Does Scripture Teach That God Created All Music?

What do you mean when you say, "We choose some of what to produce from His gifts"?

 

Do you know of any Scripture that actually speaks of Satan's having "his music for his worship"?

 

Providing passages that provide a basis for making legitimate and necessary logical inferences (such as for the truth of the Trinity) is not the same thing as providing passages that actually speak about something. Do you know of any passages that do explicitly (not by way of inferences) speak of Satan's having his music for his worship?

 

Hmm. So did God create the golden calves that Aaron and Jeroboam made? Did God create the altar that Ahaz saw in Damascus and commanded Urijah to duplicate?

2 Kings 16:10 And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 11 And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.

 

The text does not say who created the music being sung here. We can be certain that it was not human beings. Also, this passage does not mention the playing of any instruments so it does not seem to be relevant for our understanding about instrumental music.

 

The statement is only an impression that is based on numerous previous interactions with other professing believers over the years and from reading various written materials as well.

 

Where does Scripture teach that "God created every combination of pitch and rhythm there of, along with every instrument"? On what biblical basis do you seemingly hold that He created all the combinations of elements of instrumental music, but He "did not make the lyrics for every song though"?

 

Yes, God knows all, and His creation was very good when He originally created it. The sinfulness of Satan and his demons and of mankind has corrupted the universe.

 

I did not say anything about music being "intrinsically corrupted and instruments are corrupted and outside the pleasing will of God."

It seems that you believe that the curse did not have any effects on instrumental music. If that is what you believe, what biblical basis do you have for believing that is true?

Also, you say that it would seem to you "that mankind would need to do something sinful to corrupt music, not that music is automatically sinful." Again, I never said and am not saying that music is automatically sinful.

Having said that, however, what biblical basis do you have for holding that there is no instrumental music that is sinful, if that is what you hold?

Finally, you seem to hold that any corruption of music would have to be the result of the actions of mankind. Do you have any Bible to support that it would have to be mankind and not Satan and his demons or both?

 

I would like to hear how you defend your position "from the sovereignty of God as Creator."