Humanitarian, philanthropists, singer, dancer,father, brother, son and friend. These are just some of the titles that the King of Pop had. I never saw MJ in concert. I never got to meet him in person and most of all, I never went to Neverland Ranch.
Initially, I believed that it was sincere compassion for the soul of the individual that had touched so many peoples lives that prompted me to write the MJ post. Did he have a chance to make it in?
For as many posts that have been written on this site none have garnered more attention than the Michael Jackson post. We have been rather suprised because the the purpose of this site is to glorify God. Delighted with the “hits” we allowed the dialogue to continue believing that individuals would be drawn to the cross. Yet, we find those that profess to be “believers” are glorifying a broken soul that no one wanted to help heal when he was alive. So I asked myself, are the comments focused on the man or his soul?
I thought long and hard about this. I prayed and sought Godly counsel about how to address my concerns. Micheal’s humanitarian works nor his meek and even keeled nature are evidence of being a Christian. As much as MJ may have said or done for people the world over it was not a declaration of Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, as being the lover of his soul.
Jesus warned that many people who think that they are saved will be shocked at their judgment. There will be those who mistakenly trust that their works will merit them salvation. Yet there will also be those who know well that salvation is received by faith alone, but whose faith is void of the holiness that Jesus said marks every true Christian. Numerous scriptures indicate that multitudes of people who think they are born again; their ‘assurance of salvation’ is actually deception.
God expects His children to obey His will once they know what he expects. People who have been truly born again yearn to be holy. That holiness increases through the process of sanctification or increasing in holiness. In short, when we know better, we do better. There is no such thing as justification that is not followed by sanctification.
If you do not have a heart for God you are of no use to the kingdom of heaven. Period. The ordinary just won’t do. Good deeds are not good enough. So the question would be, why would true believers spend so much time in admiration of the life of an individual that did not use his life to glorify God? If Christ is coming back for a church without spot or wrinkle why are we not praying for those ordinary individuals like our neighbors or the doorman in our building just as much as one prays for those of influence that are yet living?
Believers should always be on guard and give no place to the devil. That includes being distracted by a false sense of mourning. Many were commenting about how they were so hurt about the speculations and accusations people were making about MJ. Well, they talked about Jesus so, should we expect any less?
Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
2 Timothy 2:23-26 NIV
Additionally, let me just clarify that Sisters of the Faith is a vessel inspired by the Holy Spirit to assist believers in living more abundant lives. John 10:10 It is our mission to provide support, information, and resources for believers and their families with our first source being the infallible Word of God. We are dedicated to kingdom building as we are called to present the Gospel to the lost. Matthew 28:18-20
In sports, they call it dropping the ball. The time spent lamenting over a soul that is already lost could be used to save that one little lamb that maybe only you could reach. (I am not suggesting that Michael did not make it in. Besides, none of us will know anyway if our names are not in the Lamb’s Book of Life.)
Beloved, I encourage you to take the passion and zeal with which you so vehemently defended your convictions and redirect them. Just as you have shared links and videos to comfort one another and sought out information about MJ, delve into the scriptures or share new methods of evangelizing to those that are yet outside the arch of safety. Dare I say, even read some of the devotionals or explore some of the Bible Study tools available on the site as well. In short, the harvest is plentiful but the laborers are few. The break is over. Its time for some kingdom building.
May the peace and favor of the Lord rest upon you all.
