David Taylor Instruction thus conveyed aids the memory and makes a greater impression on the mind. More than ever do I need to take Him at His word: "I will not leave nor forsake."III. Yield yourselves up as sacred dwellings to be occupied with it.1. (1) Am I in the dark about myself, about the world? "Try a little longer," was the response of the wearied and agonized husband, "let us sing 'Rock of Ages.'" (1)As to outward expression "gracefully, sweetly, so as to give pleasure and be attractive. If wanted religious entertainment, you would go somewhere else. Singing is God's ordinance, binding all sorts of men (Ephesians 6:19; James 5:13; Psalm 66:1-2; Psalm 92:1; Psalm 135:3). How constantly did David find relief in expressing his hopes and fears, his joys and sorrows in song; and in the record of his experience how precious is the boon he has left for the instruction and encouragement of God's children in all ages. 12-15 on the one hand, and ver. The word of a precious friend is precious even before you know what it contains. A. Colossians 3:15 says to always be thankful. F. Pentecost, D. D.)Saved by a hymnCanadian BaptistOn board the ill-fated steamer Seawanhaka was one of the Fisk University singers. With the song seemed to come strength; another and yet another was encouraged to renewed effort. This was high with the primitive Christians. But it becomes more so as you study it, and especially if it be of real value. Phrygian music was apt to become the accompaniment of the passionate and unmanly wailing of Asian barbarism. No doubt just as in many a missionary Church a hymn is found to be the best vehicle for conveying the truth, so it was in these early Churches, which were made up largely of slaves and women both uneducated. Byfield. As the soft and plaintive notes floated into the sick chamber, the President turned his eyes up to Dr. Bliss, and asked, "Is that Crete" "Yes," replied the doctor; "it is Mrs. 15-17 Let the peace of Christ keep you in tune with each other, in step with each other. Won't you give us one, sir?"(G. In all probability the word here and in Ephesians 5:19 refers to the inspired Psalms of the Hebrew canon, and certainly designates these on all other occasions where it is met with in the New Testament, with the doubtful exception of 1 Corinthians 14:16. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Wives, Husbands, Children, Fathers, Slaves And Masters, Constant Explanations From God Wouldnt Allow For Our Faith Or Trust, Always Choose The High Road (Theres Less Traffic). (1) A rich manure is one that enriches the soil; and it dwells in the soil richly in proportion as it enriches it, turning its hard, dry sterility into fruitful mould. As an element in public worship. The epithet thus applied does not affirm that these odes were Divinely inspired, any more than the spiritual man is an inspired man (1 Corinthians 3:1; Galatians 6:1), but only that they were such as were composed by spiritual men, and moved in the sphere of spiritual things. THEY MUST BE SUNG IN THE HEART, i.e., from the inmost affection. Chapter 3 Verse 16 TAMIRV. But it is only as it does that that the Bible is the Word of Christ. And as it was quite impossible that the Church, releasing itself from the Jewish synagogue, should fall into the same mistake as some portions of the Reformed Church, we may be sure that it adopted into liturgic use, not psalms only, but also hymns, singing them to Christ as God (Pliny, Ep. Byfield.I. Could they hold out a little longer? RICHLY.1. What are / should you be doing to increase your knowledge of the Bible? You shouldnt have to WORK at becoming a Christian, you just need to let go of the world let the WORD OF CHRIST be at the center of your life. But, lo! He looked down into the little earnest face and asked the boy where he got it, and why he wanted a clean copy. This requires prayerful searching, and much more than reading in haste a chapter in the morning or at night. Christ appointed the Church to teach His Word, and His Word forms the basis of her creeds, and the final authority when those creeds are questioned. All thoughts are to be ruled, all cares hallowed by it, and all enjoyments made safe and good. That it was extensively bestowed we may conceive 1. Raleigh, D. D.I. Hence we are said to prepare our hearts before we sing (Psalm 57:7). SCRIPTURE: Colossians 2:16-23. Watch sermon View Series How To Live The Abundant Life . II. (3) And how penetrating, as well as powerful, should be its virtue. The felt preciousness of real present and living intercourse between Christ and you will cause the Word, as His, to abide in you. Paul makes the point here that those should be seen as opportunities to help one another in walking with Christ. (1)For daily exercise (Psalm 101:1-2). This is rather a reference to a response of worship that arises from within your core of being with the heart being a metaphor for what you think and choose. The highest strains of the orator are poetical.2. )The service of songN. For reproof of such as delight in profane songs.(N. The Psalmist's praise was in his heart, but it must have been vocal also, for it was such praise as is offered in the "assembly." These are expressed in this clause. But here the Book is all His. )Power of a hymnG. Let the Word Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth, the life, the hand must speak.