That funeral presentation of the life & works of-----

[Matthitjah]

You don't believe God could have been there??

That many people heard His name in what seemed to be a human activity glorifying a non-christian.???

That's not what I asked you.

Was the Gospel preached to a room full of Narcissists? Were they made sorry unto righteousness?

Peace,

Dave

[nebula]

Do you think God or Jesus were there???

No offense but I find this an odd question.

How could Jesus be there without God being there? (Ref: "or")

But since the Spirit of the Lord is everywhere (Psalm 139), what do you mean by your question?

Jesus would have been there if He was in His human form now. ???

There is only one reference to Jesus attending a funeral, and there He raised the dead.

But if I think I understand the heart of your question to be: Was His presence manifested there? Should we as Christians participate in such?

Is this what you are asking?

If so, my answer would be thus:

I believe it would be really cool if somehow through the whole thing seeds were planted into people's souls to turn them to Jesus. The Lord has used stranger things to reach people!

As for participation, examine your heart before the Lord.

God is a God of the living, not the dead. Funerals are for us who are alive to mourn our loss. If you mourned his loss, what were you mourning the loss of? And entertainer? A music legend? As far as we know a soul lost from the Kingdom?

If Jesus went to the funeral, what would He be there for? I am sure His grief over a soul lost to Him is greater than we can bear. But I think the only purpose He would have there would be to minister to the people there to draw them to Himself.

[nebula]

Here's a good commentary, IMO:

The Passing of a Pop Star <<--LINK

The Pinnacle of Success?

By Chuck Colson

Christian Post Guest Columnist

Wed, Jul. 08 2009 11:44 AM EDT

<snip>

Here is why they have reason to mourn: Michael Jackson was, by any standard, a musical genius. His albums and his videos thrilled successive generations of pop fans. In fact, I was enthralled myself when I first watched his video presentation at an Epcot exhibit some 20 years ago.

There was, indeed, no one quite like Michael Jackson. And now there will be no new albums, no comeback concert tour, no new dance moves. That

[Christofine]

Thanks Nebula

I was beginning to think I'd wasted my time searching for any worthy comments on this subject.

Was Jesus at Michael Jackson's memorial? I don't know

Is He always present in our posts ? No

Yours in Jesus

Christofine