Christian Musicians Must be Doers

Faithful Christian Musicians Must be Doers

Ephesians 2:8-9, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”

             Christian musicians should be comforted with the thought that they do not have to work out their salvation by their musicing unto God.  That does not mean that Christian musicians should not be busy musicing unto God for God’s glory and honor.  Every Christian musician’s musical actions matter.  We should be doers not just recipients of God’s grace who sit around and wait for God to usher us into the glories of heaven.

            James 2:20 states, “But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?”  Faith in God is partially manifested by our deep desire to bring praise and honor to the God who bestowed grace upon the one who has received His grace.  So, it is a   fact that no musician is saved by the quality or quantity of his or her musical doing.  Yet, James explained very clearly that a Christian who does not do has faith (nekros 3498) that is analogous to a corpse.  Therefore, Christian musicians must be musicers not just lovers of music and observers of the musicing of others.

Thought for the Day

The fruit of the life of a Christian musician who is a good and faithful servant of God is a life of musicing unto God with the explicit purpose of bringing praise and honor the blessed Trinity.