Originally posted by puritansailor
I'm not asking for you to show where they are forbidden. Acapella is a form of singing. Instrumental music is a form of singing.
How are you saying that these are forms? Are you defining a "œform" by the culture? Or by Scripture?
How I see it, if it is commanded, it is an element, or a required circumstance that is not left up to our discretion.
Originally posted by puritansailor
Neither is specified outside OT temple worship. In order to make something an element of worship you need a positive command to do so. Where is that command?
I really don´t understand your reasoning here.
Instruments are a commanded part of temple worship, but not for N.T. worship. It is that simple.
Acapella is just fancy terminology for "œwithout instruments."
If we argree that:
Acapella=without instruments
Then we can say your argument is:
"œWere is your positive command to sing without instruments (or acapella)?"
In this, you are requiring me to provide a positive command that forbids the use of instruments in singing, but this is the NPW, not the RPW.
It doesn't seem as if we are getting anywhere.