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Pop-Idiom Music
In Worship and Evangelism
by Dr Peter Masters
Dr Peter Masters is minister of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London,
England (C.H. Spurgeon's church) and has kindly granted us permission
to reproduce "Pop-Idiom Music" here. If you have any questions
or queries about this article, please feel free to write to Dr Masters
at the address given below, or
contact us at Freedom Ministries.
Section 9
Playing with Sin
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Many Christians say, 'Pop-idiom
music is not as bad as that! We can
involve ourselves to some extent in
modern music and fashions without it
detracting from our Christian lives.
We're still warm, keen Christians and
we have not been affected at all.'
But the Bible warns very clearly that
capitulation to worldliness in any form
is highly offensive to God and extremely
dangerous to the soul. We are
dealing with something which happens
to be sinful, not an incidental matter
for private taste.
When Paul wrote to the Corinthian
Christians he had to deal. with a problem
which was very similar to the present-day
tinkering with pop-entertainment, etc.
Some Corinthian church
members were playing on the fringe of
idolatry.
It is highly unlikely (as Calvin and so
many other commentators point out)
that these church members ever went
into the gatherings of idolaters in
order to bow down and worship the
idols. However, they liked to join in
some of the events connected with
idolatry.
They evidently shared in the feasts
and immodest processions, festivities,
games and other activities which
marked the special seasons of idol worship.
Because these members did not keep away from such things, Paul
likens them to the early Israelites who
sinned a great sin by incorporating
paganism in their worship.
If we have been called out of the
darkness of worldliness into the light
of God's kingdom, it is a great sin to go
back to our old ways, and especially to
graft them on to our worship and witness.
1 Corinthians 10 reproves any craving
after the lifestyle of the world
around us, and warns that if we rebel
against Christ's revealed standards
and try His patience, we will forfeit our
blessing. All this is said in 1 Corinthians
10. 6-11, after which Paul declares
- Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall (vl2).
We may imagine that we can blend
worldly activities with our Christian
faith, but God says that the result will
be a very great fall.
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© Copyright Dr Peter Masters 1983
The Metropolitan Tabernacle
Elephant and Castle
London SE1 6SD
England, UK
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