Spirit Driven said:
Well I dont know about a Worship leader, but I do know that God created Satan to serve the purpose that he currently serves.
In regards to Music.... all things come from God..... any division caused by Music in Churches are just silly human disagreements that have absolutley no bearing WHATSOEVER... on a persons right standing with God, even unto weather they even attend church or not.
Some people will tell you that Walking by the Spirit is acting in a certain spiritual manner.... not so.
The same people will probably also tell you that Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll is walking after the Flesh.... also not so.
Grace and Peace to you
I think that one should have at least a basic understanding of ANYTHING that they offer an opinion on. You have obviously offered an opinion on something that you know absolutely NOTHING about. This is unwise, for there may be those that might accept your offering to their demise. Let me explain.
Music is one of the MOST powerful forces on this planet. It has the ability to set fashion, morals, unrest, fads, create revolutions, cause the listeners to kill, etc.......... As words are the food of the mind, music IS the food of the soul. For anyone to deny this is to simply refuse to seek any understanding of it.
And, when I speak of music, I speak NOT ONLY of the lyrics to songs, but the MUSIC ITSELF. There are many that choose to deny this for the simple sake of themselves and what they 'like'. Oh well. There are those that will defend smoking, drugs, alcohol, violence, illicit sex, etc,,,, in the same light.
If one does simply a cursory study of the history of music, one quickly comes to the conclusion that music is SO powerful that many cultures throughout history have actually banned certain types of music or the altering of the types of music that existed. WHY? They realized the influence that music had on the listeners.
If we trace music through the culture of this country alone, (and our history is relatively brief), we can see the music OFTEN setting the moral atmosphere of the times. It becomes obvious that music can influence the attitudes that the people have held towards the government, religion, drugs, sex, money, violence, etc.......
How many times have you simply heard the first few notes of a song and your attitude or demeanor changed INSTANTLY? How many times have you found yourself taking on the 'flavor' of the music that you listen to? If your answer to these questions is NEVER, you are simply unable to be honest with even yourself or you DON'T listen to music.
Now, with these things in mind, is it not OBVIOUS the power that music may have over the listener?
Alister Crowley, the father of modern Satanism, has been WIDELY accepted by MANY musicians of our time. The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Ozzy Osborn just to name a few. These have closely followed the teachings of Alister whose 'catch phrase' happened to be, 'do as thou wilt shall be ALL the law'. You know, kinda like, 'just be yourself', 'let it all hang out', 'if it feels good DO IT'.
If we examine the music offered by those that chose to follow his teachings, we see that this message is prevalent in MUCH of it.
You know, at one point, one MUST make a decision. That decision is: 'Do I want to follow God and be obedient to His will', or 'do I want to follow MY will and do what pleases me'. When this decision is made, MUCH becomes VERY clear ONE way or the other. If the decision is to follow God, then one MUST follow the Spirit. If one chooses to follow what pleases themselves, ANYTHING goes and quite often there are TONS of excuses to make it 'seem' legitimate.
Music DOES have the ability to influence those that partake in it's ability to 'move' the spirit. As stated so eloquently by Led Zepplin in a song that most are familiar with: 'the piper's calling YOU to 'join him'. Don't you 'get it'? 'Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on'. Never was there a BIGGER lie offered to the masses than this. For, neither you or I have ANY idea what tomorrow will bring. So, there may CERTAINLY NOT be time to do anything tomorrow or the next day. Such messages are damning in that they offer excuses for the listener to follow that have NO true offering in The Word.
MEC
MEC
.....I admit I have out of the box theology, but why do I feel like I'm kissing my sister when I see a request like that.... :-D Kind of like the cartoon where the jungle explorer comes across a tribe of cannibals. The cannibals are standing around a big black cooking pot obviously preparing food. The explorer asks the cannibals "what's for dinner?", and they reply, "you are".... :-D 
