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Janean laments:
The deceptive things about all of this "Pop" stuff is that it either sounds good or looks good, like the frosting on a cake;
Dear sister, those of us, and I would dare say that there are many here, who have experienced these things ourselves, know exactly the sadness and emptiness you mention.

The "appeal" to the senses is nothing new. In fact, it was the beginning of the end at the first:

Genesis 3:6 (ASV) "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; . . ."


Submitting ourselves to the OBJECTIVE truths of God's Word evokes the affections which flow God-ward. Submitting ourselves to the SUBJECTIVE innovations of man which stimulate the affections results in that we are drawn to them within ourselves. Yes, there are many who would object and say such things increase their worship. But what is it they worship? The Lord Christ said that God desires to be worshipped in "spirit and TRUTH". Anything less than the truth is falsehood and thus not true worship.

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"All men become like the objects of their worship. Our inward character is being silently moulded by our view of God and our conception of him. Christian character is the fruit of Christian worship; pagan character the fruit of pagan religion; semi-Christian character the fruit of a half-true understanding of God. The principle holds good for us all: we become like what we worship ­ for worse or for better. 'They that make them are like unto them' (Psa. 115:8)." — Maurice Roberts

In His Grace,

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simul iustus et peccator

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