第一类、福音的号筒
这是专门为着传福音用的。这里面包括罪的感觉、罪人的地位、神的爱、神的义、十字架的救赎、人的悔改、人的相信等等。福音诗歌是要请听福音的人一同唱的。这里面有一个难处，就是诗歌是我们得救的人作的，我们有我们的感觉，可是听福音的人并没有像我们这样的感觉，要叫他们唱他们的感觉里所没有的诗，这是不容易的。但是，如果神赐福给这些诗歌的话，就能把罪人里面许多隐藏的需要，因着诗歌都发表出来，叫一个罪人能看见自己的光景，能看见神的救恩。有时候，罪人不知道如何求告，如何来到神的面前，但因着诗歌，他们就能来到神面前求告，诗歌的话语就变作他们的话语。有时候，诗歌可能比道理更为有效。
第二类、赞美的话语
从我们得救那一天起，我们里面就得了从天上来的喜乐，也从我们里面涌出了向着天上去的感谢和赞美。当我们在灵程上逐渐进步，对于神的爱、神的义、神的恩典、神的荣耀认识更深更多的时候，我们的赞美也就不断的从我们的心里、从我们的口里唱出来。
第三类、基督作生命
神救赎我们的目的，乃是要我们活出基督的生命来。神不是叫我们效法基督，神乃是叫复活的基督从我们身上活出来。当基督在地上的时候，祂藉着从马利亚所得的身体，活出祂的自己；自从祂复活升天以后，祂的身体就是教会，祂要从教会身上活出祂的自己来。所以，当我们是罪人的时候，所追求的是得救称义；当我们成了圣徒以后，我们的追求乃是认识基督的生命，经历基督的生命，活出基督的生命（加二20）。祂代替我们活在地上，祂为我们对付我们的罪，祂为我们对付我们所遇见的试探，祂为我们对付我们的肉体，祂作我们的生命，祂作我们的圣洁，祂作我们的爱，祂作我们的喜乐。是祂，不是我们。圣灵在这个时代里的工作，就是为着这个。从我们追求认识在我们里面的生命起，一直到这生命发表在信靠、交通、满足、争战、事奉为止，所有与这个生命的追求和经历有关的诗歌，都在这一类里。
第四类、教会的生活
这包括了基督徒的一般生活，就是一切其他日常的情形、境遇、工作和事务。在这一类中，有聚会、结婚、爱筵、家庭、小孩、疾病等所用的诗歌。
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Categories of Hymns – Col. 3:16
Category 1 – Trumpet of the Gospel
This category is specially used for preaching the gospel. This includes the feeling of sin, the status of sinners, God’s love, God’s righteousness, the redemption of the cross, man’s repentance and man’s belief, etc. Gospel hymns are meant to be sung by those who listen to the gospel. The problem is that hymns are composed by those who are saved, believers have their own feelings. but unbelievers who listen to the gospel may not have the same feelings as we do. It is difficult to ask them to sing hymns that are not in their feelings. However, if God blesses these hymns, then it is able to express many of the hidden needs within sinners through hymns, allowing a sinner to realize his own situation and see God’s salvation. Sometimes, sinners don’t know how to pray or how to come before God, but because of these hymns, they are able to come before God and ask, and the verses of hymns become their words. Sometimes hymns may be more effective than truth.
Category 2 – Words of Praise
From the day we were saved, we have received the joy from heaven within us, gratitude and praise to heaven have also flowed from within us. As we gradually progress in our spiritual journey and have a deeper understanding of God’s love, God’s righteousness, God’s grace and God’s glory, our praises will continue to sing from our hearts and mouths.
Category 3 – Christ as Life
God’s purpose in redeeming us is for us to live out the life of Christ. God does not ask us to imitate Christ, but desires the resurrected Christ to live out of us. When Christ walked on earth, He lived out Himself through the body he gained from Mary (i.e. Mary manifested Christ). After resurrection and ascension to heaven, His body became the church, and He lives out Himself from the church. Therefore, when we are sinners, what we pursue is salvation and justification; when we become saints, what we pursue is to know the life of Christ, experience the life of Christ and live out the life of Christ (Gal. 2:20). He replaces us to live on the earth: He deals with our sins for us, deals with the temptations we encountered, deals with our flesh; He is our life, sanctification, our love and joy. It is all about Him, not us. The work of the Holy Spirit in this era is for this. From the time we pursue to know the life within us until this life is manifested in trust, fellowship, contentment, fighting and service, all hymns related to the pursuit and experience of this life are in this category.
Category 4 – Church Life
This category includes ordinary Christian life, that is, all daily situations, circumstances, work, and affairs. In this category there are hymns for meetings, weddings, love feasts, families, children and illnesses, etc.