1. According to Matthew 28:18, where does “all authority” lie in religion?
2. How, according to Colossians 3:17, are we to carry out our worship to God?
3. How should the principle of how God dealt with Nadab and Abihu in Leviticus 10 impact our worship today?
4. In Ephesians 5:19, what did God tell us to do?
5. In Colossians 3:16, what did God tell us to do?
6. According to Ephesians 5:19, what “instrument” are we to use in making melody to the Lord?
7. Hebrews 13:15 speaks of “the fruit of our lips” being offered to God. Do instruments of music fall into that category?
8. According to John 12:48, what will judge us in the last day?
9. Baptist minister Charles Spurgeon said, “I would as soon attempt to pray to God with machinery as to sing to him with machinery.” Can either one of those things be accomplished in keeping with God’s commands?
10. J.H. Garrison of the Christian Church said, “There is no command in the New Testament, Greek or English, commanding the use of the instrument.” Is this true? If so, what is the implication of such a statement?
11. Why did John Calvin, in his commentary on Psalms, say, “Musical instruments, in celebrating the praises of God, would be no more suitable than the burning of incense or the lighting up of lamps?”
12. What did the authors of the Catholic Encyclopedia mean when they wrote, “The first Christians were of too spiritual a fiber to substitute lifeless instruments for, or to use them to accompany, the human voice”?
13. According to 1 Corinthians 14:15, how are we to sing to God?
14. What do Revelation 22:18-19 and Proverbs 30:6 prohibit us from doing?
15. What important point should we learn from Hebrews 8:5 (“See that you make all things according to the pattern”)?
16. This lesson mentions “the law of exclusion.” What principle (regarding God) is included in that law?
17. What does Exodus 23:2 admonish us not to do?
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