Theology, Philosophy, Psychology, and Music-part 4

Theology, Philosophy, Psychology, and Music-part 4

St. Paul’s letter to the church at Colossae (1:20-23) states, “And through Him having made peace through the blood of His cross, it pleased the Father to reconcile all things to Himself through Him, whether the things on earth or the things in Heaven. And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame, and without charge in His sight, if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister, (MKJV) has relevance to 21^st century Christian musicians.  If Christian musicians are going to  “…continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel…”, then they must not be alienated and enemies in their minds by the works of those who do not love and serve Jesus Christ.

Becoming a follower of Jesus Christ must include a parting of ways with the world.  Why do Christian musicians struggle with separation with the spirit of this age when it comes to how Christians and those who do not love and serve Christ music? How a Christian community musics is partially cultural, but all aspects of culture that are included in the way Christians music unto God must come under the Lordship of Jesus Christ or they are not thoroughly Christian.

 Our hope is found in Christ and in the true truth found in God’s Word.  The truth of the gospel brings hope to musicians in this century.  Our hope is not found in philosophy, sociology, psychology, but they do help us to understand many areas of life including music and musicing.  Remember that St. Paul said under inspiration of God that “…And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and without blame, and without charge in His sight, if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel…”  They had been alienated from God by “wicked works”.  They were alienated from God in their minds.  Strong’s dictionary identified dianoia (1271) as the faulty exercise of their minds.  Christian musicians must guard against faulty beliefs that can be implanted in their minds through the spurious beliefs of others or by one’s own faulty beliefs about music and musicing.