Christian Raw Dog - Rick Roman & The Synthetic Music Machine

To my Friends
During New Year's 2022 I was in the hospital with Coved Pneumonia, allot happened during my 7 day stay. I felt it was a chastening from the Lord to slow me down for some changes that were going to take place. It was like being stripped of all my activities and at the gates of death. Being in this weakened state the Lord was able to impress me with some changes He wanted me to make in my walk with Him. This is why I made mention of bringing me back from the gates of death in this song. I was working on this song on and off for about 3 years or so, just could not have peace with the lyrics that kept changing all during that time. The music kept evolving too, into something better and better every time I would work on it. . After the hospital stay I had the lyrics that gave me peace and I put them into this song. It is done.
If you want to follow the Lyrics just press the lyric tap under the song while playing........in the next window Rick

Go With Them 1989
The Spirit told me to go
Go with them without question Acts 12:12

For he whom God has sent
Speaks the words of God John 3:34

What God has cleansed
No longer consider unholy Acts 11:9

Acoustic/Bass & Electronic Drum - Early Recording 1989. An experience of the guidance from the Lord.

Note:
The year was 1986. A person came to me from the local Bible Church and asked me if I wanted to play bass for a concert they were going to put on. The concert was at their church and it was for a purpose, the purpose being to play Christian Rock to see if the church would except that form of music. My answer to her was No....... There was no way I would subject myself to that type of criticism and abuse, just leave me alone, that is the way I felt...... When she was walking away the Lord spoke to me very strongly and said: "Go with her without question". So by faith and trust I called out to her and told her the Lord just spoke to me and told me to go with you. Well at that we started to practice. The band consisted of a keyboard player who was the pastors wife, a guitar player Bob Schwartz who would later play with Christian Raw Dog, a drummer who was the pastors son who did not play to good, and a few other singers. I must say the first few practices sounded terrible but I knew the Lord brought me there so I had to perceiver. We had only 2 months to get it together and I thought to myself this was really going to be a disaster. We did not even have any decent equipment to speak of. I kept going by faith in the Lord. Then by maybe by the fifth or so practice something happen, a few notes began to blend and be together, I must say it sounded like music to my ears. I was encouraged and each practice got better and better. We started practicing at the church on the stage about 4 or 5 days before the concert and somehow bigger equipment began to show up. Someone brought in a big Acoustic bass Amp which had a nice deep rich tone with my Gipson EBO bass guitar and we were starting to sound pretty good. By the time we played the concert the Lord furnished everything we needed to play well. The miracle of it all was that these people were anointed by the Holy Spirit to play well, what an experience. We did well that night and everyone I knew said we sounded great, even my son who was a very critical person when it came to music. End of story. Listen to what God tells you to do and be amazed.

I wrote this song way back when I first became a Christian by Gods grace (1973).
A version of this tune has been played in every Christian band project I have been in. In Harvest we made a 45 RPM vinyl out of it. In Christian Raw Dog we made a recording of it. This latest version is Rick Roman and The Synthetic Music Machine.
In light of the world going crazy with so many lies of deception coming forth I felt impressed to do another version. Vision of where we are going is very important in these days of multiplied deceptions. Millions, Billions and Trillions will be spent on things that don't even matter. Global warming, is one of the biggest lies from the unbelieving to take our minds off the truth of Gods judgments upon our nation and the world. These are things the faithless do not understand. God is in control of the weather and in His word (the bible) He tells us of His judgments.
Where are we going? In the end it is a new heavens and a new earth. The apostle John expressed it very well in Revelation 21; Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among the people, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

In light of all the storms going on Physical and Spiritual....God has everything under control. Recorded this one on the Journey to the Son CD 2004. Enjoy my friends, God is still on the throne. Enter into His rest and return to His Joy.

The Remake.......I love the truth of the scriptures and how they fit into the music I do with the Lords help. Music was created by God to enjoy and His word fits perfectly into it. All forms of music comes from the Lord. Since I became a Christian I have dedicated all my talents to His disposal because He has changed me so much and is still working on me. He is the creator of all things and always makes a way when there is no way. He is the true King who will come back and bring peace to the world all others are thieves and robbers...... Let us prepare our hearts to receive Him. For in Him is LIFE and not death. Each one of us has a wonderful plan the Lord has planned for us but we must surrender to Jesus Christ our savior to find out what that plan is. If we decide to go our own way we will only find darkness and despair in the end. Listen to the remake of "Let God Arise" and believe He is the only one sent from the Father. Follow the Lyrics they are printed out for your blessing and enjoyment.
Rick