(R. "The clue to the real meaning of the passage is to bear in mind that the apostle is speaking of singing as a Church duty, a part of the Church's corporate life, a declaration of peace among her children, and a means of edification. These are expressed in this clause. In this every man must be his own minister. Alexander.A music of wild excitement was used in the worship of Cybele, and of Salazion, the Phrygian Diouysos. Immediately on His resurrection He began to speak, and when He went away He left nothing behind Him but His Word. 16).2. Immediately on His resurrection He began to speak, and when He went away He left nothing behind Him but His Word. Righteousness is promoted. Presbyterian/Reformed, The Supremacy and Sufficiency of Christ, part 16 "I will write My law in their inward parts," etc. There is no new theology. At that time His life and death were unknown powers, and He did not leave the least written explanation of them, nor were the Gospels in existence at the time of this Epistle; but there was the Word of Christ in its newness and energy.2. Then came the alternative that He must keep silence or die; but He went on speaking till lie said, "It is finished." With gracious affability, which conveys both pleasure and utility to the hearers; so that what Horace says concerning poets may he said of these spiritual songs. (2) This is an allusion to God's "dwelling" in the Holy of Holies. What does it mean to dwell in Colossians 1:16? W. So will you draw from the infinite ocean of Divine love (see vers. THE DUTY.1. It is to be exalted in her worship, commemorated in her sacraments, and proclaimed and defended in her pulpits. (2)Others, as ministers in appointing hymns for the congregation, or masters of the family, or when Christians meet, there should be choice of such psalms as may comfort or rebuke according to occasion (1 Corinthians 14:26).2. A friend's letter is his word to me when by means of it I call him up before me in his own loved person speaking to me. Spence, D. D.)Singing with grace in your hearts unto the LordPhrygia was proverbially a land of musicBp. Yield yourselves up as sacred dwellings to be occupied with it.1. He looked down into the little earnest face and asked the boy where he got it, and why he wanted a clean copy. Other. The Psalms of the Old Testament have no single and universally accepted designation in the Hebrew Scriptures. In a special and limited sense this is the gospel, because He preached and published it.2. So will you draw from the infinite ocean of Divine love (see vers. But it becomes more so as you study it, and especially if it be of real value. Spence, D. D.has from the first been a most important element in her holy progress and means of usefulness. Then we must sing earnestly and awake out of our lethargy (Psalm 57:8).4. It is fed by the drawing sun, the condensing mountains, the bountiful clouds, the wide sea. St. Paul, on the two occasions when he employs it, adds "spiritual" to it, and this, no doubt, because "Ode" by itself might mean any kind of song, as of battle, of harvest, or festal, or hymeneal, while "psalm," from its Hebrew use, and "hymn," from its Greek, did not need such qualification. Baxendale.On one of the days when President Garfield lay dying at the seaside, he was a little better, and was permitted to sit by the window, while Mrs. Garfield was in the adjoining room. There is many a passage in reserve. It shows how thoughtfully he considered local circumstances, and adapted his lessons to them. (5) All sound Christian profit. We do not need the whole Bible every day; we need it as we need corn in the granary, as the lamps by night. A beautiful life; a life of poetry and heart music; a life, too, open alike to all.(A. Therefore farewell to all nugatory, and much more to impure songs.3. February 13, 2011, Expressing the Indwelling Word of Christ Then we must sing earnestly and awake out of our lethargy (Psalm 57:8).4. Warren W. Wiersbe talks briefly on the subject of worship in his commentary of the book of Colossians 3:16. Richly in its best forms and sweetest fragrance, with all its luminous, guiding powers. Fill yourselves with it. It is fed by the drawing sun, the condensing mountains, the bountiful clouds, the wide sea. The early hymns were of a dogmatic character. Then let me take some strong promise, adapted to the need, and drink it up as a tainting man would drink a cordial until I am refreshed. "Quick, open the door a little," anxiously responded the sick man. This was high with the primitive Christians. If not, when will that change? Grace Bible Church, NY Scripture: Colossians 3:16 Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational Atlas For The Soul Contributed by Perry Anderson on Sep 29, 2013 | 3,319 views God gives us His word to guide us through life. Davenant.I. "They would both profit and delight." But here is more than a mere passive allowance. (2) But it must be as the Word of Christ. While devotionals like the Daily Bread are helpful, go beyond just the printed verses. Fill yourselves with it. HYMNS. II. How many Christians have crossed the river strong in the faith with the words of some precious stanza on their tongues which they learnt in the Sunday school?(J. Not from Roman rostrum, nor in terms of Greek philosophy, nor as a Jewish rabbi, but simply and naturally to simple and ordinary men wherever they could be got together, and as He spake the words seem to root themselves in the heart, and grew a living force in the life of the nation. He uses it in speaking to you, and you in speaking to Him. THE MANNER.1. Open all the doors, fling wide the windows. (1) If Christ is precious, His Word must be precious. 4. Lifestyles define a person, because other people can watch that person in action. )The service of song a means of Christian edificationA. Baxendale.On one of the days when President Garfield lay dying at the seaside, he was a little better, and was permitted to sit by the window, while Mrs. Garfield was in the adjoining room. Gratitude is not improperly joined to songs; because we are moved to sing in joyous and prosperous circumstances, in which condition thankfulness is binding and necessary. The epithet thus applied does not affirm that these odes were Divinely inspired, any more than the spiritual man is an inspired man (1 Corinthians 3:1; Galatians 6:1), but only that they were such as were composed by spiritual men, and moved in the sphere of spiritual things. 