Christian Musicing Responsibility

 

Christian Musicing Responsibility

Part of a Christian’s presenting his or her body “as a living sacrifice” that is taught in Romans chapter 12 is letting that person’s musical behavior be a part of the sacrificial process.  It may not seem reasonable for a Christian musician to refrain from musicing exactly or similarly to the way the world musics when it is antagonistic to living out the changed life of a Christian-- but it is.

 Having so much reverential respect for God that a musician refuses to music in a manner that will connect his or her ministry with the musical crowd that does not love and serve Jesus Christ, is never easy or popular, but it is a part of the behavior involved in living out a separated life of a Christian that is truly a “living sacrifice” (Romans 12:1).  In this verse the Christian is admonished to present “reasonable” service to God.  The English word reasonable in the AV is translated from logikos (3050) which means rational, logical, or reasonable service.  Christian performers must not get so enveloped with the art form aspects of their musicing that they forget that sacred musicing must always be rationally Christian.  If one’s sacred musicing is not Christian in the way that it is enacted, the responses to our musicing will most likely not  be in congruence with Bible teachings about music and musicing.