1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,200 I realize that the Brundage congregation you've been 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,000 studying the very topic I have before you on the board tonight 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,100 and I appreciate that. And I wanted to say just a 4 00:00:11,100 --> 00:00:17,000 little bit about the concept of the continual teaching of the 5 00:00:17,300 --> 00:00:20,500 doctrinal truths of the Lord's Church. 6 00:00:20,900 --> 00:00:25,400 Anytime I study with the young preacher, what I asked them to 7 00:00:25,400 --> 00:00:31,500 do is to make sure that at least What I usually suggest is that, 8 00:00:31,500 --> 00:00:35,300 at least every third sermon, be a sermon of doctrinal Nature. 9 00:00:35,300 --> 00:00:39,100 And usually, the question I get, well, what do you mean by 10 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:41,000 Doctrine? And I usually say, well, that's 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,400 a real good thing for you to think about and study on your 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,900 own and you come back and tell me what that is. 13 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:51,100 But by that I always mean those foundational truths of the 14 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:58,600 Lord's church that we understand from the study of God's word at 15 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,600 that are part of the foundation. Sharon of the church. 16 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:05,600 There are some foundational truths that we understand from 17 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:07,700 the word of God, and these are not secret. 18 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:10,900 You know, they are in the word of God and they are for us to 19 00:01:10,900 --> 00:01:13,800 understand. They offer us to teach and they 20 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:18,100 if they are for us to repeat so long as the Earth shall stand. 21 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:23,600 Second, Timothy Chapter 2 and verse 2 gives encouragement 22 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,600 along these lines when Paul told Timothy, the things that thou 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,900 Hast heard of me among many witnesses. 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,200 The same commit, thou to Faithful Men Who Shall be able 25 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:38,200 to teach others also. So this is God's plan for the 26 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,700 church to be perpetuated from generation to generation until 27 00:01:42,700 --> 00:01:46,800 the Lord comes again. We need to honor that plan and 28 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,700 understand that whenever the Bible talks about the Lord 29 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:55,300 changing nod and his his word being sure that we can trust 30 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:59,100 these things. And we can, we can, you might 31 00:01:59,100 --> 00:02:02,700 say rest? Scholes upon these wonderful 32 00:02:02,700 --> 00:02:06,600 truths. We understand what it means to 33 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,500 find a truth and keep it in order to obtain a desired result 34 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,900 in many areas of life. One of the areas where we 35 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:17,500 understand that is in the area of cooking. 36 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:22,100 Now, I am in the midst of having some wonderful meals as I go 37 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:27,600 from place to place this week and I will admit that, I know 38 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,900 far less about cooking than Naidu about eating but as you 39 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:36,300 can well imagine I am a good eater. 40 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:42,400 I've got that one down really really well and while I don't 41 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,800 know that much about cooking. Here's something. 42 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:53,000 I know if you take an old recipe for an apple pie And you follow 43 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:59,500 that recipe, you're not going to end up with turnip greens. 44 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:09,200 Not gonna happen apples, just don't magically transform 45 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:14,000 themselves into turnip greens. Doesn't happen that way. 46 00:03:14,900 --> 00:03:18,800 We understand, if you follow the recipe, if you follow the 47 00:03:18,800 --> 00:03:23,300 directions for an apple pie, you're going to end up with an 48 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:27,900 apple pie. Now, that's basic to cooking, 49 00:03:27,900 --> 00:03:29,900 isn't it? Last night? 50 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:32,600 I introduced the concept of hermeneutics. 51 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,900 And that's a, that's a, that's an eight cylinder word, you 52 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:38,300 know? But the concept of hermeneutics 53 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:44,200 has to do with the commands, the examples And the influences of 54 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:49,700 the word of God and the consistency that we are to have 55 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:55,500 as God's people in figuring out the basic truths of God's word. 56 00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,600 So that we might also obey them. Now, you never want to outrun 57 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,700 your headlights here, you always want to learn what you don't 58 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:10,000 know, from a foundation of what you do know, and we stepped 59 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,200 through the concept of baptism how that it involved much water. 60 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,600 That was significant when job was John was baptizing. 61 00:04:20,100 --> 00:04:24,900 We also learned and Romans 6, that baptism is a burial, we 62 00:04:24,900 --> 00:04:29,100 know what that is. We also learned in Acts 8 how 63 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:33,900 that the Ethiopian eunuch who was baptized, he went down into 64 00:04:33,900 --> 00:04:37,600 the water, fill up, and him, went down into the water for him 65 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:41,100 to be baptized, and then they came up out of the water. 66 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:45,000 Well, why did they go down into the water so he could be buried. 67 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,800 How are you Barry? It in water, you understand that 68 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,900 has to do with emotion, which is the meaning of the Greek word. 69 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:57,200 That is transliterated baptism the word baptizo. 70 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:04,000 And so we can understand what baptism is by taking what we 71 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:09,400 know and building on it. Now if we get to the end of 72 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:15,200 these chains of scriptural truths and somebody says baptism 73 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:21,000 is not immersion. Baptism is just sprinkling, or 74 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,500 baptism is just pouring a little water over. 75 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:26,100 Somebody you know, what's happening? 