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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"WORSHIPPING WITH MUSIC" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT TYPE ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MUSIC YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT ARE THE CONTENT OF THE LYRICS? DO THEY GLORIFY JESUS?
I AM SURE SOME OF YOU ARE THINKING THAT I AM GETTING "PICKY" ABOUT THINGS THAT DO NOT REALLY MATTER. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT DOES MATTER WHAT KIND OF MUSIC WE LISTEN TO. I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT THEY WOULD NEVER LISTEN TO RAP MUSIC AND THAT IT IS ALL BAD. I CHALLENGE THEM TO LISTEN TO A CHRISTIAN RAPPER WHO IS UPLIFTING JESUS AND GIVING HIM PRAISE AND WORSHIP. HOW CAN THIS BE WRONG. THERE ARE SOME SECULAR SONGS THAT MAKE YOU DEPRESSED AND CRY WHILE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT LIFT YOU UP AND MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD. IT IS THE WORDS THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD STICK TO THE ONES WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE .
LET'S LOOK AT MUSIC IN THE BIBLE. KING DAVID USED MUSIC FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIPPING GOD. JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE PSALMS. AT TIMES WHEN KING SAUL WAS TROUBLED BY EVIL SPIRITS, DAVID WOULD PLAY HIS HARP TO SOOTHE HIM. (1ST SAMUEL 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. ) A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS VERSE, AS I DID, BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE EVIL SPIRIT FROM GOD. THE WORD "EVIL" IS ITALICIZED WHICH MEANS IT WAS NOT IN THE ORIGINAL TEXT BUT ADDED IN BY THE TRANSLATORS. THE SCRIPTURE ACTUALLY SAYS "WHEN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS UPON SAUL.
IT SAYS IN JUDGES 7:16-22 THAT GIDEON USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO SURPRISE HIS ENEMIES WHILE IN NEHEMIAH 4:20 IT SAYS THE ISRAELITES USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO WARN OF DANGER. I LIKE THE SCRIPTURE EPHESIANS 5:19 WHERE WE ARE TO ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER WITH MUSIC, " In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. "
THE BIBLE DEFINITELY ALLOWS US TO LISTEN TO MUSIC BUT WE JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TO LISTEN TO. I FIND GREAT PLEASURE IN LISTENING TO MUSIC THAT WORSHIPS THE LORD WHILE I GET NO PLEASURE AT ALL IN MUSIC THAT HAS A NEGATIVE THEME. YOU ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO. JUST REMEMBER, JESUS CAN ALSO HEAR IT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
