Preaching to the Choir

Many of us have heard the phrase "preaching to the choir." What that phrase often means is, trying to teach those that already know. But, what does the Bible say about a choir? If you search for the word "choir" you will find absolutely nothing. It isn't there.

The New Testiment, however, does have some things to say about music in the church.
Ephesians 5:19 says "Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord" Colossians 3:16 says "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" And Matthew 26:30 says "And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives."

Notice that at no point does it say anything indicating the appointing of a group of people to do the singing for them. It tells us, not only what they did, but why they did it, and who they did it for. They sang. They sang to teach and to admonish each other. And they sang making melody in their hearts to the Lord, also with grace in their hearts to the Lord.

The Bible also says in Revelation 22:18-19 "(18)For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: (19) And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

So I conclude that the choir might well need preaching to.