Can an Instrument be "Satanic"?

Aaron..not at all,,,,,,we have many differences,,even beyond spelling....lol

Cheers,

Jim

 

There were certain instruments used during bibical times that were used in idol worshipping.

But I agree with Bro. Curtis, its not the instrument, but the one using the instrument.

Making joyful noises to the Lord even in instruments come in all kinds of shapes and sizes...including sounds.

The broom is used in all pictures showing a witch. Yet....I used one tonight to sweep the floor.

Sherrie

 

This whole silly conversation reminds me of outstanding documentary, "High Lonesome", in which Bill Monroe describes being condemned by fundamentalist preachers because he and his brothers used fiddles, which were considered to be Satanic.

 

The written Bible is satanic because the Egyptians were the first to use paper.

Remember that the next time you are reading the Word you are invoking the same pagan rituals practiced by the Egyptians thousands of years ago.

 

"However I will again assert that the one instrument central and sacred to the art of Voodoo is the drum. Wherever Voodoo exists, in any form, the use of the drum is essential in its practice.

In contrast consider that the drum is noticeably absent from any description of the worship of Jehovah. And again consider that no one sought a drummer to relieve Saul of the evil spirit."

This is actually a misnomer. Recently I did a study of O.T. instruments. They used two drum like instruments reffered to in the KJV as timbrel and tabret one more like a tambarine. the Hebrew reference seemed to have the sense of playing upon these as one would beat upon his chest. these instuments were usually played by dancing women Gen 15:20, ps. 149:3. Also volume is encouraged at times Ps. 33:3 the word used for "loud" has the sense of an oncomming storm, rain or thunder. its sense is even more emphatic by using the word "noise" after it this term and derivitives of it are used to describe the sound of an army in battle. I'm not proposing to put a Christian punk band on stage in our churches, but at least we can see there is room for liberty and deference. Surely it is not an issue of Separation or a test of orthodoxy.
thanks

 

ummmm I went to a church which believed guitars and drums were satanic. the pastor would not give me a definative reason why, but he was emphatic. I say accordians. Polka is definately the devil's music.....
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[ January 16, 2003, 11:47 PM: Message edited by: j_barner2000 ]

 

A tambourine is, as you said, "drum-like," but it is not a drum, and Shamans do not use anything like a tambourine to facilitate altered states of consciousness. They use the a drum.

However, the Psalms in which timbrels are mentioned were not written for worship, but national celebrations.

[ January 20, 2003, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: Aaron ]

 

There is instruments that are of evil origin, as told in Ezekiel 28:13:

The workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.

I know that the panpipes are a very eery and almost demonic sounding instrument, which could coincide with the pipes mentioned in Ezekiel. As for the tabrets.

Laban made mention of his use of the tabret, as it was when Saul came from battle. These instances require seeing the tone of each of these men and whether the use of them was for the Lord or for self pleasure. They are also being used by the prophets as they came down from the high places, which were places used to worship other gods. Their use mentioned in Isaiah was in wickedness.

On the other hand, the timbrel was used in a positive way, also being the same instrument.

So the key isn't really with the instrument, but how it is used. And with Satan being very knowledgable with music, I can't see him ignoring it's use to deceive and lead Christians astray. Music has made it's changes in the way people worship and show their understanding about what is proper before God. I really believe that a study of music and it's proper use should be taught to all Christians.

There are alot of good studies on the proper use of music, but I know that many will not like what they hear.