RenewingMyMind said:
Its not the notes, its the lyrics. It isn't about God convicting me of the songs personally, heavy metal is satanic and participation in it as a Christian is hypocrisy.
Proverbs 27:6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.
Sometimes brothers and sisters in Christ have to give you unpleasant adivice at times but you know its for your own good. An enemy may tell you what you want to hear and whisper kisses at you and send you on your way to ruin. We tend to hear what we want to hear, even if the enemy is the only onw who will say it. A friends adevice, no matter how painful, is much better.
You will get it one day, and pray its today.
Wow, you're on a crusade aren't you take down heavy metal, name a musical genre besides worship (though I could probebly even find a way to shoot that down if I worked hard enough) that you listen to and I can shoot it right down like you are doing now by using the same versus you are. Fill in instead of metal pop, clasical, rap, jazz, softrock (worship), rock, instrumental, whatever in in your arguments and with the way you're going we can through all our music collections out the window (or burn as many christians seem to be a fan of)
You have still in every single post failed to point out WHY heavy metal or any other type of music for that matter in itself as a musical genre can be/is satanic, Now please, when you quote this, ANSWER THAT QUESTION PLEASE, BIBLICLY. And don't give me the you can't server two lords stuff either, that verse can not be used to say a certain type of music in itself is wrong, because for the very fact of being music can not be wrong in itself.
What you're saying is that every fiction book in history is satanic, that every painting painted by a secular artist is satanic, that every word spoken by a non believer, or by a believer not directly glorifying christ is satanic.
God gave us minds and creativity, he gave us the talents we have, when we use that it honers him in itself (if nature itself for simply being there glorifies God, how much more using the gifts God gave us in a creative and fascinating way. When I listen to heavy metal I apreceate the talent that God has put in those artists, I even pray for those artists at times, but I admire the beautiful things they make with the talent that God gave them. No matter how hard they want to deny it, they are using the talents and gifts God gave them, and they are helping people with it (what? people can actually be positively influenced by secular lyrics???? No, it can not be
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Further more about the lyrics, I provided links to great and inspiring lyrics, Antestor's lyrics could have been taken right out of hymnals (they are a christian metal band yes), same with Narnia. God has given us emotions, now wether we like it or not we are human and all experience the broad range of emotions, some vent it through taking it out on others, others through music. But it can help others just as much as it helps the person who writes the music, it's a vesel, in any form for emotions (as are paintings and other arts) showing human experience and expression, christian and non christian alike.
So, stop being a hypcrite, cease with speaking to non believers, cease with reading any fictional books, cease looking at art if you do, burn ANY music you have other then ones directly praising the lord in lyrics. When you've done all these things come back here and then we can talk, because I'll be able to take you serious then.
PS. Stop bringing bible verses out of context, at least come with something that has to do in way or relate to the subject at hand (like Romans 14 where it actually is talking about subjects like these like in music/art/food etc that the bible does not have strict written laws on that everyone should go by what the feel God is convicting them off in those areas and not the force eachothers views on eachother but respect eachother in it even if you disagree. Wow, ever wonder why there are so many splittings in the church and we make ourselves look like fools and idiots so often to everyone around us? Many 'pagans' as you say have acted more christian than many christians have.)
PSS. Fixed the links to the lyrics and added 2 new links there.