6:08). )The service of song a means of Christian edificationA. This she did, placing her hands firmly on his shoulders, and resting there until, her strength becoming exhausted, she said, "I can hold on no longer!" He has fulfilled it, explained it, inspired it, made it a living Word from first to last, that He might by His Spirit give it living and blessed applications.II. Richly: not as a scanty stream, but as a full flowing river. The Word is to dwell in him richly in his tongue as its expounder; in his memory as a student; in his heart as a believer: so that when he prays he uses it, when he teaches texts come to his tongue-ends, and as he lives he illustrates it. As the soft and plaintive notes floated into the sick chamber, the President turned his eyes up to Dr. Bliss, and asked, "Is that Crete" "Yes," replied the doctor; "it is Mrs. )The service of song a means of Christian edificationA. ITS CHARACTER. The early hymns were of a dogmatic character. Thus it was in Greece; thus it was in Scot land. What things are done for cheerfulness and relaxation of the mind by Christians, ought to be of such a kind as are agreeable to Christ and religion: we must therefore detest the madness of those who cannot be cheerful without the reproach of Christ and the ridicule of religion.(Bp. Believe & Speak. "(5) Am I passing away from earth and time? The basis of this concern is personal morality, and issued in strains that were morally improving. 3. Christian truth is calculated to incite the highest feelings of the soul, and these lofty emotions would find utterance in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." "Singing the gospel" is a very old invention though the name be new. We may dream of this mutual indwelling after some vague, sleepy fashion; but if it is to be more than a dream there must be talk between us. (Archbishop Trench. It has been said, by a well-known author, that if he were allowed to make the songs of a nation, he cared not who made the laws. It is of social utility. When the shepherd boy ran out to fight the giant, he called out to Goliath, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a . There is (according to Paul) a definite relationship between our knowledge of the Bible . Ah! Spence, D. D.has from the first been a most important element in her holy progress and means of usefulness. What criteria should be used for determining if a song is acceptable or not acceptable to a Christian? He dwells in it. But it becomes more so as you study it, and especially if it be of real value. Thus the phrase takes its most comprehensive sense the gospel all that is revealed of God for human salvation.3. So let the Word of Christ dwell in you as to enrich your souls. How many cares have been relieved by some well-known hymn? 14-15); and with the outward expression in which it finds vent (ver. 16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. There is authoritative Word of Christ for us nowhere else. There is much in our great poets repugnant to our sense of propriety and which we would fain suppress; but the mere fact that these early Christian poets were under the power of the Spirit would show that their poetry must have been high and pure. We must sing to the Lord (Ephesians 5:19), both to God's glory and with a sense of His presence, and upon a holy remembrance of His blessings.III. "Poetry," said Coleridge, "has been to me its own exceeding great reward. THE MEASURE IN WHICH IT IS TO DWELL IN US.1. Hebrews identifies three deadly infections that critically cripple the church. - 2 important things to remember about this book so far in the study: that truth---and then live in a way that is consistent with it. The gift of the Spirit was generally bestowed, and this would rouse the poetic faculty in all who had it, and consecrate it to sacred uses.3. "Try a little longer," was the response of the wearied and agonized husband, "let us sing 'Rock of Ages.'" "We found it, sir, in sister's pocket after she died; and she used to sing it all the time she was sick, and loved it so much that father wanted to get a clean one to put in a frame to hang up. )The conditions of the service of songBp. How constantly did David find relief in expressing his hopes and fears, his joys and sorrows in song; and in the record of his experience how precious is the boon he has left for the instruction and encouragement of God's children in all ages. Then it dwells in me. There are several ramifications in this verse to our use of music within the church and as individual Christians which I want to expand on, but first I want to make some general comments about music in the church and explain the general meaning of each of these types of music. As to matter: they treat of spiritual things, relating to the glory of God and our salvation; not of secular and vain matters.II. "(Canadian Baptist).LinksColossians 3:16 NIVColossians 3:16 NLTColossians 3:16 ESVColossians 3:16 NASBColossians 3:16 KJVColossians 3:16 Bible AppsColossians 3:16 ParallelColossians 3:16 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:16 Chinese BibleColossians 3:16 French BibleColossians 3:16 German BibleColossians 3:16 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)As to inward devotion "heartfelt. God is honored. Verse 16 teaches us what should be dwelling inside us so that we can wear the right clothing and attain the rule of peace. Paul suggests that we ware the following type garments compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. From the universality of excited feelings in the apostolic Churches. The ideas of the primitive Christians were imaginative and creative.III. And this was only salvation from temporal death I But, methinks, from the bright world yonder the good Toplady must be rejoicing that God ever taught him to write that hymn, which has helped to save so many from eternal death, as, catching its spirit, they have learned to cast themselves alone for help on that dear "Rock of Ages," cleft, sinner, for them, for you, and for me, and which ever stands rent asunder that it may shelter those who Utter the cry, "Let me hide myself in Thee. "They would both profit and delight." )Power of a hymnG. What does it mean to sing with thankfulness in your heart to God? "The Word" is one of His titles, and He would have us honour it by honouring the Scriptures which testify of Him. Notice the social hearing of the precept as embedded in the context (vers. He uses it in speaking to you, and you in speaking to Him. God does not allow us to shoulder out this with other recreations. As you give yourself up to the study of the sacred oracles, the mind of the Spirit becomes imparted to your own. Probably refers to the words about Christ and those spoken by Him. Please follow along as I read Colossians 3:1-17 again to set the context for this mornings study. And as the sweet strains floated over the troubled waters, reaching the ears of the sinking and dying, little did they know, those sweet singers of Israel, whom they comforted. The first forms of literature in every country and in great national movements are for the most part in song. 23-11-2022 9. read more, Scripture: He Himself deals with this subject (John 15:7; John 16:23). With gratitude. Notice the social hearing of the precept as embedded in the context (vers. Who in the church is to teach and admonish? This implies a sense of the preciousness of Christ Himself realized by faith. Manifestly all this lies solely in the Scriptures. There is a direct appeal to the will and to the activity of the mind. (2) Am I doubting and desponding, finding few signs of grace? "(5) Am I passing away from earth and time? This she did, placing her hands firmly on his shoulders, and resting there until, her strength becoming exhausted, she said, "I can hold on no longer!" In the Bible, a mystery is something concealed until God reveals it. (1)For daily exercise (Psalm 101:1-2). It is so to be performed, that they who hear may from thence derive spiritual .pleasure and edification. You have not to make the Word: it is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth if thou wilt but let it dwell in thee richly.4. Garfield." "The clue to the real meaning of the passage is to bear in mind that the apostle is speaking of singing as a Church duty, a part of the Church's corporate life, a declaration of peace among her children, and a means of edification. What is the use of this?1. "The Word is nigh thee." THE WORD OF CHRIST.1. Spence, D. D.)Singing with grace in your hearts unto the LordPhrygia was proverbially a land of musicBp. So let the Word of Christ dwell in you as to enrich your souls. 5. (2) Into the rooms that lie more open to common day, and more level with the world, where many busy feet come and go where knowledge gathers her stores, prudence holds her scales, judgment records her decisions, diligence plies her tasks, acquisition counts her gains, and foresight watches the opening future; into all these the living Word will enter, and at her ingress the darkening shadow melts, the wrinkles of care are smoothed, and slippery things cease their blandishments, and injustice and unkindness hide their heads. (view more) Riches of goodness, glory, wisdom, knowledge, grace; unsearchable riches of Christ.4. F. Pentecost, D. D. A little boy came to one of our city missionaries, and holding out a dirty and well-worn bit of printed paper, said, "Please, sir, father sent me to get a clean paper like that." (3) The way of finding Christ all through the Bible is not merely to get it to speak of Christ, but to get Christ to speak to you about it; and so to make it all His, i.e., let it all, every bit and fragment of it, be welded into your experience, with Christ living in you the hope of glory. (2)Others, as ministers in appointing hymns for the congregation, or masters of the family, or when Christians meet, there should be choice of such psalms as may comfort or rebuke according to occasion (1 Corinthians 14:26).2. So the word means in Colossians 4:6, and Ephesians 4:29.III. )Power of a hymnG. Notice the social hearing of the precept as embedded in the context (vers. In either view this indwelling is not to be like a mass of dead matter crammed into a dead receptacle; as bales are packed in a warehouse, or loads of unread learning are crowded on library shelves for show. You are to be richly productive, fruit-bearing, in faith, in good works. Of such evidence, however, there is abundance (Ephesians 5:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:11-14). Baxendale. Different style for dressing, work, schedules, you name it. Christian truth is calculated to incite the highest feelings of the soul, and these lofty emotions would find utterance in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." Can I forget "Let not your heart ,be troubled. We must sing with grace. For reproof of such as delight in profane songs.