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dburgess wrote:
However, if the lost select a particular form of music to represent their ungodly passions and pursuits, shouldn't we at least consider not using that particular form in order to "be ye separate"?
I don't know why "the lost" would get to decide what music should be evil and why we have to accept their decision. Especially if one believes that the arts are basically God inspired. I think the question of whether a style of music can be used to glorify God, express testimony, aid in worship, etc. all comes down to the intention of the heart. This is what I learn from God's word.
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There seems to be an assumption that all forms of music are acceptable to God.
Yet Scripture does record celebrations of debauchery, for example. If a particular form of music is suitable to express debauchery, is it somehow made holy by changing the lyrics?
Yet Scripture does record celebrations of debauchery, for example. If a particular form of music is suitable to express debauchery, is it somehow made holy by changing the lyrics?
Unfortunately the Bible doesn't come with an audio file attached. :-) We don't know what the celebration of debauchery referred to in the scripture sounded like . Nor do we know what King David's sounds of worship were like referred to in the Old Testament, such as 1 Chronicles 15:28. It looks like the Old Testament worshipers were pretty loud, brassy and percussive. Not hushed and restrained. I feel that all and any form of expression conceivable should be to the glory of God. "For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things..." Romans 11:36
LB
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