Knowledge and Understanding
of a Musical Genre
Proverbs
4:7 teaches that, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and
with all thy getting get understanding.”
One of the major problems surrounding church music in this century is
that so many worship leaders have failed to acquire wisdom and understanding
of the power that the music part of music has that makes it possible to
communicate understandable meaning to the listener. Many of these ministers of
worship have failed to understand the referential meaning that diverse styles
of music will convey to the audience who is present in public worship.
Philosophically,
it is of utmost important to have knowledge and understanding of a musical
genre—its purpose and power—before a worship leader unleashes this power upon a
congregation that has come to either seek God or to worship Him in spirit and
truth. (St. John 4:24, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth.”) St. John
4:22(a) records what Jesus said to the woman He met at the well at Samaria, “Ye
worship ye know not what…” I believe
that sometimes music worship leaders without wisdom and knowledge about the
nature and value of the musical vehicles they use in the context of Christian
worship are worshiping they know not what.
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