76 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:30,300 Somebody's ending up. Turnip greens, trying to follow 77 00:05:30,300 --> 00:05:34,000 an apple pie recipe. Doesn't work that way. 78 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:38,900 Because when we follow the Bible's recipe for salvation, 79 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 when we come to the water, we want lots of it because we're 80 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,100 going to have to plant somebody. We're gonna have to bury them. 81 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:51,100 And we're going to have to bury all of them because that's the 82 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:54,900 way burials work. And we understand those things 83 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:02,500 commands examples and inferences also are key to our 84 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:06,800 understanding the word of God when it comes to the music of 85 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:10,200 the church there. Are now I'll come back to all 86 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,700 this again but there are some basic scriptures that that are 87 00:06:14,700 --> 00:06:19,800 very, very important to us. And And if we are going to paths 88 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,700 past the Lord's truths on from one generation to another, then 89 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:28,200 these are the types of things that we need to be speaking 90 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,300 about those of us who are blessed and privileged to be 91 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:35,700 teachers. The reason being we do not do 92 00:06:35,700 --> 00:06:41,100 what we do in worship just because we flipped a coin and 93 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:44,700 decided to do it this way. That's not what we do. 94 00:06:45,500 --> 00:06:49,200 We do what we do and worship, because that's what the Bible 95 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,400 teaches. And how do you figure that out 96 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,000 by figuring out? Things like the commands and 97 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,100 examples and inferences that apply to our worship. 98 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:05,800 And so, it is not correct for us to say well we just prefer it 99 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,600 this way when it comes to the Lord's table. 100 00:07:10,900 --> 00:07:16,000 We have the Lord's Supper the way we do because that's what 101 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:21,200 the Bible says to do. And our singing is done the way 102 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,200 it is, because that's what the Bible teaches. 103 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:28,300 Our prayers are prayed the way they are because that's what the 104 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:32,900 Bible teaches. We assemble on a certain day of 105 00:07:32,900 --> 00:07:36,800 the week with a certain frequency because that's what 106 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:44,900 the Bible teaches. now, if all of this were left up to us, I'm 107 00:07:44,900 --> 00:07:49,200 so amazed at the creativity of our minds that God has blessed 108 00:07:49,200 --> 00:07:54,100 us with my oldest. Grandson is in the sixth grade 109 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:58,400 and I went to his school open house the other night and they 110 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:03,000 had science exhibits that those kids probably parents helping a 111 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,200 little had come up with. Well, there was one that one 112 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,000 little kid there that had around board with a hole in it and he 113 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,000 had a leaf blower that he started with a mighty Roar and 114 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,900 he Center that leaf blower down in that hole and he Crank That 115 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:22,200 Thing Up and that board just rose up the air pressure. 116 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,700 He was light enough to where he could just kind of float around 117 00:08:24,700 --> 00:08:26,700 with that. I thought that was really neat. 118 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:29,800 There was another kid that had a little motor that he had rigged 119 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,200 up this very, very simple but yet really special thing. 120 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:40,799 My grandson showed us The effects of the sun on hot dogs 121 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:44,500 with various degrees of sun blocker lotion rubbed on them. 122 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,800 Now, that was, that was pretty amazing. 123 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:51,500 I didn't know that hot dogs could sunburn, but but I learned 124 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:56,000 that I learned that we can be so creative that, you know, if it 125 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,100 were left up to us to come up with how we might want to 126 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:03,900 worship God, couldn't we think of some neat stuff. 127 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:07,100 Couldn't we though? I know we could. 128 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:12,900 Some of us might say well I want to do something every day at a 129 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:16,300 certain hour. Some of us might say well I only 130 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:18,700 I want to express my Worship in art. 131 00:09:19,100 --> 00:09:24,000 Some of us might say I want to express my Worship in sleeping. 132 00:09:24,100 --> 00:09:27,200 Thank you. Some of us might say, I want to 133 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:30,400 express my worship down at the river bank with a fishing pole 134 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:34,100 in my hand, you know, we we could come up with all kinds of 135 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,500 things. And you know what, when you look 136 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:41,700 in the word of God, God as for how God wants to be worshipped, 137 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:48,100 it is far different than how individuals have made up. 138 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:51,400 That they think God wants to be worshipped. 139 00:09:52,500 --> 00:09:57,300 I told this story today about visiting with some individuals 140 00:09:57,300 --> 00:10:02,600 in Russia who were very concerned about what the Bible 141 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:07,400 says, about the direction of Crossing yourself, they were 142 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,400 Russian Orthodox and they knew that others did things 143 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,500 differently. And so they said, does the bible 144 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:16,900 teach that you should cross yourself from left to right? 145 00:10:16,900 --> 00:10:21,200 Or right to left. And they were very sincere in 146 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:25,900 their question. And I said, I'm sorry, I can't 147 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:30,100 answer that question for you because it's not in the Bible. 148 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:36,500 They looked at me now it doesn't make any difference, what 149 00:10:36,500 --> 00:10:39,700 language you speak, when you don't believe somebody, it's 150 00:10:39,700 --> 00:10:43,100 pretty clear, okay? They did not believe me. 151 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:49,800 It's like I said, I'm sorry, it is not in the Bible. 152 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,700 How you should cross yourself. I said, in fact, it is not in 153 00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:56,400 the Bible that you should cross yourself at all. 154 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:02,300 Yes. Nyet, not there. 155 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:08,900 It is not there. Creativity in worshiping, God 156 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:16,000 has crept into most religions to the point that that's all there 157 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,800 is, is man's creativity at home. There's a big old church there 158 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:27,100 down the road that has like four Services, a traditional, a 159 00:11:27,100 --> 00:11:30,200 contemporary. A modern, I don't know, all the 160 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:34,000 words, they use to describe them it's like, hey, I just don't see 161 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,200 that. Don't see that. 162 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:41,700 And so whenever we come together is the Lord's church. 