Sola Christo

I just thought I’d start out by saying that I take sermon notes in a very haphazard way sometimes. Sometimes, I’ll write down the speaker’s main points in outline form, all nice and neat. Other times, like today, I hear a thought from the speaker, and then I go and start writing down whatever comes to my head about that thought, whether from Scripture, personal experience, or whatever. I sometimes even, as in the case of today, write a poem about it! Anyway, I’m just explaining what this post is all about, so that it won’t be confusing to anyone.

It should be no surprise that music is such an integral part of our culture. God has built a love for, desire for, and appreciation of music into every one of us. Even the description of Lucifer in the Old Testament is one of a very musical creature. So it is not surprising that we are so musical. What is surprising, though, is that man has perverted music into what it is called today, or at least, that is what we as fundamental Baptists would like to say. Although, I hardly think that when David danced before the Lord, he did it to the strains of “Amazing Grace,” unless he was dancing ballet or something like that. :)

Should music be used for evangelization? Regardless of whether or not it would work, the answer must be “No!” Out of all of the ways God has given us for evangelization, music is not involved. Music, in the church, is between us and God, not us, God and the lost.

As the great debate over music is raging,
And we through the Scriptures are paging,
As we try to find a “checkable” song,
I think the question we’re asking is wrong.
We say, “But, I can!” And you know what? We’re right,
But I think we’ve become near of sight.
We look at “why not?” and forget “what’s best?”
Just choose “best” and leave all the rest!

Okay, I know that was kind of a dumb poem, but it was sure fun to write!