There are a number of prevalent
philosophical fallacies concerning the whole of music. First, there are those who believe that
Christians should only perform and listen to religious music since “my raptured
soul can only sing of Calvary”. This
incomplete view chooses to ignore secular music as though it doesn’t
exist. This notion leads indirectly to
another philosophical fallacy.
The second belief is that all religious music is acceptable unto the Lord i.e. that all music with acceptable religious words is proper for public and private worship. A third faulty view is that all sacred music comes under the Lordship of Christ (since it is “unto God”) and that all secular music is autonomous (since it is not “unto God”).
The fourth faulty view is that all music, sacred or secular, does not come under the Lordship of Christ since it is amoral. They equate music with the choice of whether to write with a black or blue ballpoint pen. You would not have to seek the Lord’s will before you wrote with either color since it does not involve a moral, social, or financial issue. Fifth, they worship music and it actually consider it to act as religion.
The second belief is that all religious music is acceptable unto the Lord i.e. that all music with acceptable religious words is proper for public and private worship. A third faulty view is that all sacred music comes under the Lordship of Christ (since it is “unto God”) and that all secular music is autonomous (since it is not “unto God”).
The fourth faulty view is that all music, sacred or secular, does not come under the Lordship of Christ since it is amoral. They equate music with the choice of whether to write with a black or blue ballpoint pen. You would not have to seek the Lord’s will before you wrote with either color since it does not involve a moral, social, or financial issue. Fifth, they worship music and it actually consider it to act as religion.
In the next few posts, we will explore all four of these faulty philosophical
views. Part of the Christians responsibility to walk "circumspectly" when it comes to music philosophy is to not on.y know the truth but to also recognize error. The preface to the famous musical discourse in Ephesians five states: "Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience [unbelief-Cambridge margin]. Be not ye partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) proving what is acceptable unto the Lord"
Ephesians 5:6-10
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