Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!fernwood!uupsi!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: ASC105@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: "Christian" Rock Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:02:14 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Penn State University Lines: 83 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Christian rock is a hot new style very fitting for the times of today. One of the most dirtiest tricks of Satan is decieving people into social movements that go against God's plans. Satan can usually succeed when God's people do not know and are not grounded in the Word of God (The Bible). One way that Satan can decieve people is through pleasing the flesh with "Christian" Rock. Is Christian Rock really Christian? Or is it a COUNTERFEIT from Satan? Satan was created as a musical being (and still works through music apparently): EZEKIEL 28:13-- Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, andgold: the workmanship of thy *TABRETS* and of thy *PIPES* was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Time and time again, "Christian" rock has mocked the Bible through disobeying it. First of all, Christian rock uses the same styles and hard rocky drum beats as its secular counterpart. If I had not known English and I listened to that American "Christian" rock trash (!) of today I would have just recognized it ordinary rock music because that's just what it is. The Bible tells us not to be like the world (1John 2:15-16, James 4:4), but "Christian" rock copies secular styles. Rock music style is based on pride and rebellion against godly authority. It is equivalent to witchcraft (1Samuel 15:23). There is no such thing as a "good" rebellion. Christian rock rebels against God by being so much like the world in its style. Remember that it was not the rocky, harsh, "Let's-Party-For-Jesus," music that drove the evil spirit away from Saul, but it was David's SOFT harp music that made it leave (Samuel 16:23). The purpose of music is to please and glorify God (Col. 3:16, Eph. 5:19-20). But it seems that some "Christian" artists don't want to do this. Instead, they glorify the devil. One of Keith Green's songs (I don't know the title) pokes fun at the devil while making glorifications like "YOU lied!" The devil is a liar but Why put that fact into music? The devil was probably very flattered by this song. STRYPER'S song "The Hell With The Devil" tramples upon scripture too by poking fun at the devil. Why do people rejoice and make fun of Satan and demons? I don't know where they got that idea. The Bible tells us NOT TO DO SO--- Luke 10:20. By not following God's Word, people will (un)intentionally give a foot-hold to Satan. Music was NOT the means ordained by God to get people saved. Preaching is! (1Corinth. 1:21). Many people love to go to rock concerts because it pleases their fleshly desires. "Christian" rock replaces true worship with the counterfeit of pleasing the flesh. No one can please God in the flesh. "Christian" rock concerts are definitely very complicated religious ceremonies, BUT YET, MANY TAKE PART IN THEM. "Christian" Rock & Roll is NOT a narrow gate. Millions follow. (see Matthew 7:13-14) So, if you're a born-again, Bible-believing, saved Christian, and are listening to this slop, do you feel cut to the heart? Don't let this tug in your spirit wear off. Get down on your knees and REPENT! God will be pleased. Don't sell your tapes and CD's that contain this junk (causing others to stumble). Destroy the devil's plan in its tracks... step on them and destroy those tapes and render them unusable for anyone else. Now, what if you're not responding to the Word of God? Let's say you already asked God and got an OK response. I suggest you turn to Ezekiel 14:1-5. If "Christian" Rock is an idol, God will tell you JUST WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR! You should have known better! We're under the New Covenant, remember? I've only touched the tip of the iceberg on how bad "Christian" Rock is. It's not just like the world, IT IS THE WORLD! Going all the way with God will cost you all your idols! Jesus went all the way for us and that is why he could say "the prince of this world cometh, and hath NOTHING in me."(John 14:30) Can all of you Christians say that? Are you able to say, "Satan has nothing within me" without lying? If not, there is something wrong. You need to go all the with God. He loves you. It is not a very hard thing, unless you still want to flirt around with your idols. When you want to be delivered, come to God. Otherwise forget it. I do not condemn you people, as I battle against my own sin also. I know from experience that the more I'm flirting with an idol, the more blind I get. It is a horrible, miserable experience just to suffer as a result of worshipping another god, with my mind thinking that it is impossible to get out of idolatry. Reading the Word of God and recommitting my life to God turned me around, Praise God! True love from Allen S. Cheung (Jesus is Lord!) [Because of problems with the way postings were coming in from rec.music.christian, we got a number of responses without the original complaint. I take it that this is -- if not the actual posting -- at least equivalent to what we've been hearing responses to for the last week. Probably we don't need to repeat the responses... --clh]