The 21st. Century Music Synthesis-part 2

The 21^st. Century Music Synthesis-part 2

Yesterday we discussed amalgamating music styles into an appropriate *synthesis.   Ingenious isn’t it?  Now when a minister of music inappropriately combines music styles that are inappropriate for use with worship of a high and Holy God, Satan has successfully squeezed church music into the world’s mold.  The result is religious rock music which is the perfect style for them to use to trick the world into becoming lovers of Christ.  Before sinners know it the church will deceive them into becoming Christians.  Of course, synthesis thinkers want them to be saved in their sins, not from their sins, so this autonomous music doesn’t have to preach a life changing relationship with Christ.  Rather, this autonomous non-rational, non-logical, leap of faith will bring a non-rational faith to these new autonomous worldly Christians.  Sounds dangerous, doesn’t it?  The reason it sounds dangerous is that it is the result of synthesis musical thinking. 

*Synthesis-- Combining musical style ideas to form a music system. It is a mixture of traditional Christian and worldly popular styles of music.  This amalgamation is often called contemporary Christian (?) music.

Thought for the Day

          What Christian musicians often fail to realize is that we can trust Satan.  We can trust him to always be Satan.  Furthermore, we can trust him to always try to influence us to pervert church music in such a way that it will no longer be efficacious.  I do not like to ever be negative in any of my writings.  However, It is a fact that Satan is not a friend of grace.  Revelations 12:9, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.  And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.  And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”  Satan is constantly working to deceive Christian musicians because he knows that his time is limited.