Hi there,
Yes my point was that I’ve seen various things glaringly wrong with Kanye West and thought maybe a pastor shouldn’t recommend such people.
To assume I’ve tried to judge a pastors salvation who has been a Christian for a LOT longer than I have is simply wrong.
I was wrong to judge at all, I have acknowledged that in this thread and prayed to the Lord for forgiveness and guidance on the issue.
I’m going to really start looking for good Christian music this week as I really do miss music in general! Any suggestions welcome
Well, If you'd like I can PM you some scriptures about judgement. It takes me a bit of time, so I'm not going to do it here because judgements are a difficult topic and this isn't the thread.
Suffice it to say, there IS a proper application, but there are MANY improper applications in our flesh.
To be brief what my conclusions have been. Take care not to judge the "sum" of a person. Take care not to point out a minor thing from a position of self-righteousness when none of us are righteous on our own merit. If it is coming from something in your spirit, with all due diligence, pray and ensure that it is in agreement with the Lord's Spirit as well.
There is such a thing as righteous judgement just like righteous anger, but if we are all being honest...it sounds incredibly arrogant to say that when we are angry it is always righteous anger, because we still sin.
Also bear in mind that it could simply be "not for you" but this doesn't mean that certain music can't lead someone to the Lord. He uses tons of stuff that I wouldn't ever recommend, and don't feel I should...but everyone's journey toward him is different and everyone works out their salvation differently.
Note though: I don't believe it's the music itself that does the leading and I think that's the pitfall more than a few fall into. The LORD does the leading and uses many things, however, just because he uses something doesn't make it alright.
It could be that at the club one night listening to EDM at an orgiastic rave that someone becomes open to the gospel, but that doesn't mean that one should point people to that just because of one person's experience. Make sense?
So regarding your first post, I have no idea. Do your research and follow your own insight and of course continue to bring that before the Lord. I'm sure many here will be glad to help further on down the way.
As to music. It sort of depends on your tastes. The 1990s was my golden era for Christian music. It blended old and "olde" stuff and didn't get into anything that anyone would specifically "call out" for the most part.
If I just want peaceful meditative music that is more of a "mood" of worship than anything verbal...I'd check out Bach. A good bit of classical is music for music's sake. It's pretty neutral and allows you to sort of make your own experience.
You still have to exercise discernment with classical as well and I would advise you to research the composer before listening. Some pieces for some composers and why they were composed have NO fellowship with light. These are rare though. Personally I'd go with Bach and Handel and see if it ministers to you as they wrote a lot and there is enough depth in the pieces to re-listen to many times over the years.
There's also some pretty neutral stuff in switchfoot, relient K, etc. If you just want some music for the sake of it.
Anyway, getting long (again). What type of music do you like?