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Audio Invasion

Date: 12/02/2017/Speaker: PR LOWELL

1. Introduction
Psalms 137:1-4

  • Why sing Pentecostal songs with the beat of Babylon.
  • Music has the same effect as drugs and sex addicts.
  1. Melody- speaks to the SPIRIT
  2. Harmony- speaks to the MIND
  3. Rhythm- speaks to the BODY (FLESH)
  • Rock music is the strongest addiction in the world. The most alluring agencies of temptation
  1. Evangelism p. 512
  2. Family weekly, January 30, 1983
  • There is great power in music. Music enters the brain through the temporal lobe and limbic system e.g. classical music.
  • Then there is release of dopamine to condition the human mind
  • Music influences us like
  1. Food
  2. Sex
Is Music Neutral?
  • Music is the most powerful stimulus known among the perceptive senses
  • The source of the power depends on the STYLE of the music

-Maranatha, p.234

DEPRESSION
  • Pentecostals are Three times more depressed than other afflictions.
  • Words don’t matter, it’s the rhythm that is most important.
  • Listening to rock music causes people to eat faster as they are stressed
  1. No music- cut by 5 minutes by practicing
  2. Mozart music- took only 1 ½ minutes to get the food
  3. Hard rock music- took 20 minutes. They killed each other.
  • Classical music- you notice the rhythm- you don’t notice the rhythm
  • Music is the most powerful stimulant known among the senses
  • Music effects:
  1. Digestion
  2. Internal sections
  3. Nutrition
  4. Circulation
2. Where did the rhythm come from?
Deuteronomy 12:13

  • Drums started in Babylon to Egypt
  • From Egypt, it went to Africa for Voodoo
  • It went from West Africa to Haiti
  • Zombie- was the worship of Damballah, a large giant python
  • Ancient music involved:
  1. Sex
  2. Drugs
  3. Hypnotic music
  • Cultic powers come from drumming
  • In the 1840s, the drum beat was brought into church to bring the “Holy Ghost”
  • In 1877, Thomas Edison invited sound recording
  1. He could have sex with anything
  2. Was father of modern Satanism
  3. He used an army of youth to popularize ‘Do what thou wilt’
  • Robert Johnson was the father of blues
  1. He practiced modern Satanism
  2. He sold his soul to the devil. Died at an old age of 27!
  • In 1950s, rock and roll was created
  • 1960s;
  1. Drug experience grow
  2. Growth of new age, astrology and Satanism
  • Rhythm and Blues was changed to rock and roll
  • Rock and roll was;
  1. Decadent
  2. Dangerous
  3. Immoral
  4. Obscure
  • Elvis Presley popularized rock and roll
  • In the 60s, the beats popularized rock and roll
  • Their music caused rebellion and revolution
  • John Lennon sold his soul to the devil
  • Rock and roll is a kind of voodoo
  • Drums are used to summon magic powers
  • Yoga- Was meant to bring spirits
  • Rolling stones- They openly worshipped the devil
Note:
  • Babylon- Egypt- West Africa- Haiti- US- Whole world
  • R&B- Jazz- Classic Rock- Hard Rock- Heavy metal- Rap
3. The Rhythm of Rebellion
  • Rebellion- open resistance to legitimate authority. Renewed war
  • Revelation 12:7-9

 

  • Rock is wrong and addictive. It brings rebellion.
  • Many people are leaving the church because of rock music
  • Music fosters rebellion. “But the devil has almost entire control of nearly every good singer” James White
  • Rock and roll (Christian rock) causes;
  1. Sexual
  2. Open rebellion to authority
  3. Pure hostility and aggression
  4. Alienate children from their parents
  5. It caused chaos in American schools
  • Syncopation
  1. Disturbance or interruption of regular rhythm
  2. Used in all contemporary music
  3. The beat drives people wild
  • The churches and clubs are the devil’s playground
  • Beats came to Western music through jazz
  • Rock has the beat of sexual intercourse
  • Rock music has a much more powerful effect than pornography on youngsters
  • The true meaning of rock is sex, subversion and rebellion

Note:

  • Rock music has one appeal only a sexual barbaric appeal to sexual desire- not love but sexual desire undeveloped
  • Psalms 119:7
  • I will praise Thee with uprightness of heart

Cortisol- Stress hormones

  • Techno and rap music increase cortisol, stress hormones
  1. It interferes with learning and memory
  2. It increases weight gain
  3. Increases blood pressure
  4. Triggers mental illness
  • Caffeine increases cortisol levels
  • Depression is the number one cause of illness and disability in adolescents- due to music beats. Hence;
  1. Cortisol- increases depression
  2. Rock music- increases cortisol
4. Worldly Worship
  • Identifying elements of worldly, music
  • Isaiah 23:15, 16
  • Music that makes you want to move your feet
  1. Syncopated rhythm
  1. Scooping
  • Produces a dance hall effect
  • The vocal slides have sexual utterances
  1. Flipping
  • Creating variations from original
  1. A breathy voice (Crooning)
  • Like whispering into your ears
  1. Repetitious
  • Creates a mystic experience (Self-hypnosis)
  • Most praise songs
  • Makes one angry or hypnotic (Sub-conscious)
  • Human minds shut down after 3-4 repetitions
  • Matthew 6:7; use not vain repetitions
  • Repetition mantra style
  1. Association
  • Lead people back to the worlds
  • Association with the world, rock concerts
  • Romance
  1. Liberal or loose theology (false doctrine)
  • Cartoons getting saved
  • Unconditional love, meaningless songs
  • Focus on grace
5. Smart music
  1. Melody
  2. Harmony
  3. Rhythm
  • In classical music, you don’t notice its rhythm.
  • Pop music- the rhythm is distinctive
  • Mozart has 5,000-8,000 htz
  • It helps recharge the brain
  • Music affects:
  1. Digestion
  2. Circulation
  3. Neural networks
  • Loud rock music converted Patty Hearst into a bank robber
  • Drums and beats:
  1. 3-4 beats per second increases cortisol
  2. Releases opioids- a group of hormones that function like morphine
  3. Gonadotrophins (sex hormones) are released
  4. Are meant to summon magical powers
  5. Are the devil’s drum
  6. Are used to alter consciousness
  7. Arouses sexual desire
  • Christian Rock- Worse than rock because it is hypocritical