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. Although it appears that in the late 20th
century and now in the 21st century many Bible translators have
taken the view that charis should be
translated in this verse as gratitude or in a graceful manner. I see no logical reason t not follow the
majority opinion of the earlier Bible exegetes that this Greek word should
connote the grace of God that has been shed abroad in the hearts of men and
women who have been truly “born again”.
Tis word should here represent God’s saving grace that changed the
whole-life of the “new man”.
With
the aforementioned exegetical understanding, this verse strongly teaches that
church musicians must be “born again” before they sing psalms, hymns and
spiritual songs in God’s house. No
amount of artistic, graceful, respectful, or thankful musicing can take the place
of the church musician being a born again Christian who has the Grace of God
operating in his or her life
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