Is there a Biblical Way to Worship or is it Just Human Preference?

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OneFaith said:
You can say "sorry you're wrong" all you want, but you are not the authority. My truth does come from the bible, and by judgement day you will see that. Just as those who mocked "Jesus says He can tear down the temple and rebuild it in three days." They could not understand that He was speaking spiritually because they hath not ears to hear nor eyes to see.

You can read the rest of my answer in post #75.
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I haven't just said "you're wrong" and left it at that. I have given Biblical reasons for not accepting the legalistic forbidding of musical instruments in worship.

You have not given a single verse to support your claim. If God truly had forbidden instrumental worship music, it would be written clearly. It is not. Musical instruments are not forbidden by God for use in worship. As such, it most definitely comes down to personal preference.

No one who respectfully and reverently uses instruments in worship is guilty of "mocking Jesus" as you suggest. That is a horrendous thing to say.
 
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OneFaith said:
"No prophesy of scripture is of any private interpretation." 2 Peter 1:20. Whether prophets of old, or prophets today (who can now only go by God's Word already written), there is no private interpretation- the truth can only be found by those who have eyes to see it. Jesus said a parable about how there was a man who sold all he had to buy this land because he knew there was a treasured pearl in it. So he dug and dug till he found it- this is like how we spiritually search for treasured truth in God's Word. And no, there is no other alternative for receiving God's truth today.
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This verse is addressing the source of prophecy; that's it, that's all. It is not about interpreting Scripture. If it were, then the CoC's interpretation would be just as "private" and just as unacceptable, as any other. :)
 
OneFaith said:
Spiritually (coming from the heart of the christian) heaven is not a physical place, there will be no physical instruments there. Which is exactly the pattern of God...

Old testament = physical people and physical worship
New testament = physical people and spiritual worship
After judgement day = spiritual people and spiritual worship

Do you not see that God is preparing us to live in the spiritual realm with Him?

If you can clearly see God's pattern- old testament/physical worship (let's call this 'blue' and new testament/spiritual worship (let's call this 'red') and after judgement day/completely spiritual (let's call this 'white' and the pattern goes... blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, red, red, red, red, red, red, red, white, white, white, white, white, white, white' who has the right or dares to make the pattern "blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, red, red, red, red, red, blue, red, white, white, white, white, white, white, white"?

God makes understanding scripture difficult on purpose. He wants us to study, dig, ask, seek, knock. He wants to filter out those who have no ears to hear and eyes to see. There is no private interpretation, but there are levels of understanding and growth in Christ. Babies believe that Jesus only lead by words, adults believe Jesus lead by word and by example. And they throw a tantrum when you try to explain the spiritual to them, or the big picture.

I guess I combined answering you and Acadia, sorry.
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Honestly, what you write sounds like some sort of Gnosticism. Jesus still had a physical body post resurrection you know. He still ate with His disciples and they could touch Him.
 
Acadia said:
If God truly had forbidden instrumental worship music, it would be written clearly. It is not.
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Since there are musical instruments in Heaven, anyone claiming that they are excluded from worship on earth is making a false claim, totally unsupported by Scripture.

Why is there so much false teaching floating around today? No matter what the subject, someone is willing to misrepresent Bible truth.
 
Nehemiah6 said:
Since there are musical instruments in Heaven, anyone claiming that they are excluded from worship on earth is making a false claim, totally unsupported by Scripture.

Why is there so much false teaching floating around today? No matter what the subject, someone is willing to misrepresent Bible truth.
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Yes, you are correct. The Bible does warn about increasing deception in the “last days”, however, and we are obviously getting closer to Christ’s return every day. We certainly do live in confusing times.
 
we can only 'worship' our Saviour in our 'new spirits', in His Truth and not the worlds imitation of it...
 
John 4:23 suggest that we must worship in spirit and in truth
this requires the existence of spirit

the question is, how to tap into this spirit
 
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