You're not going to believe this, but I have not listen to
secular music for over 10 years now and very often as a
bible-believing preacher. I get asked this question.
Can Christians Listen to non-Christian music and I
thought instead of just going into the answer blind.
Let's listen to the top five artists that billboard is ranked
on April, the 20th, plus listen to these artists.
And let's see, has music changed?
And is it a safe place for Christians to listen to these
non Christian artists? Okay, let's get started.
Stood number-one rap star by Polo G.
So I've just finished listening to Polo G and I've never ever
heard of him before. So, it was quite an educated
experienced. Now, to be honest.
I don't really think musics changed that much since when I
was younger and I used to listen to Jay Z, or are you still
listen to Young Buck, you know, a lot of swearing lot of girls,
lot of fast cars. One thing I suppose that in one
way was encouragement, the same time discouraged in was he
actually refers to praying to God, that he wishes he could go.
Back to being, like he wasn't praying to God, but then in the
next line you swearing again using the f word an awful lot.
Now, he's not calling himself an atheist.
He's actually saying I call upon God, but the same time I think
it could send out mixed messages to the young people that it's
acceptable to swear on the Bible, actually teaches us that
we should let all of our words, be seasoned, with Grace, and
soul. Okay.
Number two, Montero by little mass x.
So it's 56 seconds in. In and I decide I'm going to
stop the video if I'm completely honest with you.
I feel like I could cry right now.
That was demonic, and it was satanic, taking a complete
mockery of out of the Bible. The whole imagery of Satan
trying to tempt Adam in the garden.
There was the third eye picture. I honestly after I'm sweating.
I don't feel comfortable. I feel really worried and it's
concerning me because I know that that video has been at the
top for a long, long time and it worries me, the amount of people
it says 149 million. People have watched that how
Many Souls have been contaminated and been exposed to
demonic things through watching that video.
I wouldn't become too with anyone watching that so
personally don't want to offend anyone.
But I would say, I would avoid that singer.
Okay, number three, leave the door open by Silk Sonic.
So I feel a little bit more positive.
Now out of the three and I've got to say that was my favorite
one so far. As far as I could hear, there
was no swear words and Bruno Mars in it.
They all have beautiful voices of Useful harmonies, the only
criticism I might have is were they talking about outside of
marriage? Because if they were obviously
the Bible condemns that, but if they're talking about their
wife, leaving the door open and they're going to have romance
with their wife. Well, that's great.
And, that's a wonderful thing. And number four peaches by
Justin Bieber. First impressions.
Are this really, I just feel a bit sad a bit beaten up.
So, every line basically was a swear word.
There's also a referral to weed to cannabis.
Why does that upset me so much. I actually have quite a soft
spot for Justin Bieber. I remember seeing him as a Young
Man, a little boy. If you like singing gospel
songs. I remember hearing them in an
interview on saying that job was his all time.
He arrived all the people in the world, the suffering.
Servant job was his hero. I've heard him talk about Jesus.
I know that he does want to live that Christian Life, That's What
I feel. Anyway, perhaps you disagree
with me, but I just think we've all the Temptations that he has
the famous. The riches, the women, all of
these Temptations. He has in his life.
He is in some ways. He's got it a lot harder than
you. And I have, when we walk down
the street and no one even realizes We Exist.
So, pray for Justin. Pray that the Lord would bring
him back. And number five, save your tears
by the weekend. So, I've just finished listening
to the weekend to save your tears, and I think out of all
the videos. This one has the most views with
293 million to the date. That we're watching this on,
right? Right.
Now, I feel like I need to watch the video again to process into
think it through, what were the undertones, because at first, it
seemed kind of harmless and just this sort of Entertainer, but
then it went dark, very quickly with a gun and some quite creepy
masks. What?
I'd be comfortable with my children.
Listening to that, probably not. But it was certainly a lot
better than some of the other ones we watched earlier on.
There is one type of music that I do enjoy listening to the most
and that's Christian worship. Songs and sometimes people ask
me, Joe. Would you mind sharing some of
the favorite songs? You have some Christian artists
that I could listen to too. So, in this video, I've decided
at the end of the video. I'm going to give you my
favorite playlist of all of the Christian songs that I listen to
on YouTube. So make sure you stick around
till then over to you. Now after everything I've seen
today after everything I've heard today.
What do you think? Do you think I'm going to say?
