Things New and Old: Of making melody in your heart to the Lord

Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Monday, July 31, 2017

Of making melody in your heart to the Lord

Of making melody in your heart to the Lord, and

Making noises out of the sound boxes

(A comment I left for a friend who inquired about the matter)

Whatever you sing in the worship of God if it does not convey the truth of God, it is WILL worship; it is not the worship of God in spirit and TRUTH.

Eph 5:19 "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord."

NOTE: you are to make melody in the heart while you sing; not making noise through the life SOUND BOXES! When you sing, you are to SPEAK the truth of God to one another!

Col 3:16 "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."

Note, of singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs:

- the CONTENTS MUST BE about the word of Christ,

- the PURPOSE MUST BE the teaching and admonishing of one another,

- the MANNER MUST BE with grace in your hearts,

- the AUDIENCE MUST BE the LORD, to the praise of God in heaven, and not the entertainment mere men.

Otherwise, it is WILL worship. The Father seeks those who worship Him in spirit and truth. Will worship is abominable to God.

John 4:23 "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him."

And concerning judgment, you must exercise judgment. The Lord requires His children to judge, to judge righteous judgment. Don't be carried away with the popular foolishness of not exercising judgment!

John 7:24 "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."

I have only pointed you to the word of God.