Thinking that Is Balanced part 4

 Later in the Ephesians chapter 4 in verses 11-13 he states, “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ…” The different types of ministries were given to insure unity-not division.  The body of Christ is meant to be fitly joined together (Eph. 4:16).

Although Paul, in the 4^th chapter, was not addressing the subject of sacred music and musicing directly as he did in chapter 5, the principle of what he was teaching in the 4^th chapter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, extends to the use of sacred music as a concomitant of worship.  If a fellowship of Christians is to be edified by corporate musicing, it must be amenable to the will of God.  Romans 12:2 instructs Christians to “…be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”. 

So, when a Christian musics unto God, that musician has the responsibility to “get it right”. In his or her quest for musical aggrandizement, a Christian musician who is responsibility for sacred musicing as a concomitant to public worship does not have either the luxury of musical exploration or the freedom to pursue personal musical preferences that are incongruent with the purposes of Christ centered worship. Furthermore, a Christian musician is a new man with a new song of renovated character(Ps. 40:3, Rev. 5:9,14). Romans 12:2 instructs Christians to be transformed (3339) by allowing God to perform a metamorphoo (3339) i.e., a change of mindset.  It is reasonable that this change of thinking will include a Christian musician’s musical mindset.  Notice that Paul did not state that the Christian should make some slight midcourse corrections, but rather that this mindset change will be dramatic.