5) The worship of singing is one of the activities of heaven. Rev. 5:9-10; 14:3; 15:1-4.
a) Scripture:
i) Rev 5:9-10: (4 creatures, 24 elders) 9And
they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its
seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation. 10You have made them to be
a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."
ii) Rev 14:3: (144,000) 3And they sang a new song
before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one
could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
iii)
Rev
15:1-4: (those victorious over the beast) 1I saw in heaven another great and
marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues--last, because with
them God's wrath is completed. 2And I
saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the
sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the
number of his name. They held harps given them by God 3and sang the song of Moses the servant of
God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord
God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. 4Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring
glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship
before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."
6) The worship of singing is fundamental to your
salvation. Psalm 33:3; 96:1; 144:9.
a) Regeneration is equated to God's putting a
new song in our hearts.
i) Psalm 40:3: He put a new song in my mouth, a
hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the
LORD.
b) It is an continuing evidence that GOD has
done something IN THE HEART, something genuine.
i) Ps 33:3: Sing to him a new song; play
skillfully, and shout for joy.
ii) Ps 96:1: Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to
the LORD, all the earth.
iii)
Ps 98:1:
Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand
and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
iv)
Ps 144:9:
I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make
music to you,
7) The worship of singing is essential to the
life and ministry of any local church.
Eph. 2:10: His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold
wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the
heavenly realms,
a) Singing gives believers an amazing means to
express, from the heart, the truth about God and the believer’s love for
God. Music enables the fellowship of
believers to answer the call to unity, to “speak the same thing … perfectly
joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Cor. 1:10).
b) We also recognize that singing is a great
tool for memorizing and meditating on the Word of God. When God wanted the people of Israel to
remember His commitment to faithfulness in keeping His promise to them, He told
Moses to teach the truth to them in a song (Deut. 31:16-22,30).
We need to do as Paul said: speak to one
another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.
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