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Be careful playing the role of God and saying what he will and wont do... You may not have thought he would have upheld the strict instructions during the Passover, but he did. You may not have thought that God would have been serious when he did not want Nadab and Abihu to offer strange fire, but we see what happened to them. Leviticus 10:1-3 Many other examples show that God is serious about his commands, so what makes the manner in which we worship him any different. After all he is the same God as he was during those times. Hebrews 13:8. We don't have permission to use instruments, as we don't have permission to use cheeseburgers and coke on the communion... You get what I'm saying? As well, emotion should not be used when discussing manner of worship. John 4:24 Jeremiah 17:9-10
Read 1 Corinthian 11:17 and stop at the end of 1 Corinthians 14 for the whole context, these acts are singing, praying, teaching, and the lords supper. We are also commanded to give as well, but it is not mentioned in this context. Giving is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 9:7. I did this to give you a text where theses acts are found in the same context. You can find these acts mentioned individually in different contexts.
It's not that he banned music, but the use of instrumental music during worship. God has set a plan for his children on how he commands them to worship him.
This sounds good on the surface, but this isn't the case. When God commands us to worship him in a certain way, we are to follow everything he says and exclude everything he didn't say. Leviticus 10:1-3 describes how Nadab and Abihu thought they would please God with incense that God had not commended. God did not exclude this incense, but he didn't include it either. This proved to be a crucial mistake. As I said, God is serious when he sets boundaries and tells us how we are to worship him. Sometimes the exclusion of a certain thing is just as important as an inclusion of a certain thing.
But God is very clear when he says that we are not to add or take away from his book... Revelation 22:18-20 If the Bible was a book of exclusion, it would be the longest book known to man. Their is only mention of using your voice to praise God in worship, no mention of instruments in the new testament.
The word 'Worship' does not appear in that definition, so I think there is no such definition in the text. Based upon your selected text: you presume or assume that worship is singing, communion, prophecy, etc. It is not a conclusive text on the subject.
I don't participate in the Mass anymore....
the catch phrase is intended for the book of Revelation
