May 7, 2017

What is true worship? Is it really in music?

Who are the true worshipers? 
Who are those that worship God in spirit and in truth? 
How do you worship God in spirit and in truth? 
How do you even worship God?

These are the several questions that needs answer but the right ones have not being provided. So many messages are teachings are there on these topics but most of them do not really answer the questions correctly. 

So far, this is the best answer I've seen. It is extracted from "The purpose driven life" by Warren Rick

Worship is  far more than music

 For many people, worship is  just  a synonym  for music. They say, "At our church we have the worship  first, and then the teaching." This is a big misunderstanding.  Every  part of a church service  is an act of worship: praying, Scripture reading, singing, confession, silence, being still,  listening to a sermon, taking notes, than music,  giving an offering, baptism, communion, signing a commitment card, and even greeting other worshipers. 

Actually, worship predates music. Adam  worshiped in the Garden of Eden, but music isn't mentioned until Genesis 4:21 with the birth of  Jubal.  If  worship were just  music, then all who are nonmusical could never worship. Worship is far more than music. Even worse,  "worship" is often misused to  refer  to a  particular  style  of music: "First we sang a hymn, then  a praise and worship  song." Or, "I like the fast praise songs but enjoy the slow worship songs the most." In this  usage, if a song is fast or loud  or uses brass instruments, it's considered "praise." But if it is slow and quiet  and intimate, maybe accompanied by guitar, that's worship. 

This is a common misuse of the term  "worship." Worship has nothing to do with the style or volume  or speed of  a song. God loves all kinds of music because he invented it all-fast and slow, loud and soft, old and new. You probably don't like it all, but God does! If  it is offered to God in spirit and truth, it  is an act of worship. Christians often disagree over  the style of music used in worship, passionately defending their preferred style as the most biblical or God-honoring. But there is no  biblical style! There are no musical notes in the Bible; we don't even have  the instruments they  used in Bible times.

Anything you do that brings pleasure to God is an act of worship. Frankly, the music style you like best says more about  you-your background and personality than it does about God. One ethnic group's music can sound like noise  to another. But God likes variety  and enjoys it all. There is no  such thing as "Christian" music; there are only Christian lyrics.  It is the words that make a song sacred, not the tune. There are  no spiritual tunes. If I played a song for you without the words, you'd have no way of  knowing if it were a "Christian" song.

Source: "The purpose driven life " by Warren Rick

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