the type of music that we use to praise God. In praising God however, means praising God in spirit and in truth.
Not just by our lips, nor by our emotions (were many pentecostal fails). I am not dogmatic on the type of worship.
I am not for a Christian “Rock n Roll” style of music, nor I am confined with the “All Hymn” worship. Again, the heart always comes first.
Vince, thanks for the reply. No, the Bible tells us that there is only one way of worshipping God: only that which he commands. He has shown how important that all his commands regarding worshipping him be followed to the letter by the ultimate penalties he exacted on Cain, the Israelites at Mount Sinai, Nadab and Abihu, Uzzah and Uzziah, among other people.
All other kinds of worship not commanded in Scripture are abominations to him. To be “dogmatic” is wrong, if the view is based on human traditions and innovations. If being “dogmatic” is based on what Scripture says, then it is pleasing to God. And this is why it is much better to sing Psalms, since we cannot err when we sing God’s Word instead of man-made songs, including so-called “traditional” hymns. True worship is patterned after Biblical worship, which is seen all throughout Scripture. The pattern of worship in the Bible remains the same from Genesis to Revelation.
It does not evolve according to human “felt needs” and innovations. The foundational error of today’s churches is that the purpose of worship in so-called “Praise and Worship” has become “entertaining the goats, but not feeding the sheep” (Spurgeon). “Praise and Worship” today has resulted in so much Biblical illiteracy that many evangelicals think that “praise and worship” is singing, while the rest of the worship service – prayers, Scripture readings, sermon, etc. – are not part of worship. And this is why you would see people leave the church after the P&W, thinking that the “worship” part of the service is already done. The other day, my wife talked to a student at the mission school here in the Philippines. The students were planning to do a “Worship Concert,” so when she asked her who was preaching, the student answered, “Oh no, we won’t have preaching.
We’ll just have worship.” Again, the false idea that “worship” is singing and the rest of the service—prayers, Scripture readings, sermon, sacraments—are not part of “worship.” This is just another confirmation of Biblical illiteracy among evangelicals in the churches today concerning worship, doctrine, and most everything about God and his church. The question is, “What have we been teaching our children in our homes, ‘Christian’ schools, and churches?”. Hi Alexa: Welcome back and good to hear from you. It’s very hard for me to think that David would dance stark naked. Most commentators believe that he took off his kingly garments, and this is why his wife despised him. My seminary professor’s post about instruments in public worship, “Could Instruments Be Idols,” generated a whole lot of back-and-forth discussion. I know this is a long read, but you would get probably all the pros and cons regarding the use of instruments in worship services in the church.
Kuya Nollie, I used to be a musician in a modern evangelical church. But because of the RPW, I am no longer in favor of modern evangelical worship. My problem was that I did not how to understand the Bible’s references to “joyful noise.” I needed strong Biblical foundations to defend the RPW. I even have this feeling that I will be asked about my views in the coming months by the pastors in my church. (NOTE: I am in the process of transferring to a confessional and Reformed Baptist church.) Now I know how to respond. I’ll be waiting for your next posts on the Reformed Worship, and perhaps use them in sharing the Reformed faith to my parents, and evangelical and Roman Catholic friends. Thanks a lot.
Hi Albert, Glad to see you again. Music is just one issue in public worship, of which I’ll discuss more in the chapter on reverential and joyful worship. But here are my initial thoughts: First, as I noted in ancient worship, almost nothing is said about singing in their worship. The modern church I think has placed undue emphasis on music in public worship. Second, most of the Biblical support for evangelical worship are texts taken out of context.
In 2 Samuel 6:5 and 1 Chronicles 13:8, the music and dancing mentioned there are not during Israel’s public worship, but during the triumphal procession of the Ark of the Covenant from the hands of the Philistines back to Jerusalem. In Psalm 149, the psalmist is clearly not just talking about worship in the public assemblies (vv. 1, 2), but worship in all of life: in celebrations (v. 3), when we lie down on our beds (v. 5), and even when we go to war (vv. Granted that some of these texts are in the context of Israel’s public worship (e.g., Psalm 95; Psalm 100). But Israel did not come to God’s presence in irreverence and disorder.
For example, in Psalm 95, they came not only to “make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise” (v. 2), but also to “worship and bow down and kneel before the Lord, our Maker” (v. Third, today’s evangelical practice of “shout” and “joyful noise” is not what the psalmists have in mind. It is not the deafening disorder that we see in evangelical worship. Rather, it was “ acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,” offered to a God who is a “consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:28, 29; Deuteronomy 4:24).
In today’s language, we might as well say that the Bible allows us to yell at God, because we are commanded to “shout to the Lord.” Notice also that out of all of Israel’s musical instruments, only four were authorized by David for public worship: the lyre, harp, cymbal, and trumpet (1 Chronicles 16:4-6). Out of these four, only the lyre and harp really accompanied congregational singing.
The trumpets and cymbals were only used to call the people to assemble (Numbers 10:2, 10) and to accompany the offering of sacrifices (2 Chronicles 29:25-30). This is very different from the frenzied cacophony of today’s evangelical worship! Fourth, Old Testament worship music was strictly regulated. Only Levites were authorized to sing and play the instruments. Music was only sung and played during the sacrifices. Who are the Levites today? The worship team, the choir, or invited musical celebrities, who generally do not know anything about the God we worship?
Fifth and last, Scripture texts usually cited to support contemporary worship can not be fully regarded as prescriptions for how we should worship today. For example, if we say that dancing in the public worship is Biblical because David “danced” before the Lord, dancing naked in the church should also be allowed! How about buying harps, lyres, cymbals, and trumpets for the worship team?
Of course, as I mentioned earlier, this event was not during public worship, so the dancing and the playing of all kinds of instruments, especially women with tambourines, in public worship today can not be justified by this text. I’ll be writing more about this later.
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