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Has God Ordained a certain style for Musical worship?

Scripture More Accurately

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I never said that it did. The music has to be a form that they can use as a personal expression of worship. It is cultural. Most today would have trouble worshipping with the instruments and styles used in the 1st Century. And they would have had trouble using our traditional hymns.

When we worship God our worship is a oersonal expression of worship.

But let's look at your understanding.

What styles of worship music do you believe God disapproved of and what passage supports that conclusion?
No, the music that is used for corporate worship does not have to be "a form that they can use as a personal expression of worship." It has to be something that pleases God and He accepts.

Saying, "It is cultural," is mere assertion. You have to show that is true from Scripture.

Whether someone "has trouble" doing something is irrelevant if God has commanded it or required it.

Saying, "When we worship God our worship is a [p]ersonal expression of worship," sounds a lot like every man is to do what is right in his own eyes. The Bible shows that is a wrong approach to pleasing God and doing His will.
 

David Lamb

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No, the music that is used for corporate worship does not have to be "a form that they can use as a personal expression of worship." It has to be something that pleases God and He accepts.

Saying, "It is cultural," is mere assertion. You have to show that is true from Scripture.

Whether someone "has trouble" doing something is irrelevant if God has commanded it or required it.

Saying, "When we worship God our worship is a [p]ersonal expression of worship," sounds a lot like every man is to do what is right in his own eyes. The Bible shows that is a wrong approach to pleasing God and doing His will.
I would say that a key verse in the matter of worship is this one:

Joh 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

As far as I am aware, the New Testament doesn't say anything about musical styles to be used in worship, which musical instruments are acceptable to accomany the singing, and similar things.
 

John of Japan

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I would say that a key verse in the matter of worship is this one:

Joh 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

As far as I am aware, the New Testament doesn't say anything about musical styles to be used in worship, which musical instruments are acceptable to accomany the singing, and similar things.
This is true about the NT, but we do have hints in the OT. When you look at the lists of instruments used to praise God in the temple orchestra, there is no drum, though the Egyptians had drums. (Caveat: there were, however, percussion instruments.) Again, in Psalm 150 we are given a list of acceptable instruments with which to praise God (not including drums).
 
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