The Noise that Summons God
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Summary
In one line: "Make a joyful noise" (Psalm 100:1) — noise isn't chaos, it's the sound of heaven; until there's an interruption, God cannot intervene.
Key points
- Noise is subjective: stressed parents shush children; as grandparents they long for that noise — "it's a sign of life."
- A live demonstration with guitarist Isaac: a clean tone is the carnal Christian — eloquent, pleasing; a distorted tone at the same key is the Spirit-filled Christian who "interrupts" and gets kicked out of the fold.
- "God never called you to be proper — He called you to be drunk" (Ephesians 5:18) "and noisy; the louder you are, the more you resonate with heaven."
Transcript
Automatic captions, reflowed into paragraphs. Scripture references are highlighted; passages that sound like read scripture are set apart; people and spiritual beings are in bold.
Psalms 100 verse one.
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands. God, you have been taught noise is chaos, but noise is the sound of heaven.
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What is noise? Noise is subjective.
Subjective on how you feel. An example, when we were growing up, your parents will be feeling their own feelings. YOU GUYS KEEP QUIET. [snorts] YOU'RE ALWAYS MAKING NOISE. But notice it is the noise of the stress of the day. What they went through. Now when kids are BEING KIDS IS SHUT UP. YOU ARE MAKING TOO MUCH NOISE. CAN I HAVE PEACE IN THIS HOUSE?
Then we're like, okay. We go outside. You grow up. You have children.
The same ones who are shushing you. They're saying, "Can you bring my grandchildren at home? This house is too quiet."
You said when we were making noise, we were noisy. Now you want children in the house to make noise for you. Why? Because now the noise
is what is giving you life.
But when you are stressed, it was noise.
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I want to hear. I just WANT THEM TO CRY. I WANT to watch them. I Wait a minute. You said this is noise.
How did this change? You know that when you are young, they will not tolerate you crying. But these guys will cry. Oh, you want ice cream. You want this me.
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But age and time has given them an appreciation
for the sound that the children make [applause and cheering]
because it is a sign of life. Even though it is interrupting, it can be tiresome. But they have accepted it that now it has become something that makes them look forward to something. Noise always interrupts.
Until there is an interruption, God cannot intervene.
Okay, Isaac, I want you to do me a favor. Right. Play anything nice on there. Just anything that you can. And you can mix other notes. Yeah. You hear how that made you feel so calm and nice? Okay. I want you to crazy distortion.
Play the same thing, same tempo. Distort it. Listen to this.
Stop right there. Immediately, you notice the energy changed.
He wasn't any faster.
I want you to play clean again. Clean again.
This is the difference between a canno Christian.
It sounds beautiful to your ears.
You are worthy. Oh shand.
Oh Lord, how great is your name.
Please the same way but super distorted.
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This is a spiritual Christian. If you are playing now one second now watch this. So these are two Christians praying together.
I want you to watch this. [applause and cheering] To somebody who is not spiritual, they will say, "Wow, listen to how eloquent the words are."
Listen to how perfect.
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I'm I'm trying to show you how to activate something spiritual. So this is the sorry I know you're not cannel but this is the cannon Christian turn him up make sure people can hear this is the what everybody is used to.
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Oh Lord you are worthy. Somebody lift up your hands to the Lord right now. Oh father you are amazing.
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And then this one is the one filled with the Holy Ghost. Just play whatever you want at the same key, but you're distorted. Go ahead.
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[screaming]
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No, no, no. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Notice what is happening.
Everyone that was in LOVE WITH THIS WILL SAY, "WHO IS THAT? SHUT UP. HOW CAN YOU INTERRUPT?
YOU'RE MAKING NOISE. WHY CAN'T YOU JUST PLAY LIKE HIM?" BUT PRETEND TO PLAY THE SAME, BUT YOU'RE STILL DISTORTED. PLAY. PLAY. NO, YOU NEED TO BE QUIET.
Notice
he has completely interrupted this one.
Now, THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS USED TO. SO, they will kick him out of the fold
because he's not fitting in. [cheering] BUT HEAVEN WANTS NOISE. [screaming] [music and screaming] GOOD. God never called you to be proper.
He called you to be drunk. He called you to be noisy. BECAUSE THE LOUDER YOU ARE, THE CRAZIER YOU ARE, YOU ARE RESONATING WITH HEAVEN.