In Eph 5:18-19 is said “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.” Col 3:16 What can we learn here? 1. Songs Teach
2. Songs Edify
3. Songs Encourage In Deuteronomy 31:19 God told Moses to write a song. We note that songs teach us of God. How do we teach by songs? Look at children’s songs during V.B.S. The song of the wise man & Jesus Loves me, are great teaching songs. We have songs of memory. The Apostle's song, songs about the books of the Old Testament, songs about the books of the New Testament. These are all great teaching songs. We have spiritual songs that teach like, I Love to Tell the Story, Amazing Grace, and How Beautiful Heaven Must Be. We are admonished to sing as we look at Acts 26:25. We note Paul & Silas prayed, sang praises unto God and the prisoners heard them. We have patriotic songs like The Star Spangle Banner, I'm Not Ashamed to own my Lord, Beneath the Cross of Jesus, and the Old Rugged Cross which are standard for the Christian. Battle songs like Soldiers of Christ Arise, Onward Christian Soldier and many others that we can recall. We sing songs of encouragement like Amazing Grace, Why Not Tonight, Jesus Paid It All, It Is Well with My Soul, Precious Memories, Blessed Assurance Jesus Is Mine. We’re told in the scriptures to make melody in our heart. Revelation's 5:9 and they sang a new song, saying Thou Art Worthy to take the book, and to open the seals there of. In James 5:13 it states: “Is anyone among you suffering or afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms.” Happiness is tied to singing. If you want to be happy sing. Sing from the heart. We may not always know all the words but we are still to sing, We should sing songs about salvation like- Oh Happy Day & I'm Redeemed. We should sing joyful songs & praise songs like Joy to the World, Praise the Lord- Praise the Lord, Let the world hear His voice-through us. What a great lesson. I hope this teaches us that we are all to sing, so we can honor what we believe in "Our God, Our Faith & Our Christian life". Let us sing with the understanding of what we really stand for. Amen! I hope all who read this will have better understanding of why we are to sing.
Why Do We Just Sing?