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To: Magic Fingers; CondoleezzaProtege; dp0622
What a sanctimonious lecture, with which I agree on exactly zero points - most especially that you are in any way qualified to assess the “maturity” of my faith.

From the well-known theologian and commentator, John Nelson Darby regarding popularmusic/instruments in Christian worship:

"Sketch of the Life and Labours of J. N. Darby"

"In point of fact artistic musicians as a general rule are not a moral class. The imagination is at work, not the conscience nor the heart. Judaism did take up nature, to see if they could have a religion of it; which proved it could not be but ended in the rejection of JEHOVAH and His anointed. We are dead and risen with CHRIST and belong to another world. Hence I cannot seek my enjoyment in what belongs to the old, though I may recognise GOD'S work in it; but I do not seek it as a world I belong to now. It is not a legal prohibition, but the heart elsewhere. If I could put a poor sick father to sleep with music, I would play the most beautiful I could find. But it only spoils any worship as bringing in the pleasure of sense into what ought to be the power of the SPIRIT of GOD. They cannot go really together, save as water may take away the taste of wine.

"It is a wholly false principle that natural gifts are a reason for using them. I may have amazing strength or speed in running; I knock a man down with one, and win a prize with another. Music may be a more refined thing; but the principle is the same.

"This point I believe to be now of all importance. Christians have lost peace and moral influence by bringing in nature and the world as harmless. All things are lawful to me. But, as I said, you cannot mix flesh and SPIRIT. We need all our energies under grace to walk in the latter, 'always bearing about in the body the dying of JESUS, that the life also of JESUS may be manifested in our mortal bodies.' Let CHRIST be all, and the eye is single and the 'whole body is full of light.' The converse is, if our eye be evil because it shuts out CHRIST, our affections are not set on things above where CHRIST sits at GOD'S right-hand. This is the point for us: happy affections there, and steadfastly, not being distracted."
Clearly stated. See Eph. 5:17-20; Col. 3:16.
38 posted on 11/26/2019 12:43:58 AM PST by imardmd1
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To: imardmd1

I am not sure why you included me but you sound kind of self righteous bro and let’s leave it up to God to decide who he is going to use to reach people that HAVE NOT been reached.

ANYTHING without the words “b.tch” or “rape” or “kill” or “murder” or “crack” or “heroin” is an improvement over the thug life rap songs out there


39 posted on 11/26/2019 2:12:22 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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