Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully... ...which angels desire to look into. ~ 1 Pet 1:10-12
1. Music is a tool for the worshiper, not a tool to be used on the worshiper.2. Worship music should serve as a vehicle for ideas and feelings to be lifted up to the Lord.3. The music should be directed God-ward; if He decides to use it to stir up feelings or responses in people, that is His prerogative.4. Worship leaders don't have sufficient knowledge or insight into a congregant's soul to know what he needs to do or feel.5. They therefore ought not plan what they do around manipulating anyone into a response.6. They do have sufficient knowledge (revealed in Scripture) to know what God requires in worship: reverence, Godly fear, thanksgiving, praise, a broken and contrite heart, etc.7. They therefore ought to plan what they do around providing the means for the congregation to offer those things.
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