163 00:11:41,700 --> 00:11:46,800 People who are accustomed to exercising a lot of creativity 164 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:52,000 in religion are going to say, you know what, the worship down 165 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,800 there at that Church of Christ that meets on plans Road, it's 166 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:58,400 just pretty simple. And we're going to say, that's 167 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:03,100 us, that's us. We're just the simple Folk. 168 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:06,500 Now, I don't mean that simple intellectually. 169 00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:14,000 But I mean simple in that God has designed his worship so that 170 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:18,400 anyone can do it all over the world. 171 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:24,200 And so we come together as God's people knowing how her worship 172 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:29,300 him from his book. And we don't try to get creative 173 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:32,800 about how we might do this or that or the other because we 174 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,100 find the word of God sufficient to tell us what to do. 175 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,300 And then we find that we are blessed. 176 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:44,800 If we pass those truths On to the Next Generation and the next 177 00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:48,500 and the next and the next so that it apple pie recipe. 178 00:12:48,500 --> 00:12:53,800 When followed is always an apple pie, the Lord's Church the 179 00:12:53,800 --> 00:12:56,100 recipe for riches in the word of God. 180 00:12:57,300 --> 00:13:02,900 Will always be the Lord's church as long as his word is being 181 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:06,900 followed. So regarding music, the first 182 00:13:06,900 --> 00:13:09,700 reference to music of any kind in the word of God is found in 183 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:13,600 Genesis chapter 4 verse 21 where it says in his brother's name 184 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,600 was Jubal. He was the father of all, such 185 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:20,500 as handle, the harp and organ. So they've been instruments of 186 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,700 Music around for many many hundreds of years. 187 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:29,000 Just even just a few Generations removed from The first reference 188 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:32,200 to a song of any kind is when Jacob fled from his 189 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,800 father-in-law Laban. Way been chased after him, and 190 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,800 caught up with him and among the things, he said, included 191 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,800 Genesis, 31 verse 27, wherefore didst, thou flee away secretly 192 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:46,100 and steal away from me and ditched not, tell me that. 193 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:49,700 I might have sent the away with mirth and with songs and with 194 00:13:49,700 --> 00:13:54,600 tabret and with HAARP, now Laban wasn't telling the truth, we 195 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,900 don't think, but nevertheless, he gives us an idea. 196 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,700 Idea of what it was like to have a celebration in those days that 197 00:14:00,700 --> 00:14:04,100 we would have had a party and that party would have included 198 00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:07,800 songs singing and the playing of instruments. 199 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:11,900 Angelic singing is referred to in job as occurring during the 200 00:14:11,900 --> 00:14:15,300 time of creation Job. 38 verse 4, where was I? 201 00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:17,900 When I laid the foundations of the earth be clarify, hasta 202 00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:20,400 understanding who have laid the measures thereof. 203 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:23,000 If thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it 204 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,000 whereupon are the foundations. There are fastened or who laid 205 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,700 the Cornerstone there. When the morning Stars sang 206 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:32,900 together and all the sons of God, the Angelic host shouted 207 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,800 for Joy. The first recorded lyrics of any 208 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,500 song is in. Exodus chapter 15 after the 209 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:42,200 children of Israel witnessed what happened to pharaoh and the 210 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,400 Egyptian Army when they tried to follow Israel through the Red 211 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,200 Sea. The song begins in verse 1 and 212 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:52,300 goes on through verse 20 long. The verse 1 says then saying 213 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:53,700 Moses are the children of Israel. 214 00:14:53,700 --> 00:14:57,100 The song unto the Lord and spake saying I will sing until The 215 00:14:57,100 --> 00:14:59,600 Lord for he has, triumphed gloriously the horse. 216 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:02,000 And his rider has he thrown into the sea. 217 00:15:02,100 --> 00:15:05,300 The Lord is my strength and song and he has become my salvation. 218 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:09,400 He is my God, and I will prepare him and habitation, my father's 219 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:12,000 God and I will exalt him. The Lord is amount of world. 220 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,300 The lord is his name. They Rose chariots. 221 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:17,000 And his hosts hath. He cast into the sea, his chosen 222 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,300 captains are also drowned in the Red Sea, The Depths have covered 223 00:15:20,300 --> 00:15:21,900 them. They sank under the bottom as a 224 00:15:21,908 --> 00:15:26,500 stone and on an arm, the song Went verse 11 says, who is like 225 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:30,000 unto thee The Lord among the gods who is like the Glorious in 226 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:35,500 Holiness, fearful in Praises doing wonders, this song, like 227 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:39,300 many others, recorded in the word of God is of an actual 228 00:15:39,300 --> 00:15:42,900 event that happened in the lives of the people. 229 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:49,700 Every generation of people is known by its music and by its 230 00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:57,200 songs and every generation seems to have music that is not 231 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,100 appreciated by the generation before. 232 00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:08,200 Now a few years ago, I was at Tyler, Texas in a meeting and 233 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:13,200 the the end of the house that I was given to stay in included a 234 00:16:13,208 --> 00:16:17,900 restroom or bathroom with a with a radio in it and I turn that 235 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:22,600 radio on one morning as I was getting ready and it was tuned 236 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:27,600 to a station that predominantly played Texas Swing. 237 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:33,300 Now, some of you have no clue what I just said. 238 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:40,200 Some of you remember artist like Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys 239 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:45,000 and so you know exactly the kind of music that I was listening to 240 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,800 now when I was growing up in Missouri 12:30 on your a.m. dial 241 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:54,600 W Ka K, LW T. If I recall the station letters 242 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,500 played only music for which they did not have to pay. 243 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,099 Which meant old music of the kind of Texas Swing. 