Singing—A Means of Grace—part 1

Singing—A Means of Grace—part 1

            Corporate worship through singing is a valuable means of grace to the believer.  Singing can be a valuable teaching tool.  Singing can be used by the Holy Spirit to convict and convert sinners.  However, 1 Corinthians 1:18 above states that preaching is “the power of God.”  Music, although it has power and charm is never spoken of in the Bible as the “power of God”.  Verse twenty of chapter one of I Corinthians says, “Where is the wise [sophos 4680]? Where is the scribe?  Where is the disputer [suzetetes 4804] of this world [aion 165]?  Hath not God made foolish [moraino 3471] the wisdom [sophia 4678] of this world [kosmos 2889]?

            The sophists were ancient Greek philosophers notorious for their specious arguments. To many their arguments sounded logical and correct but they often were far from being correct.  The disputers were philosophers who were debaters involved in controversial discussions.  Paul declared here that God has shown how insipid their arguments were.  The arguments of the sophists were, as verse twenty tells us, based on the wisdom of the aion or the present system of the age.  It was wisdom based on the matrix of Satan.