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Secular music is more...the human heart -- is my guess: has a possibility to turn and do what is right, to love others, but also has a tendency to do what is wrong.is Secular Music the devil's pulpit?
By definition, secular music, which is part of society, is pernicious. (worse than bad - it keeps people from seeking Jesus, and from coming to or seeking Yahuweh's Kingdom)is Secular Music the devil's pulpit?
Every good and perfect gift comes from God. Music in itself is a gift from God then. The devil constantly tries to pervert what God has meant for good for evil. While God uses even things meant for evil for good. I can listen to Al Green sing h"can You mend a broken heart", and it will draw me closer to God, because truly only God mends broken hearts. Someone else might listen to it and only get depressed. Now obviously there are some songs that are just trash. But good poetry is all in the ears of the listener, we interpret it through our experiences. And in the Christians case, we should interpret it through the Holy Spirits leading. I'm not sure the line between secular and sacred is always as clear as some Christians think it is.is Secular Music the devil's pulpit?
is Secular Music the devil's pulpit?
Really it often is -- often it tries to pull the human heart in a wrong direction, towards more evil, to repeat evils, and such. And even by definition, if it on the other hand is seeking God, then is it really 'secular'? Well, at that point you have a matter of wording, of what you mean by 'secular'. Is it 'secular' to seek God? Well, most people would guess this song is 'secular', but, is it?is Secular Music the devil's pulpit?
no to mention most of music is nowdays pure garbage and mostly about sex , gunning somebody in streets or money...
most of music is nowdays pure garbage and mostly about sex , gunning somebody in streets or money...
I used to think this U2 song was OK for a Christian to listen to but now I do not know/do not think so.Sometimes the pull is in a right direction
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It's a song of a seeker that hasn't yet found what he/she is looking for.I used to think this U2 song was OK for a Christian to listen to but now I do not know/do not think so.
"I believe in the Kingdom come" "But I still havent found what i'm looking for" You believe and yet you still haven't found what you're looking for? hmm what are you looking for, bro?
Yes the devil uses secular music BIG TIME!!
Recently found out saving all my love from Whitney is about stealing a married man.
And the "wholesome" Jonas Brothers "SLIPPING INTO THE LAVA"
Examples are endless.
Guard your hearts my friends. The devil is rife in these end times.
Perhaps it could be for someone that is still searching for God, maybe, i'm undecided, because if you are earnestly seeking God and God sees your heart surely his Grace saves you and there is no doubt that will allow you to say I still haven't found what I am looking for because God will provide all you need unless you're looking for earthly richness.It's a song of a seeker that hasn't yet found what he/she is looking for.
After one finds, the song is only an old thing of the past, for the person that finds the Lord.
See? The song is for someone that hasn't yet found our Savior.
Should there be songs to help people without God remember that feeling buried inside that something is missing?
Real question to you. I think yes. What do you think?
It's not for after one finds what they are looking for -- but the song about remembering something is missing.Perhaps it could be for someone that is still searching for God, maybe, i'm undecided, because if you are earnestly seeking God and God sees your heart surely his Grace saves you and there is no doubt that will allow you to say I still haven't found what I am looking for because God will provide all you need unless you're looking for earthly richness.
As for believers, in a world full of Joshua Harrises and Marty Sampson, listening to a song that allows room for doubt could be dangerous and validating your doubts.
It's not for after one finds what they are looking for -- but the song about remembering something is missing.
It's because they haven't yet found Him, that's why the song appeals, works, is liked. It tugs the sleeping heart.
It says:
Something is missing. Search for what is missing.
Jeremiah 29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
See? It's only when we seek Him with all of our heart that we can find Him. That's so key. So, some (not all) need that tug at the heart that says: remember that sense of something missing....seek, search, for what is missing...you won't find it in the noise of the world.
No amount of parties, no people, no places -- none of those have what is missing.
At most this song is only an aid to remember that crucial true feeling that something is missing, a wake up song for the lost.
It's not made clear exactly what it is that he's looking for, whether it's something spiritual or something more tangible. So it's possible that belief doesn't cover everything that he wants.
But in any case, if you were make a list of songs that aren't OK to listen, there are so many other songs that would feature far more prominently.