Music and the Son

 May 14, 2021

Greetings to you all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,

   People are attracted to various genres of music.  A lot of people like country music, folk music, rap and many other kinds.  I was attracted to classical music almost from the earliest time I can recall music of any kind.  My Mother played polkas on an old pump organ but that still wasn’t the type of music that I liked.  I could also say that religious music held a special place in my heart.  I would like the works that told of the life of some prophet such as Elijah and was especially drawn to many of the works that depicted great events in the Bible.  It was easy for me to be drawn to the church with the biggest organ, the best choir and the best music.  At that time in my life, it felt “religious.”  One day, my friends who taught a few doors down from my studio, opened my door and said two verses from the Bible. I have added the following verse in this passage.  First John 5:11-13 says, “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.  He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”   He quoted verses 11 and 12, shut the door, and left with no explanation as to why he did that.  Those two verses blew away all of my music, my tradition, my artwork, my stained glass windows, my robes and everything else that was “ecclesiastical” in my own little religious world.  God was knocking at my heart and prying away all of the items of the world that seemed to be religious but were just added weights.  Only one thing was important and John made it clear in these verses.  If you have the Son, you have life.  If you don’t have the Son, you don’t have life.  At that time, I didn’t have the Son.  All I had was frills and material things that looked religious, sounded religious, everyone else was doing it, sort of trappings.  I find that in this life there are many people holding onto things that appear to be religious but are not.  It is something that they have put together to make their own religion.  The only problem is that they don’t have the Son and therefore don’t have the Life for which they long.  How many people have you heard that get to the end of life after acquiring riches, fame and power and still find that their life is lacking something and that Something if the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ.  There is no substitute for the Son so if you are looking for eternal life, then, look no further than the Son of God.  Music, art, tradition, robes, liturgical calendars and such will not replace the SON.  Life can only be found in Him.  I think that John the Apostle made it pretty simple in this passage and notice the following verse, “...that ye may “KNOW…”  Praise God today for sending His Son to provide salvation.