Preacher: Caleb Ogle
Text:
Theme: Sing Unto the Lord: A biblical theology of singing (part 1)
Notes:
“I can’t sing”
What people mean by this statement, is “I can’t sing well,” or, “I can’t sing to the standard I would like.”
We are Created to Sing
- God doesn’t make mistakes
- No matter what voice God has given you, He has created you to sing
- Psalm 139:13-14, God has formed your body–including your voice
- Psalm 98:4-9, “Shout joyfully to the LORD.”
- Colossians 1:16, “…all things were created by Him, and for Him.”
- God desires to hear you sing
- When you denigrate your voice, you are denigrating the gift–and the Giver of the gift
- Admittedly–that doesn’t mean that you are naturally good at it
- “…we seek to improve in what we truly value…we sing to encourage and praise….” –Keith Getty in Sing!
We Are Commanded to Sing
- At least 50 times in Scripture God commands us to sing
- Around 450 times in Scripture singing is referenced
- Psalm 100:1-2, “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands….serve the LORD with gladness”
- Colossians 3:16, teaching and admonishing one another (horizontal), singing to the LORD (vertical)
- Psalm 147:1, “it is good to sing praises to our God….”
- Ephesians 5:19-20, to one another, to God
- Isaiah 12:5
Singing is not just a duty, but it is no less than a duty.
