Interview:

The Bible says that God approved the use of music primarily for worship, praise, edification, and teaching His Word. We are told to speak to one another in songs and hymns and spiritual songs singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord [Ephesians 5:19]. Music can powerfully effect our emotions and our moods. Whenever a demonic spirit came upon King Saul, David would play a harp. Saul would become refreshed and free and the depressing spirit would depart [1 Samuel 16:23]. Lucifer (Satan), is a created being who lived in Heaven with great musical talents directing the angelic host in the worship of God. Because of pride and other sin, God expelled Lucifer from Heaven. This led to the perversion of much music on the earth. Music can affect our digestion, circulation, nutrition, blood pressure, and heart beat. Classical music is often used in operating theatres to relax patients. Many people with mental problems have been healed as they listened to Christian music.

There is compelling evidence that Rock music has its origin in voodoo worship. Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lewis, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Jim Morrison, Johnny Rotten, and Prince allowed themselves to be possessed by the spirit they felt in the music and not by any god that they could name. Ozzy Osbourne said, “I never seem to know what I’m going to do next. Sometimes I feel like a medium to some outside force”. Many Rock singers have called Satan lord of this world. Kiss singers portray themselves as Greek and Egyptian gods. Research into the average age of death of over three-hundred leading Rock stars has shown it to be thirty-six years. Many have died from a drug overdose, suicide, heart attack, murder, and other violent deaths. Spirits can easily be transferred from one person to another. We have an ear-gate and an eye-gate. Whatever we listen to or see can enter our very being. Many young people become depressed by demonic power which enters them as they listen to Rock music. On such occasions I have had to cast out demons from them to set them free. Others have found that as a result of listening to such music they have had compulsive thoughts and moods, and wrong behaviour has occurred. Many have gone into drugs and sexual immorality sometimes leading to crime and suicide. In many cases, bad relationships with parents and close friends have resulted from the rebellion which entered them as they listened to this type of music.

When they have come to Christ and been delivered, the demon power has left them. They have become changed persons totally healed by the power of God. Some have found that by listening to “Christian” Rock, the old feelings have returned and they have had a tremendous battle resisting lust and wrong desires. Before He was crucified, Jesus told His disciples that He would send the Holy Spirit to live in the believer. Over the past thirty-seven years in my walk with God as a believer in Jesus Christ, I have learned that as authentic Christian worship music is being sung, the power of the Holy Spirit falls and His presence can be felt physically in a manner which the Bible describes as an anointing. When this happens, major physical, mental, and emotional healings accompanied by the peace of God frequently occur in those participating as they are worshipping God in the Spirit. Thus, there is an enormous spiritual significance for good or evil in music. If it is based on a Satanic background such as Rock music, evil powers will manifest. However, if it is founded on the Word of God enlivened by the Holy Spirit, then there will be true peace and healing with God Himself through Jesus Christ. As the Bible says; “choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” [Joshua 24:15, NKJV]

“We have an ear-gate and an eye-gate. Whatever we listen to or see can enter our very being.”
– Bill Subritzky, author of “Demons Defeated: A Handbook On Deliverance”