The Power of The Music Part of Music-part 2

 

The Power of The Music Part of Music-part 2

          Pleasurable artistic experiences with the music used in the context of Christian worship, are necessary if the worshiping body of Christ is going to regularly engage in the music that is used in worship.  Mundane music is not going to be the answer to engagement, however, worshiping music is also not the answer.  When it comes to  worships the created (music) rather than the Creator (God).  Christians must constantly remember that although pleasurable musicing is not in and of itself wrong, pleasurable musicing is not the ultimate goal of Christian worship.  It is the responsibility of the Christian musician to keep musicing in the context of worship Christian.

 Colossians 1:16-18 reminds us all, “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.”  In order for music to be truly Christian, Christ must always have preeminence.  Art, pleasure, style, genre, must all be always subservient to worshiping God.