Original Forwarded Message:
A man trusted ...... in WHAT!!! please see what he has done for his earthly life? what can we call this!!! I kindly request you to look at the pictures.
My Dad's reply to the forwarded mail
I think Michael Jackson earned all these by his own worldly talents though he originally started as a Gospel singer. But being a poor administrator of finance he did not enjoy his wealth to its fuller extent. I do not think he was greedy or stealer of someone's money.
By comparison , I think he is more honest than the so called 'Christian wolves' who amass personal wealth, Vanity and pride in the name of Evangelism to build their own castles.
Many of the so called soul savers for Jesus unnecessarily build dubious scriptural NEVER LANDS. in the name of intercession towers,competing with each other to conduct expensive concerts, meaningless conferences and Mosaic Mega churches by selling the GRACE of our LORD and deceiving the masses in the name of God's secret revelation.
I am an observant media critic, both Religious and Secular.
I observe that in Christian media, many presenters 'perform' without any perseverance in preparation and Prayer. They seem to have inadequate understanding and conviction about the specific call of God in their life and poorly imitate everything that seems attractive , commercial, self propagating and self gratifying.
I do not deny that there many excellent Christian TV programmes , I have been personally enlightened by some.
But Most of our TV programmes especially Indian Christian programmes are rubbish, wasting precious bandwidth.
Matthew 21:18-22
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" Immediately the tree withered.
We have many 'leafy' performers and orators out there, with absolutely no fruit. We don't realize that the Christian media has the highest responsibility in the Kingdom.
But we are allowing ourselves - the Kingdom of power and transformation to be portrayed as a bunch of jokers, always in need of money to build structures, asking people to pay our debts so that they can be free of theirs and a breed of 'spiritual' apes who pathetically imitate and compete with each other stealing each others' sheep instead of venturing into the lands of the unknown and the unheard.
End note :
I am not a fan of Michael Jackson.I just knew him as an eccentric entertainer. But after his death I read as much available material on him, saw many video clippings and have come to believe that if he would have been properly molded as a Christian Singer,and if the Christians he saw, in his family and beyond related to him in the spirit of Christ, he would have done a enormous service in the spread of Gospel.
THE CHURCH I KNOW
If this is not a place where tears are understood,
Where do I go to cry?
If this is not a place where my questions can be asked,
Where do I seek?
If this is not a place where my spirit can take wing,
Where do I go to fly?
If this is not a place where my feelings can be heard,
Where do I go to speak?
If this is not a place where you'll accept me as I am,
Where do I go to be?
If this is not a place where I can learn and grow,
Where can I be just me?
That's the church I know.
If this is not a place where tears are understood,
Where do I go to cry?
If this is not a place where my questions can be asked,
Where do I seek?
If this is not a place where my spirit can take wing,
Where do I go to fly?
If this is not a place where my feelings can be heard,
Where do I go to speak?
If this is not a place where you'll accept me as I am,
Where do I go to be?
If this is not a place where I can learn and grow,
Where can I be just me?
That's the church I know.
-Source Unknown
All our churches, and our Christian homes have enormous talent. When they are not crafted and channeled correctly, they get distraught and become vulnerable. With time, they drift away to the wrong places and become prisoners of wealth and loneliness.
As a church and in our family, it is our responsibility to recognize, appreciate, train and mould talent in the love, counsel, care and perfection of Christ.
Otherwise we will loose many more Michael Jacksons.
Let us stop judging the world and check the cancer that's growing in our minds and within our own body of believers.
