Understanding God’s Building Blocks of Music-part 5
The
Word declares in 2Timothy 2:15, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” That verse has been well translated in the AV
and does not need my feeble interpretation to make it understandable. Over the fast forty years as I have traveled,
I have observed in the offices of many music pastors a few books written about
hymns; a commentary or two; and a hand full of other books about worship. These meager collections are evidence enough
to indict these musicians on the grounds of historical and biblical ignorance.
The
answer to this dilemma is STUDY. In any
field of endeavor a professional is never too busy to gain the necessary
knowledge to develop a philosophical and practical basis that is necessary to
get the job done properly. The passage
quoted in 2 Timothy above gives adequate argument for studying music in the Bible. Without this study the Christian musician who
is a “workman” is sure, in the light of what the Bible teaches about music, to
sooner or later be ashamed because of his or her lack of a Bible based philosophy
that would have guarded and guided that music minister’s praxis of musicing
unto God. Every Christian should be much more concerned
about what God thinks about his or her music ministry than the opinions of
people.
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