7 Truths about Gospel Praise

“And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.” —Revelation 15:3-4

“…they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb…”

Gospel praise begins with the Word of God; and it must contain the revelation of the Lamb of God. Our passage first tells us that gospel praise begins with scripture because our songs of praise come from “the song of Moses the servant of God.” Although there have been prophets before Moses, as well as those after him, it is Moses who first applied stylus to parchment at the command of God in order to preserve God’s Word. The apostle states, “What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God” (Romans 3:1-2). The significance of the statement is not the importance of the Jew, but the importance of God’s Word. It was an advantage to have Jewish heritage because, not only was that lineage granted to the Jew by the grace of God, but that the Law and the Prophets were committed unto them by God’s grace as well. And though it only mentioned Moses, his mention represents the whole of scripture.

Secondly, the Word that brings forth gospel praise must contain the revelation of the Lamb of God: Jesus Christ—in who He is and for what He has done, as it is written, “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2).   Continue at Jon Cardwell