Foundational truth
- Acts 16:25
- Romans 15:9
- I Corinthians 14:15
- Ephesians 5:19
- Colossians 3:16
- Hebrews 2:12
- Hebrews 13:15
- James 5:13
- (Matthew 26:30)
God didn’t say NOT to.
Carrying the ark
- Exodus 25:14 + Numbers 4:15 + Numbers 7:6-9
- I Chronicles 13:7-12; 15:2, 5, 12-15 – The issue was not carrying the ark the way that God had authorized.
Priesthood
- Numbers 3; Hebrews 7:11-14; 8:4
- God said nothing about priests from Judah, meaning that they were not allowed according to the law. Jesus as high priest proves that the law has changed.
Strange fire
Preaching circumcision
Instruments are just aids, like pitch pipes or song books.
- Mark 16:15 – “Go” and “preach the gospel”
- I Corinthians 16:1-2 – “collection … put aside and save”
- Bake sales would be a separate method of gaining money – not an aid to the collection.
- Eight passages above – “singing”
- Instruments are a separate thing – not an aid.
Psalms 150:1 – In the Old Testament, God allowed worship with instruments and did not consider them an aid.