Sad Songs

Do you like music? I do. Unfortunately Christian music very much frustrates me. Paul instructs that music should be part of your Bible study. It should support and uphold proper Bible doctrine. For this reason, I end up turning the channel almost immediately after trying to listen to Christian music. The bad doctrine is in almost every song. But I digress….. What has really bothered me lately is the constant stream of sad songs on Christian radio. So many songs about being in the depth of utter despair. So many songs about how horrible life is and how badly they need God to lift them from utter darkness and hopelessness. Really? Now, don’t get me wrong, I fully understand that we can have some very rough times throughout our lives. I understand life is not always great. But if I was an unsaved person listening to a Christian radio station, I would probably be surprised about how horrible life is for Christians. Preachers and song writers that have no understanding between our standing and our state are part of the problem. The “victim” mindset that is so prevalent in our society doesn’t help. The lack of proper teaching about what God is doing and what God is not doing in this age plays a large role also. The lack of the Bible taught rightly divided ultimately is at the base of the issue. Most of Christianity is told how God wants to and will rescue them from any circumstance that comes into their lives Sunday after Sunday in their mega-churches and even the small country churches. I know this is a topic Christians don’t want to talk about or think about but there are things God is doing in this age and there are things God is not doing in this age. There are promises in scripture that are not written to you but we were taught to claim them and then “wait on God” to fulfill. Do you understand that millions of Christians have been killed in this age? In the age of grace hundreds of thousands of Christians have been tortured in the most brutal and despicable ways in this age. The body of Christ has some of the most precious, priceless, and undeserved promises in scripture. The problem is most Christians are not satisfied with our Heavenly promises and want Israel’s earthly promises of health, wealth and prosperity. We are not promised these things. Our Apostle Paul explains for us that in this age we are in the bondage of corruption and the sufferings of this present time. (Rom CH 8) Understanding that God’s purpose for the body of Christ is heavenly and not earthly helps us to understand our pain, troubles, and heartbreaks. I understand that no one wants me to say this out loud. I know that no one wants me to talk about this. A right divider is the one person that can explain exactly why things are the way they are and why the sad songs seam so hopeless. You can bring some clarity to those distraught with why God is not healing or delivering from trials. He is not creating a group of people to take over the earth, he is calling out a group of people to remove from the earth. You have a short time to learn your edification and doctrine while here. Because of our sinful world, some have a shorter time here than others. I do not want to be unloving or harsh in any way, I want you to properly understand how scripture teaches what things God is doing and what things God in not doing and that in this age we walk by faith not by sight. Miracles happen for a reason in scripture and those reasons are not present in this age. This blog is to help you to understand and not to discourage you. God shows his love in this age not by miracles and healing but by Jesus’ blood provided as a payment for sin apart from works and commandment keeping. God does love you, and Christ’s blood proves that. Healing and miracles are not how God shows his love in this age. Scripture explains God’s love was displayed on a cross. What more could possible be done?