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- Paul encouraged the singing of “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” in order to praise the living God and to build one another up as brothers and sisters in the Lord (Eph. 5:19; Col. 3:16). James also encourages those who are suffering to pray and those who are cheerful to sing praises.
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Jan 17, 2022 · Let ’ s sing scriptural Psalms, expressive hymns, and any other kind of “ spiritual song” (as Paul calls them) with “ thankfulness in our hearts to the Lord.” Why? Because as the Psalmist tells us in Psalm 98 : " for he has done marvelous things.”
- Robert Hampshire
- The Bible Tells Us To. That’s the strongest argument we’ve got. And it’s a good one! When we don’t take the Psalms seriously, our commitment to the Bible is called into question as well.
- Psalms Are the Word of God. The Holy Spirit is the songwriter of the Psalms: They’re pure Scripture. One of the joys of focusing on Psalms for the last year is the amount of time I (Keith) have spent in Scripture.
- Psalms Are the Songs Jesus Sang. As a boy Jesus would have memorized and learned many if not all of the Psalms. The book of Psalms is the songbook of the Bible.
- They Give Us a More ‘Authentic’ Picture of God. For all that contemporary people apparently crave “authenticity in worship,” if we follow contemporary trends we’ll succumb to the bias of our church leaders or the movements they follow.
Oct 8, 2017 · Here’s where the transformative power of Scripture is crucial. Paul urges the believers to sing psalms — the inspired, God-breathed collection of praises and laments. He also advises them to sing hymns — a term that probably describes songs rich with theological truth.
- When you sing, you obey. Singing isn’t an option in Scripture. It’s a command: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- When you sing, you dig deep roots in the Word. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly…singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs… (Colossians 3:16)
- When you sing, you build up others. First, you build up fellow believers when you sing: Note specifically here in Ephesians 5:19 that it says: “Addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…”
- When you sing, you make war. Chances are you didn’t connect singing and warfare together, but it’s a theme visible in Scripture. In Colossians 3, Paul is challenging the Colossians to literally put sin to death in their lives, to kill sin.
Aug 7, 2024 · Many of our modern worship songs are based on the psalms, and when we sing them, we are singing God’s Word. A hymn is a song that gives praise, honor, or thanksgiving to God. Unlike psalms, hymns are not written by divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit and are not considered part of Scripture.
Jan 17, 2024 · The first and most obvious reason we should sing Psalms and hymns is that Psalms are literally Scripture and hymns are time-tested, God-glorifying lyrics and music. Faithfulness to God’s Word should be every church’s highest priority.
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In the Psalms we sing to Christ whenever we praise God as our rock, our shield, our king, and our Redeemer. This is because Christ, as the Son of God and the blessed Second Person of the Trinity, is the only Mediator of God’s saving works.
