Deuteronomy
31:19, “Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of
Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against
the children of Israel.” The children of Israel had time after time forgotten
the goodness of Jehovah and had turned to false gods of their neighbors. In verse 16, God told Moses that it would not
be long until Israel would again go after false Gods. Jehovah was always faithful to His people so
once again he sent his man with a message.
It was a song (see Deuteronomy 32).
The purpose of this song was to witness against an apostatizing nation.
Moses was commanded by YHVH to
compose a song, second to teach it to them, and third to have them sing it. Deuteronomy
31:22 records that, “Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught
it the children of Israel.” Over the
centuries Bible expositors have assumed that Moses taught this song to these ancient
Israelites b speaking it to them.
They forget that the bible very clearly records that tis poetry was lyric
poetry was a song (shiyr 7892). Therefore,
it is safe to conjecture that he sang it to them.
It
is never sufficient to “talk” the songs of our LORD. They must be sung. Now song leader you know a little more why we
sing the Logos Christos in church. From
at least the time of Moses, God has given musicians the solemn opportunity and
responsibility to compose, teach, and sing the songs of Jehovah. Not all songs that should be sung in church
will be “hippity hop over the top”. Some
of them will be “Are You Living where God Answers prayer?” “A Charge to Keep I Have”, “Nothing Between
My Soul and the Savior” and “Guard Your Heart”.
Whether our music is a simple praise chorus or a serious song about
God’s judgment of the wicked, we should count it a privilege to catechize those
who attend our church services with the songs of Jehovah.
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