The Bible declares in Hosea 4:6 that, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge…”Pastor G. Craig Lewis, founder of EX-ministries/exministries.com, says, “Because of its origin and what hip-hop originally represented in its earlier stages, we cannot embrace it as Christians. There can be no holy “hip-hoppers” or no Christian hip-hop because the culture cannot lend itself to the direction of the Holy Spirit. Yes, we do have very powerful Christian rap groups that preach the word of God through rap, but we must not get confused and call what they are doing as hip-hop. You have to understand that God does not embrace anything that has a corrupt origin. The very word “hip-hop” was used by Afrikka Bambatta, one of the pioneers of the culture and professed Zulu Nation god, to describe the parties that he was hosting in clubs across New York in the early 70s. Since then, he has developed a religion that rested upon the hip-hop culture. The culture is not from God, therefore, it should not be used by the people of God to describe anything that is of God. Check the origin.”
What Pastor Lewis said is true. If we look out into the world, we’ll see that hip-hop is literally taking over all cultures in America. This music glorifies everything that is anti-Christ, which means everything that is not like Christ. And when we listen to, nod our heads or dance to this music, we are allowing ourselves to be corrupted by this music. You see, the spirit of hip-hop is a demonic force, birthed in Hell, and sent with a mission to deceive and take control of the minds of our people, thus giving Satan complete control of our generation. It has been scientifically proven that your mind is so clever that, even when you aren’t trying to, you can receive the information that is stated in the lyrics of music, and even if it is recorded backward, it affects you. These things will come out of you in the heat of the moment because they are programmed in your mind. Don’t believe me? Keep reading.
I want to start off with a couple things that some people may have ignored about the devil. When God created Satan, his name was Lucifer. He had one job and ability. This ability was even built into his spiritual being and it was to make music. He was the sun of the morning (meaning the first sound of the morning) and the one who ushered in the very presence of God. Isaiah 14:11 says, “Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols (pipes), the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning…”
Here’s what people might have missed. When God kicked Satan out of heaven, He never took away his ability. So now, the devil deceives the world with music.
Understand that music is a direct link to a man’s heart. Music is not confined to the boundaries of interpretation. That is the reason why it’s the universal language because you can take two different people who speak two different languages, put them together, and play music and they’ll have something in common. It is the only thing that can get into the mind of a man and disturb his very conscience without his consent. It can teach you stuff you don’t want to learn. It has the power to not ask you whether or not you accept it, but it will just go in anyway. Half of us wouldn’t be able to say our ABCs if the song wasn’t on it.
Think about it. Why do you think advertisers pay millions of dollars for 15 seconds of advertising? It’s because they know something that you don’t know. They know that it takes 15 to 30 seconds to influence the mind of a human to do something that it had no intention of doing. So, if they play their jingle within that time frame, it’s locked in you. Music has power. Don’t believe me? Remember that the devil wasn’t kicked out of heaven alone, he influenced other angels as well. Revelation 12:9 says, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world and he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Just think. How can someone influence “heavenly” beings to sin? The answer is music.