Posted on 07/08/2009 9:01:46 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
I saw the memorial on TV. It may have started out as a circus pre-service but the tone quickly changed from the moment the coffin was brought in and a gospel choir started singing "We Are Gong To See The King." (That was Jesus they were singing about.)
Excise the politics from memorial uttered by that goofball Sharpton and that crazy Congresswoman from Texas, and what you were left with was a very serious service about God, family, and the shortness of life.
Let me give you some examples. Here's what Bernice King said: "No one and nothing, public or private, fact or fiction, true or rumored will separate you from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus. Because ultimately at the end of the day it is only God's love that will anchor you, sustain you, and move you to a higher ground far above the noise of life."
Here's what Pastor Lucius Smith said at the closing prayer: "The king of pop must bow his knee to the King of Kings. And we pray that you remind us Lord that our lives are but dust. We are here for a moment and then we are gone."
This message went throughout all the world. I'm a Catholic Christian, and Jesus is Lord.
I really hope that despite his issues, deep down in his heart, MJ knew the real King.
I really hope that despite his issues, deep down in his heart, MJ knew the real King.
Here's what Pastor Lucius Smith said at the closing prayer: "The king of pop must bow his knee to the King of Kings. And we pray that you remind us Lord that our lives are but dust. We are here for a moment and then we are gone."
This message went throughout all the world. I'm a Catholic Christian, and Jesus is Lord.
Amen to that.
as do I.
Caught the tearful comments by Jackson’s daughter. I have to admit, it was the first time (in a long time) that I thought of Jackson as a human being and not a freakshow.
I saw parts of it and I agree with you that, aside from the blatantly political ingredients, it was a very well done service. IMHO, regardless of what you, or I, or anyone else for that matter thought of Michael Jackson the truth is it will be his status in God’s eyes, and His alone, that determines his eternal fate.
I have read a bit of his childhood and from what I’ve seen there’s little reason to be surprised that he turned out to be one very strange and confused young man.
I pray for the soul of anyone who must stand before the judgment throne of God, and that will all of us sooner or later. I have too much worry about in my own life when it comes to how I will fare on the fateful day. Much too much to have any time left over for the fate of others.
All I can do at this point is offer up a prayer for him and his eternal soul. And I do that without hesitation. God will know the truth and treat Michael Jackson accordingly.
They can get as spiritual as they want, but if MJ did not believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ, he is in Hell. There are no indications that he was saved, only God and MJ know. I, personally, have doubts about him being saved.
You assume of course that the people hearing the choir would think of The King as being Christ. I suspect that most of the people there would think of Michael as their king.
I’m sorry that MLK’s kids felt the need to get on the band-wagon.
Actually I don't think so. I think that very few realise that they have made other people and things their god.
I believe that God and Christ have been the only ones who really loved Michael unconditionally and I believe that Michael fell on his knees, cried, and Christ gave him the first truly loving hug he had ever had in his whole sorry existence.
But you would agree that their first thoughts would not be of The King of Kings ( the Nazarene, the Messiah, the Christ)?
There is zero outward evidence to support your belief.
That’s why I have faith.
Yes but you know that God sees things that we do not. Niuhuru’s hope is based on knowing God’s love and not on what we “see”.
When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop – thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times what was sown.” (Mark: 4: 13-20)
My dad — a Methodist minister back in the days when they still had Bibles in the church — used to post in his bulletins almost weekly: “Only one life will soon be passed; only what’s done for Christ will last.”
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