JBaldwin
Puritan Board Post-Graduate
In the thread on musical instruments in worship, I made the statement below. At least one person indicated that they would like to discuss this further as would I. Here is my original statement:
For a further point, and perhaps this actually should be the beginning of a different thread. My understanding of worship is that we worship all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When we come together, I see the New Testament instructing us to meet together for teaching, admonishing with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, preaching, encouraging one another, prayer, fellowship, Lord's table, baptism (though we are not commanded to meet for that purpose, it makes perfect sense). When the early synagogue met, they met for readings from the Torah, psalms, hymns, prayers and almsgiving. Though many of these things cross over, why are we using the synagogue as a model for worship as your above post implies instead of using the NT guidelines?
It is often argued that the reason why we should sing psalms exclusively or why we should have no instruments in worship is because that's what they did in the Synagogue. Aren't we supposed to do what the Scriptures tell us to do? The Synagogue system was put in place long before the New Testament, and I do not believe that we should be looking to the Jews for our example as to what to do when we come together as believers. We should be looking to the New Testament.
JBaldwin
For a further point, and perhaps this actually should be the beginning of a different thread. My understanding of worship is that we worship all the time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When we come together, I see the New Testament instructing us to meet together for teaching, admonishing with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, preaching, encouraging one another, prayer, fellowship, Lord's table, baptism (though we are not commanded to meet for that purpose, it makes perfect sense). When the early synagogue met, they met for readings from the Torah, psalms, hymns, prayers and almsgiving. Though many of these things cross over, why are we using the synagogue as a model for worship as your above post implies instead of using the NT guidelines?
It is often argued that the reason why we should sing psalms exclusively or why we should have no instruments in worship is because that's what they did in the Synagogue. Aren't we supposed to do what the Scriptures tell us to do? The Synagogue system was put in place long before the New Testament, and I do not believe that we should be looking to the Jews for our example as to what to do when we come together as believers. We should be looking to the New Testament.
JBaldwin