Can / Should
we look to the Old Testament, including the Gospels, for our music and
purposes of music in our churches and families and in our personal preferences?
Morning
Stars
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Job 38:4a,7
- Where wast thou when... ... the morning
stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Purpose
of Music
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Psalms 68:32,33
- Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the
earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: To him that rideth upon the
heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice,
and that a mighty voice.
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Psalm 68:4
- Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before
him.
Sing
Unto God
I.
Sing Praises to His Name - (At
Others / From Me / To Him
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Isaiah
48:20 - Declare redemption to all the
earth
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Deuteronomy
31:19-30 - Teach, convict and judge using
music as a tool
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Psalm
9:11 - Sing & declare His doings among
the people
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Psalm
51:14 - Their 'tongue' shall sing of righteousness
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Psalm
57:9 - Sing praises among the people &
among the nations
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Psalm
66:2 - Sing forth the honour of His name
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Psalm
89:1 - Make known His faithfulness to
all generations
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Psalm
89:1 - Sing of the mercies of the Lord
forever
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Psalm
101:1 - Sing of mercy and judgment
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Psalm
108:3 - Sing praises among people and
nations
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Psalm
149:1 - Sing in the congregation of saints
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Psalm
149:1 - Sing unto the Lord a new song
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Psalm
105:2 - Sing of His wondrous works
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Psalm
105:2 - Sing Psalms unto Him
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I
Samuel 10:5-7 - Musicians prophecy as
a sign
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Ezra
2; Nehemiah 12: I Chronicles 5 - Music
ministered during building projects
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I
Chronicles 9:33; 23:3-5; 25 - Full time
music ministry
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I
Chronicles 15:16 - Musicians appointed
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I
Chronicles 25:3 - Musicians prophecy with
a harp
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Psalm
28:7 - Praise Him because of His strength
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Psalm
33:2 - Praise Him with harp, psaltery,
etc.
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Psalm
100:2 - Come before His presence with
singing
II.
Extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH (To
Him / From Me)
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II
Samuel 22 - David's
song of thanksgiving
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Exodus
15:1-21 - Moses
after crossing the Red Sea
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Psalm
65:13; 66:4; 96:1; 98:4 - Earth
will sing
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I
Chronicles 23:5 -
David's purpose for his instruments
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II
Chronicles 23:18 - David's
command of rejoicing with singing
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Psalm
69:30 - Praise
& magnify God with song and thanksgiving
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Psalm
47:6; 9:2; 68:32; 75:9; 96:1; 98:4 - Sing
praises to His name!
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Psalm
13:6 - He hath dealt bountifully with me
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Psalm
21:13 - Sing
and praise His power - exalt the Lord
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Psalm
27:6 - In
His tabernacle
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Psalm
30:4 - Sing
thanks at the remembrance of His Holiness.
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Psalm
100:2 -
Come before His presence with singing
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Psalm
145:7 - Memory
of His goodness / righteousness
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Leviticus
23:24 - holy
convocation of praise with trumpets
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II
Chronicles 35:15 - Musicians in place for worship services
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Proverbs
29:6 - Righteous
sing & rejoice
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Psalm
98:4-9 - Sing unto the Lord with instruments
III.
Rejoice before him. (From Me /
From Him)
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I
Samuel 16:14-23 - Music affects the soul,
spirit and the flesh - body, soul, spirit.
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Psalm
89:15 - Blessed are those who know the
joyful sound
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II
Kings 3:15 - Following
minstrel
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Joshua
6 -
Jericho
was taken with trumpets, etc.
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Proverbs
25:20- Singing to a heavy heart
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Psalm
42:8 - God's
"song" shall be with me at night
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Psalm
61:8 -
Singing
His praise helps accomplish daily vows
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Psalm
71:23 - My
redeemed soul rejoices when I sing unto the Lord
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Psalm
100:2 - Come
before His presence with singing
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Job
35:10 - God
gives 'songs' in the night
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Isaiah
35:2,6,10 - The ransomed return singing
joyfully
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Psalm
28:7 - Praise
Him because of His strength & refuge
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Psalm
33:3- Play skillfully with a loud noise
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Psalm
47:7- Sing praises with understanding
David
and King Saul and music
I Samuel
16:14-23
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Music affects
all parts of us:
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Body - Physical
- was well
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Soul - Mental
- was refreshed
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Spirit - Spirit
- evil spirit departed
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Not to be used
today, though, for any 'proof text' for the power and healing of music
today.
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Saul had an evil
spirit, NOT the Spirit of God
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The Spirit of
God is our comfort today, etc. through the King James Bible - NOT through
music.
Jubal,
father of...
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from the lineage
of Cain
Genesis
4:21 -
And his brother's name was Jubal:
he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Lucifer, the
Devil himself is a musician!
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Ezekiel 28:13c...
the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in
the day that thou wast created.
