Musicians filled
with the Logos Christos
Colossians 3:16 states, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
You don’t have
to be around a musician very long until you will learn what is near and dear to
his or her heart. You will find out in a
hurry what that musician likes or doesn’t like when it comes to music matters.
This musical
discourse in Colossians admonishes the Christian musician to be filled with the
logos (3056) Christos (5547). This Bible
lesson very clearly instructs Christian musicians to be filled with the Word of
Christ. The Colossian writer very succinctly
explains that musicians are not to be filled with just any words but rather God’s
Word. Furthermore this writer explains
that Christian musicians should be completely filled with the Word of
Christ. We know this because he used the
Greek word plousious (4146) which has been translated richly. This Greek word connotes being crammed completely
full. It also has the meaning of a
richness of this filling.
The English word
dwell has been translated from the Greek word enoikeo (1774) which means to
inhabit. So, Christian musicians are
admonished to be crammed full of the Word of Christ and that this knowledge should
inhabit the mind of the church musician continually. No church musician is ready to music unto God
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs until he or she is crammed full of
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Therefore it is the responsibility
of the Christian musician to guard his or her mind and to be sure that it is
dwelling on the proper content.
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