The Message Is In The Music

17And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. 18And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Exodus 32:17-18 (King James Version)

I pray that you all are well in the will of the Lord on today. Some folks may be a tad bit chili due to the weather, but I love it. Continue to stay warm dry and protect your health. The photos below says it all of today topic…the message is definitely in the music. I’ll start off with the world and end with the world in the Christian community.

This is Britney Spears…




She’s looking mighty lustful on her brand new CD cover. The media says “she’s back”, but they didn’t finish the statement. Britney’s back to transform the minds of our innocent sons and daughters, which includes altering their minds into accepting & practicing homosexuality. Now with all that this young lady has been through nothing has changed…she still displays the behavior of a harlot. Take a look at the titles of her songs.

The Track Listing for Circus
1. Womanizer
2. Circus
3. Out From Under
4. Kill The Lights
5. Shattered Glass
6. If U Seek Amy
7. Unusual You
8. Blur
9. Mmm Papi
10. Mannequin
11. Lace And Leather
12. My Baby
13. Radar

Any of these titles sound wholesome to you? Yet there will be many young girls (and boys) with Britney’s Circus CD in their CD players, mp3 & mp4 players, their iPods, PSPs, etc. because the parents will not know any better and allow their kids to corrupt their own minds and become more numb to the Word God. Saints, we must not allow the idolization that our youth (adults as well) have for these superstars supersede that attention that God so rightfully deserves. Britney is on my prayer list, but I will not allow my children to be exposed to her just because they “love her” and are Britney’s number one fan. We have a discern more and not allow our feelings to get in the way of God’s command in raising our children.

There is a message in Britney’s song If U Seek Amy that may very well vex your spirit. I have to tell it like it is and I ask that you pray that God will allow you to become more involve in the lives of our youth than we are now…there is always room for improvement in all of us. Here are just a few lyrics to Britney’s song.

La la la lala la la la

La la la lala la la la

La la la lala la la la

La la la lala la la la

Oh baby, baby Have you seen Amy tonight?

Is she in the bathroom?

Is she smokin' up outside?

(Oh!)

Oh baby, baby

Does she take a piece of lime

For the drink that Imma buy her

Do you know just what she likes?

(Oh!)

Oh Oh

Tell me have you seen her

'Cause I'm so Oh

I can't get her off of my brain

I just want to go to the party she gon' go

Can somebody take me home

Haha hehe haha ho

Love me hate me

Say what you want about me

But all of the boys and all of the girls are beggin' to If U Seek Amy

Love me hate me

But can't you see what I see

All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin' to If U Seek Amy

Who is the world is Amy? This is what I immediately asked myself…and I knew that there was more to this. First of all, if you notice at the beginning of her verse she is displaying lesbian behavior in her wanting to find “Amy” and getting her flirt on. The punch line is in the last lines of the chorus “All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin' to If U Seek Amy”. If say make out the phrase “If U Seek Amy” in the song, you’ll actually hear and discern F-U-C-K Me. All of the boys and all of the girls are beggin’ to F-U-C-K Me. What is slick way to get all of our girls, boys, men and women to become more sexually aroused and perverted and many of them not know why after listening to songs like this. Like for yourself at the following link.

http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/112808_britney_song.mp3

The media is becoming more corrupt as we live. Remember corrupt means an individual willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain or they are evil or morally depraved. There are separate standards here and the church must speak against it. Please pass this along to everyone you know in order to at least get this across so folks can know. Folks the message is in the music.

15Were they brought to shame because they had committed abominations (extremely disgusting and vile things)? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush [at their idolatry]. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:15 (Amplified Bible)

Some or many may be upset with this one, but I have to tell it. Mary Mary is out with their fourth album The Sound. And when I heard the album, it sounded like trouble. Normally for me three or five songs was worth buying the whole CD (when I was purchasing secular music and there was no iTunes), but I cannot find one song on their album that I say is of the Lord. The cover of their album portrays them as if they’re going to the club. Who wears these garments to Christian functions?

And yes Family Christian Bookstore and many others are carrying their CD along with Wal-Mart and even store like Sam Goody. You should be very afraid when secular stores are carrying you albums to sell. The hit song Get Up was on ABC’s Ugly Betty. You really need to be afraid when your song sounds worldly enough to be on secular shows…wait a minute…that’s been going on for years now. The beats on this album are all secular…not a holy note from the heart in it. But they have a song on their album called Superfriend, and they have a very special guest on that song. Levell Crump, better known to the hip hop world as David Banner is feature on this track. Levell (I’ll call him Levell because that’s what his mother named him…somebody did!) is one of the top explicit secular hip hop artist that you would not want your parents to meet. Levell is so explicit that in 2003 he had an album titled Baptized in Dirty Water, which reverence no respect of the every living God…Levell only blasphemed our Lord Jesus Christ.

What makes this collaboration more sore vexed is that Levell has a 2008 album out right now titled The Greatest Story Ever Told, which also tells me that even if the brother gave his life to Christ, he needs to be sat down and taught the ways of Christ…for a while!!! In his rhyme on Mary Mary’s track makes no since what’s so ever. This is because you can’t drink from the cup of devils and sit at demons’ tables and do the same at God’s table (1 Corinthians 10:21). This is definitely idol worship and idol worship breaks that unity we have with God through the Lord’s Supper. The message is in the music.

Mary Mary sounds confused and poisoned in this following video. Did they just indicate that they were voting for change and “Lord knows we need it”? Sad that many Christians just don’t know they voted for someone who does not believe in Jesus Christ truthfully, but that’s another subject. Please join me in praying for them and many of our Christian artists who are not follow the instructions of the Bible the way God commanded us to.

