Now isn’t that something? We can’t find anything about Rock & Roll in the Bible and yet it is one of the major elements of today’s modern evangelical church. What is wrong with this picture? Jesus said my sheep hear my voice and they follow me. Does Jesus speak through rock & roll which is not even mentioned in the Bible? Yes – God created everything, but He also gave limitations as to what we should have experience with (back to the issue of the narrow path) He does not want us to have knowledge of evil by experiencing it. He wants us to avoid evil and stay far from it. This is why Jesus prayed that we would kept from evil. Satan will masquerade as an angel of light and so will his ministers. Spiritual discernment is needed to be able to see this. The things of God can not be experienced by the flesh and they can not be understood by our minds, we can only understand them with our spirit. For the things of the spirit are foolishness to man because they are spiritually discerned. I don’t mean to sound harsh here, I mean this in the most delicate and polite way that you could possibly imagine. I know I am not supposed to judge, I am trying to go for discernment here and not judgment. I just don’t want to sit back and throw stones at this issue; I am willing to do what ever it takes to contend for the faith that was once delivered unto the saints. Evaluating music will need to go beyond just the lyrics. Remember the proverb: The simple believes every word, but the prudent man looks well to his going. It is very significant at this point to answer the question: in the time of Jesus, who was it that gave a very clear declaration of who He was? Jesus would often ask His disciples what the people thought about who he was. However, we have the biblical record of demons and evil spirits giving a true declaration of the Son of God. Matt 8:28-29 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? Mark 1: 23-25 23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. Acts 19:15 - And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? The point being here is that even the demons can give lip service to believing in God. The question is: can we discern the spirit of the voice? And God certainly does not want His praise coming from demons, not any more I suppose than He wanted to hear the prayers of the Pharisees, who thought they could be heard through their much speaking, and public prayers. Stever