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

  • Leviticus 10:1-2

Preaching circumcision

  • Acts 15:5-6, 24

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.