Sing To One Another!
"Speaking to one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the Lord."
Ephesians 5: 19
Paul wrote two parallel verses about the
use of songs and hymns for the
edification of
believers: Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16.
In Ephesians, Paul wrote, “Speaking to one
another
in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.” Then in
Colossians, he used the stronger word “admonish”
“admonishing one another.” “Speaking” in Ephesians,
but “admonishing” in Colossians.
One thing is the same in both: “one another.”
There is great power in spiritual hymns and
songs that contain biblical truth.
When we sing (speak) together and give attention
to the words, they can instruct and admonish us
just as they can when we read them in the Bible.
This is yet another reason to be a singer of spiritual
songs, especially when worshiping with others. Let
your heart follow the words and be shaped by them.
"A debtor to mercy alone,
of covenant mercy
I sing."
Augustus M. Toplady