Music...The devil's Agenda

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. (NIV)

          In a 2009 study, done by SUNY Albany psychology professor Dawn R. Hobbs, found that of the 174 songs that made it to the top 10 on the Billboard’s music chart, 92% of it had sexual messages. The study went more in-depth by breaking the songs down into 18 different categories. Those are as follow: genitals, other body parts, courtship, short-term strategies, arousal, sex acts, sexual prowess, reputation, mate guarding, fidelity assurance, commitment, resources, status, mate provision, sex appeal, rejection, infidelity, parenting, and other.

          R&B was the front-runner with country and pop music to follow. The study found that on the average, there were 10.49 sexually related content messages per song. The study found that the songs that contained sexual messages sold better than the ones that didn’t. Basically, what this study says is, SEX SELLS.

 

          America often wonders why there is such a problem with teenage pregnancies, single-parent households, and STDs being on the rise. Well, I would dare to ask the question, “What are young people listening to?” That is not to even mention what they are watching on the big screen. We’ll save that topic for another day. Now let’s get back to the music!

          There is an agenda in this country and all over the world. It is to take the minds of young people, and turn them into non-thinking, brainless, ungodly, adulterated robots. That’s right! Your child, niece, nephew, and/or Godchildren are under demonic attack. If you can take their minds, you can take their souls. It’s just that easy. Ephesians 6:12 says, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (KJV) We are in a fight to save the minds of the children in this world. If we don’t fight for them…who will?

          Many of them are either listening to and/or going to see in concert Jay-z: Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Katie Perry (Whose parents, by the way are actually ministers…figures huh) and many more. How are they getting the money? Who is allowing it to enter the home? Who is paying for them to watch it on TV? You get it? Sad to say, but Christians are some of the biggest fans of the people mentioned. I can say that because I was one of them.

          Yes, I love music and always will. However, I have had to re-evaluate even some of the things that I once thought was okay even as an adult. You can imagine how this goes over with young people. I have seen children as young as 4 years old rapping to lyrics that even I as an adult wouldn’t listen to. So you may say, “Well, I don’t see the harm in my child listening to Beyonce.” Okay, that fine. Now let me throw this act you. Will you see the harm when your teen comes home and say, “I’m pregnant or I got someone pregnant?” Your teen may have been listening and watching some of those videos and enacting what he or she had seen. 

          See, the music industry says, “It’s okay to have premarital sex. It’s okay to take someone else’s mate because he was mine first. It’s okay to call women B’s and H’s. It’s okay to get ***** licked, sucked…” You get it? We may think that because we are Christians that we are exempt from these temptations and therefore, the children are too. No! No! No! This kind of thinking will get you caught up and then you’ll look dumbfounded as to what just happened. Proverbs 14:12 says, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” (KJV)

          Jay-z is not going to lead your child to heaven…hell will be where he will open his eyes. Beyonce is not going to lead your child to a “ring.” A clinic for STDs is where your child will be sitting. Lady Gaga is not going to lead your child to marriage. A gay and lesbian lifestyle, which is absolutely an abomination before the Lord, is where your child will be headed. Rihanna is not going to lead your child to a healthy relationship. She will teach your child to return to the abuser by saying, “It’s okay.” Kanye West will not lead your child to Jesus. He thinks that he is God, and will have your child doing the same. Do I need to say more? 

          So you may say, what am I supposed to do? I’m glad you asked. Monitor the music, tv, and videos that your child is either listening to or watching. This also includes many of the cartoons that are on TV. It is amazing how Christians are rapping to some of the same lyrics that contain profanity, vulgarity, and other ungodly things that the world is involved in. There are just as many Christians at these concerts and purchasing ungodly music as the world. However, how many are purchasing books and music about God on mp3s, iPods, kindles, laptops, and other devices?

          If you want to know where your relationship stands with God, see what is the main things that you allow to come into your home. That will tell you a lot without anyone else having to judge. Trust me, we are all guilty of it, including myself. I have had to clean some things out and is still in the process of doing so. I am a work in progress and so are you.

Now, we all have our individual relationships with God and some things might convict one person whereas it doesn’t with another. However, there are certain things that all who profess to have a relationship with God should abstain from. I will leave you with this scripture and I pray that you reevaluate your relationship with God. Philippians 4:8, “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report: if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  If you cannot listen to that song with Jesus, go to that concert with Jesus, or watch that video with Jesus, you may need to leave it where it is and therefore, not allow your child to entertain it as well.

Most of all, let us PRAY for the unsaved entertainers, so they may find Jesus, and change what was once ungodly lyrics to those of God, which will win others to His kingdom. We must PRAY for their souls’ Salvation. God wants ALL of His children to be saved. It is not too late for them.