Does Satan make music?

Acts 2:17 - "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams".

It's possible brother, but I've not had any visions. Nor do I know anyone who has! Taking your faith seriously is the most important thing you can do, regardless of whether we are living in the last days or not! There truly is nothing sweeter than Gods love.

 

@Quiver I respectfully disagree. Why would a Christian listen to a song no matter how good the lyrics are or how good the message if the person himself sang sinful songs all throughout his career? You're a good friend but I respectfully disagree.

 

Go meditate. Or pray. Or just sit there for a while and listen to silence. Whatever you do I think it's very important to get in touch with it at least once in a while. Like the Rumi said, "Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation".

 

That's an interesting point of view Brother. I'm not sure I agree with you though, Hebrews 11:6 says "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." If the song cannot please him, it should not please us. This is because we should seek always to be like Christ, and to love what he loves, and hate what he hates.

I also believe that good and evil are polar opposites, not intertwined. Why would we be commanded to seek good, and not evil if they were in some way together. Especially since 2 Corinthians 6:14 says "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?" (My bold). I don't believe the two are bound together. There will be no evil in heaven.

 

That's a hard quote to digest man. I understand what you mean, but knowing that you know nothing usually means that you remain teachable - because you know nothing. Calling people's views stupid doesn't seem super teachable to me. It sounds more like you think you've got the whole thing worked out, how else would you know if it was stupid? I hope you understand where I'm coming from Also, did he every say that? Anyone?

 

Just to add, most Christians accept that we don't know very much in the grand scheme of things. Instead the Bible calls us to "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" in Proverbs 3:5. And in Proverbs 9:10 that "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."

Any wisdom we do have is from God, and from God alone. "John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven." - John 3:27

 

It's because of all the deviant, sick stuff I did in the past that I tell myself, "I have no choice but to be good and pure." I messed up so badly in the past that I don't want to be bad anymore, that's my motivation: Not returning to my past self. It's not easy though. Look, we're both 17 years old, it's not going to be easy for us to be pure. I do have full confidence in you though that you will become pure. Just ask God for help. Find something, someone, a future goal to motivate you.

 

Sure, buddy.

 

Thanks for that man, interesting. Thank you for sharing your comments on metal, it's not an area I had considered before - like you said, I was definitely thinking more along the pop music lines - not music that at times even refers to itself as satanic.

I see what you mean Brother. I don't know if it's being just westernised that is the problem, but in fact just being of the world. The world is obsessed with satisfying the flesh in one way or another. I totally get where you're coming from though - thanks for sharing. Great insight.

Absolutely Brother, Just as Jesus said in Luke 7:41-43 :

"There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged."

Those of us who have sinned the most have the biggest debt of gratitude to him who saved us, even when we had nothing to offer in return.

Wow, interesting point man! I'd never considered the fact that teenagers are the target audience before, impressionable as they are. Regardless of your beliefs: if Satan were real, and you were he, who would you choose to attack? Great point, thank you for sharing.

What you say about David is true, and the Bible is full of commands to sing god's praises. Music is absolutely an integral part of worship; In fact, the longest book of the Bible, the Psalms, could easily be considered a book of songs. Even Jesus and his disciples sang a hymn at the end of the Last Supper!

What a blessing good music can be, that's something I'm sure we can all agree on, regardless of faith. Have a blessed day all.

 

yes he played the harp and many of the 'psalms' are songs...

singing and chanting have been an essential part of worship since the beginning.

Music is a very powerful force, for good or bad...

Bawdy ballads have always existed, but seems that pop music since the 50s went from 'romantic' to a very negative nihilistic message -the worst sort of thing for teenagers to be absorbing.

As for being 'satanic' don't know about that but many of the heavy metal guys and I think some other 60s/70s british rock bands were fascinated with the 'work' of Alistair Crowley who literally was satanic.