MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

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MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
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THE HISTORY

• NEVER USED BY NEW TESTAMENT CHRISTIANS
• AROUND 1860 L.L. PINKERTON INTRODUCED INTO THE
  WORSHIP AT MIDWAY KENTUCKY

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HISTORY CONTINUED

• MOST RELIGIOUS LEADERS OPPOSED THE USE (LUTHER,
  WESLEY, CAMPBELL, FRANKLIN)
• I PRESUME TO ALL SPIRITUALLY MINDED CHRISTIANS
  SUCH AIDS WOULD BE AS A COW BELL IN A CONCERT
• ONLY USED BY A PREACHER OR CHURCH WHO HAD LOST
  THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST AND WERE TRYING TO BECOME A
  FASHIONABLE SOCIETY RATHER THAN A NEW TESTAMENT
  CHURCH

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HISTORY CONTINUED

• LL PINKERTON SINGING WAS DEPLORABLE THE SINGING
  WOULD EVEN SCARE THE RATS FROM WORSHIP
• FIRST IN THE HOME TO GET THE RIGHT PITCHTHEN TO
  ACCOMPANYMENT IN THE HOMETHEN PINKERTON SAID HE
  SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH BRINGING IT INTO THE
  WORSHIP
• ADAM HIBLER AN ELDER OPPOSED (HE AND SLAVE
  REUBEN) CHOPPED UP MELODIAN ON FRONT LAWN, TOOK
  THE OTHER AND HID IT IN HIS BARN

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1906 DIVISION WAS RECOGNIZED

• FOR THE FIRST TIME CHURCHES OF CHRIST AND
  CHRISTIAN CHURCHES WERE LISTED SEPARATELY IN THE
  US CENSUS

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TODAY ALL TYPES OF MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS
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NECESSITY OF THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST

• MT. 2818 COL. 317
• I COR. 46 DO NOT GO BEYOND WHAT IS
  WRITTEN
• II COR. 57 HEB. 116 ROM. 1017 WE MUST WALK
  BY FAITH TO PLEASE GOD

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AUTHORITY OF CHRIST CONTINUED

• II JOHN 9 MT.159 WE MUST ABIDE IN THE DOCTRINE
  OF CHRIST
• JN. 424 JN. 1717 WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
• I JN. 34 WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST FOR ALL
  WE DO, WE TRANSGRESS THE LAW AND SIN

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CHRIST NO WHERE HAS AUTHORIZED THE USE OF
MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC

• NO COMMAND
• IT IS NOT BY FAITH
• NOT IN THE NAME OF CHRIST
• NOT IN DOCTRINE
• NOT IN TRUTH
• NOT BY HEARING

• NOT APOSTOLIC
• NOT PRACTICED IN THE NT
• NOT MENTIONED IN NT WORSHIP
• NOT AUTHORIZED
• PROVERBS 1412

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WHAT DOES CHRIST AUTHORIZE?

• SINGING
• EPH. 519
• COL. 316
• MT 26
• HEB. 212
• HEB. 714

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WHAT ABOUT AIDS?

• MUST BE AUTHORIZED AID
• SONG BOOKS PAPERLESS HYMNAL
• PITCH PIPES

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THE PHYSICAL ELEMENTS OF OT WORSHIP ARE GONE

• BURNING INCENSE WITH PRAYERSNOW JUST PRAYER
• ANIMAL SACRIFICECHRISTS ONE TIME SACRIFICE AND
  WE PRESENT OUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICE
• SINGING WITH A MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTNOW SINGING
  WITH THE HEART

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DOES IT MATTER?

• SHOULD WE CHANGE GODS PLAN?
• REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AND WHO GOD IS
• THOSE WHO HAVE CHANGED WORSHIP IN THE PAST
• NT STRESSEDLOOK TO CHRIST AS YOUR AUTHORITY AND
  HIS WORD AS YOUR GUIDE