My visit to a Messianic service yesterday

[Sean]

Hey, another ex dirty pot smoking hippy brother. We had something in common Michael...LOL

[Michael The Disciple]

To awesome to believe. Lord willing this will be played when I am laid to rest.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Sean

Hey, another ex dirty pot smoking hippy brother. We had something in common Michael...LOL

Thank God for delivering us!

And praise him for the glorious wealth of music we are blessed with!

[Esaias]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Just stating my own opinion here. Its very hard to try to listen to "Apostolic" music when you have experienced Messianic and really "Charismatic" also.

I have experienced messianic music and charismatic music. I find traditional pentecostal gospel music sung with real conviction blows the charismatic stuff away. The wanna-be jewish-sounding music doesn't even come into the picture.

But then again I love byzantine chant, Handel and Bach, and a good banjo, fiddle, and foot-stomping praise. Oh and I love me a hammond!

Charismatic worship music, while some of it is good, is generally too sappy and, well, "effeminate" comes to mind. A lot of it seems designed to create an emotional response, whereas a lot of pentecostal music (old school) seems to have been written in response to powerful experiences with God. As opposed to trying to create an experience (which usually leads to emotionalism at the expense of the true moving of God's Spirit imo).

I can enjoy any music that is sincere. A lot of "worship music" regardless of genre doesn't strike me as truly sincere, if that makes any sense.

[Esaias]

[Michael The Disciple]

Charismatic worship music, while some of it is good, is generally too sappy and, well, "effeminate" comes to mind. A lot of it seems designed to create an emotional response, whereas a lot of pentecostal music (old school) seems to have been written in response to powerful experiences with God. As opposed to trying to create an experience (which usually leads to emotionalism at the expense of the true moving of God's Spirit imo).

Always interested in your opinion. Would you post a video to demonstrate what you are describing? To me its been the other way around. Pentecostal worship seems to just push for shouting and "praise break".

[mfblume]

I perceive that in musical things ye are too picky...

[Esaias]

I think a lot of it has to do with what we were exposed to in our formative years meeting God.

My first experience being in worship with others who had the Holy Ghost was at a home missions UPC church which was in the middle of revival. The music was straight out of the UPC hymnbook but it literally floored me. Why? Cause God was in the house.

Ever since I have loved that old gospel music. I have been in many meetings though where the Spirit was just not moving, in which case the music is irrelevent.

Any music that is sung from the heart by Spirit filled people will be powerful. Not because of the music, but because the Spirit is present.

Music really is a minor issue and can too easily become a replacement for genuine worship imo.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by mfblume

I perceive that in musical things ye are too picky...

Who me?

[Michael The Disciple]

Any music that is sung from the heart by Spirit filled people will be powerful. Not because of the music, but because the Spirit is present.

Well I agree with this.

Music really is a minor issue and can too easily become a replacement for genuine worship imo.

Well its not as important as foundation doctrine but it is important to God. He likes to be praised and worshipped with music and song. Since he inspired the Psalms (at least the words to them) we get a general idea what he likes.