Why in the world would a successful musician adored by so many fans kill himself? And why would teenagers kill themselves over Cobain's death? Remember, this is just what the enemy desires for mankind. He especially delights in the death of young ones.
This story is an example of privitization. Privitization is the socially required and legally enforced separation of our private lives and our public personas; in effect, privitization mandates that isssues of ultimate meaning be relegated to our private spheres. In the name of non-offensiveness, religion is privatized and relegated to the home, while in the name of freedom all kinds of indecencies and abondonments are made public. The deceptive philosophy of privitization leaves us with no point of reference for life's coherence. When we have no point of reference for life's coherence, we lose our sense of meaning. When we lose our sense of meaning, we kill ourselves.
Privitization causes us to neglect our responsibility to take the gospel into every sphere of society. As a result, the gospel of grunge was the dominant message of the 90's. Because of this, Cobain never got to hear about or experience the God of life. His despair was endless and his god was nameless. He lived in a music culture that was unreached by the good news of Jesus Christ.
God made us in his image and likeness. When the Spirit of God comes into our hearts, our spirit cries out to God as our Father. Only by knowing God as our Father can we truly discover who we are and find meaning in life. I wonder how different Cobain's life and lyrics would have been if he would have known God as His Father and Jesus as the way, the truth and the life?
Unfortunately, he did not. As a result, Kurt Donald Cobain lived a life marked by depression, anger, fear and despair. His songs offered no hope to a lost and hurting world. He never knew the God of peace who could have guarded his heart and renewed his mind in Christ Jesus.
Our sense of meaning and the fulfillment of our mission to take the gospel into all the world is a matter of life and death. My prayer is that we will take the good news of Jesus into every sphere of culture. I believe that as we do this, people like Cobain, will find true meaning in life and use their talents to glorify God and testify of his goodness.
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It's a total shame that there are many "Cobains" in the world- all unreached and full of pain. It's a shame because they could live a life full of joy and peace, but no one's told them how! It makes me think, did I miss one of them because of my "busy schedule"? Did I miss someone like K. Cobain because I was too busy to take notice that I was the one that God wanted to use to spread the Gospel? Lord knows, I truly hope not-because that too would be a shame.
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