There are several major essentials that "new song" must have in order to qualify philosophically as biblical "new song". First, it must be sung unto God. The several references to new song in the Bible that we mentioned in yesterday's post definitely lead us to believe that no new or old composition qualifies as new song unless it is performed unto God for God's glory. Colossians 1:18 instructs us "...that in all things he might have the preeminence." God must receive all the glory all the time if our musicing is truly biblical new song.
When self gets in the way of our attempts to music unto God, God has to share His glory with the religious humanist who is performing. Remember that the humanist believes that music begins and ends with the performer actualizing self. We are subtly instructed by most university music professors that the performer must sell self first. mIy I am a religious humanist, my musicing is about me and the way I perform. All my musicing is ultimately about how well I perform MY music. It is about MY talent, MY instrument etc.
The quickest way that a performer can turn scared musicing into religious musicing is to place one's self in the position of preeminence. Note that Psalm 33:3 states, "Sing unto him a new song." Psalm 98:1, "O sing unto the LORD a new song." Psalm 144:9, "I will sing a new song unto thee, o God." Revelation 5:9, And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy..." So, philosophically the Christian musician must not fail to music unto God and focus all performance on our blessed Lord.
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