Colossians
3:16-17 teaches, “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.
And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Many speakers and writers miss the lessons taught
in these two verses. Also many Bible
expositors skip these verses in their comments or at least they make little or
no mention of the music lesson taught here.
I suspect they were so intent on getting to the eighteenth verse so that
they could once again tell women to submit!
I
would like to take a brief moment to remind Christian musicians of the main
reasons that we music. First, we must always
music “in the name of the Lord Jesus”.
The Greek word used her is kurios (2962)
which connotes supreme authority, or one who is the Christian’s Lord and master. Christian musicians often tend to get lost in
the fact that they are giving a music performance or that they work for and
represent a particular church. Although all of the above may be true,
a Christian musician’s boss so to speak, is God. Second, the Christian musician who is
performing the psalms, hymn, and spiritual songs does so as a vehicle for
giving thanks to God the Father by the mediatorial agency of God the Son. Third, a musician who performs or leads
others in sacred music must have the grace (charis 5485) God in his or her
heart. This Scripture is not referring
to man’s charisma but rather God’s grace.
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