(N. We must sing with grace. The origin of true worship is always internal. Gratitude is not improperly joined to songs; because we are moved to sing in joyous and prosperous circumstances, in which condition thankfulness is binding and necessary.2. THEY MUST BE SUNG WITH GRACE.1. It is sometimes called the Word of the Kingdom, because it shows the way to the kingdom of grace, that we may be partakers of the kingdom of glory; "the Word of life," because the instrument of regeneration and spiritual sustentation.5. Dutchess County In a larger sense it is both Testaments, for He is the author of both.3. Moral purity. To what does the heart refer? The preciousness of Christ's Word, as well as of Christ Himself, is essential to its dwelling in you. He Himself deals with this subject (John 15:7; John 16:23). (4) This may be by the Spirit being given in answer to the prayer of faith. Some one cruelly dragged away that of his wife, leaving her without hope, except as she could cling to her husband. A coach leads his team and instructs them on how to achieve victory. Baxendale. If you would have the Word to abide in you as the precious Word of a precious Saviour, you must always turn it to account in fellowship with Him.II. ITS UTILITY. Most of those who embraced religion were subject to extraordinary excitement, and poetry is the language of excited feelings. "Singing the gospel" is a very old invention though the name be new. Focus Passage: Colossians 3:1-17 "I will write My law in their inward parts," etc. Much "wisdom" is needed for the due remembrance and seasonable entertainment of the various parts in order to apply it to meet the wants of life as they arise. We must sing with grace. Notice the social hearing of the precept as embedded in the context (vers. God does not allow us to shoulder out this with other recreations.3. read more, Scripture: 1. In many parts you think that He is only dimly and distantly to be found, and even passages fullest of Him do not bring Him as speaking personally to you. You have not to make the Word: it is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth if thou wilt but let it dwell in thee richly.4. We may dream of this mutual indwelling after some vague, sleepy fashion; but if it is to be more than a dream there must be talk between us. THE MEASURE IN WHICH IT IS TO DWELL IN US.1. (1) If Christ is precious, His Word must be precious. (2) But it must be as the Word of Christ. Take it in its plain meaning, but expect that Christ in it may have some lesson to teach; some comfort to impart; some rebuke to administer.3. But pre-eminently is the Sunday school the school of the Word.III. We must sing with our hearts, not with our tongues only for ostentation. This rich indwelling will be fruitful in(1)comfort;(2)holiness;(3)revived spiritual life.(T. Different style for dressing, getting work done, schedules, you name it. A "psalm" might be a De profundis, the story of man's deliverance, or a commemoration of mercies received; and of a "spiritual song" much the same could be said; a "hymn" must always be more or less of a Magnificat, a direct address of praise and glory to God. The ideas of the primitive Christians were imaginative and creative.III. Paul continues on in verse 16 to say that in having the word of Christ richly dwelling within us then with all wisdom we are to be teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. read more, Scripture: While the "psalm" by right of primogeniture, as at once the oldest and most venerable, occupies the foremost place, the Church of Christ does not restrict herself to such, but claims the freedom of bringing new things as well as old out of her treasure house, a new salvation demanding a new song. read more. More than ever do I need to take Him at His word: "I will not leave nor forsake."III. RICHLY.1. In Corinth it was valued as a charismata (see also Ephesians 5:19; James 5:13).2. But, lo! (2) Am I doubting and desponding, finding few signs of grace? Of such evidence, however, there is abundance (Ephesians 5:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:11-14). Christ appointed the Church to teach His Word, and His Word forms the basis of her creeds, and the final authority when those creeds are questioned. Hence St. Paul might be the more anxious that Christian singing should be sweet and graceful in a Phryglan Church. The Psalmist's praise was in his heart, but it must have been vocal also, for it was such praise as is offered in the "assembly." Let your inner life, nourished by the indwelling Word, have not ostentatious and noisy, but natural and continuous expression. We are to be involved in teaching and admonishing each other. Soon in the distance a boat was seen approaching! When it comes to prayer, Christ is not into vain That the Church, brought at the time when St. Paul wrote into a new and marvellous world of realities, would be rich in those we might be sure, even if no evidence existed to this effect. What things are done for cheerfulness and relaxation of the mind by Christians, ought to be of such a kind as are agreeable to Christ and religion: we must therefore detest the madness of those who cannot be cheerful without the reproach of Christ and the ridicule of religion.(Bp. We should sing in our houses as well as in our Churches. )The service of song a means of Christian edificationA. What things are done for cheerfulness and relaxation of the mind by Christians, ought to be of such a kind as are agreeable to Christ and religion: we must therefore detest the madness of those who cannot be cheerful without the reproach of Christ and the ridicule of religion.(Bp. First, note that there is no mention about the quality of the music. S. Candlish, D. D.)Indwelling of the Word of ChristA. It shows how thoughtfully he considered local circumstances, and adapted his lessons to them. A Christian should recreate himself chiefly this way (James 5:13). Raleigh, D. D.I. With gracious affability, which conveys both pleasure and utility to the hearers; so that what Horace says concerning poets may he said of these spiritual songs. (2)When Christians meet together (1 Corinthians 14:26; Ephesians 5:19).II. