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Science
and Spirit of Sound 2
And another Good Morning to y'all!
(See! I'm learnin' how to talk Suthin' -- despite the fact that I'm mostly a lifetime Alaskan.
 ) Grab that cup of dark roasted Columbian made with a French Press (there just isn't any better tasting coffee) and pull up a chair. Let's get into the next part of this discussion on sound. On second thought, better have a couple of STRONG cups of coffee. You'll need it!
There is another aspect of "sound" which most of us relate to much more readily: music. Regardless of what kind of music is played or sung, that music comes forth from spirit -- whether it be the spirit of man, the Spirit of God, or evil spirits who are directed by Satan. Music, therefore, which comes forth from or through us as ministry to the Lord is motivated and orchestrated by the Holy Spirit. This is a form of worship.
Jesus made the statement that "God is a Spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth."
Worship music -- true worship music, that is -- flows through us by the Holy Spirit as we extol and exalt the Lord Jesus Christ. True worship need not have any words. Consider that the worship which many have experienced is totally spontaneous, only infrequently has any words, and yet has a life and power which defy rational explanation.
Music which we often refer to as "Praise" generally comes from our intellect.
That may seem contradictory to what I've just said, so let me clarify this.
Worship -- genuine worship -- bypasses the intellect completely.
It is spirit ministering to Spirit. We can better describe worship as our spirit -- totally yielded to and motivated by the Holy Spirit -- ministering pure love to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise still operates in the realm of the spirit, but it functions in a different realm.
Praise begins in our intellect as a decision of our will to extol, to laud, to exalt the Lord -- specifically to glory in the things which He has done.
It continues into the realm of the spirit and may be addressed to the Lord, but differs dramatically from worship.
Where worship ministers love to the Lord, praise speaks of the Lord and His mighty works, and is often intended for specifically showing the world that which the Lord has done.
Let me draw an analogy from the picture of Moses' Tabernacle.
We can liken Praise to ministry which goes forth from the Holy Place.
Worship is the exclusive domain of the Holy of Holies.
One can praise without the invitation or initiation of the Holy Spirit, (And as we all have seen, there is a realm of praise which exalts and extols the works of Satan, and promotes those works within men and women) but one cannot worship without the invitation and/or initiation of the Holy Spirit.
Both praise and worship are
onoma based and have a distinctive sound which separates and identifies the source
onoma.
OK. Now I'm going to get controversial. Don't get mad and punch the computer screen in front of you.
Just bear with me. Let me take you into the heart and soul -- no, the spirit -- the character and makeup of music.
That sound which comes forth in the world today as popular music, rock music, country music, etc., has a spiritual origin and an
onoma
which drives it.
One of the tragedies of our society, and particularly the Body of Christ, is the sound which permeates it.
Our society is permeated by sounds which by only the broadest definition of the term are classified as "music."
Without launching into an attack on any of the various kinds of "music," it will suffice to say that every piece of music is motivated by some spirit.
Every piece of music originates in some
onoma.
Every piece of music has a definite and specific spiritual purpose -- whether the "writer," or "composer," or "author" has any conscious awareness of that fact.
Much of what we have referred to as "contemporary Christian music" is also motivated and originated by a spirit. It, likewise, originates in some
onoma.
It, too, has a specific purpose and goal in its going forth.
It is a sound and by specific inference, conveys either life or death, power or weakness, authority or fear, health or sickness.
It is a sad fact of life that a fair portion of so-called "Christian" music is neither "Christian," nor music.
It is a sound to be sure, but a sound which emanates from evil spirits.
I know that statement will raise a lot of eyebrows, so let me clarify what I am saying.
Just because "music" has words which supposedly speak of the Lord, quotes scriptures, or allegedly "praises" Him, it does not necessarily indicate that this music emanates from the Spirit of the Lord.
One of the most expert quoters of scripture is Satan, himself.
This is evidenced in the way he quoted scriptures, attempting to trap Jesus and seduce Him into yielding to his design. Just because a piece of music supposedly promotes the Lord, it does not automatically follow that it is good, life-giving, or given to foster an intimate relationship with Him.
Throughout the Body of Christ today a multitude of the songs which are sung either promote a religious doctrine of man which originates in Babylon (which is the spirit of the church system), or attempt to seduce God's people into a passivity designed to placate them in their spiritual state.
