Contemporary Worship - The civil war in church today

Contemporary Worship - The civil war in church today

Main points that I can remember from John Macarthur regarding some principles on contemporary(modern) worship,

- Having something new in worship isn't wrong. New style of worship does not equate to wrong worship. Cultures together with man may evolved. But what is important is the below...

- Worship is worshipping God with your Spirit and truth. Earnestly praising the Lord.

- If any music (which is often contemporary) links itself to sex, drugs or other biblical condemned themes, we should seek to disassociate such music from worship.

- Music and its lyrics should aid us in bringing ourselves to a better state of worship. And doing so with an intellectual mind, as Jesus commanded, worshipping in Spirit and in Truth.

- Worship should purely be directed against God, not a means to entice non-believers to join the church. If worship was just to entice new people, and was associated with secular music, the non-believer would not feel the church much different from the world. We deprive him of an environment where we truly worship the Holy God.

- there can be times where we worship God informally, like when we are with friends, family for example. But there is a time where we call and congregate men together and worship God and listen to His Word where there is nothing more dignified and important than being in the presence of God. That's where we wear our best in the presence of the Lord, not some holey jeans or attire going to the beach. What we wear some times affect how we live our lifes and how we treat God.

To find out more about John MacArthur and his ministry, you can visit http://www.gtysg.org.