let us indeed investigate to the fullest whether what we listen to edifies.
that is why your brothers and sisters here listen to the rock & rap music with Godly lyrics, by artists who profess Christ, instead of wordly lyrics, by secular artists, with ideals and principles that do not jive with our Life in the Spirit.
do you also investigate to the fullest the arguments i have brought to this thread?
have you read, that it is "the weaker brother" for whom eating some meats is a sin?
have you considered that the mystery revealed in the gospels of Christ is that He has made open the way for not only Jews, but Gentiles - the "unclean" races - can be also a part of the kingdom and have fellowship with Him? Have you thought this through to the fullest?
do you have respect of persons, of clothes or of haircuts when you judge a mans heart?
why then would you judge a song by the tone of it's instruments, the haircuts of the band or the city in which it was recorded? ought you not also to judge rightly, by the heart, whether the message of the song is in line with scripture?
will you also shut your ears to the truth? will you demand all music be circumcised?
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything before God. don't we agree on this?
if the scripture says that there is a decibel limit on sound before it becomes unholy, show us this. if the scripture tells us that psalm 3 is an abomination if sung above some certain beats-per-minute, show us this. if the scripture teaches that Christ only ever spoke in a gentle, soothing whisper, show us this. If the scripture teaches that psalms may only be played on a pipe organ, and only with the ethereal and flute stops, so as not to be too loud, show us this.
but this is not at all what the Word says! the Word says "SHOUT TO THE LORD WITH CRIES OF JOY" (Psalm 47)
now is it a sin to shout as i sing Psalm 47?
in my church, there is a woman with down's syndrome, who can hardly speak. when she sings with the congregation, during service, it is a most un-melodious sound to most people. is her praise abomination?
i think to the LORD, he hears what is in her heart, and as terribly off key as it may be, to the LORD, her moans and shrieking is beautiful music
what do you say to that?
will you even answer, or do you "simply know" that an electric guitar or a scratchy voice is not possible to be used to praise God?
let all creation sing with joy! (Psalm 96:13)
is an elephant part of creation? what is the noise of an elephant's rejoicing?
is star part of creation? a star is an enormous fusion reaction, an enormous explosion.
what is the sound of an explosion rejoicing?
or will you not allow some creation to rejoice, if you don't find it's rejoicing pleasing to your ear?
this praise is not for your ears.
this is foolishness. have you read in the scripture how the apostles strove with Judaisers in the early years of the church, men who would add to the Grace that saves us all of the law? Have you read the epistle to the Galatians? why do you add laws and seasons and special classes of sounds, when these things aren't even in the Torah??
you are like a pharisee telling the poor man he cannot worship in the temple until he gets some nicer clothes. whose prayer was heard in this parable?
did Christ say the widow's mite was abominable because it wasn't shiny? because it wasn't a drachma? No!
i see we are all using the internet here -- the majority of all internet traffic is pornography. since this tool, the internet, is used mostly for unholy purposes, should we judge that to use the internet at all is sin?
why do you insist on calling the work of the Spirit in these musics the work of the devil? isn't there some certain scripture that tells of this particular confusion?
if i sing:
"Szema Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Elohenu Ehad"
each day, and each day i sing it a little louder,
on what day does it turn from praise into sin?
isn't it obvious to you who say a certain sound is sinful how foolish that is?
