The Importance Of The
Praise & Worship Team

To have a by God accepted worship, it must be holy!

By Apostle Nazareth H. Machon

The main verse I will use in all this teachings is;
Be you holy; for I AM holy” 1st Peter 1:16

God is the creator of all things and He also as the almighty God is able to destroy everything; He created everything; some say from nothing; but all was created by Him so it is created out of something, created out of the eternal; but He can make something to nothing – He is God
God could be a bad God angry always and full of strive and could have created everything bad; so bad not even to imagine.

But God is God and “God is light and in him is no darkness at all.” 1st John 1:5
He is Holy, He is most holy, He is so holy that we have no idea of his holiness.

People cannot see Him because of his holiness, his glory as everybody who will see him will die.
Moses was one of the most holy men ever living. The glory of God shone from his face that people could not look at him. Exodus 34:29-35

People think that holiness can be achieved by going to church or other works or behaviors, by character or speaking with great swellings, or playing music in the church.

Holiness cannot be achieved, in no way; holiness is absorbed by walking with the one who is the most holy. Then we become more like Him and as we become more like Him by walking with Him, hearing Him, doing what He says, doing his will, then we adopt his character and this is holiness.

What is it then, walking with Him?

In the first there need to be a passion in us to learn about Him, about the God of creation the eternal God, the one not created. It says: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” Proverbs 9:10

I need to understand as a Christian, that I have all reason to fear God. If I do not fear God but see Him as a supermarket for my needs; the ministry I have as a fulfillment of my pleasures, as fun and to be seen as a minister of God, and me as the center point of the universe, I have failed. Those walk beside themselves and far away from salvation; mislead by their own minds, meaning: own minded, self righteous, blind, unteachable. Having a shine of holiness to deceive others and bringing the church in problems, if the elders and ministry leaders are blind, or do allow them to do their things because they are relatives or friends or people of being something in the world.

Those leaders are then like Balaam, looking for a reward of the world, or are afraid of people; meaning there is no fear of God. “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10 They want to please people but do not understand, that they hurt the whole church, and they themselves will be judged!

In all I do as a servant of God and as a Christian, in the first I must please God. I cannot please God without faith! Faith cannot be taught, faith is awoken by the word of God! If I do not so, I am not accepted. As the Lord says in Revelation 3:16
To know Him, I need to seek Him, seeking Him, begins with thinking of Him in the first. Next is searching the scriptures. Some say as a Christian you shall only read the New Testament and many churches practice this. We have been given both; the old and the New Testament. “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” 2nd Timothy 3:16-17

We learn in the Old Testament about the creation and the character of God and get to understand what it means: “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 Paul was not writing this for to fill a line in the letter, but by the Holy Spirit. Reminding us that He will still do as He had done in the Old Testament time and prove is there. There are earthquakes, Tsunamis, Wars, Drought and so on.
One major prove is the 6 days war over Israel between June 5 and 10 1967. God was fighting for Israel. Find to it information in a documentary which can be watched on YouTube and detailed information on Wikipedia. Links on last page.

God is unchangeable!
We need to seek Him, we need to read and search in the scriptures given to us and we need to meditate about what we have found out. Through this comes growth in the spirit and understanding (knowledge).
God wants to be number one in our life, because He is our creator and our Father, our heavenly Father. How will you feel, if you have a daughter for example, and if she has problems or wants to know things how they work and why, and comes not to you with it, but goes to your brother or to your neighbor? I would feel terrible! So does God feel if we seek council first by man!

Here we are on a very important point:
God wants to speak to us; He wants to lead us through our life, in our ministry, in our work and in raising our children, when we are sick or in problems. We have a purpose in this world exactly from the time we are born until the time our body goes into the grave. God wants to help us to fulfill our purpose; how will He do that?
All of us, I believe so say: oh God speak to me I need your help I need to hear from you.
Now God speaks to us in a dream: “And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?” Numbers 12:6-8
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” Joel 2:28
Here is the problem: many cry out to hear from God, then in the night God speaks in a dream, in the morning the person wakes up and wonders what was that I dreamed, it was so weird; meaning they say; God you are weird. The day before they cry out, God listens and speaks and after that God is weird! “For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.” Job 33:14-18, it is advisable to read to the end of the chapter!

God wants to be number one, meaning to start our day with Him and ending our day with Him, saying thank you God, first thing coming over our lips and last thing before we go sleep, out of our heart! The next should be, meditating about the dream we had, bringing it together and finding out what parables He spoke to us. If I do not read scriptures and if I do not seek Him, I will never find out what He was saying in the dream. If I do not know his character, I will also not find out about this mystery in the dream. That means, the next is to see to understand God and this is through meditation, taking my time with Him; not my spare time but my quality time. Pray God to give revelation!

