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What is it teaching me?

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another... (Colossians 3:16)

Does your entertainment help you to fulfil the command above to have the word of Christ dwelling in you richly? Paul concludes this verse by identifying this as the structure for our corporate worship in song. If the word of Christ is to dwell in us richly, or abundantly, in our singing, how much more so in every other aspect of our lives? Peter warned his immediate readership (and us, by extension) to give all diligence to add to our faith and to grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ (II Peter 1:5-8). The idea of giving all diligence involves expending all effort, as if to waste no time. There is urgency to the command.