{"id":256749,"date":"2024-11-27T21:45:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/words-lyrics-are-superior-to-beat-music-in-gospel\/"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:45:50","slug":"words-lyrics-are-superior-to-beat-music-in-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/27\/words-lyrics-are-superior-to-beat-music-in-gospel\/","title":{"rendered":"Words, lyrics are superior to beat, music in gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/771\/77127959.295.jpg\" alt=\"Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea\" title=\"Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">\u201cIt is the lyrics and words that blesses and not the beat,\u201d Pastor Josh Laryea has said about gospel music.<\/p>\n<p>He said this reacting to Nigerian gospel musician and pastor Nathaniel Bassey famously asking Ghanaian Christian singers to frequently sing in the world&#8217;s lingua franca, English, for global reach.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Laryea, thus, emphasised the language one sang in was of utmost importance in gospel given the intended audience.<\/p>\n<p>When listening to gospel music, \u201cyour concentration has to be on the words [as you judge whether or not] they are the doctrines of Christ,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added a song that was truly Christian would give nourishment to the listener\u2019s &#8220;spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cthe beat actually takes your soul,\u201d which \u201ctakes more from the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He focused on dileanating between someone who sang and caused people to weep and become sorrowful and someone who served music to enrich people&#8217;s Christian or spiritual lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ll think they have ministered [served spiritually], but they have not. It is just soulish. But when it is the Word of God, which is sharper than a two-edged sword that cuts and enters the spirit, soul, marrows, and joints, the person is ministering; that is what heals, transforms, and blesses,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He intimated people were in the habit of confusing motivational songs for gospel songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmakye Dede does very well when it comes to motivational songs; Kojo Antwi does very well when it comes to love [and] motivational songs \u2013 there are some of the songs they sing; if you\u2019re not careful, you can sing them in church and think it\u2019s okay,\u201d he expatiated.<\/p>\n<p>To know a true gospel song, Pastor Josh Laryea urged people to consider what the Bible called the Gospel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gospel has to do with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ \u2013 who Christ is; what Christ did or has done for you; what Christ left for you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gospel musician and pastor, Josh Laryea \u201cIt is the lyrics and words that blesses and not the beat,\u201d Pastor Josh Laryea has said about gospel music. 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