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. SPEAKER: Michael P. Andrus. If "psalms" represent the heritage of sacred song derived by the Christian Church from the Jewish, the "hymns and spiritual songs" will cover what further in the same kind it produced out of its own bosom; but with a difference. We do not search after worldly wealth so.3. And this was only salvation from temporal death I But, methinks, from the bright world yonder the good Toplady must be rejoicing that God ever taught him to write that hymn, which has helped to save so many from eternal death, as, catching its spirit, they have learned to cast themselves alone for help on that dear "Rock of Ages," cleft, sinner, for them, for you, and for me, and which ever stands rent asunder that it may shelter those who Utter the cry, "Let me hide myself in Thee. Soon in the distance a boat was seen approaching! And as the sweet strains floated over the troubled waters, reaching the ears of the sinking and dying, little did they know, those sweet singers of Israel, whom they comforted. With gracious affability, which conveys both pleasure and utility to the hearers; so that what Horace says concerning poets may he said of these spiritual songs. How many there are who give it only the entertainment of a wayfaring man who obtains with difficulty a lodging for the night, and in the morning is gone. For personal enjoyment. The Psalms of the Old Testament have no single and universally accepted designation in the Hebrew Scriptures. (1) If Christ is precious, His Word must be precious. Let it dwell in you richly, plentifully, profoundly. S. Candlish, D. D.)Indwelling of the Word of ChristA. Satan hinders; cumbering with much business, diverting with trifles, or disturbing with wicked imaginations or affections.I. The three conditions of sacred song are sweetness of vocal expression, fulness of inward devotion, direction to a Divine object. Let the mind and soul be richly stored. read more. 16 on the other). Yet in all of them, we must be discerning that the message of them fits within the parameters that God has set. So Mary (Luke 1:46-47). (1) Down to the deepest base of life it will go, where passions lurk, and flowing round and through them, it will purge away what is unhallowed, leaving only wholesome forces to strengthen and perfect character. Corollaries:1. Soon in the distance a boat was seen approaching! Love, hope, and gratitude filled her heart as she sang the hymn commencing "Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah!" Won't you give us one, sir?"(G. We may confidently assume that the hymns referred to in the text were direct addresses to God, such as Luke 1:46-55, 68-79; Acts 4:24, and that which Paul and Silas sang in the Philippian dungeon (Acts 16:25). What things are done for cheerfulness and relaxation of the mind by Christians, ought to be of such a kind as are agreeable to Christ and religion: we must therefore detest the madness of those who cannot be cheerful without the reproach of Christ and the ridicule of religion.(Bp. So will you draw from the infinite ocean of Divine love (see vers. Fill yourselves with it. In quality. And as the sweet strains floated over the troubled waters, reaching the ears of the sinking and dying, little did they know, those sweet singers of Israel, whom they comforted. read more, Scripture: "Quick, open the door a little," anxiously responded the sick man. He therefore acts the hypocrite who sings with the heart asleep. Intellectual merit. Of such evidence, however, there is abundance (Ephesians 5:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Timothy 2:11-14). How many Christians have crossed the river strong in the faith with the words of some precious stanza on their tongues which they learnt in the Sunday school?(J. Psalm comes from a word signifying properly a touching, and then a touching of a stringed instrument with a plectrum, and next the instrument itself, and lastly the song sung with this musical accompaniment. 4. This was high with the primitive Christians. The characteristics described are impossible to carry out unless there is a radical change in the individual. Riches of goodness, glory, wisdom, knowledge, grace; unsearchable riches of Christ.4. THE OUTFLOW. How constantly did David find relief in expressing his hopes and fears, his joys and sorrows in song; and in the record of his experience how precious is the boon he has left for the instruction and encouragement of God's children in all ages. From Scripture we derive such phrases as my We do not search after worldly wealth so.3. Colossians 3:12-17 You are to dwell in Christ and He in you, but communion cannot long be maintained without language. And as the sweet strains floated over the troubled waters, reaching the ears of the sinking and dying, little did they know, those sweet singers of Israel, whom they comforted. Taking it from his hand the missionary found it was a bill with the hymn "Just as I am" printed upon it.. Thus it was in Greece; thus it was in Scot land. He dwells in it. "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly." Not from Roman rostrum, nor in terms of Greek philosophy, nor as a Jewish rabbi, but simply and naturally to simple and ordinary men wherever they could be got together, and as He spake the words seem to root themselves in the heart, and grew a living force in the life of the nation. Fill yourselves with it. Could they hold out a little longer? 