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Basically, we sing because we're happy; we sing because we're free (and even that is borrowed from a song). There is a joy in the singing of Christians that I don't find elsewhere. Paul and Silas sang while in prison, and although the prisoners were listening, we are told that they were singing hymns to God. Suddenly God sent a great earthquake, loosed eveyone's bonds, and the jailer, being talked out of taking his own life by being convinced that no one would escape, ended up by believing in Christ himself. (See Acts chapter 16) Though not always in such a dramatic way, music can have a powerful effect on our lives, especially when built on the truths of Scripture.

Songs in the night

"Christianity sings not only when the sun shines brightly but also in the darkest night. Songs in the night are the signs of the morning. Such songs defeat despair and prove to be a great lubricator for the friction of life. Though we may be poverty-stricken and without any of this world's goods which we can claim as our own, yet the Word calls upon us to sing and to praise God. Some have fallen into the miserable habit of singing a dirge, and if this is true of us, let us change it speedily to a hymn of thanksgiving, remembering how the Lord hath redeemed us from all iniquity and purified unto Himself 'a peculiar people, zealous of good works.'" ...Dr. R. S. Beal in a sermon entitled "Why Do Christians Sing?" And so Christians sing because in Christ, at the Cross and at the empty tomb, God has broken our chains, forgiven our sins, and set us free.

A Demonstration of the Truth of Christianity

Wherever you go in the world, among all of the various languages and cultures, the singing of Christians has a spirit of hope, of joy, of praise to God, that unites it in a common spirit through all of the different sounds and varieties of expression. In short, Christians sing because they are full of joy, and you don't even have to know the language to catch it. I say that it demonstrates the truth of Christianity, because there is the one Holy Spirit who indwells Christians wherever you find them, meaning that the underlying unity that you sense is the presence of Jesus Christ himself in their midst.

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