I am weary of watching and listening to
Christian musicians as they receive the preeminence when they are performing
what they call worship music. I am
reminded that God has declared in Isaiah 42:8, “I am the LORD: that is my name:
and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.” Many Christian musicians who consider themselves
to be conservatives have subscribed to the popular “musical idol” philosophy. As a result of accepting this worldly
philosophical view, worship leaders set about the task of drawing the listener
to themselves rather than to Christ-- thus they become an “idol” to the
audience rather than a humble servant of Christ.
I find it impossible to successfully worship the Creator of music while
God is being upstaged by heady high-minded musicians who are performing the
artistic medium that God created.
Now
we should consider what is meant by the tem secular
music. This term simply means music
that is not addressed to Deity or to sacred acts of worship or adoration of the
one true God. There is absolutely no
philosophical problem with a conservative Christian musician performing secular
music as long as it is not music that is antagonistic to the changed life of a
Christian. Furthermore, there is nothing
wrong with a performer receiving praise for a secular performance. Honoring a performer for his or her secular
performance is perfectly in order because God is not the object of this
performance. I would like to remind
Christian performers that they must never forget that while God is not the
object of secular performance, He is the creator of music and therefore
philosophically music as an artistic form ultimately belongs to Him! So, Christian musicians should not act like
they own music. All music in the life of
a Christian musician belongs to God and therefore comes rightfully under the
Lordship of Christ.
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