24/06/2023
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๐ดHave you ever heard some Christians sing, โHoly Spirit, come down; rain down on us.โ
๐ดSuch a song is inconsistent with truth, because the Holy Spirit already came on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-3) and lives in you today.
๐ดItโs also no use singing, โCome live in me Holy Spirit.โ
๐ดItโs clear from the scriptures that He dwells in you: โKnow ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?โ (1 Corinthians 3:16).
๐ดSome even get emotional and cry, singing, โFill me, O Lord!โ
๐ดBut the Word never said God is going to fill you.
๐ดPaul, by the Spirit, said in Ephesians 5:18, โAnd be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.โ
๐ดItโs your responsibility to be filled with the Spirit. He told you to do it. Therefore, no matter how much you sing and cry to the Lord to fill you, youโll never be filled, because the Word already shows how to get yourself filled with the Spirit.
๐Revelation 4:8-11 (KJV) โ 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
๐Judges 5:1-3 (KJV) โ Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, 2 Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. 3 Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.
๐ดSinging the wrong songs creates unbelief and deepens ignorance.
๐ดWhen you sing, listen to the words; sing songs that are founded on the truth of Godโs Word in the Gospel of Christ.
๐ดOur worship, praise and thanksgiving or even songs of edification must be correctly delivered in words consistent with the New Testament of Christ.
๐ดItโs not about singing your favourite song or the one that gives you goose bumps; itโs about singing scriptural songs of the present truth.