what the Bible mean?
Are the writers of the song simply quoting the Bible, but have totally removed the text from the context and are singing a pretext?? I fear that many of us do not give as much discernment to the songs we sing as we would give to the sermons we hear. Just as we should be discerning about the words of the preacher, and test his teaching by the word of God, so too ought we to be discerning in testing the songs of the songwriter by the word of God. In this we should be like the Bereans in Acts 17:11: These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. One of the best ways in which to do this is to discover what the Psalmists have song about God. Here in the midst of the Bible, God has ordained praise and has given to his people example of those songs which please Him. And while we might employ our own creative minds in the writing of songs, we must be sure to c