It's a sin to listen to secular music.
Isaac over to you personally. I still don't think it is a sin
to listen to secular music, but you do need to remember this
Bible verse. It says, this whoever wishes to
be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
So here's how it works. When you became a child of God,
God's spirit came and lived within you.
The Bible says, your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
God doesn't dwell in buildings made by Hands, he dwells within
you and I if we are believers and we put our faith in the
Lord, Jesus Christ. So when you hear a song, the
Holy Spirit should convict you. He should either say this is
helpful or this is terrible, get away from it.
God's spirit will grieve as a certain songs when I listen to
her wrong song, a sinful song. I know, I need to turn that off.
That's what the voice of God is telling me to do right now, so
get away from it, but the same time when you weren't a
Christian, you could listen to those.
Songs quite happily and enjoy them, but then the Bible on the
other hand, which now, you enjoy.
Now, you get a piece from now, you know, that's what God's
spirit wants you to do before, when you didn't have the spirit
of God. You couldn't enjoy the Bible.
Does that make sense? So my dear friends, it's not for
me to say which artist you should listen to and which you
should avoid. No rather listen to the spirit
of God and he will guide you into all truth.
I had to remember when I was a teenager.
I also struggled with this question.
Jin. Should I never ever listen to
non-Christian music? So I asked a friend of mine who
was a bit older than me. And this was his response.
He said, sometimes when he's driving to work, he saw thinks I
want to tap into the culture. I want to know what's going on
in the world. So puts on a secular music
station and starts listening to all of the chart music on the
first day. He enjoys it.
It's interesting. Yeah.
I'm learning a lot. I quite like this kind of music
day to comes and he starts to feel that's affecting my spirit.
Not sure. I should carry on listening to
this and then day 3. No, I can't listen to this any
longer. And if the truth be told that's
exactly the same way. I feel when I see something at
the cinema or when I hear on Godly music, I sort of feel
contaminated. I sort of feel in pure.
Like I know I shouldn't be listening to that.
And if your conscience is calling out to you in the same
way. I just plead with you do not
Harden your heart. But listen just be so sensitive.
It's the holy spirit because he is such a sensitive person and
he will guide you into what songs you should listen to and
what songs you should avoid. Let me tell you something a
little bit embarrassing about myself.
I actually used to take an awful lot of drugs.
And sometimes when I'm shopping in a supermarket with my wife,
I'll hear songs psychedelic songs that I used to listen to
when I used to get high and you know, what's crazy, even all
these years later, when I hear that song.
Memories come back into my mind and my flesh almost longs to go
back into that sin. Once again, he see, music can be
dangerous because music bypasses the mind and it goes right down
into the inner being and touches our emotions and draws us out
into different things. Again, something very
embarrassing about myself when I back slid.
Do you know what? One of the things that enabled
me to backslide was dance music music that I saw.
She ate it with nightclubs. And again, when I heard dance
music on the radio, it made me want to go back to those
nightclubs. It made me want to go back and
party thinking I'm missing out on sin.
I'm missing out on fun, but I wasn't missing out on anything.
And what did the devil done? He'd use, those sort of seducing
sounds to Lead Me Away into sin. Now, I do actually want to
apologize to you. I've been very, very negative
about music all the way through this video, but let's not
forget. Something absolutely.
Crucial music is a tremendous gift from God, all the way
through the Bible. We read about people, singing,
the Angels Sing, the heavens, sing creation, sings Paul, and
Silas when they were locked up in prison.
What did they do? They began to sing the people of
Israel seeing? And what does God tell you?
And I to do, he commands us to sing a new song to the Lord to
him. You see what God wants us to do.
Is he wants us to be happy. He Answers to rejoice and sing
songs of worship to him. And if you're ever been attacked
in your mind, perhaps with depression, perhaps with
temptation to know what you should do.
You should sing because the devil and his demons are
terrified. When you start singing, Praise
songs, the Lord Jesus Christ, they Scuttle off like
cockroaches to when the light is turned on.
So my dear friends, what am I going to tell you to do before
you end this video? I want you to sing and I'm going
to go away and I need to do some singing too, but Obviously off
camera, in case I scare some of you away from this channel
forever. So without further Ado, if you'd
like to hear the songs that I like to sing, too.
And my favorite Christian artist, please click this
playlist here and have a look through some of those.
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