244 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,099 So, for a whole week, I was treated to the music that I was 245 00:17:09,099 --> 00:17:13,300 brought up on. I really enjoy it, I really did. 246 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:22,300 I remember when that newfangled group The Beatles first came to 247 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:27,500 the United States, some of you are saying he's really old, 248 00:17:28,500 --> 00:17:30,700 that's all right, that's all right. 249 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:35,300 I remember that music. I remember well what people said 250 00:17:35,300 --> 00:17:41,000 about it, they said it is trash. Nobody should be listening to 251 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,000 music like that but you know, you go back a generation. 252 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:48,600 Duration before and there was somebody named Elvis. 253 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,600 And that Generations parents said the same thing about him? 254 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:01,800 And now, you fast forward to today's music. 255 00:18:02,500 --> 00:18:07,800 And what I say It's really not music. 256 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,000 I'd rather call it junk, especially if you land on a hard 257 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,800 rock station. You don't want to hear what they 258 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,000 say if you could understand it anyway. 259 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:22,400 You don't want to know what they're saying, and it's just 260 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:27,700 not good. There's all kinds of style of 261 00:18:27,700 --> 00:18:34,100 music traditionally. Historically, the songs of a 262 00:18:34,100 --> 00:18:39,700 generation have told the story of the values of a generation. 263 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,500 Now, that's something to kind of make you shudder, isn't it? 264 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,900 Hmm. Well, we won't linger. 265 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:51,300 We won't linger there. Now, in the days, when writing 266 00:18:51,300 --> 00:18:57,000 was difficult to carve it on Stone or scratch it on, on the 267 00:18:57,300 --> 00:19:02,600 on a scrolled material, it had to be imported in order to take 268 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:06,400 the time to write and when things were written, they were 269 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:11,600 usually trying to keep knowledge of the past alive more often 270 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:16,400 than not the important events of A people's history were recorded 271 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:21,100 in songs that were passed on from generation to Generation 272 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:26,300 The Book of Psalms is considered to be Israel's songbook and 273 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:28,300 songs were very important to Israel. 274 00:19:28,300 --> 00:19:32,100 As we can see from the preservation by the Lord's 275 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:33,600 inspiration of the book of Psalms. 276 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:37,900 That contains 150, Psalms varying in length from the 277 00:19:37,900 --> 00:19:43,200 massive Psalm 119. With 176, verses to the 278 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:48,100 diminutive psalm, I'm 17 with only two verses. 279 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:51,400 Now, if that was Israel songbook, can you imagine 280 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,700 somebody getting up and saying we're going to sing? 281 00:19:53,700 --> 00:19:58,800 Psalm 1:19 all versus today. Going to be there a while, 282 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,900 aren't you? David. 283 00:20:00,900 --> 00:20:05,100 The man after God's Own Heart, according to acts 13 Verse 22, 284 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,700 at least in his younger days is the author of many of the songs 285 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:12,100 of the children of Israel in the Book of Psalms second Samuel. 23 286 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,300 verse 1 says, now these be the last words of David David, the 287 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:17,900 son of Jesse said in the man who was raised up on high, the 288 00:20:17,900 --> 00:20:22,100 anointed of the god of Jacob and the sweet psalmist of Israel 289 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,800 Solomon. David's son was a prolific 290 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:30,100 writer of songs First Kings. 432 says, he spake 3000. 291 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:35,900 Herbs and his songs were 1005, the one Among Us that has 292 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:38,700 written more songs. At least the words, they're of 293 00:20:38,900 --> 00:20:42,300 than any one of us that I know of is, of course, Linwood Smith. 294 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:46,800 There are many talented brothers and sisters throughout the years 295 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:50,900 that have written songs. Sometimes both words and music 296 00:20:51,500 --> 00:20:56,200 but Linwood is a very, very prolific writer of the words of 297 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,100 the songs that we have been singing. 298 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:03,400 Now for many decades and what a great work he has done in that 299 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,300 regard, singing is a way to express the greatness of God 300 00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:11,200 first chronicles, 16 verse 9, sing unto him, sing Psalms unto 301 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,700 him talking of Wondrous work singing. 302 00:21:14,700 --> 00:21:18,900 Praises with understanding, Psalms 37 and verse 7, sing 303 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:22,800 praises to God, sing praises. Sing praises unto our Kings and 304 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:29,000 Praises, Psalms 47 verse 6. Or indeed, when we look to the 305 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:34,500 Old Testament, we see God being praised in song again, and 306 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:39,300 again, over and over, when we look to New Testament times, we 307 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:42,900 find that singing was an expression of worship and praise 308 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:46,100 to to God while Jesus was here upon the Earth, after the 309 00:21:46,100 --> 00:21:49,000 institution of the Lord's Supper, before going to the 310 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:54,100 Garden to be betrayed Jesus and the disciples took time to sing 311 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,700 Matthew 26, verse 30. And when they had sung an hymn 312 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:01,700 they went out into the Mount of Olives. 313 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,900 This is presumed to be part of the Psalms that were 314 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:09,200 traditionally song After the observance of the Passover meal. 315 00:22:09,500 --> 00:22:12,900 We could see Jesus doing many many wonderful things. 316 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:17,600 But how often do we take? Time to imagine Jesus singing, 317 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,000 but yet, he did, he did, he took time to sing. 318 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,800 Watch the church came into existence as recorded in Acts. 319 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:33,500 Chapter 2 singing continues to be essential and a commanded 320 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,400 item of worship in which to engage. 321 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:40,800 Hebrews 2 verse 12, says, saying I will declare thy name unto my 322 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,900 brethren in the midst of the church. 