3:16 BENIRV 4K Wallpaper - - 4K Christian Wallpapers for your Desktop, Computer, Laptop or Tablet device. Men are in quest of Christ, and seek Him in sacraments and holy things and places. Davenant.I. There is authoritative Word of Christ for us nowhere else. We can then put on the character of Christ as mentioned by Paul in Colossians 3:15-17. read more, Scripture: Yet the spring is in no way exhausted. As an element in public worship. From the universality of excited feelings in the apostolic Churches. (a) It must be grounded on the Word (Titus 1:6). "Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly." Davenant. The preciousness of Christ's Word, as well as of Christ Himself, is essential to its dwelling in you. (1)As to outward expression "gracefully, sweetly, so as to give pleasure and be attractive. "The Word of His grace is able to build you up," etc. The letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life, making it truly the living Word of a living Christ. There are various petitions for deliverance (Psalm 59) and punishment of evildoers (Psalm 58). THEY MUST BE SUNG IN THE HEART, i.e., from the inmost affection. (2)A believing, saving experience of the truth.We should seek to understand it in its inmost compass; in all its bearings and relations, and then gladly receive it, in the love of it, into good and honest hearts (James 1:2).(T. As an element in public worship. )The service of songN. For reproof of such as delight in profane songs.(N. Notice the social hearing of the precept as embedded in the context (vers. SPIRITUAL SONGS. And as the sweet strains floated over the troubled waters, reaching the ears of the sinking and dying, little did they know, those sweet singers of Israel, whom they comforted. ITS UTILITY. "(Canadian Baptist).LinksColossians 3:16 NIVColossians 3:16 NLTColossians 3:16 ESVColossians 3:16 NASBColossians 3:16 KJVColossians 3:16 Bible AppsColossians 3:16 ParallelColossians 3:16 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:16 Chinese BibleColossians 3:16 French BibleColossians 3:16 German BibleColossians 3:16 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Others, as ministers in appointing hymns for the congregation, or masters of the family, or when Christians meet, there should be choice of such psalms as may comfort or rebuke according to occasion (1 Corinthians 14:26).2. One of the divinest and most necessary truths is that we must give in order to have. But though necessary, how many unnecessary things are preferred before it. Alexander. Then let me take some strong promise, adapted to the need, and drink it up as a tainting man would drink a cordial until I am refreshed. Its indwelling is personal, and is not to be evaporated, as if it referred to the Church collective (Romans 8:11; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 3:17; 2 Timothy 1:5, 14).I. He therefore acts the hypocrite who sings with the heart asleep. THEY MUST BE SUNG WITH GRACE.1. Christian truth is calculated to incite the highest feelings of the soul, and these lofty emotions would find utterance in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." We are to ensure they are both rooted in Gods word. When we are merry to sing psalms (James 5:13), yea, to account this a heavenly melody (Ephesians 5:19).2. Heartfelt singing is not voiceless singing (Psalm 111:1). Most of those who embraced religion were subject to extraordinary excitement, and poetry is the language of excited feelings. It was originated by Christ. Dr. Bliss opened the doer, and after listening a few moments Mr. Garfield exclaimed, as the large tears coursed down his sunken cheeks, "Glorious, Bliss, isn't it?"(W. The gift of the Spirit was generally bestowed, and this would rouse the poetic faculty in all who had it, and consecrate it to sacred uses.3. ITS INDWELLING. Singing still, they tried, and soon with superhuman strength, laid hold of the lifeboat, upon which they were borne in safety to land. THEY MUST BE SUNG IN THE HEART, i.e., from the inmost affection. Phrygian music was apt to become the accompaniment of the passionate and unmanly wailing of Asian barbarism. The hymns of the Church have often been as the very shrine of spiritual life, for the preservation of doctrine, and the means of progress. (2) Most Christians can name a text apparently having little to do with Christ, which has become, nevertheless, one of His best remembrancers. Thus the phrase takes its most comprehensive sense the gospel all that is revealed of God for human salvation.3. All thoughts are to be ruled, all cares hallowed by it, and all enjoyments made safe and good. In the gradual breaking down of the distinction between the human and the divine which marked the fallen days of Greece and Rome, with the usurping on the part of men of divine honours, the hymn came more and more to be applied to men; although this was not without remonstrance. Thus it was in Greece; thus it was in Scot land. Every Divine gift is bestowed for a useful purpose. Watson, B. A.There is nothing easier than to hear the Word with a general regard, and few things more difficult than to receive it as a principle of spiritual life. This means that other tenants are not to remain unless in full agreement with this chief dweller. In this every man must be his own minister. Thoughts and words of men, plans of earthly ambition, pleasures of sin away! We owe a great deal of our modern phrases or figures of speech to two sources; Scripture and Shakespeare. With the song seemed to come strength; another and yet another was encouraged to renewed effort. Christian truth is calculated to incite the highest feelings of the soul, and these lofty emotions would find utterance in "psalms and hymns and spiritual songs." Taking it from his hand the missionary found it was a bill with the hymn "Just as I am" printed upon it.. A little 9-year-old girl came home from VBS one day. (4) This may be by the Spirit being given in answer to the prayer of faith. You have not to make the