Some Whys

Why do we stand when we sing? "And the Levites... of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with a loud voice on high." (See 2Chronicles 20:19.)


Why do we clap our hands? "O clap your hands all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph." (See Psalm 47:1.)

Why do we lift our hands? "Thus will I bless Thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in Thy name." (See Psalm 63:4.)

"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the Lord." (See Psalm 134:2.)

"I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting." (See 1Timothy 2:8.)

Why do we have audible praise unto God? "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me bless His holy name." (See Psalm 103:1.)

"I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth." (See Psalm 34:1.)

"And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God..." (See Acts 4:24.)

Why do we sing 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 with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also." (See 1Corinthians 14:14-15.)

Why do we have this type of worship? "But 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 in truth." (See 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." (See Philippians 3:3.)

Why do we sing choruses as well as hymns? "And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord." (See Ephesians 5:8-19.)

"Let the word 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." (See 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 Him with the timbrel and dance. Praise Him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise Him upon the loud cymbals: Praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals." (See Psalm 150:3-5.)

"And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. (See Revelation 14:2.)