323 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,300 Church will? I sing praise unto thee? 324 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:48,900 That is what we have done tonight. 325 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:54,500 We have been engaged in singing, Praise unto God, and it was 326 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:59,400 appropriate. That these songs Be Sung to the 327 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:04,200 Lord, paying attention, to the words of them, because we are 328 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,500 singing praises, to our almighty. 329 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:11,700 God, when we lift up our voices in song, our Brethren at 330 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:19,200 Corinth, had some issues in many many areas and they were not 331 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:24,400 doing what they were supposed to do in Psalms, 14, and verse 26. 332 00:23:24,700 --> 00:23:27,600 Paul tells them how is it, then Brethren, when you come 333 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:32,300 together, every one of you hath, a Psalm hath, a Doctrine hath, a 334 00:23:32,308 --> 00:23:36,500 tongue hath, a revelation hath, an interpretation, let all 335 00:23:36,500 --> 00:23:43,500 things, be done unto edify, Now, all of these are religious 336 00:23:43,500 --> 00:23:48,700 things that are mentioned in 1st Corinthians, 14 and verse 26. 337 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:54,100 But yet Paul is telling them that what they are doing of 338 00:23:54,100 --> 00:23:58,100 these religious things is not appropriate. 339 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:01,500 Now, remember, I talked about whether or not we should 340 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:05,000 exercise our own creativity and worship. 341 00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,400 That's what these people were doing. 342 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,600 They were doing religious things, their own way. 343 00:24:13,500 --> 00:24:17,600 And Paul is saying to them, that's not what God wants. 344 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,900 You know what they were doing? And First Corinthians 14 verse 345 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:25,000 26, it appears to me. They were doing all those things 346 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:28,800 at the same time. Now, this was in the days of 347 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:32,800 spiritual gifts, remember that? The days of Miracles, when you 348 00:24:32,800 --> 00:24:35,400 could miraculously do a foreign language, you could 349 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:39,300 miraculously, teach somebody a new song that had never been 350 00:24:39,300 --> 00:24:42,700 created before. You could miraculously have a 351 00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:46,100 truth from God's word because it wasn't written down here at 352 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,000 that's the days of spiritual gifts. 353 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:52,800 And so, here's what was happening at Corinth. 354 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,300 All of these people with spiritual gifts were coming 355 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:58,800 together, And somebody would say, you got to hear this new 356 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,100 song and they just start singing it, somebody else would say, 357 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,600 well, here's a truth that God reveals to me. 358 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:07,500 And so this person, and that person, and this person, and 359 00:25:07,500 --> 00:25:10,200 that person were singing, and talking and singing and talking 360 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,000 and saying and talking and they were just chaos when the church 361 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,700 came together and passes. What is it? 362 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000 What are you doing? What were they doing? 363 00:25:20,500 --> 00:25:22,500 They were doing religious things. 364 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,800 But not all religious things have God's approval. 365 00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,900 It's only when religious things are done in the right way that 366 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:35,800 they have God's approval. And so after that, Paul gave 367 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,200 orders for how you're supposed to preach when there are people 368 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:43,000 there that don't understand. And we do this, when we go to 369 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,600 any other place and need to preach with an interpreter, 370 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:50,100 verse 27 of First Corinthians 14, we speak several sentences. 371 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:53,500 And then The Interpreter says what we have said. 372 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 And in that regard, what do you have? 373 00:25:56,100 --> 00:26:02,300 You have one person at a time and verse 30 warns our Brethren 374 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:04,200 and chords. If anything be revealed to 375 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,500 another, that's it. Bye. 376 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:11,400 Let the first hold his peace and verse 32 says, the spirit of the 377 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,400 prophets are subject to the prophets. 378 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,200 Verse 31 says for you all may prophesy. 379 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:20,100 One by one that all may learn. That all may be comforted, quit 380 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:23,500 doing all of this stuff at the same time and don't try to tell 381 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,100 me. Paul is saying, you just can't 382 00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:27,900 hold back. He said the spirits of the 383 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:31,100 prophets are subject to the prophets men and women. 384 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:34,700 Both had spiritual gifts in the early days of the church. 385 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:39,400 Miraculous spiritual gifts and evidently ladies were also 386 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,500 bursting. Now to give a truth or to teach 387 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:46,200 us a song. And verse 34 says to the ladies, 388 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,400 let your women. Keep silence in the church. 389 00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,500 It's not permitted unto them to speak. 390 00:26:50,500 --> 00:26:54,300 The commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. 391 00:26:54,700 --> 00:26:57,900 And so verse four, he sums all this up and First Corinthians 392 00:26:57,900 --> 00:27:03,700 14, let all things be done decently and in order, there's a 393 00:27:03,700 --> 00:27:08,400 fitting way. A for God to be worshipped and 394 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:12,400 we must never be guilty of recreating core. 395 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:17,500 It's chaos. Now, when anyone would presume 396 00:27:17,500 --> 00:27:22,800 the right to mix items of worship, they're just doing what 397 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:28,400 Corinth did it was wrong then, and of course, it is wrong 398 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:32,800 today. And so when it comes to our 399 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,100 singing, it must be done. Done the way that God wants it. 400 00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:42,600 Done in order to be appropriate, First Corinthians 14 verse 15 401 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,400 says, what is it? Then I will pray with the 402 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,500 spirit. I will pray with the 403 00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:48,400 understanding. Also, I will sing with the 404 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,900 spirit. I will sing with the 405 00:27:50,900 --> 00:27:53,400 understanding. Also are singing, is not just 406 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,100 for the purpose of hearing, a sound, but also for 407 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:59,400 understanding, the message of a song, it is the combination of 408 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:03,700 sound and understanding that stirs, our hearts in the way God 409 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,000 intended. While we can be stirred by sound 410 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,600 alone, all alone. And while we can be stirred by 411 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:14,600 words alone, when these two things are combined for singing, 412 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,000 it makes a special combination that is approved and blessed by 413 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,600 the Lord, and is intended to contribute to the joy of being a 414 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,200 Christian. And that is what the Lord wants 415 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,600 us. To understand when he says, as I 416 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,000 read, I will sing with the spirit. 