Why doesn the Church of Christ employ musical instruments during worship?
Christians today, as in the first century, should endeavor to follow only applicable biblical examples of worship and teachings found in the New Testament. Jesus tells us, “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) The word “must” in the above passage indicates that man has no say in the kind of worship God approves; God did not consult man for his advice nor did man ever have authority to determine his own methods of worship. Too often people focus on and misuse the word “spirit” and do not consider the word “truth.” As God is spirit, He is not influenced nor impressed by the various passions and sensualities that so often influence the decisions of man. Man is carnal; as such he has no authority to fashion worship practices that are inherently designed to appeal to the passions of man and expect that God has to approve of them. We must be led by the Spirit in search of, and to abide by, God’s truth. The Spirit doesn’t lead us through the
