Subject: How to "win the world" ? |
Bible Note: D Blesser You said "As long as you are praising him." (Him being God added for clarification) Now we are at the crux of this discussion. If God is being worshipped your right, however what Hank, New Creature and myself are contending is that the worship of God isn’t the primary focus. What we are saying has become the primary focus is pleasing the audience. Therefore the songs aren’t worship songs exalting God but are songs that are really exalting and praising the people singing them. Listen to the words that are being sung. In many many cases the song is all about the people singing them rather than God. Drama isn’t being used to reveal peoples sin, showing them their need for salvation and Jesus as the only way to that salvation. In most of the drama the audiences sense are be titillated in a effort to evoke an emotional reaction from them. In other words they are not being brought to a place of conviction of their sin by the Holy Spirit but rather had their emotions manipulated to evoke a sense of sorrow, lost, regret, horror and even anger. The visual effects are not being used to capture their vision to be then focused on Christ but rather the effects are being used to stipulate and excite the senses, in an effort to build a desire for more. If God is being properly worshipped I don’t think God cares how it is done. He said if we won’t worship Him the rocks would. However we can not assume just because it is done in church, that is proper worship of God. In many cases today it is anything but the worship of God. EdB |