“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.” — Romans 1:16

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The Bible reveals two ways which people are following to get into heaven. One way, the true way, is God’s way. God’s way into heaven is the way of peace and truth and righteousness. It is the only way approved of God. This way centers in the Lord Jesus Christ who said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). The Bible declares that there is another way. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Prov. 14:12).

There are so many popular ways today filled with lost multitudes all over the land, such as the way of morality, the way of respectability, the way of religion, the way of churchianity, the way of baptism, the way of christening, the way of confirmation, the way of penance, the way of confession, the way of “doing the best I can”, the way of self, the way of education, the way of philosophy, the way of false isms and cults that crowd the street. Little wonder then when we speak to people about the way of salvation, that so many have asked, “How can I know which is the true way? There are so many different ideas and so many religions.”

But there is ONE difference between God’s way of salvation and man’s way, and that difference is found in a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ. You will notice that man leaves Christ out of the center of his way. You will discover that the modern false cults and isms demote Christ to a mere man and add something to what He has already done for your salvation and mine. We become children of God through a supernatural birth. Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Jesus also said, “Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:7)

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  • Whose Music Are You listening?  –  II

    “… And  when they had sang a hymn they went out.”  Matthew 26:30

    Where did music originate? what is the underlining purpose of music? In other words, why did God gave us music in the first place? Was music an after thought with God? Or is it a permanent part of God’s economy? What does the bible say? Someone has counted Scripture verses they have found 800 references about music in the Bible. These are references specifically to music! There are more references to music than there is to heaven, than there is to hell. More references to music than there are for grace. Now if it is that important to God, beloved, it behooves us to find out what God says about music. What kind of music is honoring to God and uplifting the believer, and be a tool to worship God? The trouble is that most people do not take time to find out what God says. This is not only in the area of music but in almost all walks of life

    Can music convey ideas? What is being communicated? and can we understand it? Does music affect us? If it does how does it affect? f music communicates ideas (messages) then how do we know what sounds what? Can we understand the principles (rules) of music ? Is theology related to music? : Understanding this help us make an intelligent choice as to what kind of music we ought to have, because of the kind of effect that music has upon us? Basically these are the questions we try to answer in this issue.

    Here are three verses we need to pay attention, that will enable us to lay foundation for this study! If we grasp these three foundations, then we are far down the road in getting discernment in the area of music! Bear in mind that these three verses teach three things about God, and basically all the three say the same thing! As is often said wherever God repeats somethings it is for a reason!

    1.The first song they sang in the Bible: We have this from Exodus 15:2 , ( the book of history). Which reads, “The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation…” Yes, The LORD is our strength: He does not just give us strength as Christians, but He is our strength! The Lord Jesus Christ put it this way in John 15:5, “ I am the vine, and ye are the branches: He that abideth in me , and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me yes can do nothing.” The vine is the strength and not the branch. In other words the vine not only provides strength to the branches but the vine is literally the strength of he branches.! “God is our strength…… of trouble.

    2.“ The book of Psalm (the book of Poetry): we read in Psalm 18:14 “ The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation….” Yes, the Lord is our song. In between LORD being our strength and our Salvation; in between these two verses we have “ the LORD is our song.!” God is also our Song!

    3.The book of Isaiah (the book of prophecy): Isaiah 12:2 we read, the same truth (taught) reiterated again. We read, “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.” The Lord is our Salvation: The Lord Jesus Christ has become salvation for us. Now those of us who are saved born again by the Spirit of God know that: salvation is not in religion, or Creed, or in the Church, but in the person: and if you don’t have the person you don’t have salvation!

    Now, these there verses say the same thing one way or the other! “ the LORD (Jehovah) is my strength and song and is become my salvation!”  There are three truth we learn from these verses!! Just as God is our strength and our salvation God is also our music!! Music is part of God’s nature! God Himself is musical!!   one may ask, “ do you really believe that?” yes we do! In fact music is one of the only things that was in heaven before God made the world, that we have down here on earth, and the only thing we take to heaven someday! Be it preaching – we don’t need preaching up there! But we will sing in heaven, why? Because God is musical! It is part of God’s nature!

    “ God made music for man” you have heard that? “ No! No! God did not make music for man! Music was in heaven before God made man.  The reason man makes music, is because God is musical and when God made man in His own image he made man musical too! Centuries ago people understood this truth but in our generation we have more proliferation of music but less understanding of the purpose and meaning of music!   Now if God is musical that means music has existed as long as God has! When we sing together praising and worshipping God, that is something that God has had for all eternity and will have for eternity to come. We are practically singing down here what we will do for all eternity!