The Devil Uses
All Kinds of Music
Daniel
3:5,7,10,15
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Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar
prove that he devil knows how to use 'all kinds of music' - not just so-called
bad music such as 'rock,' etc.
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Verse 7 - Therefore
at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute,
harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations,
and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar
the king had set up.
Woe
to them that are at east in Zion...
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Amos 6:1,5
- Woe to them that are at ease in Zion...
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments
of musick, like David;
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Changing this
verse by adding a comma and adding the word 'did,' as the modern bible
versions do, this corrupted verse can than be used to show how music can
be used to please ourselves, instead of God - "like David did."
God refused
their music.
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So, there IS a
reason for God reject man's music!
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Amos 5:23 -
Take
thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody
of thy viols.
David's
truthful purpose for his musical instruments.
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I Chronicles
23:5 - Moreover
four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the
instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
Play
skillfully
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Psalm 33:3
- Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully
with a loud noise.
Solomon
wrote 2005 songs
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I Kings 4:32
- And he spake three thousand proverbs:
and his songs were a thousand and five.
David - Sweet
Psalmist of Israel
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II Samuel 23:1
- Now these be the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the
anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
Musicians
were as one... with results!
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II Chronicles
5:13,14 - It came even to pass, as the
trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising
and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets
and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For
he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled
with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; So that the priests could not
stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had
filled the house of God.
Jesus
sang an hymn just before He was arrested!
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Matthew 26:30
- And when they had sung an hymn, they
went out into the mount of Olives.
Over
500 verses in the King James Bible on music!
We
can even learn from Moses:
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Moses can teach
us a lot about music in churches today who are trying to have favour
with all the people with their music! (Acts
2:47)
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Numbers 20:11
-And Moses lifted up his hand, and with
his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and
the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
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Even though Moses
received abundant water, he still was wrong.
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So, just because
'music' today can bring in a 'crowd,' that doesn't mean it is right!
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Music is a voice -
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the universal language - nonetheless,
it is a voice!
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I Corinthians
14:10,11 - There are, it may be,
so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that
speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
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The language of music... do you know
it?
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Do you know about those dots, lines,
chord progressions along with good and bad chords?
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How about melody? rhythm?
harmony?
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Timbre? Instruments - types /
history / testimony, etc.
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Can you play any instrument at all?
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If not...
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Therefore
if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh
a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. (I
Corinthians 14:11)
Study the
Big Picture of Music
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Genesis 9:25-27
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Shem - Oriental music / melody
emphasis - spiritual
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Ham - African music / rhythm
emphasis - flesh
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Japheth - European music / harmony
emphasis / mental
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One can learn to approve music that
is excellent (Philippians 1:9,10; 4:8)
as you abound more and more in knowledge and judgment concerning music.
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1I Thessalonians
5:21 - Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.
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One can learn
exactly where music is today - and what it has done in the past - and certainly
one can learn what part music plays in the future, including the Tribulation
and Eternity!
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Not 'Christian'
music, but music that is distinctive in it's sound! Clean, etc. according
to Philippians 4:8.
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I Corinthians
14:7,8 - And
even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they
give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or
harped? For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself
to the battle?
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Calling something
'Christian' doesn't mean it is Christian!!
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This all CAN be
applied to music, not just about 'speaking' voices.
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See vs
9 "likewise." and vs
15 "singing" with the spirit and with
understanding.
Paul
& Silas sing while in jail...
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Acts 16:23-29
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Vs 25
- And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God:
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Was it the music
that 'won the guard?'
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the prisoners
heard them, not necessarily the guard.
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or was it because
they didn't leave when they could have?
Paul's
direct words concerning music.
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Colossians
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.
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Being filled with
the Spirit 'not' speaking in tongues, but speaking in song..
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Ephesians 5:18-20
- And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms
and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart
to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
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word of Christ
dwells!
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teaching and admonishing
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psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs
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singing
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with grace in
our hearts TO the Lord.
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being filled with
the Spirit
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making melody
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giving thanks
unto God for all things
Ignorant
Worship of an Unknown God today!
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Acts 17:22-31
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Acts 17:24,25
- God that made the world and
all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth
not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands,
as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath,
and all things;
Future Worship
now preparing for Antichrist.
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Fleshly worship
today - fleshy music!
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Acts 2:14-18
- preparing for the Second Coming means the Spirit of God will be upon
all flesh and will be taking place IN the Tribulation.
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Today's worship
is preparing folks for fleshly worship tomorrow using false & fleshly
worship today!
Worship during
the Tribulation
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The Beast will
demand worship from all!
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Revelation
13:4,5,12; 14:9
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God also will
ask for worship - and it will be with the flesh - the walk, as well as
faith, and not taking the mark of the beast.
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Revelation
14:6,7; 11,12
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Acts 2:14-18
The
Final New Song
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Revelation
14:1-5 -
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their
foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters,
and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping
with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne,
and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that
song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from
the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are
virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These
were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the
Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
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