What matters is not nearly so much the words which are sung, but rather the spirit which is behind the sound.
Timing can also be a critical aspect in the use of certain songs.
A song which was birthed in the midst of a life-changing experience at one moment in God's economy will transmit that life for that period in God's economy. Let me give some personal examples.
At the peak of the Charismatic Renewal, the Lord was constantly giving people new music -- most of what has been referred to as "Scripture songs."
I set perhaps a couple hundred verses of scripture to music during the Charismatic era, many of which became nationwide in their usage, some of which spanned the globe, and some of which are still in use in churches today.
It was a novel experience for me to be in Mexico at one point and hear one of the scripture songs based on the 9th Psalm
("I Will Praise Thee, Oh Lord") being sung and played in a Spirit-filled Nazarene church with a Latin rhythm.
For me to hear some of those same Scripture songs today, however, would be the same as saying that the river of life in the Holy Spirit has stopped.
It is not that the verses of scripture are any less valid, it's just that the Holy Spirit is emphasizing something totally different in this day and hour.
To insist on singing and playing songs today that were life-giving 30 years ago is to succumb to a religious spirit which wants us to stop dead in our tracks.
What I wrote and sang 30 years ago was life in my spirit at that moment in time.
It is not nearly so meaningful today, and it does not communicate the same life because the Spirit of the Lord has moved on.
The same thing applies to so much of the traditional music we hear in churches today. "From Greenland's Icy Mountains," may have had some purpose a hundred years ago, but it sure isn't relevant to what the Holy Spirit is doing and saying today.
"Faith of our Fathers" has long been a favorite song (I still play it sometimes on my guitar, just because I like it) sung in more traditional churches, but when we dote on old music, we stop the flow of what the Holy Spirit is trying to accomplish in our midst.
Two different individuals can sing or play the very same piece of music and communicate two totally opposite things.
It is not so much the series of words which have been strung together.
It is not so much the sequence of notes which are played, or even the instruments which are used.
The same instrument can be used by two different musicians and still communicate two totally opposite
onomas.
A guitar in the hands of one person can communicate and immerse the listener in the presence of the Lord.
In the hands of another, it can subject them to a spirit of anger, hate, vengeance or fear.
And the two musicians can play the very same sequence of notes!
The difference is the
onoma
of the spirit which originates the sound.
Many of God's people are duped into accepting certain "Gospel Songs" because they are categorized as such by the words, or the individuals singing or playing them.
What they fail to realize is that they are being systematically lulled into a spiritual lethargy by religious spirits driven and motivated by Satan.
Because it "sounds" good to their mind, their emotions, or their flesh, it must therefore be "good!"
The objective purpose of this music is not life, health, power, a sound mind, and/or most of all, an intimate love relationship with Jesus Christ.
It is to keep people "fat and happy" with their present spiritual state, to satiate the appetites of the flesh using the name of Jesus, and to lead people down a primrose path which will deprive them of ever entering into the kind of love relationship with Jesus Christ which He so greatly desires.
The whole objective of the "sound of worship" must be to have His desires and purposes fulfilled -- NOT for what we get from that music, or from Him.
That this sound is driven and motivated by an onoma which is antagonistic to the purposes of our Bridegroom is evident in the fact that people are NOT drawn to follow the Lord Jesus Christ into the furnace of affliction for processing and preparation.
It is the sound which carries this music. That sound is motivated by spirits whose entire existence revolves around defeating the desires of the Bridegroom.
The same is true of the large majority of the popular music of the day.
A preponderance of the entire rap genre is not even passive about its opposition to the Spirit of the Lord.
The substance of the sound is acid to one's spirit, and corrosively destructive to one's whole being.
Oops! Now I've gone to meddlin'. Hmmmmm..... not really!
I'm going to stop, though, at this point. For today, this is enough for you to chew on.
Buckle your seatbelts, though. We’re just getting started!
By the time I get through sharing with you the science and spirit of sound, you'll have a radically changed understanding of something you've either ignored, or just taken for granted.
Enjoy your day! Finish that cup of coffee, and then bless the day ahead!
Make this the best day of your life!
Regner
A. Capener
CAPENER MINISTRIES
RIVER WORSHIP CENTER
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