AM Assembly In Vain Do They Worship Me

AM Assembly In Vain Do They Worship Me Matt. 15: 1 -9 PM Assembly All Or Nothing Neh. 8: 1 -8

Matthew 15: 1 -9

Historical Conflicts The Catholic Controversy Acappella till 1300 A. D. Acappella with Pope till 1500’s A. D. Division into Roman Catholic – Eastern Orthodox Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia Concise Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Christian Antiquities Instruments were an issue in the division In Vain Do They Worship Me

Historical Conflicts Denominational Controversies Church of England Puritans Baptists Presbyterians Instruments were always controversial In Vain Do They Worship Me

Historical Conflicts Church Controversy 1850 -1900 Benjamin Franklin, Gospel Preacher, 1860 Men paid attention to something other than the Word of God We must be careful about influences (Mark 13: 5) Isaac Errett – angels use harps… George Slade – Psallo means instruments Dr. J. H. Ropes disagreed Instruments created division In Vain Do They Worship Me

Modern Issues A test of faith (1 Pet. 1: 6 -7; James 1: 3) John Price, Old Light On New Worship Silence of Scripture must be honored Rick Atchley - “God doesn’t forbid it” An appeal to the young Sets aside God’s authority in favor of man’s thinking In Vain Do They Worship Me

Modern Issues A test of faith (1 Pet. 1: 6 -7; James 1: 3) John Price, Old Light On New Worship Silence of Scripture must be honored Reach a larger group of people… Addition of instruments is an entertainment In Vain Do They Worship Me

Vain Worship Not “in spirit and in truth” (John 4: 24) Nadab & Abihu - Leviticus 10: 1 -3 Moses – Deuteronomy 32: 51 Going too far – 2 John 9 In Vain Do They Worship Me

Vain Worship Not “in spirit and in truth” (John 4: 24) “Teach and admonish” (Col. 3: 16) Sing is specific Specific automatically excludes “Sing” (Col. 3: 16; Eph. 5: 19) Must adhere to Col. 3: 17 In Vain Do They Worship Me

Concluding Thoughts “Innovation” brought by those who want to see changes Lynn Anderson – Wineskins “new realities make the old rules obsolete” Romans 12: 2 “Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned” (2 Peter 2: 2) In Vain Do They Worship Me

Concluding Thoughts “Innovation” brought by those who want to see changes Lynn Anderson – Wineskins “new realities make the old rules obsolete” Calvin Warpula – One Body “most of us have seen the folly…” Rubel Shelly “cannot find their explicit condemnation” In Vain Do They Worship Me

The Lord’s Church Does Not Need Innovation! We must keep God’s Word! Do you see the need for God’s authority? Have you obeyed His Word?