I have a question for you: who decides the style of music in your church, young or old?
I have seen in many churches that who decides that it is usually the “cult group”, usually composed by?Yes, did you guess? Jeune. Et, most of the time, they decide the style of music without considering that the church has older people, who always love hymns so precious to their faith, the problem can be so acute that it could end up dividing the church. here’s what Nathan Finn reports from experience in his article Respecting Our Elders ?:
- I was a member of a church that was thinking of a transition in his style of worship.
- While this discussion was taking place.
- A visiting praise group led our collective cult on a Sunday.
- The singer.
- Who was just over twenty years old.
- Said: that God no longer wanted hymns because they were old-fashioned.
- At least one family has left the sect.
- Offended by the pride of this young man.
- When the church reviewed the musical changes proposed in the following weeks.
- The vote increased from 150 to 150.
- The visitor chief’s disrespectful comments were the decisive factor in splitting the church in two.
Does this have to do with the?Culture fascinated by youth ?, of which we talked in the previous article, as if something new were better, therefore it follows that modern music is better than the old one, this is not necessarily true, especially when you look at the lyrics of hymns compared to today’s songs, what do they mistakenly call “gospel?(which is actually a musical style of the so-called “black church” of the United States?something like that). Coming back, the problem of the younger ones, better?”, it is the opposite: “greater, worse, ” which soon becomes “greater, despicable”; and so we see so many young people despising the elders. However, the Bible commands otherwise:
Respect for the elderly begins with parents. In the fifth commandment, the Lord commanded his people: “Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may continue in the land that the Lord your God gives you” (Exodus 20:12). . This theme is emphasized throughout the Old Testament. Proverbs 23:22 echoes the fifth commandment: “Listen to your father, who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she grows up. ” The dire consequences have been reserved for the children who do. Not respecting their parents. The Pentateal said that children who intentionally dishonor their parents should be stoned (Leviticus 20: 9; Deuteronomy 21: 18-21). Proverbs agrees that disrespectful children deserve death (Proverbs 20:20; 30:17). [?] Reformed Christians recognize that good and necessary consequences always flow from certain biblical commandments. The command to honor father and mother, when applied more broadly, means that we must also respect all people who exercise God-ordained authority over us.
I want to invite you to reflect on how you have treated the elders in your church (and I’m not just talking about greeting you in Sunday service) and reading Nathan Finn’s article:
Dr. Nathan A. Finn is Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Baptist Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Write regularly on your website www. nathanfinn. com
By Nathan A. Finn. Excerpt from the site www. ligonier. org. © 2013 Ministères Ligonier. Original: Respect our elders.
This article is part of the March 2013 edition of Tabletalk magazine on “A Culture Fascinated by Youth”.
Translation: Isabela Siqueira. Crítica: Renata Esperito Santo?© Fiel Ministry. All rights reserved. Website: www. MinisterioFiel. com. br. Original: Who decides the style of music in your church, young or old?And respect our elders
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