You cannot sing for the world and sing for the Lord at the same time. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils. Two cannot walk together unless they are in agreement, Amos tells us.
An age old question has once again popped up, and it is one that is always worthwhile addressing everytime it does, the question of what type of music should a born again Bible believer be listening to. As someone who has been a musician since the age of 9, born again for the past 31 years, and a former actor who spent 6 years working at a high level in Hollywood, I feel that my testimony will be sufficiently credible as well as biblically straight.
A reader named Carolyn wrote to me today, and asked me for my opinion on Christians and music, and I am very happy to answer her question here in this article.
"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. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him." Colossians 3:16,17 (KJB)
I remember a friend of mine who was a drummer in a Christian heavy metal band letting me listen to his latest recording, and that didn't go very well at all. My ears could only take about 5 seconds of it as my brain recoiled in horror at the musical assault on my senses. When he asked me what I thought of it, I said as politely as I could muster, "it sounds like the Devil". He never spoke with me again after that, but I don't take back a word of it, and that brings me to the "meat of my message" about music in the life of the Christian. For the Bible believer, 90% of the world's music, including the "christian rock" on whatever level it presents itself, must be thrown in the trash as it will not bring you closer to the Lord, and in fact, will pull you gradually further away. In 31 years, I've not seen one Christian who does not become pulled away to some extent from the Lord by listening to the wrong music, and that includes Christian rock, rap and country.
"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJB)
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Let me address the phenomena of musicians who become "born again" but don't abandon their old music. The Bible says that you cannot put new wine into old wineskins, and brother that's gospel truth right there. A few years ago, Brian "Head" Welch, a guitarist from the demonic band 'Korn' made headlines when he became a "radically saved" born again Christian. Well, that didn't last much longer than the carbonation from a recently-opened can of soda before he started returning to his old ways. Then came the marketed 'clarifications' of his "christianity" which, as it turns out, was never biblical Christianity at all. Evangelist and YouTuber Spencer Smith has some good videos about all that here, and you should go see what he says about Brian Welch's conversion. Now let's talk Kanye.
"Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God." 2 Corinthians 4:1,2 (KJB)
Kanye West is another one who became a "radical Christian" but remained a wolf the entire time, deceiving biblically illiterate Laodiceans into thinking that he had changed. He didn't fool me for one second of a single minute, and I wrote about that calling for true Christians to dump him. Kanye used the ruse to generate hundreds of millions in song revenue, and then when he made that score, he began performing with Marilyn Manson and Travis Scott, both satanists. Haha, fooled you, suckers.
"They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us." 1 John 2:19,20 (KJB)
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I do not put any stock in the "conversion" of any rock, rap or country singer who does not renounce his musical catalog after becoming born again. You cannot sing for the world and sing for the Lord at the same time. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of devils. Two cannot walk together unless they are in agreement, Amos tells us. So which is it, are you saved or still lost? If you're saved then act like it! A Christian has no business listening to country music that glorifies drinking and fornicating, which is most of rock, rap and country music. I understand that this is a process, it's hard to do and it takes time to cleanses that junk from your mind, and maybe it will take years until you are able to leave it behind. But make no mistake, that's the path you signed on to walk when you got saved, the standard is still the standard. You come up to it, it does not come down to you, and you don't "meet in the middle". Everytime I have tried to have some of the world and some of the Lord in my Christian life, it has always led me away from God and damaged my testimony.
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Hillsong United took the Christian music world by storm, winning a constant stream of Grammys and pulling in tens of millions for Hillsong Corporate. At first Christians were taken aback by the Illuminati symbols, loud pulsating bass and drums, and "christmas programs" that featured half-naked Roaring 20's flappers dancing in a speakeasy. Then they got used to it, then they embraced it, then they were deceived by it. A wise old Irish saying goes "A man takes a drink, the drink takes a drink, the drink takes the man." It works the same with music, too. Hillsong Churches all around the world are right now collapsing in scandal, the fruit of the music they created. Hillsong music, with their hypnotic choruses, is nothing more than a soundtrack for your Laodicean lifestyle, with the thermostat set perpetually to lukewarm.
"So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth." Revelation 3:16 (KJB)
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Carolyn asked me about bands like Alice Cooper, Megadeth, Stryper, Judas Priest, Rush and the like, should a Christian be listening to groups like that? The answer is no, NO, a thousand times no!! The same goes for Frank Sinatra, the Bay City Rollers, Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Katy Perry, Kanye West, Travis Scott, Astroworld, Justin Beiber, Lil Nas X, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, Billie Eilish, Post Malone and the rest of that lot. Why? Because that music glorifies the world, and not Jesus Christ, and you won't hear a single note of that junk in Heaven, in New Jerusalem or in eternity. But you will hear songs along the lines of Amazing Grace, Blessed Assurance, Saved By The Blood and any other song that glorifies God and His only begotten Son Jesus.
"Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13,14 (KJB)
Let me close with this thought. I write this today not in the role of a fundamental Baptist who wants to submit you to man-made rules and regulations, not at all. I write this as a professional musician and born again Bible believer who has tried over the years to mix the secular with the sacred and found that it fails each and every time. There is nothing in any hymn written to glorify Jesus Christ that will ever lead you to fornication, murder, adultery and suicide, but there is loads of it in songs by Kenny Chesney, Mel Torme, John Cougar Mellencamp, Billy Joel, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and Madonna. When I speak with people who are suicidal and have darks thoughts, the majority of them are usually doing two things. They are drinking, smoking or dabbling with drugs, and they're listening to worldly secular music that is pulling them away from the Lord. Take this test, next time you're in the car by yourself, turn the radio off and let your thoughts just praise Jesus Christ while you drive, and see how long that lasts until the radio comes back on again. If you can't drive in the car for an hour without listening to secular music or Laodicean Christian pop, and just enjoy praising the Lord, then you'll know how deep the problem goes. I write this today in the hopes that it will help some of you who are struggling in your walk with the Lord, and many times, music is the reason. I pray this will be a much-needed blessing to you.
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