Expert: Pastor Don Carpenter - 9/13/2010

Question
first of all.i have been in a missionary baptist church all my life except for the last 2 years.im in a southern bapist church now.. ..been married for 8 years and her side of the family is church of christ..they like to throw it up in my face how unscriptually the baptist are because we allow instrument in our churches..ive been involved in about 4 gospel singing groups since 1988 and i want to know are we doing anything against GOD word by allowing musical instrument in our worship services or in my group ..please use scriptures if possible  

Answer
Hi Clifton,

Psalm 150:1-6


Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.  2 Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.  4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.  5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. 6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

We are COMMANDED to praise God with instruments.  There is absolutely not one word in the New Testament reversing this admonition here in Psalm 150.  David was a man after God's own heart.

To imagine that instruments are evil in church is to attach the value of good or evil to an inanimate object, a practice that God absolutely forbids.

Romans 14:14
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself...
The King James Version, (Cambridge: Cambridge# 1769.

Titus 1:15
15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
The King James Version, #Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

I hope that this helps you.

In Christ
Pastor Don