Word: it is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth if thou wilt but let it dwell in thee richly.4. The word sometimes means this (1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 2:14). ITS DWELLING-PLACE.1. Christian Missionary Alliance. If we turn, e.g., to Herbert's Temple, or Keble's Christian Year, there are many poems in both, which, as certainly they are not "psalms," so as little do they possess the characteristics of hymns. Such care for singing, again, is quite of a piece with Paul's high ideal of womanly grace and beauty in youth (1 Corinthians 11:15), priestlike dignity in age (Titus 2:3), with his recognition of things "lovely" (Philippians 4:3), with his appeal to primary aesthetic instincts (1 Corinthians 11:13), with his horror of "confusion" in public worship (1 Corinthians 14:33), with the word for agrave and majestic beauty in public service expressed in that great foundation-rubric (1 Corinthians 14:40). (1) This points out a contrast between a settled and vagrant life. As to matter: they treat of spiritual things, relating to the glory of God and our salvation; not of secular and vain matters.II. Do not think one thing and sing another.IV. In chapter two, he warned them to beware of competing ideologies. (b) It must be done in love and meekness (2 Thessalonians 3:1; Galatians 6:1). 4. Before leaving the burning steamer and committing himself to the merciless waves, he carefully fastened upon himself and his wife life preservers. "Spiritual songs" these might be fitly called; even as in almost all our collections of so-called "hymns" there are not a few which by much juster title would bear this name. Wisdom is the ability to take knowledge and apply it to life. The Word of Christ is not His personal teaching merely, but the whole Bible as His present Word, affording the materials of present speech.3. From the universality of the preternatural endowment. Yield yourselves up as sacred dwellings to be occupied with it.1. He looked down into the little earnest face and asked the boy where he got it, and why he wanted a clean copy. F. Pentecost, D. D. A little boy came to one of our city missionaries, and holding out a dirty and well-worn bit of printed paper, said, "Please, sir, father sent me to get a clean paper like that." Let your inner life, nourished by the indwelling Word, have not ostentatious and noisy, but natural and continuous expression. (3) The way of finding Christ all through the Bible is not merely to get it to speak of Christ, but to get Christ to speak to you about it; and so to make it all His, i.e., let it all, every bit and fragment of it, be welded into your experience, with Christ living in you the hope of glory. Such songs cannot offend because they say little and leave the truth about God and how He wants us to live to the imagination of the hearer. For personal enjoyment. This she did, placing her hands firmly on his shoulders, and resting there until, her strength becoming exhausted, she said, "I can hold on no longer!" Do not think one thing and sing another.IV. With gratitude. There are three things which determine the value of poetry.1. As Moses, David, and others under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, composed their psalms, etc., so we, whether we sing the same or others, ought to do it under the same direction (Ephesians 5:18, 19).2. Wisdom of this world might help you win the day, but Gods word will lead you to eternal life. Hence we are said to prepare our hearts before we sing (Psalm 57:7). Its light will come to you from the land of lights. The true poet lives in a creation of his own, and in the deepest solitude he communes with the infinite source of light, life, love, and beauty. This is no fiction; it was related by the singer himself, who said he believed Toplady's sweet "Rock of Ages" saved many another besides himself and wife. The third part of the Great Commission is to teach believers to obey all of Christs commands (Matthew 28:20). The three conditions of sacred song are sweetness of vocal expression, fulness of inward devotion, direction to a Divine object. A young boy by the name of James had a He is not referring to just what is performed in a church or at a worship service, but rather what should fill our days and fellowship with one another. Yet the spring is in no way exhausted. We may confidently assume that the hymns referred to in the text were direct addresses to God, such as Luke 1:46-55, 68-79; Acts 4:24, and that which Paul and Silas sang in the Philippian dungeon (Acts 16:25). While the "psalm" by right of primogeniture, as at once the oldest and most venerable, occupies the foremost place, the Church of Christ does not restrict herself to such, but claims the freedom of bringing new things as well as old out of her treasure house, a new salvation demanding a new song. We must sing with our hearts, not with our tongues only for ostentation. It must be this much, or it can be nothing vital. Every Divine gift is bestowed for a useful purpose. He therefore acts the hypocrite who sings with the heart asleep. It's a life of thankful worship: The Lord's people should be marked by thankful worship engaging the whole person in all of life. "(3)As to the Being addressed "to the Lord. Watson, B. A.There is nothing easier than to hear the Word with a general regard, and few things more difficult than to receive it as a principle of spiritual life. SPIRITUAL SONGS. They are fruitful or barren, corrupt or chaste. As to the origin. This exhortation is connected with the exhortation out of which it springs (vers. THE OUTFLOW. Some one cruelly dragged away that of his wife, leaving her without hope, except as she could cling to her husband. 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