WHEN GRACE BECOMES A SONG (7 OF 17)
by Drew Hunter
Scripture: Exodus 15:1-21
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When Grace Becomes a Song (7 of 17)
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 15:1- 21
[Read: Exodus 15:1-21]
There has not been a moment on a Sunday in the past 2,000 years when there has not been praise sung to God.
Somewhere, by some number of people, joy has welled up in hearts and turned into a song. Christians have always been singing people.
Why? John Calvin tells us. ''The Church is the place where the Gospel is preached; Gospel is good news; good news makes people happy; happy people sing. But then, too, unhappy people may sing to cheer themselves up'' (T.H.L. Parker, John Calvin, 113). Christians are singing people because, in one sense, they can't help themselves. Something so great has happened to them that they can't live without sometimes expressing it. Jesus Christ has become our greatest value, and the only fitting response is praise. And sometimes praise cannot help but be expressed in a song.
This is what happened to Israel in Exodus 15.
They have just crossed over the Red Sea. And as they cross over, the first thing we hear is praise. Miriam grabs a tambourine and Israel starts singing.
This may be the oldest song in the Bible. It's the first one we come across chronologically. It has historically been called, ''The song at the sea.''
We see two dominant things there.
First, we see why they sing. And second, we see what they sing. In addition to this, there are several other observations we can make about singing praise.
So, we'll see three things here. Why we sing, what we sing, and how we sing. And then, when we're done... we'll sing together.
I. WHY WE SING
First, why we sing.
SALVATION, THEN A SONG
We see right when this song was created. Look back with me at 14:30: ''Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egypt ...
Series: Exodus: Delivered to Dwell
Drew Hunter
Exodus 15:1- 21
[Read: Exodus 15:1-21]
There has not been a moment on a Sunday in the past 2,000 years when there has not been praise sung to God.
Somewhere, by some number of people, joy has welled up in hearts and turned into a song. Christians have always been singing people.
Why? John Calvin tells us. ''The Church is the place where the Gospel is preached; Gospel is good news; good news makes people happy; happy people sing. But then, too, unhappy people may sing to cheer themselves up'' (T.H.L. Parker, John Calvin, 113). Christians are singing people because, in one sense, they can't help themselves. Something so great has happened to them that they can't live without sometimes expressing it. Jesus Christ has become our greatest value, and the only fitting response is praise. And sometimes praise cannot help but be expressed in a song.
This is what happened to Israel in Exodus 15.
They have just crossed over the Red Sea. And as they cross over, the first thing we hear is praise. Miriam grabs a tambourine and Israel starts singing.
This may be the oldest song in the Bible. It's the first one we come across chronologically. It has historically been called, ''The song at the sea.''
We see two dominant things there.
First, we see why they sing. And second, we see what they sing. In addition to this, there are several other observations we can make about singing praise.
So, we'll see three things here. Why we sing, what we sing, and how we sing. And then, when we're done... we'll sing together.
I. WHY WE SING
First, why we sing.
SALVATION, THEN A SONG
We see right when this song was created. Look back with me at 14:30: ''Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egypt ...
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