What A Friend We Have In Jesus

I’ve always had a great interest in music. I enjoy almost all types of music, and music is a wonderful gift from God. The Bible is replete with references to music. In Genesis 4, we read about the first musician, “Jubal,” who was the fourth generation from Adam, in the lineage of Cain. Genesis 4:21 tells us that Jubal was “the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.” And in Exodus, when God closed the Red Sea after the Israelites passed through it, Moses’ sister, Miriam led the Israelite women “with tambourines and dancing” as she sang.

Also in the Old Testament, we have the Psalms, the Song of Solomon, and Ecclesiastes, all song-related books. In the New Testament, we read of Jesus and His disciples singing in Matthew 26, the apostles singing in Acts 16, the angels of heaven singing when Jesus was born, recorded in Luke 2, and more song lyrics in Revelation 5, 7 and 15.

The teachers of Establishment Jesus DO harp on, but at least there's some truth in advertising...

Genesis 4:21 tells us that Jubal was “the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.”

... because as the KJV records it,

Genesis 4:21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Don’t take this wrong, Jesus is NOT your FRIEND!

He is LORD over ALL. He is your Lord and Savior. Don’t you EVER forget that! He is not your “little friend” you keep in your pocket and pull him out when you need him. He is GOD ALL MIGHTY, not your “friend”.

Who Am I by Casting Crowns

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth
Would care to know my name
Would care to feel my hurt?
Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star
Would choose to light the way
For my ever wandering heart?

[Pre-Chorus]
Not because of who I am
But because of what You’ve done
Not because of what I’ve done
But because of who You are

[Chorus]
I am a flower quickly fading
Here today and gone tomorrow
A wave tossed in the ocean
A vapor in the wind
Still, You hear me when I’m calling
Lord, You catch me when I’m falling
And You’ve told me who I am
I am Yours, I am Yours

[Verse 2]
Who am I, that the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love and watch me rise again?
Who am I, that the voice that calmed the sea
Would call out through the rain
And calm the storm in me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rT8Re1EIQc&ab_channel=CastingCrowns

I can only imagine by Mercy Me

I can only imagine
What it will be like
When I walk by Your side
I can only imagine
What my eyes would see
When Your face is before me
I can only imagine
Yeah
Surrounded by Your glory
What will my heart feel?
Will I dance for You Jesus
Or in awe of You be still?
Will I stand in Your presence
Or to my knees, will I fall?
Will I sing hallelujah?
Will I be able to speak at all?
I can only imagine
I can only imagine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Y1y_aFL_s&ab_channel=HadleighBaptistChurch

With reverence and awe. Not “hey buddy”.

“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭12‬-‭15‬ ‭KJV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.15.15.KJV

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