Monday, April 30, 2012

Was Elvis a Christian?



















PBS had a documentary on Elvis and his Christian roots.This brief video on Elvis Presley done by Good Fight Ministries is excellent and answers the question, "was Elvis a Christian?".

Was Elvis a Christian?-  link


Warning: Some brief rock music and music industry themes.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I believe the word of God to be the authority on spiritual matters of life and death as I hope you do also. When I look at Elvis Presley's life in light of God's word I tremble at the clear and explicit implications and I rejoice that God actually created twins for a reason and important spiritual lesson in life. I know for a fact that when I go to heaven I will see Jesse Presley, who was stillborn at birth, and may resemble Elvis Presley if they were identical twins. As for Elvis Presley there is a staggering amount of biblical context that preclude him from heaven. There is no clause, provision, loophole, pass, or even wishful thought biblically that would have allowed him into heaven. Many texts can be cited but I want to sum up briefly what the bible clearly teaches about "who" gets to heaven. The Bible clearly teaches that we cannot pursue living our best life on earth filled with pleasures and riches, making no sacrifice of self denial, the taking up of our cross and being crucified with Christ, dying to ourselves and suffering the despisement of the world which rejects Christ, and expect to enter heaven. No amount of goodwill, piety, generosity, sweetness, religiosity, pleasing others or singing gospel songs will ever stand as a test for being a true Christian. Seeing no objective fruit of repentance and seeing someone living their best opulent life on earth now should be a dead give away as to what they have in store for eternity. Having conducted years of research on Elvis' life I clearly understand the magnitude and bigger than life legacy and staggering achievements of the man, but any true Christian who puts the word of God above and beyond his biases, feelings and sentiments has to biblically conclude that Elvis Presley lost his soul. To affirm that hard truth one has to just remember the final moments of Elvis Presley on earth. He was living in fornication with Ginger Alden and while heavily drugged he went to the bathroom, sat on the toilet and was looking at a book. According to the investigative team on the scene that book was not the bible as others claimed. It was a porn magazine. Elvis was found with his pajama pants down, as he had collapsed from the toilet to his death and the descriptive tragedy the investigative team gave was that Elvis, when he felt or saw death coming for him, threw the magazine at the angel of death in terror and collapsed and slipped into eternity. That is the last image of the legacy of the decadent, arrogant, narcissistic, god mocking, drug dependent, insatiably lustful so called king of rock and roll. He had it all on earth and embraced false religions and in death he missed heaven which is promised and reserved to those who deny themselves, are contrite and poor in spirit and long only to please God on a daily basis, and in pleasing God demonstrate the fruits that true repentance bring forth.

Anonymous said...

You are basing your salvation on your own works of righteousness, i.e., denying yourself, pleasing God on a daily basis, etc. You make to no avail that Christ is the sacrifice acceptable to God. It is not your sacrifice that reserves your place in the Lamb's Book of Life. By grace you have been saved through faith, not of works lest any man should boast.