Lesson 10 Root-like unity of theology and music

Lesson 10.  Music and theology have a root-like unity. Theology, when wrapped up in music dwells in the heart and mind of a believer and becomes a powerful weapon in spiritual warfare.
 
In this blog, I will let the words of Luther speak for themselves.

Next to the preaching of the Scriptures, I afford music the highest place in the church.  I want the Word of God to dwell in the hearts of believers by means of song.  There is a root-like unity of music and theology.  Music is wrapped and locked in theology.  I would allow no man to preach or teach God's people who did not realize the power and use of sacred music. - Luther

Next to the Word of God and theology, music deserves the highest praise. . . . Whether you wish to comfort the sad, to subdue frivolity, to encourage the despairing, to humble the proud, to calm the passionate, or to appease those full of hate . . . what more effective means than music could you find.
The Devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.- Luther

David made Psalms; we also will make Psalms, and sing them as well as we can to the honour of our Lord, and to spite and mock the devil. - Luther

​Luther was so committed to the high place of music in the life of the Church that men had to demonstrate competency in music before they could be accepted for ministerial training. Luther did not envisage music as a human invention, but as an “outstanding gift of God.”