417 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,700 I will sing with the understanding also now, 418 00:28:32,700 --> 00:28:37,100 obviously, in old, Estimate times, there were many musical 419 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:39,700 instruments used in worship to God. 420 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,000 We find that in various passages. 421 00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:46,800 Second Chronicles chapter 29 says that there were trumpets 422 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,600 and the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. 423 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,400 In verse 27, all the congregation worship the singer 424 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,300 sang and the trumpeter sounded and this all continued. 425 00:28:58,300 --> 00:29:00,800 Until the burnt offering was finished. 426 00:29:00,900 --> 00:29:04,000 When the worship of the sanctuary was first established 427 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,300 David. Heard a group of some 300 428 00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:09,700 thousand people to sing and to play instruments. 429 00:29:09,900 --> 00:29:14,000 They were many instruments that were used in worship of God in 430 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:19,400 Old Testament times. And so, while we see instruments 431 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:24,100 of music of many kind used in the Old Testament, what do we 432 00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:29,000 find in the New Testament? Well, in the New Testament, we 433 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:34,600 find such passages as Ephesians 5 and verse 19. 434 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,900 Speaking to yourselves in Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual 435 00:29:37,900 --> 00:29:42,000 songs singing and making melody in your heart, to the Lord, 436 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:45,400 Colossians 3:16, let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in 437 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,600 all wisdom teaching and admonishing. 438 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:50,200 Washing one another in Psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs 439 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,100 singing with Grace, in your hearts, to the Lord. 440 00:29:54,500 --> 00:30:02,400 Now, we have here a concept Of looking to see what the Bible 441 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:06,100 authorizes. As far as the music of the 442 00:30:06,100 --> 00:30:10,500 church is concerned. And we have a dissident 443 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:16,300 difference between Old Testament rules and New Testament rules 444 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:21,800 and so, in Old Testament times, but can we find that is 445 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:29,100 authorized well in the end? The last Psalm Psalm 150, praise 446 00:30:29,100 --> 00:30:32,200 evil. Praise God in his Sanctuary. 447 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,800 Praise Him. In the firmament of his power. 448 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,400 Praising him for his mighty acts, Praise Him. 449 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,300 According to his excellent greatness. 450 00:30:40,500 --> 00:30:43,300 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. 451 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:46,400 Praise him with the psaltery and the harp. 452 00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:51,500 So we find that in Old Testament times, it was appropriate to 453 00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:55,800 play an instrument in order to please God. 454 00:30:55,900 --> 00:31:01,200 And in order to praise him also we find In verse 4, it says, 455 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,000 praise him with the timbrel and with dance. 456 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:11,300 So here is another way to praise the Lord, praise him with 457 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:16,200 stringed instruments, praised him with organs, Psalms 139 458 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:22,600 verse 1, praise ye the Lord, sing unto the Lord a new song. 459 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:28,200 And so we find that in the Old Testament, when it came time for 460 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:31,800 them, to praise the Lord. What was authorized playing an 461 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,300 instrument? Yes, dancing. 462 00:31:34,300 --> 00:31:36,000 Yes. Singing. 463 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,200 Yes. And in the New Testament. 464 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:42,300 So do we find playing an instrument? 465 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:46,700 Dancing. No. 466 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:57,300 But we do find singing. And so what do we do in the 467 00:31:57,300 --> 00:32:01,900 worship of the church in music? We sing. 468 00:32:03,300 --> 00:32:09,600 Why don't we play and dance? After all the Bible doesn't say 469 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,200 anything about those in the New Testament. 470 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:20,600 And actually, that's precisely the reason why we don't because 471 00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:26,000 an additional hermeneutic concept is not only command and 472 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:30,700 example and inference but also the Silence of the scriptures 473 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,700 and the Silence of the scripture is prohibitive. 474 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:40,000 You see, we are authorized to sing in New Testament times. 475 00:32:40,300 --> 00:32:44,500 But the Bible says, nothing in the New Testament about playing 476 00:32:44,500 --> 00:32:48,600 an instrument or about dancing and praise to God In Worship. 477 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,800 So we do that, which is named because it is authorized 478 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:58,800 specifically and we let the Silence of the scripture 479 00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:02,900 prohibit. Everything else. 480 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:08,200 Now here's what happens to us. And I've had this happen. 481 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:09,800 I don't know how many times through the years. 