I wonder how many more times we will have this topic on here...
So what? If someone doesn't want to search for old threads where it's been discussed, it is their right to start a new one. And their question should be welcomed by people willing to be helpful in answering. A new thread can also bring new voices to the table. I don't think this is a topic that never needs to be discussed here ever again.
My view: what was the question? Oh yeah -- is rock music sinful? No.
But here's the thing -- the topics in the lyrics of non-Christian music are ones of the world. Occasionally there's drug use talked about. And this and that and there are just so many songs that are not exactly going along with the teaching of God in the Bible. A song I'm thinkin' of at this moment is called
Me & My Uncle that the Grateful Dead used to play a lot. God's actually mentioned 3 times but in the song but there's drinkin', gamblin', cheatin', and violence including murder. Yet it's a fun song!!! But I don't think Jesus would think it's so fun.
But primarily, I think, the topic in rock music is love -- I want her, I lost her, I want to be with her, Mmmm she's fine, get over here and be mine, I love you, Baby, I want you back, love, love, love all day long. Actually I don't know if that's rampant on the radio in newer music but listen to classic rock and that topic will come up very often.
What's the problem? Hearing songs like that can get a person to dwell on love but we should never be dwelling on love. Wrong focus! The focus should be on God.
Non-Christian music can very easily help draw away one's focus and put it on things of the world. Listen, I know, we all live
in the world. It surrounds us, we take part in it, we would have to go Amish to not have anything to do with outside influences. But even here in the world, God should
always be #1...
1 Corinthians 10:31 says:
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
New International Version
Does listening to non-Christian music glorify God? My own personal feeling is no, not in the slightest. But is all non-Christian music bad in some way? No. Some is perfectly harmless with lyrics that are a story about nothing going against God or God's Word in any way whatsoever.
But the more you listen to non-Christian music, the more songs you undoubtedly
will hear that have something bad in them.
Okay, I watch R-rated movies that have all of these things I'm talking about in music and much more. I love filmmaking, I love movies, I can't imagine a life without them. So I need to be
strong in my faith to not let that garbage in the movies negatively affect me.
Unfortunately I think for a lot of people, that's easier said than done. Whether it's pot smoking or sex (or whatever) in a movie or in lyrics in music, outside influences
can drive a wedge between a person and God. Too much negative influence can help someone fall quite easily. That's not good. When I listen to a bunch of non-Christian music, depending on what it is, I can feel it happening -- a gap is widening between God & me. One thing that fixes that is to turn that music off and turn on some Christian music that has the right message in each and every song.
So is rock music sinful? No. But it most certainly
can be dangerous to a person's relationship with Christ. Don't be fooled that it can't. That's what Satan wants you think. His influence is real and it will be there. It's up to the Christian to recognize it and fight it and beat it down with a baseball bat!!!