Is having a song during a sermon out of order?
Question:
- Will it be wrong or inappropriate for a brother delivering a sermon and in the process of delivering it, he pauses and lets the congregation sing a song relating to his message, then continues the sermon as the song ends?
- Can it be termed as doing two acts of worship at the same time or simultaneously?
Answer:
"What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret; but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God. Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted; and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. ... Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner" (I Corinthians 14:26-33, 39-40 NAS95).
When a prophet was presenting a message from God and another prophet rose to deliver a message, the first prophet was to yield. Thus, an interruption in presenting a message was not considered to be disorderly. For the same reason, presenting a message and then pausing to sing a song is still an orderly presentation. It is not doing two things at once. It is doing single things one after the other.
I find that many people want to impose their personal preferences instead of adhering to what God said. Preferences are not God's law.
Response:
Dear Sir,
Thanks so much for the response. I'm very grateful.
May God bless you more.
Have a wonderful day.
