Is All Music Created Equal? Part 2

Is All Music Created Equal? Part 2

          Also, every college or university that has a quality music degree program takes a prescriptive approach to music.  They prescribe which music is appropriate for study and performance.  They decide which music is of a poor quality, good quality, or fine quality.  However, when it comes to sacred music, some Christian musicians have come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a quality musical offering to be presented to God, or worse yet, they follow the notion that all music offerings are equal in their nature and value.  Although we hear much about worship music being a musical offering that is explicitly performed as an offering unto God, it appears that some of these Christian musicians do not understand the biblical concept of the sacrificial system.

         What we do not  often hear about is where Christian musicians get the concept of musical offerings presented to God. This concept is taken from the Old Testament (it is also mentioned in the New Testament), This sacrificial system is mentioned in Jeremiah 33:11, “The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.”