Yahoo and Gospel Music!

Yahoo and Gospel Music!

Every time I listen to the debate on the subject of gospel music and secular, one line is constantly thrown in; gospel music edifies and the secular music does not. That statement leaves me constantly in a smirk; this is especially because it is a constant reminder that many Christians are sunken into what I like to refer to as “Christianiees” but what is worse is the use of words without understanding its meaning.

To EDIFY is to instruct or improve someone morally or intellectually. If we go by this definition, you will agree with me that we really do not have gospel songs that Instruct people both morally and intellectually. All of gospel music to a large extent have been reduced to a game of emotions.

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I woke up this morning burdened with the outburst on social media over the words of the revered preacher Pastor David Ibiyeome as he addressed one of the foremost vices in Nigeria, popularly referred to as “Yahoo”.

While I mulled over the distasteful defense of a generation littered all over the internet, I sought for a GOSPEL SONG that could address this subject and there was none, I could think of. I was left with a line from the song HIGHER by the legendary 2Face Idibia also known as 2 Baba “Don’t trample on another man to be elevated….”. Every form of fraud is trampling on another man for elevation.

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While we need a people and indeed Christians who can take up the responsibility of edification, the bigger problem is that the church in itself is resistant to this edification and will suffocate them by the blanket not well thought through blacklisting we do and label them sinners. We canvas for a thing and we kill it each time it shows up.

We are a people who want the message of grace, we don’t want instructions. It is why we have spiritual people with flawed characters. Character is a thing defined by instructions and edification, not worship and praise. But hey! The core character of the church is reflective in what they refuse also.

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The challenge is before us and this one instance throws it in our face that with music, we have been very irresponsible as a people hoping that we are saints. We are irresponsible because everybody that tries to help us make up for our weakness, we fight and brand them devilish. I know I can get in a lot of trouble saying this but, it is what it is!

Writer: Olumati Isaiah (Facebook)

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