7 Springs Church of Christ   at 3595 Dallas Acworth Hwy.

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15

Sunday Morning Bible study: 

9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Night:  7:30 p.m.

Worship

Worship in churches of Christ centers in five items, the same as in the first-century church. We believe the pattern is important. Jesus said: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24). From this statement we learn three things:

To worship God according to truth is to worship Him according to His Word, because His Word is truth (John 17:17). Therefore we must not exclude any item found in His Word, and we must not include any item not found in His Word. In matters of religion we are to walk by faith (2 Corinthians 5:7). Since faith comes from hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17), anything not authorized by the Bible cannot be done by faith...and whatever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23).

Weekly Observance Of The Lord's Supper

Churches of Christ are different from many in that we observe the Lord's Supper on the first day of every week. Again, our reason centers in our determination to follow the teaching of the New Testament. It says, describing the practice of the first-century church, "And upon the first day of the week...the disciples came together to break bread..." (Acts 20:7).

Some have objected that the text does not specify the first day of every week. This is isn't true, just as the command to observe the Sabbath did not specify every Sabbath. The command was simply to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8). The Jews understood this to mean "Every Sabbath." It seems to us that by the same reasoning "the first day of the week" means the first day of every week.

Again, we know that Christians in those early centuries took the Lord's Supper every Sunday.

A Capella Singing

In the churches of Christ we sing without the use of mechanical instruments of music. A cappella singing, meaning without instrumental accompaniment, is the only music used in our service. Here, too, we are attempting to worship according to the instructions given in the New Testament. The New Testament leaves out instrumental music, therefore, we believe it is right to leave it out.

There are only 8 verses in the New Testament on the subject of music in worship, and they are as follows:

The mention of musical instruments is conspicuously absent in these passages. Historically, the first appearance of instrumental music in church worship was not until the sixth century A.D., and there was no general practicing of it until after the eighth century.

Instrumental music was strongly opposed by such religious leaders as John Calvin, John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon because of its absence in the New Testament, these are the same men that started some of the mainstream denominations that are not approved by God.