Featured What Do You Believe about Demonic Instrumental Music?

Since on definition of demonic music offered was 'anything a devil wants played,'

Give an example.

 

Until you give an example and apply a passage, you're only saying that demonic music is what you say it is.

 

Somebody did too much listening to the Charlie Daniels Band.

 

If the Bible doesn't mention it, then it is not something we need to worry about.

That would be a good question, since what we are really talking about are pressure waves in the atmosphere intentionally put together in a rhythmic way.

Not much, unless the Bible teaches about it.

I don't think we are given any biblical information about that. It seems to me that the unspoken question here is whether or not we may unintentionally make God angry by playing recordings of, or personally performing, "demonic music." Since we are not given any information about whether or not "demonic music" exists, we can be sure we will not be help responsible for any sins of ignorance. In fact, the New Testament emphasis is to stop focusing on the sins of the flesh, and instead focus on the work of the Kingdom of God, which will bear the fruit of the Spirit that displaces the sins of the flesh in our lives -- leading to transformation. Obsession with God's displeasure with activities and art that are not addressed, even in principle, in the Bible, is actually the sign of a weak faith.

I think back to Paul's guidance on meat sacrificed to idols found in 1 Corinthians 8:

Therefore, concerning the eating of food sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.

However, not all people have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Now food will not bring us close to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. But take care that this freedom of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. (v. 4-9)
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I have to wonder, what teaching have you heard that claims that certain music is inherently demonic in character? Does it come from a person or group that manifests the full fruit of the Spirit in its leadership and organization?

 

The premise here requires that a demonized person creates demonized music that afflicts everyone who hears it. I do not know of any biblical support for the idea, and the principles contained in 1 Corinthians 8-10 regarding pagan worship and meat sacrificed to idols seems to indicate the opposite viewpoint.

Even if we grant the premise that there is such a thing as demonized music (which is extremely unlikely), if a disciple of Jesus hears this music, they will not be overcome by whatever power it has. If a person receives meat that has been sacrificed to an idol (demon), eating the meat knowingly or unknowingly does not harm the disciple of Jesus. The only harm that may come is from someone who is extremely weak in faith who is judging the Christian according to the doctrine of demons (the premise that the demonic realm is equal to, or greater than, God).

 

No, your superstitions are the reason the argument has been lost, and everyone but you is trying to discuss it.

So give us an example of "There are human beings today who sacrifice in such a manner and then consume in such a manner what has been offered and thereby they have fellowship with demons."

 

I assume you are metaphorically applying the idea of sacrifice to music whether in or out of church. What is the idol? How are sacrifices being made to it, and how is this sacrifice consumed?

 

What does this have to do with music? (I had just edited the post you quoted as you were posting.)

 

So, the question you're asking is what do I think about the music and the instruments used in pagan worship? First, like an idol is nothing, neither is there anything to any instrument or tool. A devil may inhabit a man, but that doesn't make his God-given hands and feet demonic. So I don't think anything about them. If a good cut of the meat is available for sale, then it's good for food. And not for the idol worshippers, but for the children of God. The music, if it is indeed music and not the mere sounding of brass or tinkling of cymbals, is probably bad-sounding anyway, but if it isn't bad sounding, if it's something really skillful and sweet then it's probably out of place in the temple, just like good food.

If you're saying a certain instrument or melody or harmony is possessed of the devil, or carries some kind of truly demonic power, simply because someone under the influence of the devil was inspired to arrange them that way, then that's pretty much superstition.

I'm not saying here that all music is morally good, because that's not the case.

I'm saying there is no spiritual power either benevolent or malevolent in music.

 

Music is a human thing, not spiritual. Asking if God is pleased with it is the wrong question. Even when giving good things to our children, it is impossible to please God without faith. A better question is, is the music morally good or bad? It doesn't matter who played it or in what context it was used.

And that I can't tell you without hearing an example.