DAILY 365
April 12
Music is important to the Lord!
Music is so important that God’s children have used it for many purposes throughout history! In fact, they not only played music & sang songs, but they recorded them as well!–Not with the advanced methods we use today, but in whatever ways they could, & you can read in the Bible the recorded words of some of the earliest Christian songs.
Moses was a singer & writer. David wrote a whole book of songs, the Book of Psalms! Jeremiah wrote a song now known as Lamentations. Hannah, the mother of Samuel, wrote songs (1Sam.2), & Deborah & Barak sang a duet before the Children of Israel! (Judges 5) The Lord even used musical instruments to save His children from their enemies, like the trumpets which caused the walls of Jericho to fall (Joshua 6), & the Midianites to flee from Gideon’s meager army of 300 men. (Judges 7) You can read all through the Bible how God’s children were constantly singing & making a “joyful noise unto the Lord”. (Psa.100:1) Even Jesus & His disciples sang songs (Mat.26:30), & Paul exhorts that we should all sing psalms & spiritual songs. (Col.3:16) John even heard singing in Heaven–the song of Moses! (Rev.15:2,3)
So “come, let us SING unto the LORD!” (Psa.95:1)
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四月十二日
音乐对上主来说是重要的!
音乐是那么重要，以致历代上帝的孩子曾因许多不同的目的来使用它！事实上，他们不但弹奏音乐及唱歌，还把它们记录下来！他们不是用我们今天的先进方法来记录，而是用他们能记录的任何方法，你能够在圣经中阅读到一些被记录下来的最早期基督徒之歌的歌词。
摩西是一个歌唱者及作曲者。大卫写了一整本歌书，那就是诗篇！耶利米作了一首歌，现在名叫耶利米哀歌。撒母耳的母亲哈拿也作歌（撒上2章），而底波拉及巴拉在以色列子民面前唱一首二重唱的歌！（士5章）上主甚至用乐器来救他的孩子脱离他们的敌人，比方说，他用号角使耶利哥城的城墙倒塌（书6章），及使米甸人逃离基甸那只有三百人的微小军队。（士7章）你能阅读整本圣经，而发现上帝的孩子如何时时不断地唱歌，“向耶和华欢呼”。（诗100:1）甚至连耶稣及他的门徒也唱歌（太26:30），而保罗训诫我们全都应该唱诗篇及灵歌。（西3:16）约翰甚至听见天堂中在唱摩西的歌！（启15:2,3）
因此“来啊！我们要向耶和华歌唱！”（诗95:1）