    Look Zephaniah 3:17, “ The LORD thy God in the midst of thee, is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.”   God says when you and I do it right “ He will sing with us!” that is what it says! He not only sings but in Zechariah 9:14 we read, “…… And the LORD thy God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwind of the south.”   Yes, that is what it says! God plays the trumpet!! And here is also something very fascinating; at the rapture in 1st Thessalonians 4:16 it says, “ the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God…..” now compare the two: it could be that God himself blow the trumpet! Why? Because God is musical!! Consider also this: The last thing our Lord did before He went to the Cross, we read in Matthew 26:30 “ when they had sang a hymn they went out.”

    Now, before we consider the subject any further, let’s go back to the beginning of music itself. Music is a language and it has all the elements of language. It has 1. grammar 2. syntax 3. communication. Music has meaning and its meaning is abstract and not concrete.  Apart from understanding the elements of a language we can have no discernment. Because nothing can be known of the truth apart from language. What do we mean by that? If we do not agree on the rules and meanings, if we don’t agree on the words then there would be no communication between us. So to speak any language and to properly communicate we must understand the elements of that language.

    Let us state at the outset that we believe in good music; good music we say, the kind of music that comes from God. And anything that comes from the hand of God is good. You see music originated in the heart and mind of a wise and sovereign God. The Bible states in James 1:17, “ that every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights with whom is no variableness and neither shadow of turning…” Yes, music can be traced throughout the breadth and length of the Scripture. – from the firs book of the Bible, Genesis to the last book Revelation.

    Did you know that the Angelic choirs sang at creation? We read in Job 38:7 speaking of the creation activity states, “ When the morning stars sand together; and all the sons of God shouted for joy?” When we get to heaven perhaps after the first Ten thousand years, after we have had ample time to gaze upon our redeemer and fellowship and communed with Him and loved ones who had gone on before; we will join the same Angelic being that sang on creation and mingle our voices throughout out the endless eternity. Yes, the Bible is filled with references to music. As a matter of fact, there are about 550 references in the Bible to music- not including the book of psalms and other songs recorded directly in the Scriptures.

    Yes, the believer is for music, because God is for music, that is the right kind of music. The believer is for anything that God endorses in His word. In Exodus 15, after Moses and the Israelite crossed the Red Sea they sang a song of victory. In 2nd Samuel 1: 17-27 when David heard of the death of Johnathan and Soul he compose a song! In Judges 5 after Deborah and Barack defeated the forces of Caesarea they sang a song. The book of Psalms has been aptly called the hymn book of Israel. For it is actually a collection of compilation of poems put together that were put to music.

    When God answered Hannah’s prayer and gave her a son by the name of Samuel, in 1st Samuel 2:2-11 she sang a hymn. When Mary heard the coming advent in the birth of Christ to be accomplished in her womb, she composed a song.  The Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Bible is actually a beautiful song of love. When Soul needed his troubled mind soothed, he asked David in 1st Samuel 16 to play the harp. Music was personally used by Christ in the garden of Gethsemane in his last meeting with his disciples before the cross. The Scripture states in Matthew 26:32, “ and after they had sang a hymn they went out unto the mount of Olives.”

    When Paul and Silas were in prison in Phillipe in Acts 16 in the midst of that miserable circumstance the Scripture says, “ they prayed and sang praises unto God.” According to Revelation 5:8 & 9 even our prayers can be a song. So believers are for music, good music; because God is for music. And anything that God endorses in His word, we want to endorse also!    The sad tragedy however is that every good and perfect thing created by God has been distorted, perverted, abused and misused by the Devil. The Devil has never created anything. Dr. Romnore Parker once said, “ the Devil never created any liberal colleges and schools; all he had ever done is take over Fundamentalist institutions.” you know, that is also true of music. The Devil never created a bar or a note of music in his life; but he surely knows how to take it over.

    • There is nothing wrong with he Tobacco leaf, it is a gift of God as a leaf on he vine. But when man takes that leaf and puts it through a process and makes Tobacco out of it, and makes cigarette out of and smokes it; it is wrong!
    • There is nothing wrong with the fruit of the vine. un-fermented juice is good for our health; but when men take that juice and ferment it and drink it, this goes to the forefront of the brain where God’s image is located then it becomes wrong!

    Beloved, music has power, power to influence for good or for evil; for good or for bad, depending up on its nature and use.  Demitrive Pennington a known composer and conductor stated, that,“ the fact that music can both insight and excite has been true from time immemorial.”  Dr. Howard Henson writing in the American journal of Psychiatry said, “ music can be soothing or in-degrading, in- nobbling or vulgarizing, philosophical or orgiastic. It has power for evil as well as power for good.”

    To be continued……………………………..

    You Are Not Going To Reach The Lost With The Devil’s Music !!

                                         From The Peoples Gospel Hour Staff

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