Principle 5 part 2
The question to answer is which side of Galatians 5 does our music fall on?
“For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not what you want.” Galatians 5:17
Galatians 5:19-26
19 “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness,
20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies,
21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like of which I tell you beforehand, just as I told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God”
22 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control, against such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lust.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.”
When I was in the fourth grade in church school I had a teacher by the name of David Shaw. I looked up to him as a very loving Spiritual man, and he spent time with us every morning in singing hymns and explaining them to us, telling us the meaning of the words. They still mean a lot to me as I sing them even today.
He explained to us the difference between a hymn and a gospel song.
Number 481 in the church hymnal is an example of a hymn, which is, all worshipers sing as a whole as one voice. 3rd person
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our feverish ways;
Re-clothe us in our rightful mind
In purer lives Thy service find,
In deeper reverence praise.
O Sabbath rest by Galilee,
O calm of hills above,
Where Jesus knelt to share with thee
The silence of eternity,
Interpreted by love.
Breathe thro’ the heats of our desire,
Thy coolness and Thy balm;
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire,
Speak thro’ the earthquake, wind and fire,
O still small voice of calm.
Hymn number 321 is an example of a gospel song. 1st person
My Jesus I love Thee I know Thou art mine;
For Thee all the follies of sin I resign;
My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art Thou;
If ever I loved The , my Jesus, ’tis now.
In mansions of glory and endless delight,
I’ll ever adore Thee in heaven so bright;
I’ll sing with the glitering crown on my brow,
If ever I loved Thee, my Jesus ‘tis now.
Let’s meet there and sing with the angels, ‘In mansions of glory.’
Friend John