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Colossians 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. |
May 24, 2020 ·
#Word_of_Christ and #Your_singing
Colossians
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.
Some
thoughts:
i.
"the word of Christ"
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words concerning Christ, His person as the only begotten Son of God, the
eternal Word made flesh; His work as the Redeemer of His people; His threefold
offices as the prophet, priest, and king to His people; these are the chief
themes of the whole of the inspired Scriptures. Essentially, the word of Christ
is the same as the word of God.
ii.
"Let the word of Christ dwell in you"
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The Scriptures are to be carefully attended to publicly, diligently read and
frequently meditated upon privately; they are able, under God's divine appointment, to furnish
disciples with all spiritual wisdom, or to make God's children wise unto their
salvation by His free grace in Jesus Christ.
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This is the only way the word of Christ will begin to find a dwelling place in
you. An implanted microchip won't do!
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It requires discipline, devotion, commitment, and time; it calls for your
mental exertion to have the word of Christ to dwell in you, to have it firmly
rooted in you. To dwell is to make it to abide, to remain, to continue in you;
not just a TnG thing, but a permanent and fulltime resident.
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Mt 13:19 happens all too often, "When any one heareth the word of the
kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth
away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the
way side." What a waste of effort; 2Co 6:1
"We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye
receive not the grace of God in vain."
iii.
"richly in all wisdom"
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"richly" - in abundant measure, the whole counsel of God. Act 20:27
"For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God."
2Tim 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:17 that
the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works."
iv.
"in all wisdom": in all wisdom speaks of the ability to use word of
Christ suitably for all occasions and for all needs. It is the ability to use
it profitably for its divinely intended purposes.
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Having a workshop equipped with all the great tools and gadgets is great and
impressive; having the knowledge and wisdom to use them is absolutely needed if
those tools are to accomplish any profit to anyone.
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Without wisdom, the word of God may be abused and misused to cause harm. 2Pe 3:16 "As also in all his epistles,
speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be
understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also
the other scriptures, unto their own destruction."
Having
the word of Christ dwelling in you richly in all wisdom is a PREREQUISITE for
the mutual duty of "teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
There
is too much singing that is detached from, and uninformed by, the word of
Christ.
1Co
14:15
What
is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding
also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
Amen.
p/s
Church choir does not fulfill this scriptural command in Col 3:16;
congregational singing does.
