Is it morally right to play with a person whos fallen away from God

By mous on 8/11/08 9:23am
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Hey heres my question. I have a band with four people in it. Are bass player has recantly been falling away from God and I'm wondering is right to continue playing with him even though hes not right with God. I have two sides to this. One side says its not right to play with him when he is not right whith God cause any message we send accross would be a lie. The other side says that any ministry is better than none and that it might even help him get right whith God again. If the band doesnt do anthing he will probably start a band of his own that isnt christian. Ack what do I do?

Brink

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no

Submitted by christianmusic328 on 7/14/08 2:42am.

no

Dear Brink, In order to be

Submitted by christianmusic332 on 7/14/08 9:41pm.

Dear Brink,
In order to be united as one body(band)in christ, the band cannot be devided amongst itself. If a band is going to be effective in sharing the gospel, all the members must be faithful in prayer and continue in perserverance. Remember that the disciples that Jesus chose had nothing to boast about. One was a hated tax collector, another was a fisherman etc. Ask your fellow band member if he loves the God who created him and died for him. If he says yes, tell him that the only way to love God is to love others(feed His lambs), if he says he doesn't love God he needs a lot of prayer and love but in this case should not be playing with the band.
Sam
Worship Leader, CA

If he still wants to play

Submitted by christianmusic122 on 7/18/08 4:52pm.

If he still wants to play with yu guys, let him. I mean, what are the chances of him coming back to God of you keep playing together and what are the chances of him coming back if you stop playing together.
Have prayer with the band. And have the band pray for this particular person in the band. You may feel silly at first but we all should do this. If he is a deadbeat who just doesn't care and shows no interest in getting back where he is supposed to be, drop him.
You're welcome,
Sis. Jess

My thoughts are a cross

Submitted by mixerguy on 7/22/08 4:20am.

My thoughts are a cross between the above responses (122 and 332). Let him continue to play, practice as you normally would, and most importantly - PRAY together. 332 said, "In order to be united as one body(band)in christ, the band cannot be devided amongst itself." In that same train of thought, maybe you should consider cutting out doing gigs for a while until things get better. Focus on the well-being of the group before the well-being of others. Satan doesn't play by the rules and will "kick you when you're down" at your most vulnerable point. Whatever ministry you attempt to do will return little or no results unless your all united under Christ. Just a thought. Hope and pray all gets better.
In Christ,
Shaun W.

Iun think u should stop

Submitted by Paranoia on 7/31/08 5:50pm.

Iun think u should stop playing with him. everyone goes thru dark times n' sometimes drift away from god. Support the bass player dont abandon him.