Scripture 98:1-9
God’s
word says we need to see a new song! Did
I say that right? God’s word says we
need to see a new song! There is
something wrong with my mouth or my brain: God’s word says we need to see a new
song! OH oh oh – SING A NEW SONG!
“It’s a wonderful life” Clarence the
Angel had a terrible deficiency. What was it? No not his wings…he wasn’t able
to see clearly what others could see.
When he won his wings he would be able to see more clearly as well. Wings would have meant nothing without the
ability to see clearly. (VIDEO)
Two years ago in a musical, I was
complemented on my singing. That is always odd to me because I have always had
a low opinion of my singing ability…and with good reason: I can’t sing very
well. OK I can carry a tune and do ok sometimes but don’t have much trust in my
ability because I used to not be able to carry a tune in a bucket. It is even worse if it is a song I don’t know
– you know – a NEW SONG. Today in church NEW SONGS are harder and easier than
ever to introduce. Harder because they don’t always have the melody played out
note by note like most hymns. Harder because we no longer have notes to
follow. Harder because we don’t learn
how to sing in school like we used too.
Harder because the generation gap of music - no that has always been
true. Easier because generations have
now grown up without hymnals and they more quickly catch on. Easier because
most new church music is also played on the radio.
What does your new song look like for
2017? Can you see the lyrics and the notes?
Can you see the key signature and the timing and the repeats? Can you
see the crescendo and the largo? Can you see the treble and the bass
cleft? What does your new song look
like? Let’s SEE what God’s word says about “New songs!”
The 1 through 3’s
PLAY WITH SKILL, SING A NEW SONG,
SHOUT FOR JOY
Psalm 33:1-3
Sing
joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise
him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and
shout for joy.
SING WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR YOU AND
OTHERS WILL TRUST HIM
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the Lord; he
turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the
mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He
put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise
to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.
PROCLAIM GOD’S SALVATION GLORY AND
MARVELOUS DEEDS
Psalm 96:1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to
the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his
glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
WHY SING A NEW SONG?
GOD HAS WORKED HIS SALVATION, MADE IT KNOW,
AND WE HAVE SEEN IT!
Psalm 98:1-9
Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his
right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 2
The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to
the nations. 3 He has remembered his
love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation of our God. 4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song
with music; 5 make music to the Lord
with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, 6 with trumpets and the blast of the ram's
horn — shout for joy before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live
in it. 8 Let the rivers clap their
hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; 9 let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He
will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.
MY COMMITMENT TO SING A NEW SONG
(Servant & King)
Ps 144:9-10
I will sing a new song to you, O God; on the ten-stringed lyre I will make
music to you, to the One who gives victory to kings, who delivers his servant
David from the deadly sword.
SING A NEW SONG IN THE ASSEMBLY
Psalm 149:1-5
Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a
new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2
Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their
King. 3 Let them praise his name
with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. 4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he
crowns the humble with salvation. 5
Let the saints rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. IN THE ASSEMBLY AND EVERYWHERE Isaiah 42:10-13 Sing to the Lord a new song, his
praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is
in it, you islands, and all who live in them. Let the desert and its towns
raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the
people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops. Let them
give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the islands. The Lord will
march out like a mighty man, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a
shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
LOOKING THROUGH CLEAN WINDOWS
A young couple moves into
a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young
woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside.
'That laundry is not very clean', she said. 'She doesn't know how to wash
correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap'
Her husband looked on,
but remained silent. Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the
young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later,
the woman was surprised to see nice clean wash on the line and said to her
husband: 'Look,
she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her how to do it?'
The woman’s husband said, 'I got
up early this morning and cleaned our windows.'
And so it is with life. What we see while watching others,
depends on the purity of the
window through which we look. [SLIDE: Dirty Window] (Why
people who hate their life lash out at others – projected anger OR like here,
projected judging)
Your
new song for 2017 might have been dependent on what others say and do – Now you
realize that the only one who can see it…and sing it…is you. You write the
lyrics based on the new vision God has given you for this new year. How your
music looks and sounds – what the melody is, is determined by your relationship
to the one who created music – the one who created you…His name is Jesus.
Revelation 5:6-13
Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been
slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living
creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He came and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the
throne. 8 And when he had taken it,
the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb.
Each one had a harp and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which
are the prayers of the saints. 9 And
they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals,
because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from
every tribe and language and people and nation. 10 You have made
them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the
earth." 11 Then I looked
and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten
thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures
and the elders. 12 In a loud voice
they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and
praise!" 13 Then I heard
every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and
all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on
the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power.”
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