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Dangerous Music
Ever notice how music changes the atmosphere?
When you are feeling sad, sometimes you put on a sad song to commiserate with.
When you are happy there is a happy tune that is played.
At the height of his career fans would swoon over Michael Jackson, who would ignite their senses with his dance and lyrics.
In 1975 Bruce Johnson composed a song so seemingly innocent (he was a Beach Boy) and with the melodic vocals of Barry Manilow dominated their audience with an interesting song “I Write The Songs” Here are some of the lyrics;
I’ve been alive forever
And I wrote the first song
I put words and melodies together
I am music and I write the songs
While some claim these lyrics to have no nefarious intention, there is a chill that should go up your spine the moment you realize the allusion this is making.
Here is verse 2:
My home lies deep within you
And Ive got my own place in your soul
Now when I look through your eyes
I am young again, even though I am very old.
In Ezekiel we find it was Lucifer that was put in charge of music, and was responsible for the sounds that move creation.
To the point of the song, it states this being wrote the first song… Now I wonder who this being was.
By now it should be clear that songs and music are more than just instruments for our own pleasure and can be used for our betterment or our detriment.
The song I referenced made it to a top spot in the US and remains a hit to this day.
Regardless of the serious demonic undertones.
What we know is that music is a weapon of warfare, it can change your mood, set the atmosphere, can be used to manipulate your emotions, and is a tool for instruction.
Our voice brings worship to the Lord and is the weapon we wage war with as we make disciples.
Fear in the Middle of the War
Jehoshaphat was afraid but confessed in the Lord
v.12 he says “We don’t know what to do but our eyes are on you”
v.13 the entire nation of Judah sought the Lord and then He responded
Word came through the prophet victory was in the Lord’s hands
v.19-20 the worshippers ready themselves and commit to worship
What was their praise song?
v.21 they went ahead declaring the who and what of God
“Give thanks to the Lord for His Hesed (covenental) love endures forever
this hesed was understood to be a covenant which was unbreakable
how could they be defeated if the covenant of God remained?
With their voice they worshipped the Lord, and with their voice they waged war....
Called to Make Disciples not Songs
Importance of Starting With The Great Commission
Commanded to make disciples
Commanded to immerse them into the Father Son and Holy Spirit
Commanded to teach and observe all that Jesus Commanded
Not told to teach about what we feel
Our songs cannot be filled with dangerous emotional emptiness attempting to manipulate God or His people
Jon Stiengard of Hawk Nelson denies the existence of God
examining his lyrics in some of the groups final album
Live Like You’re Loved
all about me mentions God 1x
Sold Out
Look at me, then look at me some more
Oh yeah uh Im doing this for Jesus (afterthought)
For worship artists such as these who failed to make it as artists and simply wanted to use the worship stage as their platform… there is a falling away
Our Worship is Our Response to His Revelation
If the Israelites were to sing of the emotion what would their song have sounded like
We were slaves but now were free because we are chosen
We walked in the desert an our J’s never wore out, not just shoes but food we had plenty
How great are we that even “God” opened the ocean for us and then crushed all of Pharaohs horsemen how great are we, get out our way or get crushed.
After decades in Egypt they would once again need to learn who God is
this short reading of their song tells a story of
what they went through
How God is the deliverer
These songs of how God has revealed Himself have taught generations including ours of the great power of God
The demand on Pharaoh was “Let My people go so they can worship Me”
These songs then become our prayers...
“ I am surrounded by the arms of the Father… I am Surrounded by Songs of Deliverance… You split the seas so I can walk right through it”
Altar of Worship Over a Filling Station
The continual cycle of worship is one that is focused on a daily life devoted to God… by the time we arrive to the service we are ready to pour out and give to God all that is due to His name
When Moses asks the Lord what the signs will be that God is with him the Lord answers and inquires of him “What is in Your Hands”
Today the Lord asks you to start with what is in your hands…
We have in our hands the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God...
our worship cannot be devoid of this as this is what we will teach with
We have the language of music to fulfill the great command…
The filling station lives from service to service hoping to be filled
seasons of rest and being filled
The altar of worship
Gives itself away
self-abandonment
gives it all to see the will of God done.
The psalmist in poetic form is teaching those around him to (a) have a praise that they sing with all their voice and (b) to carry the double edged sword that to contend against those things which oppose the Lord’s will
Moses’ song that he sings early in the OT is later sang in the book of Rev 15:3-4
Our song is more than music or emotional manipulation brings worship to the Lord for who and what He is, teaches those around us of the same, and is a weapon of our warfare.
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