482 00:33:10,300 --> 00:33:12,500 Well, meaning people will come in. 483 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:17,900 See our assemblies and they will say, oh, they must be poor. 484 00:33:17,900 --> 00:33:22,300 They don't have a piano and so, haven't you known as 485 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:25,700 well-meaning folks, that would say, you know, I I would like to 486 00:33:25,700 --> 00:33:29,900 buy your church, a piano, some of them have said that after 487 00:33:29,900 --> 00:33:33,900 hearing, some of our congregation singing, They've 488 00:33:33,900 --> 00:33:37,700 said, oh, you really need one. You really need one. 489 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,900 Well, I'm sorry. Remember it takes following the 490 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:47,500 apple pie recipe to end up with the apple pie and so it is in 491 00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:52,600 the New Testament worship. We want to follow what God 492 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:58,100 authorizes. And so it is very easy to look 493 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:05,000 at this and say the these little details actually make that much 494 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,500 of a difference do these little details. 495 00:34:08,500 --> 00:34:10,100 Actually, make that much of a difference. 496 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,800 Let me go back to Corinth with you, for just one little thing. 497 00:34:15,199 --> 00:34:19,600 First Corinthians chapter 11, Here's what happened. 498 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,000 The church had been in existence, 25 or 30 years. 499 00:34:25,699 --> 00:34:29,600 And, you know, 25 or 30 years of doing the same old thing. 500 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:32,600 Can kind of get old once in awhile. 501 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:38,600 This is about the Lord's Supper. 25, or 30 years of the same only 502 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:42,699 thing Lord's day after large day after large day after Lord's 503 00:34:42,699 --> 00:34:47,600 day, and evidently Somewhere in Time, somebody of Corinth said, 504 00:34:48,300 --> 00:34:52,199 you know, why don't we just spice this up a little bit? 505 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:54,100 Now this is my very loose translation. 506 00:34:54,100 --> 00:34:56,699 Okay. Why don't we just spice this up 507 00:34:56,699 --> 00:35:02,300 a little bit? And Paul said to them, what you 508 00:35:02,300 --> 00:35:05,600 are doing is not the Lord's Supper. 509 00:35:06,100 --> 00:35:10,100 Verse 20. Now this means they were calling 510 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:14,500 it The Lord's Supper, but Paul is saying that's not the Lord's 511 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:16,700 Supper but now, wait a minute Paul, you're a little 512 00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:19,400 old-fashioned here after all, we've been doing it this way. 513 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,600 25, or 30 years. Don't you think it's time to 514 00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,800 step on up a little bit at least. 515 00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,500 Paul said, here's what I want you to do. 516 00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,900 For I have received of the Lord, that which also, I delivered 517 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:36,700 unto you that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was 518 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:39,700 betrayed took bread. And when he had given thanks, he 519 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:43,200 broke it and said, take eat. This is my body, which is broken 520 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:44,800 for you. This do in remembrance of me 521 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,700 after the same manner. Also, he took the cup when he 522 00:35:46,700 --> 00:35:49,700 had supped saying this cup is the New Testament in my blood. 523 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:52,800 This do, ye as oft as ye drink it in remembrance of me for as 524 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,400 often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the 525 00:35:55,408 --> 00:35:59,700 Lord's death, till he come Paul said, I want you to go right 526 00:35:59,700 --> 00:36:04,900 back to what Jesus did. Paul has been 25 or 30 years 527 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:06,900 we've been doing the same thing. Yes. 528 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,500 That's right. But it doesn't say not to do 529 00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:17,900 some of this other stuff. We may say today, Let's go back 530 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:19,300 to what? Jesus did. 531 00:36:19,900 --> 00:36:23,000 Let's go back to what the New Testament, authorizes beyond a 532 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,800 shadow of a doubt. And let's do those things. 533 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:32,600 Now, if 25 or 30 years was not enough of the passing of time 534 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,300 for it to be, okay, to change the worship of the Lord's 535 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:37,400 Church. Neither's 2000. 536 00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:43,700 We have no business tampering with the worship of the Lord's 537 00:36:43,700 --> 00:36:47,600 church. And so when we find, how we are 538 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,400 to have the music of the church, can we enjoy playing 539 00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,300 instruments? Oh yes. 540 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:58,300 Oh I so admire people who can do that but it has no place in New 541 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:02,400 Testament worship of the church. Can we admire somebody that can 542 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,600 dance? Well from afar please. 543 00:37:05,300 --> 00:37:09,600 There's problems with Christians carrying on That way I so admire 544 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:14,200 somebody who can do that. Well it's just not me you know 545 00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,300 some people they hear music and they just automatically start to 546 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,400 their body, just starts to move mine, just sits there. 547 00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:24,600 I don't understand that one. Some people think, oh, If I 548 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,500 Could Just Dance before the Lord, it would be a wonderful 549 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:30,800 expression of Praise. Sorry. 550 00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:34,800 Stifle yourself. Or if I could just play my 551 00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,700 guitar, it would be wonderful. Praise to God. 552 00:37:37,900 --> 00:37:42,300 Sorry, you're just going to have to do without that one, but I 553 00:37:42,300 --> 00:37:46,000 can't sing a lick. This is not talking about 554 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,400 carrying a tune, this is talking about making a Joyful Noise. 555 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:55,500 You say, and whenever we come together and we lift up our 556 00:37:55,500 --> 00:37:59,300 voices in praise to God, it doesn't make any difference if 557 00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,800 we're all over apart, or if we're not on any part, you know 558 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,200 where I'm from. We mostly have that good part 559 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,000 monotone down really good and that's okay because it's a 560 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,200 Joyful Noise unto the Lord to stories and then I'm through 561 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:18,500 Most children end up with favorite songs when our oldest 562 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:23,600 grandson, was just a little little boy, he loved the song. 563 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:29,200 Holy Holy, Holy, he had a standing request with anybody. 564 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:33,900 He could influence to lead that song and so anywhere I would go 565 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,900 where he was he would ask me. Papa are you leading a song and 566 00:38:38,900 --> 00:38:42,600 if I said yes he'd say seeing holy holy sing. 567 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,000 Holy Holy. He went to every Body singing. 