W*W*J*S or What Would Jesus Sing?

I Surrender All?
I Offer My Life?
Amazing Grace?
All the Psalms?

We have inspired records of words he spoke. But what about words he sang?

Certainly of the same value, they must have been true, noble, right.

Pure, lovely, admirable. Excellent and praiseworthy.

While we have no written record of what he sang, we do know that he did sing.

When they had
sung a hymn,
they went out to
the Mount of Olives.
MATTHEW 26:30

What was that hymn he sung?
Do we sing it these days?
Did we sing it tonight?

Actually, it was probably more than one hymn. Tradition indicates that Psalms 113-118, known as the “Hallell,” were sung or chanted at Passover, so scholars suggest

those were most likely what Jesus sang that night.

Look up Psalm 113-118.

Imagine Jesus singing these words on the eve of his own sacrifice….

Then the next time you sing “From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same, the name of the Lord shall be praised” (Ps 113:3) or “Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever” (Ps 118:1) or “This is the day that the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it” (Ps 118:24), remember the context in which Jesus sang those same words.

And sing with inspiration.