{"id":44904,"date":"2022-10-01T01:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-about-singing-during-the-lords-supper-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T01:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T06:34:17","slug":"what-about-singing-during-the-lords-supper-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-about-singing-during-the-lords-supper-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"What About Singing During The Lord&#039;s Supper? &#8211; Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A querist asks, &#8220;Is there any scriptural reason a congregation should not sing during the Lord&#8217;s Supper?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there is indeed a scriptural reason. The inspired writer, Paul states in Colossians 3:17, &#8220;And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> To do a thing in the name of the Lord Jesus is to do it for Him and as He directs (by his authority). Bible authority is ascertained by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Direct Command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Approved Example<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Necessary Inference<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Expediency (suitability for a given purpose)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since singing during the Lord&#8217;s Supper does not fall into any of the above categories, we can conclude that singing is not authorized by the Lord while partaking of the Lord&#8217;s Supper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Observance of the Lord&#8217;s Supper and singing <strong>are two separate and distinct acts of worship<\/strong>, involving very different physical, mental and spiritual participation. There are four things we must do in order to properly partake of the Lord&#8217;s Supper:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are to look inwardly by &#8220;examining ourselves&#8221; in the act of observance (1 Corinthians 11:28).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We are to look outwardly. We &#8220;proclaim the Lord&#8217;s death till he come&#8221; by our participation(1 Corinthians 11:26 ASV).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We are to look backward as we remember the events of Calvary (1 Corinthians 11:25).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We are to look forward to our Lord&#8217;s eventual return (1 Corinthians 11:26).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> In order to praise God acceptably when we &#8220;sing with the spirit and with the understanding&#8221; (1 Corinthians 14:15), we must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give attention to the lyrics of the songs we sing as much so as if we were actually composing them at the moment in praise to God.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow the music to which the lyrics are set in order to properly sing in unison with other members.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Neither act of worship, whether singing or partaking of the Lord&#8217;s Supper, can properly be engaged in while attempting the other. Only those who partake mechanically and ritualistically of the Lord&#8217;s Supper would want to attempt singing in connection with it, and then only to create some emotional scenario <strong>which is without apostolic precedent<\/strong>, and wholly unacceptable to those who desire to participate in only the acts of worship authorized by the New Testament of our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A querist asks, &#8220;Is there any scriptural reason a congregation should not sing during the Lord&#8217;s Supper?&#8221; Yes, there is indeed a scriptural reason. The inspired writer, Paul states in Colossians 3:17, &#8220;And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-about-singing-during-the-lords-supper-bible-study\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What About Singing During The Lord&#039;s Supper? &#8211; Bible study&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}