Send us a textWe begin this episode by noting that in the church of Christ in the first century, we are told that singing was a part their worship. We noted that there were no passages that told us that any local church of Christ ever used any instrument of music in their worship. Consequently, the silence of the scriptures must be respected. Instruments of music were not introduced into the worship of the church until many centuries later. History tells us that the first instruments of music were introduced in the Catholic Church in the 7th century. Other groups began to follow that errant example many centuries later. Next, we note that prayer was also a part of New Testament worship. It is mentioned first in Acts 2:42. We note several passages that tell us brethren prayed as a part of their spiritual life. We next find Paul giving an order to the church at Corinth to take up a collection for the saints on the first day of the week as a part of their worship. We look at the guidance Paul included concerning one's attitude toward giving of their means. We note that Paul wrote to the saints at Philippi, and he mentioned that their giving was a sacrifice or an act of worship. We also find that teaching was something that was done in the assemblies of the saints through the guidance of the inspired apostles. In order to continue in the apostle's doctrine as we are told in Acts 2:42, that doctrine must be taught. We note numerous passages that tell us teaching is an important part of worship as well as the spiritual life of each Christian. We find in Acts 20 verse 7 that on the first day of the week when the disciples came together to have the Lord's Supper that Paul preached to them. Ultimately, it was through the preaching of the word of God that the gospel was spread throughout the world in the first century. We will finish this discussion in next week's episode. Take about 30 - minutes to listen in on our discussion. Have your Bible handy so you can verify what we are saying. There is a transcript of this Buzzsprout episode provided for your convenience.

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