Having the “Mind of Christ” Part 2

Having the “Mind of Christ” Part 2

I Corinthians 2:13 states, “Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth.”  It is not egotistical for the Christian musician to believe that God’s wisdom is of a higher and more profound character than “man’s wisdom”. The wisdom of the Holy Spirit is freely given to musician’s who know God and retain His wisdom in their philosophical basis.  Romans 1:28 states, “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind [i.e. a mind void of judgment], to do those things which are not convenient.”  The Greek word echo (2192), that is translated retain in this passage of Scripture, means “to hold” or to “hold on to” something as a valuable or a valuable tested possession.

 The Christian musician values Bible principles of musicing and retains them in his or her musical philosophy.  This passage of Scripture uses the words “did not like” that are translated from dokimadzo (1381) ou (3756) dokimadzo (1381).  So, the import of this phrase is that that they did not test or discern God’s knowledge in developing a truth basis.

 It should be pointed out that an unsaved music philosopher could retain the evidence of God’s word in his or her music philosophy, but as is mentioned in Romans  1:28, they most often do not like to consider what the Bible says about music so they do not consider it in their truth basis..  Matthew Henry, referring to Romans I: 28, said, “The blindness of their understanding was caused by the willful aversion of their wills and affections.  They did not retain God in their knowledge because they did not like it.”  Matthew Henry’s Commentary- Acts to Revelation, p. 372  

 I am in no way trying to indicate that a Christian musician cannot learn from a music philosopher who is not a Christian.  I am, however, warning the young Christian musician, who is trying to develop a congruent Christocentric music philosophy, to be extremely careful not to accept what “man’s wisdom teaches” over what the “Holy Ghost” teaches because, the two are most often at logger heads with each other.