Kenny Rogers Tribute ?

[Ray12614]

I read this am that Kenny Rogers has died. Does anybody know if he was a Christian? Honestly, from the new feed I cannot tell.

Ray . .. .

[other one]

I have never heard him profess Christ, but I have heard him say he was basically raised in the church.....    (He's one of my favorite musical people.)   He also was very involved in gospel music....     I think I'll just leave that call to Jesus...

[TheBlade]

I know later in life he made a gospel album. I guess one could sing "what a friend we have in Jesus" and not mean it. And then all the other songs? Na..

I know a singer that LOVES JESUS.. still sings his very famous other songs. We tend to judge (not here) other singers by what they sing. As if "if your saved you can ONLY SING gospel songs" <---wow so not true.

Do we only read the bible? Only watch Christian shows.. only watch Christian videos.. on and on.

I believe he knew Christ.

[JustPassingThru]

1 hour ago, TheBlade said:

I know later in life he made a gospel album. I guess one could sing "what a friend we have in Jesus" and not mean it. And then all the other songs? Na..

I know a singer that LOVES JESUS.. still sings his very famous other songs. We tend to judge (not here) other singers by what they sing. As if "if your saved you can ONLY SING gospel songs" <---wow so not true.

Do we only read the bible? Only watch Christian shows.. only watch Christian videos.. on and on.

I believe he knew Christ.

Personally from what I have read about him, and from his character, he was involved in the worldly system, and the Word warns us, " Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners." 1 Cor 15:33

Personally, I believe he knew Jesus, but he missed out on the "opportunity" of "walking" with Jesus in Faith.

We're gonna find out real soon...

[Neighbor]

How do I judge the servant of another?

Better that I tend to my own service to my Lord Jesus.

[LadyKay]

55 minutes ago, JustPassingThru said:

Personally from what I have read about him, and from his character, he was involved in the worldly system, and the Word warns us, " Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners." 1 Cor 15:33

Personally, I believe he knew Jesus, but he missed out on the "opportunity" of "walking" with Jesus in Faith.

We're gonna find out real soon...

None of us know what was said on this deathbed. A prayer may have been whispered. Much like the one who was hung on the cross next to Jesus.   Enough said. 

 

 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”  Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”   Luke 23:42-43

 

 

 

Edited March 22, 2020 by LadyKay

[JustPassingThru]

10 minutes ago, LadyKay said:

None of us know what was said on this deathbed. A prayer may have been whispered. Much like the one who was hung on the cross next to Jesus.   Enough said. 

I agree with you, that's not what I'm saying, ...what I'm inferring to is the Godly character he sung about and portrayed in his films, ...unfortunately, because of his fame and fortune, he didn't need Jesus to supply his "daily" needs.

As to none of us know, ...I was there when my 100 year old grandmother rejected the Gospel of Jesus Christ and died 45 minutes later, ...and a sister in Christ was with my mother in a convalescent Hospital, sitting on her bed, when she gave her the Gospel and she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and then breathed her last breath.  

My best friend in High School was a Fireman and was the first responder at the scene of the car accident involving my father, as they were using the "jaws of life" to cut him out of the car, he was cursing, swearing and blaspheming God and died before they could remove him from the car, ...I think it's safe to say he isn't with Jesus.

Also I know many pastors that have been with a child of God when the breathed their last and they have sat up in the bed and pointed to and said, "Jesus," and fell back into the bed dead.

Any way...

Lord bless 

[Sower]

1 hour ago, JustPassingThru said:

Do we only read the bible? Only watch Christian shows.. only watch Christian videos.. on and on.

Agreed. And the reverse can also be true.
We had a evangelist preach a revival years back, and he shocked the church one night.
He was explaining his early profession of faith, and later his call to preach the word.
Then he said; if I remember the years correctly;

"I have been an evangelist preaching the word for fifteen years,
and I have been saved for just six years now"
A humble, yet great testimony to cause some in the pews to think about.

On the flip side,

Then I remember, once  there was this thief on the cross...........

[BeauJangles]

Kenny Rogers - A Country Legend

By BeauJangles, 12 hours ago in Controversial Issues

Sorry I'm not so great at linking Worthy's posts as of yet. There's a couple of articles, a few comments and some lyrics, including a few decent photographs here in Controversial Issues in case any are interested. Thanks for having a look. Rest in peace, Kenny. God bless. 

[Ray12614]

12 hours ago, Neighbor said:

How do I judge the servant of another?

Better that I tend to my own service to my Lord Jesus.

Certainly we cannot Judge the person in place of God having final judgement (only God knows his heart), however scripture does give us permission to judge the actions and life styles of people (fruit), as to whether they know Jesus our Lord. In fact, Jesus gave the world permission to judge us, and the dividing line is that they see our love for one another. Authentic Christianity is one of community, and publicly professing Jesus as Lord and Savior.

I was just wondering about Kenny, since normal Christian family obituaries include things like 'his love for his family and love for God, how he served in the community, church, etc.' , and since I did not see that in the public announcements, I was wondering. I am not pointing an accusing finger at Kenny, just wondering if anybody was aware of any outward actions that indicate what his inward spiritual state was. 

Thanks for the reply . . . 

Ray . .