Lesson 5 – Singing Hymns (Outline)

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Lesson 5 – Singing Hymns

1 Corinthians 14:26 What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.

  1. The three basic requirements for the hymns
    1. Having basis in the truth
    2. Having the form and structure of a poem
    3. Having spiritual reality and feeling
  2. The standard, sensation, wording, and tune of the hymns
  3. The objects to whom we sing
    1. Toward God 1
    2. Toward men 2
    3. Toward oneself 3
    4. To one another 4
  4. The practice of hymn singing
    1. Exercising our spirit to be filled by the Holy Spirit 5
    2. Reciting the lyrics to overflow in praises
    3. Learning to speak to one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs 6

READING

Bible References:

  1. Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm 51:10)
  2. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell in unity! (Psalm 133:1)
  3. Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name. (Psalm 103:1)
  4. What then, brothers? Whenever you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. (1 Corinthians 14:26)
  5. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord. (Ephesians 5:18-19)
  6. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16)