The Nugget:
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.
My Comment:
The third title the Bible gives itself is the word of Christ found in Colossians 3:16. We are to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom. We are to teach and admonish one another. This may be done by using music that is honoring to God in the form of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. We are to sing with grace in our hearts to the Lord. I am not a musician, so I’d better mostly keep any singing I do to myself, but I do enjoy good Christian music, particularly the old hymns. I find that there must be a war of musical tastes going on in churches. It has been going on for some time. I noticed in the 1960s and 1970s that it was becoming harder to get young people to take part in church, for they were not used to the style of music used in Christian worship. I wonder if the popular music of the world poisoned their musical taste for Christian hymns and gospel songs. I remember the time when popular music took a great turn for the worse, in terms of my own taste. I don’t think there has been any really good popular music on music stations since about 1948. Until 1948, songs were still singable, even for children, and not evil in their message. I can remember when young people enjoyed attending “Singspirations” after the Sunday evening service held in a private home. I can remember much more recently than that when churches used to have a hymn sing shared by other churches in the area, attended by adults and young people. Now, I have not heard of any such practice going on where I am. I must say that I do not appreciate some of the styles of worship music employed today nearly as much as I enjoyed the music just a few years ago. In any case, the word of Christ needs to be shared with others, whether in a musical format or just plain reading it for ourselves out of the Bible.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1385 for Colossians 3:16.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on pages 1404-1405 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Colossians 3:16.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
Colossians 3:16. the word. Gr. logos, Mk 9:32n. Col 1:5. 2 Ch =17:9. Jn +**5:39, 40. +*8:31, 37. *15:3, 7. +*17:6. Ac 8:25, 28. 18:24. Ph 2:5. 2 T +**3:15, 16. He **4:12, 13. 1 P +**1:11, 12. 1 J +*1:10. 2 J 9. Re 19:10. dwell. Gr. enoikeō (S#1774g, Ro 8:11). T#1101. Dt *6:6-9. *11:18-20. Jsh +*1:8. Jb 22:22. +*23:12. Ps +*1:2. **119:11. Pr 16:23. 22:18. Je +*15:16. Ezk 3:3. Lk 2:51. 6:45. 11:36. Jn %5:38. *15:7. He 10:15, 16. 1 J %1:10. *2:14, 24, 27. 2 J 2. Re 10:9. richly. Gr. plousiōs (S#4146g). Mt 12:35. 13:44, 52. 2 C 6:10. Ph 4:19. 1 T *6:17g. T 3:6g,mg. 2 P 1:11g. all wisdom. Col *+1:9. 2:3. 4:5. 1 K *3:9-12, 28. Ps +*19:7. 119:24, 98. Pr *2:6, 7, 10. **4:7. 14:8. +*18:1n. Ec 2:26. Is *11:2. Ro 16:19. 1 C 1:30. Ep *1:17. *5:17. Ja +*1:5. *3:17. teaching. Col *+1:28. Ro *15:14. 1 Th 4:18. *5:11, 12. 2 Th *3:15. 1 T 4:6. He 5:12. *12:12-15. admonishing. Gr. noutheteō (S#3560g, Ac 20:31). Col +*1:28. one another. He 10:24. in psalms. FS173, Ge +27:44. 2 S 23:1. 1 Ch 16:9. Ps 81:2. Mt *26:30. 1 C *14:26. Ep *+5:19n. Ja *5:13. and hymns. Gr. humnos (S#5215g). Mt 26:30. Mk 14:26. Ro 13:11, 12. Ep 5:14, 19g. 1 T 3:16. and spiritual. Gr. pneumatikos (S#4152g, Ro 1:11). 1 Ch *25:7. Ne *12:46. Ps *32:7. *119:54. SS 1:1. Is 5:1. 26:1. 30:29. Ro +1:11g. 1 C 2:13. Ep 5:19. Re *5:9. 14:3. *15:3. songs. Gr. ōdē (S#5603g, Ep 5:19). 1 Ch 25:6. Ps 33:3. singing. Col *4:6. 1 Ch =6:32. =15:22. =25:7. 2 Ch =23:13. Ps *28:7. 30:11, 12. 47:6, 7. *63:4-6. 71:23. 95:1. 103:1, 2. 138:1. SS 2:12. Is 35:6. Ezk 40:44. 1 C *14:15. Ep *+4:29. He 13:15. with grace. or, the grace. It is the divine Grace that is implied (WKF, p. 209). Col 1:2. 1 C +**15:10. 2 C 4:15. Ep 4:29. in your hearts. T#529. 1 S +16:7 (T#333). Ps 111:1. Is *29:13. 1 C 14:15. Ep 5:19, 20. 2 P 1:8. to the Lord. ver. *23. Ep 6:1.
Here is a link to what I call Real Christian Music!
http://www.fbcradio.org/
Be sure to visit that site and “click” on the type of Internet speed and access you use in the upper right-hand corner to enjoy wonderful, uninterrupted commercial-free Christ-honoring Christian music.
The site also has good Bible teaching. I especially enjoy hearing Pastor W. L. Wade’s program each Friday aired at 9:45 am and 9:45 pm Eastern Standard Time.
I must thank Pastor Wade for telling me about the site so I can hear his good Bible teaching and enjoy outstanding Christian music.
Not all of the music is familiar to me, but much of it is, and it is most enjoyable. Be sure to listen, and “bookmark” the site so you can return for more enjoyment.
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.
Father, i need Your guidance and help today; Speak to me through
your word. Help me understand and obey.
several real encouraging cross refs in this vss thank you lord!
1. jn 5. 39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
2. job 23.12 Neither have i gone back from the commandment of his
lifps; i have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my neccessary
food.
3. jn 15.7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye
will, and it shall be done unto you.
4. 1 Tim 6.17 charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded,
nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to
enjoy;
5. jas 1.5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
6. col 1.28-29 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in
all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in christ jesus: vs 29
Whereunto i also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me
mightly.
7 eph 5.19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing
and making melody in your heart to the lord.
8. psm 119.54 Thy statues have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
9. psm 28.7 The Lord is my strength and my shield: my heart trusted in him, and
i am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will i praise
him.
10. psm 103.1-2 Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all this is within me, bless his
holy name. vs 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
1 sam 17.47 “The battle is the Lords”
hame