Sunday, January 8, 2012

natural Religion

"We have proved Singing the Praises of God is part of natural Religion, and so a moral Duty in its own Nature, as Prayer is..."(pg. 111)

What? You mean singing is something we do more than just for pleasure or because of the emotional high it sometimes brings? How often in our worship do we view singing more as something for our entertainment and fun than as something that is our duty to do? We think we can choose when to sing and when not to: if we don't "feel like" singing we don't. If we do, we do. If we don't like the song or the style, then we don't participate. Here Keach calls us to the duty of singing. A moral duty, as prayer is. It is the right conduct of a Christian. Singing praise to God is not just a spice to our worship meal that we add only when we want to. It is a natural part of our relationship with and worship of our God.

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