Did Aaron Invent Rock Music 3400 or So Years Ago Before Elvis?

[Scripture More Accurately]

When it comes to worshipping God we are told to worship in spirit and in truth. We are not told what styles to use.

Israel was commanded to worship God with loud music, with shouting, loud singing, loudly clashing together cymbals, playing drums, shouting, clapping hands, dancing, blowing horns, etc.


But that was their culture and custom. God was not telling them how to worship but telling them to worship with everything they are (all their heart, in spirit and in truth). They used instruments and styles as was common to their culture.



But the point here is that Scripture specifically states that what God approved of in their worship you would condemn.

That is why I say that you have made yourself the "satan" of believers. You are the accuser of God's children when it comes to this topic.



In reality the style of music other Christians use is absolutely none of your business.

We can and will have preferences, different types of music that is honest to us (our expression rather than appropriating another's expression).

That is fine. Nobody is demanding you like CWM. Nobody is demanding you like, or use, "loud clanging symbols", "clapping", frame drums, shouts, loud singing, loud horns, dancing in worship...etc.

It is OK for you to prefer and use "quiet", "solemn" music.

Your sin is in your accusations and condemnation against the worship music of other brethren. And yes, that is literally a sin. You put yourself against God in that instance by becoming the accuser of the body of Christ.


You are responsible for your worship. It is not your role to decide if God accepts the worship of other Christians based on their style of music.

You are allowing your prejudices to dictate how you view your brethren.

Wrong. Your statements amount to a claim that Christians can use music of the occult to worship God in Spirit and in truth. That is not supported in any way by Scripture. The Bible commands us not to have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness (Eph. 5:11), which includes the kinds of instrumental music that are distinctively of the occult such as voodoo music, the music of Santería, the music of Candomblé, Tibetan skull drum music, and the music of shamans all over the world

 

[JonC]

Wrong. You do not just get to assert that something is true and not prove it from Scripture. You claim that Psalm 1:1 is not talking about music. Prove it from Scripture.

I have proved it by Scripture.

You described the music God accepts as "quiet", "solomn" and "beautiful" to your taste.

But God told the Isralites to worship Him by "loudly shouting", dancing, "clapping hands", with "loud clashing cymbals", by playing "instruments loudly", etc.

Psalm 1:1 is about God's Law as opposed to wickedness. The verse divisions are man-made. Verse 2 goes with verse 1, and neither mentions music styles.

You are committing evil against God by making yourself the adversary of Christ.

The music style another Christian uses to express worship to God is absolutely none of your business. You have no right to judge the servants of Another.

You need to remove that log from your eye before you even try to look at the brethren.

 

[JonC]

Wrong. Your statements amount to a claim that Christians can use music of the occult to worship God in Spirit and in truth. That is not supported in any way by Scripture. The Bible commands us not to have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, which includes the kinds of music that are distinctively of the occult such as voodoo music, the music of Santería, the music of Candomblé, Tibetan skull drum music, and the music of shamans all over the world

But CWM is not remotely related to pagan music. Just because you cannot discern the difference does not mean the difference does not exist.

You condemn songs like What Child is This? because it is set to a secular tune. Just don't sing it. Leave others to worship God.

Your prejudices have led you to sin.

 

[Scripture More Accurately]

I have proved it by Scripture.

You described the music God accepts as "quiet", "solomn" and "beautiful" to your taste.

But God told the Isralites to worship Him by "loudly shouting", dancing, "clapping hands", with "loud clashing cymbals", by playing "instruments loudly", etc.

Psalm 1:1 is about God's Law as opposed to wickedness. The verse divisions are man-made. Verse 2 goes with verse 1, and neither mentions music styles.

You are committing evil against God by making yourself the adversary of Christ.

The music style another Christian uses to express worship to God is absolutely none of your business. You have no right to judge the servants of Another.

You need to remove that log from your eye before you even try to look at the brethren.

Wrong. You deny what God says. God says that believers must not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. You say that God's people can walk in the counsel of the ungodly concerning music. You are the one who is speaking against what God says.

 

[JonC]

Wrong. You deny what God says. God says that believers must not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. You say that God's people can walk in the counsel of the ungodly concerning music. You are the one who is speaking against what God says.

Wrong. You are sinfully misusing Scripture to suit your prejudices (exactly as the racists of the past did).

Believers walk in the counsel of the godly when they obey God. Those who listen to, worship with, and live out the message of CWM are walking in the counsel of the Godly.

Those who judge the servants of Another - as you do - are walking in the counsel of the ungodly because they are sinfully disobeying God and make themselves "satan" or the accuser of the brethren, a persecuter of Christ.

 

[JonC]

Thread is closed due to length and to not make the BB a venue for a member to accuse the body of Christ (not to be a party of a member's wickedness, his/her walk in the counsel of the ungodly).


Also - nothing more needs to be said.

God encouraged loud music in worship - loud shouting, loud clashing cymbals, drums, stringed instruments, loud singing, dancing, etc.

We cannot condemn God's Word to advocate our preferences.


The worship style of other Christians who do not share our culture is absolutely none of our business. Those of us who are legitimate Christians (as opposed to "nominal Christians") do not judge the servants of Another.