Randy Wright // Do you feel that the secular music you listen to goes against your Christian values? I love music but I often feel guilty because the themes of the songs I like are usually not in line with Christian teaching.

Anonymous said: Do you feel that the secular music you listen to goes against your Christian values? I love music but I often feel guilty because the themes of the songs I like are usually not in line with Christian teaching.

Not at all.
Listening to secular and/or singing secular music doesn’t affect my relationship or walk with Christ. Therefor canceling out anything that might be influential to cause me to stumble.

Now there are some Christians that I’ve come across that don’t even listen to jazz because they said it’s not glorifying God.
Now… to me that’s just being too deep and so heavenly that you’re no earthly good.
However! I will back that up with a scripture.

Romans 14:1-4

¹AS FOR the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions.
    ²One [man’s faith permits him to] believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his] eating to vegetables.

    ³Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted and welcomed him.

    ⁴Who are you to pass judgment on and censure another’s household servant? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he shall stand and be upheld, for the Master (the Lord) is mighty to support him and make him stand.

So just because listening to secular music makes one saint stumble doesn’t mean it’ll make the other fall.
We’re all on different levels in this walk with God.

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