QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WHY DO WE STAND AND SING?
"And the Levites...of the children of the korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with loud voice on high" II Corinthians 20:19
"After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb" Revelation 7: 9-10
WHY DO WE CLAP OUR HANDS?
"Oh clap your hands all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph: Psalm 47:1
WHY DO WE LIFT OUR HANDS?
"Thus I will bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name" Psalm 63:4
"Lift up your hands in sanctuary, and bless the Lord" Psalm 134:2
"It will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up hold hands, without wrath and doubting"
I Timothy 2:8
WHY DO WE HAVE AUDIBLE PRAISE UNTO GOD?
"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me bless his hold name: Psalm 103:1
"And after tese things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God...And I heard as if it were the voice of the great multitude, and as the voice of might thundering, saying Alleluia: for the Lord god amnipotent reigneth" Revalation 19: 1,6
WHY DO WE PRAY IN TONGUES AND IN ENGLISH?
"for if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray ith the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the understanding also: I Corinthians 14: 14-15
WHY DO WE HAVE SPEAKING WITH TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES IN THE CHURCH?
"Where brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues" I Corinthians 14:39
"But manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal...To another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: I Corinthians 12: 7,10
"I would that ye spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive editying" I Corinthians 14:5
"If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that by course; and let one interpret" I Corinthians 14:27
WHAT IS PROPHESY?
"...the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? Amos 3:8
"But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort" I Corinthians 14:3
WHY DO WE PROPHESY?
"Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy"
I Corinthians 14:1
"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal...To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy" I Corinthians 12:10
"But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort"
I Corinthians 14:3
WHY DO WE SING CHORUSES AS WELL AS HYMNS?
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but he filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord" Ephesians 5: 18-19
"Let the world of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; Teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord"
Colossians 3:16
WHY ARE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS A PART OF THE WORSHIP SERVICE?
"Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: Praise Him with the psaltry and harp. Praise Himm with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with the stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the high sounding cymbols" Psalm 150: 3-5
"And I heard a voice from heaven; as the voice of many water, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: Revelation 14:2
WHY DO WE ANOINT PEOPLE WITH OIL AND PRAY OVER THEM?
"Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord" James 5:14
WHY DO WE DANCE IN THE SPIRIT?
"Praise hi with the timbrel and dance" Psalm 150:4
"Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and the harp" Psalm 149:3; Jeremiah 31:4; Exodus 15:20; II Samuel 6:14
WHY DOES THE WHOLE CHURCH PRAY AT ONCE FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS?
"And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice with one accord, and said Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven and earth..." Acts 4:24
WHY DO WE HAVE THIS TYPE OF WORSHIP?
"But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. God is a Spirit; and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and Truth" John 4: 23-24
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh" Philippians 3:3