Friday, October 9, 2020

Should All Christian Musicians Study? Part 3

 

Should All Christian Musicians Study? Part 3

          There are many practicing Christian musicians that find out in the midst of their music ministry that that they are incapable of “understanding (noeo 3539) neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm (diabebaioomai 1226).” This phrase connotes that it is possible for a Christian to follow a ministry (music) praxis and not be able to confirm thoroughly, with any logical biblical understanding, why they believe (affirm constantly)   what they believe.

          Third, “rightly dividing the word of truth” is a must to any Christian ministry.  This is most certainly the truth in the case of music ministry. Portions of 2Co 6:4-7 teach us that, “… in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses… By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left…”  Remember that the onus of approval falls on the Christian musician “Eph 5:8-10 speaks to this fact when it states, “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth ;) Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord…”

 

Scripture for the Day

 1Corinthians 14:15, “What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.

 

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