1. www.pastorjonas.com

2. HOT BUTTON

3. “Various positions and opinions on music are debated, argued, and staunchly defended. The very mention of the topic can cause an immediate spirit of defensiveness or carnality and a wide variety of unfavorable emotional responses.” Cary Schmidt Photo by: mferak

4. “Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised is wisdom.” - Proverbs 13:10 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” - Proverbs 16:18 “A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.” - Proverbs 29:23

5. CULTURE

6. Culture Loves Entertainment!

7. Photo by: ellikelli “There is probably no other cultural activity [such as music] which is so all-pervasive and which reaches into, shapes and often controls so much human behavior.” Philip Merriam

8. BIBLICAL

9. You are a battlefield! “For the flesh lusteth [wars/competes] against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary [opposites] the one to the other: so they ye cannot do the things that ye would.” – Galatians 5:17

10. “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” - Rom. 12:1 “For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” - 1 Cor. 6:20

11. “If you listen to the world’s music, you are yielding your instruments to the flesh. If you listen to godly music, you are yielding to the Spirit of God.” Cary Schmidt

12. MUSIC ALWAYS PRODUCES A LIFESTYLE!