"MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD"

ROCK BANDS IN CHURCH CAN BE A BIBLICAL AND MEDICAL PROBLEM

USE EARPLUGS OR WALK OUT?

7 TIMES MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE UNTO THE LORD (Ps 66:1; 81:1; 95:1-2; 98:4, 6; 100:1)

IS INCOHERENT JOYFUL NOISES PRODUCED BY INSTRUMENTS AND SINGING PRAISE?

THE IMPORTANCE OF SINGING IN THE BIBLE

CREATION AND REDEMPTION IS ACCOMPANIED BY MUSIC (JOB 38:7 AND LUKE 2:14)

ESCHATON IS ACCOMPANIED WITH MUSIC (REV 19:6-8)

NATURAL WORLDS RESPONSE TO GOD'S CREATION IS EXPRESSED BY MUSIC

HEAVENS REJOICE AND EARTH BE GLAD TREES SING (PSALM 96:11-12)

RIVERS CLAP HANDS MOUNTAINS SING (PSALM 98:8-9)

BIRDS SING BECAUSE GOD GIVES THEM WATER (PSALM 104:12)

WHOLE CREATION SINGS TO THE LORD (ISAIAH 44:33)

SINFUL DEFECTS IN CREATION HUMAN TECHNOLOGY AND HUMANS SING TO GOD (ISAIAH 42:1-12; 35:2)

MUSIC IS ORDAINED BY GOD AND HAS AN IMPORTANT PLACE AND PURPOSE IN GOD'S UNIVERSE

HUMAN SINGING

HUMAN ARE ASKED TO SING (PSALM 95:1; PSALM 30:4; 107:8; LUKE 19:40)

SINGING SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO GOD - PURPOSE IS NOT PERSONAL GRATIFICATION BUT GLORIFICATION (EXODUS 15:1; 2 SAM 22:50; EPH 5:19; EX 15:2)

MUSIC IS FOR GOD AND FROM GOD A GIFT (PSALM 40:3)

STYLES AND TYPES MAY DIFFER BUT MUSIC IS A GIFT OF GOD TO HUMANS

MUSIC ESSENTIAL TO THE TOTAL HUMAN WELL-BEING (GEN 4:20-22)

ADAM BORE JABAL (FATHER OF FARMERS AND NOMADS) JUBAL FATHER OF MUSICIANS TUBAL-CAIN FATHER OF TOOLS OF BRONZE AND IRON

THREE PROFESSIONS - FARMER MUSICIAN AND TOOLMAKER - HUMANS PRODUCE FOOD AND GOODS BUT ALSO ENJOY AESTHETIC BEAUTY OF MUSIC

SAM TOTMAN SAYS THAT "MAN MUST HAVE AESTHETIC SENSITIVITY"

REASON FOR SINGING - GOD CENTERED NOT SELF CENTERED

BIBLICAL MUSIC IS NOT FOR ENTERTAINMENT OR AMUSEMENT

MUSIC IS NOT A END IN ITSELF BUT A MEANS TO PRAISE GOD

MUSIC WAS NOT A MEANS TO IMPRESS THE HEATHEN AND TO EVANGELIZE THEM WITH THEIR OWN MUSIC

BIBLICAL SINGING IS NOT FOR PERSONAL PLEASURE OR REACHING OUT TO THE GENTILE WITH TUNES FAMILIAR TO THEM

PRAISE GOD BY CHANTING HIS WORD - CANTELATION [DISTINGUISHED FROM CATHOLIC CHANTING THOUGH]

PLEASURE IN SINGING COMES NOT FROM RHYTMIC BEAT THAT STIMULATES PHYSICALLY BUT FROM EXPERIENCE TO PRAISE THE LORD (PSALM 135:3)

SINGING STRONGER THAN OFFERINGS (PSALM 69:30-31)

OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN OFFERINGS (1 SAM 15:22)

THE MANNER OF SINGING IN THE BIBLE

SINGING INCLUDES JOY GLADNESS AND THANKSGIVING (PSALM 147:7)

SINGING IS WITH HARP AND LYRE AND NOT PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (PSALM 144:9, 33:2 AND 33:3)

MUSIC SOMETIMES EMOTIONAL OUT OF GLADNESS THROUGH SONG LEVITES BOWED DOWN AND WORSHIPPED (2 CHRON 29:30)

WHOLE HEART MUST SING (PSALM 9:1)

GRACE OF GOD MUST BE APPLIED TO SING ENTHUSIASTICALLY (COL 3:16)

NO LOVE THEN IT IS A SOUNDING BRASS OR TINKLING SYMBAL (1 COR 13:1)

MUSIC OF UNCONVERTED REBELLIOUS HEART IS IRRITATING NOISE TO GOD (AMOS 5:23)