Worship is far more than music.
For many people, worship is a synonym for music.
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, may be accompanied by guitar, that’s worship.
This is a common misuse of the term “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.
Frankly, the music style you like best says more about you-your background and personality-than it does about God.
Amen.
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