I recently posted the following line of biblical reasoning online on two different sites:
Instrumental music that is not pleasing or acceptable to God
All true believers must accept anything that God says when He says it explicitly.
James 3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.
This revelation from God teaches us that there is wisdom that is not His that is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
If we do anything with wisdom that is not from God, that thing that we do will be and is done with earthly, sensual, and demonic wisdom.
Doing anything, therefore, that pertains to instrumental music with *wisdom that is not from God* produces instrumental music that is earthly, sensual, and demonic.
Such instrumental music, of necessity, is not pleasing or acceptable to God.
To say that it is not possible to do anything pertaining to instrumental music with wisdom that is not from God must be proven from Scripture–it cannot and must not be merely asserted, assumed, or presupposed.
Is there any proof from Scripture itself that it is not possible to do anything pertaining to instrumental music with wisdom that is not from God?
I believe that this line of reasoning is solidly biblical and guides us correctly about a key issue that has profound ramifications for both our doctrine and practice of music.
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