“O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him all ye people” (Psalm 117:1). The Christian enjoys the opportunity to assemble with brothers and sisters in Christ and worship God by singing praises to our Maker. What a privilege it is to worship God in this way. One can hardly help wonder how many Christians give thought to the songs they sing during worship.
The purpose of worship is to give something to God. It may be asked: How can we give God anything when singing? “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name” (Hebrews 13:15). When we worship, we give God homage, adoration, devotion, praise, love and services. The fact that people do not understand this explains why we have churches worshipping God with instrumental music. God hastens the day when we come to realize that every act of worship is designed to give us the opportunity to give God something. It’s not to have the denominational concept that the primary purpose of worship is for us to GET something out of worship.
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16). What are these verses telling us? One thing they are saying is, “I sing to you while you sing to me and vice versa.” The church itself is to sing; yes, each saint who is a member of a local congregation has the obligation to sing! No one can do this worshipping for you! We are commanded to sing; it is your responsibility. Whenever God stipulates for a certain activity to be done by each saint in the assembly, He means for it to be done by each saint! This is why chorus groups, quartets and other special singing groups are proven to be UNSCRIPTURAL!
If one changes the reason for singing from teaching, admonishing, and giving homage to entertainment, he is practicing vain worship (Matthew 15:9).
One of the purposes of singing is to express our love to God! Why? The fact that we are saved by the blood of the Lamb! No one can do this for us!