The next is to apply all what I have learned and what I see from the Spirit of spirits to my life and walk according to it; this is walking with God, this is the way we absorb Him who is holy and through it we become holy.
Now some may say, we have received the Holy Spirit and so we are holy. Not everyone has received the Holy Spirit! The Lord says: “Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Mat. 7:21-23 Many are baptized, but have they received the Holy Spirit? Let us look at Acts 2:38 KJV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Many received the Holy Spirit by laying hand on by the apostles even after being baptized. Being baptized makes us eligible to receive the Holy Spirit, but receiving is another term. Some receive the Holy Spirit before baptism, some with the baptism; again another will never receive Him. God does as it pleases Him; Psalm 135:7; Psalm 115:3

The worship in a church is by the members of the church and then by the praise and worship team which leads the members of the church into worship.
Here we are at a very crucial point in the church.
In many churches the praise and worship team is the biggest stumbling block for the church because of ungodliness of some team members, stubbornness, spiritual immaturity, sinful life style (living together with a women having children but not married) and the elders not taking it serious enough, thinking ah it’s ok, or thinking they might hurt somebody by taking somebody out of the worship team.
We need to understand that praise and worship is walking direct into the throne room of God, direct before the throne of God, direct before God. This entry to this holy place, to the most holy is paid by the blood Of Jesus Christ. This is a high praise!

If the church wants a holy and God pleasant worship, what do you think by what people the church should be lead into worship?

A: by lukewarm Christians;
B: by Sunday Christians;
C: By people living in disorder like fornication and adultery, gossipers and lairs;
D: by those tossed with every new teachings or doctrines,
E: by those who are somebody through education or business or wealth;
F: by people just being pastors son, or daughter, or a friend or well doer;
G: By people who say they are musicians and have a nice voice to sing, or
H: by people walking with God?

If I want a holy and God pleasing praise and worship in the church, I need Holy people to lead into worship.
What comes from the sanctuary goes into the congregation. If I have an ungodly, unholy people in the worship team: No matter it is pastors son or daughter or any other relative or friend, what do I expect holiness to reach the congregation? It will never happen, and they can sing and scream and be on their knees even the whole day, but the Holy Spirit will never usher in. They sing oh Holy Spirit come, oh Holy Spirit move, but it will never happen. I do not need to call upon the Holy Spirit to come in a place where there are holy people; where the sanctuary is a holy kept place, where holy people walking with God. The Holy Spirit will just be present through ought.

If there is unholiness, ungodliness in any form in the praise and worship team, allowed, accepted even by the elders and leaders, there will never be a God pleasing worship.
Let us look again at the price paid for standing in the throne room;
the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? Hebrews 10:29

This is what many pastors and elders do not understand. They accept the young nice looking lady because she looks nice and has a nice voice, they accept the musician because he can play a guitar, or bass, or drum, or keyboard, just because we have no one else to play it. They accept the son of the pastor because he is the son or the daughter of the pastor, or a friend, or a big person, or the mother, or father of the pastor, or an uncle, or aunt, or mother in law and so on.
This is evil in the sight of the Lord.
God says be you holy for I AM holy!
A Worship accepted by God must be lead by holy people walking with God.
In the first the elders are responsible for the sanctuary, who is serving and who not. Paul appointed elders and charged them Acts 20:17-28
Meaning of Elders: those who should know best!

God gives gifts! To appoint leaders and people serving in the sanctuary needs brethren with the gift of discerning the spirits. “To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 1st Cor. 12:10
If I cannot discern spirits, I might appoint somebody with the spirit of Jezebel into the praise and worship team: this can even be my son, my daughter, my friend and so on. Here we are!

Satan before fallen was Lucifer, the worship leader in heaven, walking in the blossom of God between the fiery stones and around the throne with his appointed angels. So satan know all about the importance of praise and worship, how it can lift a church and how it can bring down a church, or how to let a church walk in darkness. He knows all tricks and hidden ways to infiltrate the church and he does it in the first through the praise and worship and spiritual weak leaders who want to please people in the church fearing to hurt someone.
Satan does not need to attack a church, he sends his agent into the sanctuary in a nice and man pleasant way, smiling, so heartily warm be seen. We all know that: “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. 2nd Cor. 11:14-15
In another passage the Lord says: “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. Matthew 14:15

