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HOW DOES THE LOGIC OF "NEEDING TO USE

THE WORLD'S MUSIC TO REACH THE WORLD"

BREAK DOWN?

3.IT IS WRONG TO USE CARNAL MUSIC TO

PRESENT A HOLY MESSAGE.

The confusion of trying to teach the world

about God using worldly music is graphically

illustrated in Scripture. When Babylonians were

resettled in Israel and began to be devoured by

lions, they asked the king to send them a prophet of

God so they could learn how to worship Him.

The priest came and taught them how they

should fear the Lord. However, he did not require

them to destroy their gods. The result is described

in II Kings 17:33 "They feared the Lord, and

served their own gods..."

Chemistry-Do we take drugs to win addicts?
Language-Do we use curse words to witness?

Math-Do we steal to identify with robbers?

Art-Do we draw lewd pictures to present Christ?

Music-Do we use carnal music to gain a hearing?

Why is carnal music ineffective for achieving lasting

spiritual results?

"...the weapons of our warfare are not

carnal..." (II Corinthians 10:4-5).

"(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal

but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong

holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high

thing that exalteth into captivity every thought to

the obedience of Christ" (II Cor 10:4-5).

Do Biblical words make a worldly song Christian?

Principles of clean and unclean-

Haggai 2:12-13.

Christians cannot make worldly music clean;

worldly music will make Christians unclean.

"If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his

garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or

pottage, or wine, or oil, or meat, shall it be

holy? And the priests answered and said, No. Then

said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body

touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the

priests answered and said, It shall be unclean"

(Haggai 2:12-13.)

"...Touch not the unclean thing..."

(II Corinthians 6:17).

"Wherefore come out from among them,

and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not

the unclean thing; and I will receive you" (II Cor. 6:17).

Did God design music to present the Gospel?

God ordained preaching, not music, to win

the lost - I Corinthians 1:21.

"For after that in the wisdom of God the

world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by

the foolishness of preaching to save them that

believe" (ICor 1:21).

What are the two purposes of Christian music?

Music is to edify Christians and to praise God -

Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16.

"Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns

and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in

your heart to the Lord" (Ephesians 5:19).

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in

all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one

another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,

singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord"

(Colossians 3:16).

Why can't carnal music be mixed with Godly words?

Carnal music and spiritual words do not mix;

they war against each other - Galatians 5:17.

"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and

the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary

the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the

things that ye would" (Galatians 5:17).

Who was severely punished for trying to use worldly

methods to carry out God's work?

God's work is not to be done with worldly

methods - David and ox cart -

I Chronicles 13, 15.

King David attempted to transport the ark of

the covenant to Jerusalem.

However, he used the wrong method. He put the ark on

an oxdrawn cart. David copied this method from the

heathen. The Philistines had used a cart to transport

the ark several years earlier.

Some methods may work for non-Christians

that will not work for Christians! The results of this

method were disastrous for David. One man was

killed; David became angry at God; and the huge

procession ended without success.

There was a clear reason why the method of

transporting the ark on a cart did not work. God

had given precise instructions on how the ark was

to be moved.

It was to be carried on the shoulders of the four priests.

(See II Samuel 6:1-19)