Our Pop Culture?!

The past 10 days or so have been filled with almost non-stop 'Michael Jackson deleria'. And that begs me the question of "Why is America so inclined to worship that which is so vain, and not to worship Him Who is Holy??" As an American culture it is most often that those who are the most vile in morals, whether it be a 50 year old child/adult accused of child-molestation, or a man who has come from a thug-type background to become the 'king of the world--the president of the United States!

(Another question: How many millions of dollars $$$$ will the state of California spend on his fiasco funeral?? Money that the state doesn't have now, with the threat of issuing IOU's for their debt??)

Why are these men worshipped as they are? First of all, it proves that as a nation we no longer have a Biblical world-view, that which weighs our values with the Bible and casts off that which doesn't align itself with God in all things. Then, that becomes a secular world-view, which would have one to deem that whatever is right in his own eyes, is right!

Well, you say, MJ nor Barack Hussein Obama are really worshipped. Really!!? What is worship?? Glad you asked!

worship= love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"

Now is that not how Michael Jackson and Barack Obama are portrayed? Have either been associated with their Biblical world-view so as to be leaders among men? Have either ever portrayed a character which would bring one to believe that they are God-fearing, God-honoring, God-loving, moral, individuals who would possess any of the fruits of the Spirit? (Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control). The Bible DOES say to 'test the spirits'.

"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world." 1 John 4:1

Well, you decide!

**I write this not as a demeaning word on Michael Jackson. He was a very talented man with a lot of issues in his personal life, much like that which we all face from one time to another. It is that struggle that confirms who we are in the eyes of God and man. I do write this to make us think about the culture that we live in and the 'idols' that we bow down to, whether we admit it or not!