If I allow this unholiness and ungodlness and the behavior of Balaam in the sanctuary, as proven by the scriptures here, all will go to be condemned forever. This is a hard judgment, but God’s word stands forever! God’s word is true and as he spoke so will it be done.
If I lead a church then I am a shepherd, an elder, a prophet or apostle and I must remember in the first that God is holy, and if we want to please Him we must be holy and keep the church a holy place. We are responsible for the work and cleanliness in the sanctuary, that also the sheep’s of the church receive what they need to receive.
The Lord says, what you sow you reap: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Galatians 6:7-8
If I allow ungodliness as an elder or leader, I sow ungodliness and I will reap my reward of condemnation. Also those who think they are worship leaders but are not God appointed because of their ways, they will reap condemnation.
A holy God, deserves a holy service by holy people!
If I ordain ungodly people into the sanctuary and I do not see in the spirit, I face a judgment which is everlasting condemnation!
If I as an elder or leader, are not bold in taking the stand for God in holiness, I am lost and condemned. I please people why? To be seen as a humble and God loving person and not wanting to hurt anyone? I will be hurt on that great day!
What about the Israelites, when Moses was in the mount and they molded a golden calf and worshipped it. It was said when Moose came down, that who is with God shall come thither. Those who refused were all killed! So will it be with those who refuse to keep the sanctuary, the church and the worship holy, they will be killed by the sword which cuts not only bones and flesh but the soul.
God does not accept left or right; the way is straight and the gate is narrow. Every church is preaching this. But to get the real meaning of it is a very hard thing and so to do those things which God wants to be done.
God’s holy character must be absorbed by us servants, elders and leaders, in order to escape judgment. God’s holy character absorbed by us, by walking with Him in his ways, will lead all those who are entrusted to us by the Lord into salvation. Acts 2: 46 and 47. If the church has a holy sanctuary and has the doctrines of the prophets and apostles and does the commandment of the Lord, is a church appointed by God and God will bring those such as should be saved. He will bring them, because God sees at this place my sheep’s get good food and learn my ways and will keep them.
God does not like his people to parish, but He loves those who repent and go back into the way of the Lord, and this is a God who says I AM holy.
What shall we do then, who shall be part of the praise and worship team.
Those who are mentioned under point H above? Or they must be:
A: Born again
B: routed in the word of God
C: Having a godly lifestyle without blame
D: married 
F: prayerful
G: All members of the praise and worship team to be prayer warriors in the church coming as mentioned in acts 2:46-47 to the house of prayer and active in the activities of the church.
H: Anointed for this ministry

Those brethren mentioned come also before every service in an efficient time and prepare the church spiritually by praying. Cleansing, sanctification, equipping (CSEW) and then they have their own time of worship! Why do we think God appointed the Levites to the service of God?

Many serving in the praise and worship team, but they are mostly like the seed that falls on the rock, springs up quickly but withers because the sun dries it up there is no soil. They can sing yes and smile yes and be in such a way exited when they sing, but after this; not to be seen the whole week, even living in sin. Not praying, having no passion to pray or to be active in the congregation.
If I have faithful brethren in the praise and worship, the Holy Spirit is present in the church, he will ignite his fire during the worship, God will move in that place, the place will be shaken, the prophets will speak, the sick be healed, those who come doubting will believe, those who are heavy leaden will be released of their loads. In such place God will make us reach out and bring the truth in truth to the people of the world, the lukewarm will be made hot, the backsliders dragged back.
There is a day I need to take courage and cleanse the church, the same way as Jesus cleansed the temple. He gave us an example on how to clean the church from all filthiness and uncleanliness. If we are not bold we are lukewarm, if we are bold we are hot. Those who are not offended by the cleansing are God’s people who repent and will continue coming to church in humbleness listening God’s word; but those who are offended in their heart will make noise and leave in anger, even spreading bad words, or trying to divide the church. Meaning I got read of satans agents. NOW satan will try to attack the church, but as the Lord says, the gates of hell will not prevail against it because the church is founded on the rock, and not on man. Mat. 16:17-19

To be a member of the praise and worship team and a prayer warrior is sacrifice. “I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 Yes give yourself fully to the Lord, dedicate, give your time!
Be you holy for I AM holy!
We are serving a God who is holy! I have a choice to be under the sheep’s or the goats.
Are we just playing church or do we really understand and practice holiness?
Let YOUR will be done! Holiness in the church is his will.
The sanctuary is still a holy place to be, for holy people only!
We do not eat rice mixed with the rice shell, we cast the rice shell away!

Article by Apostle Nazareth H. Machon
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