“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”—–Colossians 3:16

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That verse can be used well to direct and evaluate church music, and all corporate worship—in fact, everything we do in the “assembling of ourselves together.”

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Study the verse above slowly and carefully.

It’s all about THE WORD in us so rich and so deep, that everything flows from and reveals our time spent in His Word.

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Music is to “teach and admonish” from “the Word of Christ.”

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In fact, the ONE ingredient, and measurement, of a Christian’s life, and a church’s life, is daily time in the Bible.

It is the universal ‘just do it’ for any Jesus follower.

Question: Why do church leaders always say “the trinity”?

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Q (followup): Is that what the Bible says?

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Q: What DOES the Bible say about “the trinity”?

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Q: What if everyone just said what the Bible says about God?

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The Bible says a lot about God—check it out.

The Bible says a lot about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We can trust God to tell us all He wants us to know about Him, in the Bible.

Did you know that Peter walked on water two times?

In a very bad storm on the Sea of Galilee, Peter walked on water, in faith, to Jesus (almost to Jesus).

Faith in Jesus, faith looking to Jesus, faith fixed on Jesus—WALK ON WATER !

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HUGE WAVES—KNOCK YOU OVER

HUGE WIND—BLOW YOU AWAY

LOOK AT STORM—EYES OFF JESUS

FAITH OFF, FEAR ON—S I N K !

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Jesus had to grab Peter’s hand fast (gravity is not slow motion).

Right there Jesus said to Peter, “Why did you doubt, O you of little faith?”

By the way, Jesus did not say, “Why did you come?” (Daddy always liked to point that out.)

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Hmmm, where does that leave the amount of faith for the other eleven in the boat—only Peter really did just walk on water in faith.

Hmmm, where was Peter when Jesus pulled him back up on top of the water?

Hmmm, where was Peter after Jesus pulled him back up on top of the water?

NOT IN THE BOAT.

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So, Peter walked on water again, back to the boat, holding Jesus’ hand I suppose (er, uh, Jesus holding Peter’s hand).

So, what about the storm?

Peter and Jesus walked back to the boat with HUGE WAVES and HUGE WIND—storm still full-blown.

Think about that for a bit.

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After they climbed back in the boat, the storm stopped, and the disciples worshipped Jesus, “Truly, You are the Son of God.”

It’s safe to say that all twelve disciples had a lot more faith after this experience.

They faltered and failed again, but after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, they prayed and waited for the Holy Spirit, and then they “turned the world upside down.”