WORSHIP WARS?
On the Lord's Day, a day when God's children are supposed to gather
together AS ONE to worship our great God, some get tangled up in the
quagmire of fighting over styles of music. Too many praise chrouses for
some, and not enough hymns for others. Some banter about the need for
"biblical worship."
Well let me throw on one you today. Paul says in Colossians 3:16: "Let
the Word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual
songs with GRATITUDE in your hearts."
There is an example of BIBLICAL WORSHIP -- whether it is a psalm (The
Psalter . . . which 75% of us have never ever used in our worship),
hymns and spiritual songs, we sing them TOGETHER with GRATITUDE!!! But
let's not leave off the next verse -- "And WHATEVER you do, in WORD or
DEED, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE
FATHER THROUGH HIM. (Colossians 3:17)
So as you gather today to worship CORPORATELY -- whether you are singing
a hymn or a praise chorus -- You are doing it in HIS NAME -- worship
isn't about us -- IT IS ALL ABOUT HYMN.
Here's an assignment for you this morning -- are you ready for the
challenge? I am giving you a psalm to sing -- come on -- right where you
are -- this comes from a hymnal compiled by the famed preacher --
Charles Haddon Spureon. The hymn tune is AMAZING GRACE and the text is
from Psalm 1. Now worship HIM by singing HIS WORDS set to music . . .
and let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly . . .
Blest is the man who shuns the place
Where sinners love to meet;
Who fears to tread their wicked ways,
And hates the scoffer's seat.
But in the statutes of the Lord
Has placed his chief delight;
By day he reads or hears the Word,
And meditates by night.
He, like a plant of gen'rous kind,
By living waters set,
Safe from the storms and blasting wind,
Enjoys a peaceful state.
Green as the leaf, and ever fair,
Shall his profession shine;
While fruits of holiness appear
Like clusters on the vine.
Not so the impious and unjust;
What vain designs they form!
Their hopes are blown away like dust,
Our chaff before the storm.
Sinners in judgment shall stand
Amongst the sons of grace,
When Christ, the Judge, at His right hand
Appoints His saints a place.
His eye beholds the path thye tread;
His heart approves it well:
But crooked ways a sinners lead
Down to gates of hell."
Have a blessed Lord's day.
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