Music has always been an important part of the Church, especially the Church worship. Sacred music are holy songs combined together to win souls to Christ.
Currently, most of the music we listen to are not of Christ. We all prefer listening to hip-hop than gospel songs, this is not anybody’s fault because most gospel songs sounds like hip-hop.
Most of the gospel minister we have now make use of the slangs in hip-hop to promote their songs. We find it hard to see a pure gospel minister who could compose sacred music to the world today, unlike Nathaniel Bassey etc.
The term sacred is referred to as something connected with religion or used in religious ceremonies. Sacred means that which is set apart, holy, special, or not for common use. While music is the arrangement of sounds produced by people singing or playing instruments. The Christians have their own sacred music so as the Muslims.
Music and singing were part of the worship of Israel. The people of Israel, like all the other religions around them, used singing as a way of communicating with God.
Singing was an integral part of their worship. Whenever they met, they sang. Whenever something great (good or bad) happened, they sang. Whenever they worshiped, they sang.
After the Israelites were rescued from Egypt and the Pharaoh’s army, the children of Israel sang a song of praise to God (Ex 15). When Moses came down from the mountain, he heard the sound of people singing to a golden calf (Ex 32:18). After the victory of Deborah and Barak,
The Israelites sang a song of praise to God (Jdg. 5:3).
With the returning of the arc to Jerusalem, the Israelites sang (1 Chr 16:7). At the inauguration of the temple, the Israelites sang songs of praises with a multitude of singers and instruments (2 Chr 23). In the time of the exile, the people of Israel sang songs of lament (Ezk 27:32, 32:16).
When Jesus and His disciples gathered for the last time before He went to the Mount of Olives, they sang a “hymn” (Mk 14:26). While in prison, Peter and Silas sang songs of praise (“hymns”) to God (Ac 16:25). The intention of this little write up is not to give a detailed exegesis on these texts - there are many more.
The verses are referred to show how important singing was for the Israelites, and what an integral part singing played in their worshiping of God.
I want us all to sing and listen to more of scared music, this will help us grow spiritually and also help us stay connected to God. Other music talks about sex, woman and worldly things. This at least should give us enough reason to stop listening to them because it can only decelerate our growth in Christ.
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