568 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:50,900 Holy Holy. And so as often as he could talk 569 00:38:50,900 --> 00:38:54,300 anybody into it, that's what we say. 570 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,400 And I remember one time when I led holy, holy and I sat down 571 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,200 and he leaned over and his sweet little voice and he said, thank 572 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,200 you Papa. All he like that song. 573 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,700 What is Holy? Holy mean to just a little 574 00:39:10,700 --> 00:39:13,100 fella? I don't know. 575 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,000 But it's part of the package of life. 576 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:21,800 I got to baptize him last summer. 577 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,100 He sings Holy Holy as a Christian today. 578 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,300 And singing. Holy Holy when he was just a 579 00:39:31,308 --> 00:39:35,500 little boy, if that helped him learn to love the Lord. 580 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,800 Oh, I'm glad we sing. Holy, Holy. 581 00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:46,000 And I'm glad he is a child of God and he can sing as a child 582 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:52,000 of God for his life. Holy holy holy Lord, God 583 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,000 Almighty. So I was rather. 584 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,100 So verse 33 says, I will sing unto the Lord, as long as I 585 00:39:58,100 --> 00:40:01,900 live, I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 586 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,300 For some years, after we went to 64th Street sister floor, helvey 587 00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:10,600 was still alive and she had Alzheimer's. 588 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:17,500 And Alzheimer is a such a Devastation to one's life, it 589 00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:21,600 Robs a person of their being and of their dignity and it is a 590 00:40:21,607 --> 00:40:23,900 very sad thing to observe along the way. 591 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:28,200 The family is better off, if they have a strong sense of 592 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:32,400 humor because sometimes if you don't laugh, you cry, you know 593 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,100 that. And sister floor, couple of 594 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:38,600 things. One time she would leave the 595 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,500 house and she loved ice cream and she went from neighbor to 596 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:45,200 neighbor saying. Have you got any ice cream will 597 00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:48,000 give me any ice cream? There was about three neighbors 598 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,400 that gave her a bowl with ice cream for family. 599 00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,800 Found her and brought her back home. 600 00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:54,400 Oh! She loved ice cream. 601 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,500 She loved to come to church. She stand to the door where 602 00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:05,100 everybody came through and she knew she was supposed to greet 603 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,100 us. She just forgot what she was 604 00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,900 supposed to do. So as people would come through 605 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:11,700 the door, she'd say, can I kiss you? 606 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,800 One little old lady in her 90s said, no, you'll not be dialed, 607 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,000 get out of the way. Can I kiss you? 608 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:26,300 All she loved to come to church. And when she was told it was the 609 00:41:26,308 --> 00:41:30,700 day to go to church every few minutes, it's a time to go. 610 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:34,600 It's a time to go to time to go to church. 611 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:39,800 Oh she loved to go to church. When she had forgotten her 612 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,400 children's names. When she no longer remembered 613 00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,500 how to read. When she could no longer dress 614 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:49,500 herself. She still remembered her 615 00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:52,900 husband. And she still remembered how to 616 00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:56,500 sing. And one night, I watched her as 617 00:41:56,500 --> 00:42:03,800 we sang, that old song not a step. and she didn't seem very 618 00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:08,700 much in the verses, but when the course came along, She sang not 619 00:42:08,700 --> 00:42:12,000 a step. Will I take not a step without 620 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,200 him. Will I go. 621 00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:18,200 He will lead me along to that beautiful home over there. 622 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:25,100 And just for a moment she was a child of God who loved to sing 623 00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:29,900 praises to her. God, I will sing unto the Lord. 624 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:34,500 As long as I live. I will sing praise to my God 625 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:40,600 while I have my being. As long as she had the least bit 626 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:45,300 of ability to sing praises to God, she was able to sing. 627 00:42:45,300 --> 00:42:49,400 Not a step, will I take without him? 628 00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:55,700 It's God that precious to us tonight. 629 00:42:56,400 --> 00:43:03,000 Oh, I hope so that as our last memories of being a functional 630 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:07,400 person, may pass from our lives, we would still concentrate on 631 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:12,000 God and things of him and how to praise him. 632 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:15,700 But this side of that, where are we? 633 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,100 Do we want to praise the Lord correctly? 634 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:22,400 Do we want to praise him as a child of his and the way that he 635 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,700 is prescribed? Oh, I hope so tonight, if you're 636 00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:29,800 not a Christian, there are some wonderful simple steps for you 637 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:32,600 to take in order to become a child of God. 638 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,000 It's necessary to believe because we know we look before 639 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,000 in previous, sermon, that Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by 640 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,900 the word of God. It's necessary to have the word 641 00:43:42,900 --> 00:43:46,300 of God involved in our learning so that we might have faith. 642 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,100 Faith. It's also necessary for us to 643 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:52,600 repent Because unless we change our minds about who were going 644 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:56,200 to serve in life will be lost and we need to change our mind 645 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:58,700 and our heart that we're going to serve the Lord. 646 00:43:58,900 --> 00:44:02,800 And that's a sorrow followed by a change life as evidence of our 647 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,700 change. We are to confess that Jesus 648 00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:09,300 Christ is the Son of God, because the Bible declares him 649 00:44:09,300 --> 00:44:12,200 to be. And then we are to be immersed 650 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:15,400 as I talked earlier in the lesson and baptism so that we 651 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,400 might have the forgiveness. Witness of our sins when we do 652 00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,400 those things. The Lord's word promises. 653 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:26,200 That makes us an apple pie. 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