MICHAEL JACKSON'S GREATEST THRILLER

Lk 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

The news that has trumped even the U. S. President is the death of entertainer Michael Jackson. In my life time I have observed him beginning as a small boy with his brothers and becoming a “superstar” entertainer, composer, producer, singer, and dancer. I am not writing this to glorify a man or his career, but rather as a reminder of the certainty of death and judgment.

I suppose his greatest achievement, the work his is best known for and lauded for, is “Thriller,” which has sold more CD’s and music videos that than any other in the history of the business. I must confess I have not seen much of it, only what has been aired on TV news programs. But what I have seen appears to be a bad dream of a tortured soul. Music and dance are performed by those dressed and made up as zombies with Michael Jackson as the lead. And this is what American children and adults are “thrilled” by?

Well, Michael Jackson has gone out into eternity. His popularity, his financial prosperity, his prominence in the entertainment industry could not prevent the inevitable. Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Though he might have been able to buy his way out of situations he created in his life, he can not buy his way out of the wages of sin. No matter how much he was beloved by his fans, he now stands before a holy, righteous, just God....facing his own greatest THRILLER.