The Power of The Music Part of Music-part 3

 

The Power of The Music Part of Music-part 3

Also worthy of note that as Colossians 1:16-18 states, “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible…”  Since God created “all things” (pas kitzo 3956 2936) “were created by him”  God owns music.  Since He ,by virtue of creating it, has proper ownership of music, He has the right to always receive preeminence over  a Christians musicing.  We know with certainty from the inspired letter to the Christians at Colossae that God created the visible (horatos 3707) and invisible (aoratos 517) part of music.  The aoratos is, of course, sound.  Therefore, God has ownership not only over the part of music that we can see but also over sound.  So, no artist has authority over the sounds that he or she produces in the context of Christian worship.

So, Christian musicians should get rid of the sense of ownership of music.  Christian musical artists including music worship leaders are not owners with rights but rather musical servants with responsibilities.  As we learned in part 1 of this discussion, music has the propensity to exert great power over all who experience it in or outside of corporate worship.  The use of music in Christian worship should never be a platform for personal preference or personal aggrandizement.  That being said, the performer or worship leader should music with passion.  Without passion musicing in the context of worship is like salt mentioned in Luke 14:34, “Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?”  If a Christian’s musicing is going to be efficacious it must be done with believability.  Like salt that has lost its saltiness,  musicing without passion fails to accomplish its mission.