Blog: Heal the World

There's a place in your heart and I know that it is love. And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow. And if you really try you'll find there's no need to cry. In this place you'll feel there's no hurt or sorrow. There are ways to get there if you care enough for the living. Make a little space make a better place. Heal the world make it a better place. For you and for me and the entire human race. There are people dying if you care enough for the living. Make it a better place for you and for me.

No I did not write what you see above but I wish that I did! We have examined the need for the Gospel using the song titles and lyrics from Michael Jackson for the month of June. At first we saw that the human race were created for a purpose in the image of God. God intended for us to have dominion over his creation, that was week 1’s sermon “We Are the World”. In week 2 we understood that while God created the human race as special creatures in His image having dominion over creation, Adam & Eve chose to allow creation to have dominion over them. When this happened God it severed our relationship with God. In week 2 we learned that the Smooth Criminal will use US to defeat US! In week 2 we learned how sin works and what it does to us and our relationship with God. When it comes to sin the Smooth Criminal has an accomplice and it is ALWAYS US! As Paul would explain later in the book of Ephesians were dead in our sinful state, without God we could do nothing about our eternal salvation. We had no hope…

In week 3 the lesson is titled Heal the World after the song Michael Jackson wrote and released on his 8th album in 1991. This song portrays a beautiful message of people taking action to care about people who are in NEED! It is a call to action and Michael Jackson put his money where his mouth was by using the song for charity and creating a foundation from it. But as Christians we are in a very favorable and privileged position. God has given us a gift that we did not have to work for. He freely gave us a gift that we did not deserve. And the one who paid for the gift gained nothing but pain, humiliation, and betrayal. Jesus gave his life for us on the cross at cavalry. A sinful people who caused Jesus to die, we Christians sit on the high seat of privilege. And if we accept and act on that gift and do nothing with it, shame on us! We have to take the Good News (Gospel) that we believed and obeyed and use it to HEAL THE WORLD! Come Sunday to hear the message that needs to be taken to the whole world! Be inspired by the bridge to this amazing song below!

And the dream we were conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this earth, crucify its soul
Though it's plain to see
This world is heavenly
Be god's glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares

We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space
To make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place…

~Michael Joe Jackson~