Shaeffer's Use Of Art Chapter 1

Personally, I had never really broken down my feelings of the art and the relationship to God or even to the Bible. While reading Chapter 1, I was able to pull many things from the bible that now seem a bit obvious. This includes the fact that artists should be led by the Holy Spirit while creating their work. They should use this to praise God in an art form. On page 20, Schaeffer discusses the argument that some suggest the ten commandments condemns the use of art in general. He breaks it down to verify that it’s not the art in general but the worship of the art/artist that is forbidden. This conflict was one I was unaware of as I have always been taught point blank not to worship a false idol, God is the only one to be worshiped. Never was I educated on the interpretation that God did not want the development of art in general. Through the building of the tabernacle God first made Moses construct the commandments and then the place of worship. This is a huge contradiction to those who believe the bible tells us not to produce art because here is …show more content…
This includes spirit and flesh as one, to make one better you also should make the other. God made the entire man and through Christ the entire man is redeemed. Schaeffer also goes on to discuss that the lordship of Christ should involve total culture including creativity. As mentioned previously, man should use the lordship to reveal works of art directed by the Spirit to show a love for God. In the end of the essay Schaeffer describes the “The Christian Life as a Work of Art” in a literal sense. We do not need to have a personal gift of creativity but we should still live our lives to be an artist for God. We are meant to be the beauty and truth in the current world we live in. So overall, the connection between the two would be man as a whole using the spirit as a guide to spread the good