Sunday, June 21, 2015

Does the end justify the means when we music? part 2

Does the end justify the means when we music? part 2 
            Does the end really justify the means?  First of all is it intellectually honest to present the Savior with the sensual?  Is it feasible to excite people with sensuality and then try to switch to the spiritual realm?  Is it possible to draw attention to a woman’s body with a low cut dress or a slit up the side of her skirt or by dressing her in tight leather pants and then hit these needy sinners with the good news of the gospel?  Can a man dressed in tight jeans and a muscle shirt or a shiny silk shirt unbuttoned to reveal his chest hair moving back and forth with sexual like movements suddenly hook the crowd with the excellent message of “Jesus Saves”?
            I contend that most definitely the end does not justify the means.  It is deceitful to try to sell the sacred with sexual innuendos.  It is an ancient Bible landmark that, in our musicing, we should always lift up God and never self.  Jeremiah 48:10a warns, “Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully…”  Ramayah (7427) connotes doing any part of God’s work with falseness or guile. Getting an audience’s attention by the use of any technique that has sexual connotations is, of course, false because the performer is behaving “unseemly” (aschemoneo 807) i.e. in an unbecoming or uncomely manner.

 

 

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