22Though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your cereal offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I look upon the peace or thank offerings of your fatted beasts. 23Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I will not listen to the melody of your harps. 24But let justice run down like waters and righteousness as a mighty and ever-flowing stream. Amos 5:22-24 (Amplified Bible)

Saints of God, the Lord is not playing with us and if we are not careful, we will allow the messages in many of today’s entertainment (whether secular or Christian) deceive us in falling away from the faith. It is time to stop wanting to have things our way and really repent, repent, repent, REPENT and return back to the favor of the Lord. The future of our church is dependant upon our children. If our children are corrupt, then the church will become more and corrupt. But there will be churches that continue to stand for righteousness and holiness. We must not allow the influences of evil to get in our way. Prophet Isaiah say it best in Isaiah 5:20 that, Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! (Amplified Bible)…we are living in that day right now. The message is in the music.

As we continue in this walk with Christ, we must make a vass decision. Either we are truly for Him or totally against Him. Continue to stand firm in Christ my brothers and sisters and allow God to use you to the best of your humble ability. Big thanks to my brother in the Lord, Michael "Mike" Plont of No More Ministries for sending me this information on Britney Spears. Love you bro and we can't do it alone and we won't. Be blessed on this day and know that Jesus loves you and I love you all too. Until the Sequel of Jesus.

Separate Standards

17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Corinthians 6:17 (King James Version)

I pray that you all are well in the will of our Almighty God on this day. I just have to share my thoughts on this passage of scripture and it is based on the lyfestyle that folk are taking today and calling it holy. How in Sam’s hill can you explain what holy hip hop is? I can remember when you couldn't get by with foolishness in the church. I am only 31 and during my pre-teens I can remember the women and men of the church not allowing the secular influence invade the church. Well we flip over to twenty-years later and what once could not get into the church, has taken it to an unholy new level. There is a separate standard from the standard of Christ.

The photo above is hip hop group Gospel Gangstas…folk’s are holy thugs for Christ. IMMA WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN!!! Let me come back to reality. These boys have been in the business of foolishness since 1995 or a little before.

Their images are far away from Christ and they are attempting to make some sort of comeback, but their standard is separate from God’s. I would like for you all to take a look at this promo concerning the gangstas DVD before I go into what God has placed on my heart for this text. Look at the names who they say are collaborating with them…its becoming more and more disappointing how the church is accepting any and everything.

As you can see Yolanda Adams and Kirk Franklin’s name is on the promo for this and I am not surprised. But my soul is vexed because of how these types of collaborations are damaging the body of Christ. How do you stop the church from making an impact on the families, on the communities and on the world? You get a hold of the children and young babes in Christ. The flesh is still weak at these stages and unless they see the strong faithful speak against it, they’ll continue to think it’s alright. How can those who are suppose to set the standard in this world have any dealing with those who seem to be confuse about the holy standard that we are suppose to set. Don’t get me wrong, I know Christians are humans and we do make mistakes…I am calming those who use this line for most of their reasoning for sin. But we must know that as we live in sin, we have to have that repentant heart…DAILY, and work against sinning again. Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams and other are hold their own standard and trying to make it God’s. You’re telling me that you’re going to be on a project that has thugs throwing gang signs, dressed as thugs and have their own agenda? You’re going to be apart of a project that has secular folk such E-40, Kurupt and others who are not saved? God forbid, but it is happening. I wouldn’t want to have any dealings with someone named Kurupt, the word corrupt means an individual willing to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain or they are evil or morally depraved. There are separate standards here and the church must speak against it.

I have received emails that advise me to read Matthew 18. I respond by stating that Matthew 18:15-17 pertains to a personal offense and not a doctrinal problem. How is it that folk want private conferences and are afraid the publicly confront the false doctrine that folk are displaying. It is because the big name preacher and gospel artist who makes us feel good becomes our spiritual crack, the more we hear them; the more we become fans of them and defend them. A fan is a person who has a strong interest in or admiration for a particular sport, art form, or famous person. And they tend to defend something or someone to the fullest. This is another topic to discuss later.

When God says to come our from among them and be separate, He does not mean for us to be isolated from society. We have too many folk that is so holy and sanctified that they are no earthly good. We not isolate from the unsaved but we must discourage the compromise that is taking fold. It seems to me that Kirk, Yolanda and others comprise with the values and practices of the unsaved. Paul is encouraging us to maintain some integrity in the world just as Christ did. See what I love above Jesus is that He always avoided fame. When He performed miracles, He told people to tell no one. There is too much self promotion in the Christian community today, that God is getting the secondary praise after self has been exposed. How is your ministry going so far? Are we making sure that we get no credit for what God is doing through us, or are we doing things outside the will of the Father and giving Him false credit? Our standards must be aligned with God and separate from the world, instead it’s the other way around. When I see people not knowing where certain behaviors originated from and believe it’s from God, it just breaks my heart. At the same time I look at my own family and life to make sure that what I’m displaying to the public reflects my home. Our standards must not be separate from God’s.

Please join me in praying for the confused/lukewarm Christians and the unsaved (this includes those who think they’re saved, but are not). Things are unfolding as the Bible describes and business sure is picking up. Allow the Holy Spirit to direct every path that God’s sends us on and don’t allow the demonic spirits lure us into a false light, which is really darkness. Be blessed on this day and know that Jesus loves you and I love you all too. Until the Sequel of Jesus.

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