CCM singer Natalie Grant, who was nominated for two Grammy awards last week, refused to reprove the wickedness of the awards ceremony. Though she left the Grammys early, she refused to say that this was a protest against the immodest dress, the immoral dance, the cursing, the homosexual “weddings,” and the openly occultic rock performance. Grant told the press, “I’ve judged no one. I hate no one. And I believe that every person has been created in the image of God. I will never stand on a street corner and wave a sign, I won’t use my platform to engage in political arguments that will only divide and not unite. I will continue to pray that my life will be my message. I do have my own personal convictions that I live by, and I will continue to work out my own salvation with fear and trembling before the Lord” (“Mandisa Wary of Grammys’ ‘Allure of Pleasure,’” Baptist Press, Jan. 29, 2014). I quote this in whole, because it is such a clear statement of the Christian rock philosophy. We don’t judge; we don’t warn; we don’t preach; we don’t divide; we just live our Christian lives as a witness. This philosophy is rank heresy. It is apostasy. It is spiritually destructive. It is a fundamental building stone of the one-world church. It is the fulfillment of Paul’s prophecy in 2 Timothy 4:3-4 of a lustful Christianity. The CCM lifestyle and philosophy is not following in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, who warned frequently about the danger of hell fire--eight times in the Gospel of Matthew alone (Mat. 5:22; 7:19; 13:40, 42, 50; 18:8, 9; 25:41). Jesus preached against sin in the strongest terms, even in the Sermon on the Mount. Consider these words from Christ, which are most emphatically judgmental and most highly offensive to the reprobate: “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell” (Mat. 5:27-29). As for divisiveness, Christ said emphatically that He came to divide. “Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division” (Luke 12:51). In this age, the gospel is to be preached to every nation and each individual must take his stand for or against the One who claims to be ONLY way, truth, and life. Nothing could be more divisive. Christian rockers have an ongoing audience with the filthy world of entertainment for the very reason that they aren't Christ-like. (Friday Church News Notes, February 7, 2014, www.wayoflife.org [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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