Matin Luther King On God
When it comes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s conception of God it is not something to be taken as a light matter. Dr. king was a very strong Christian. And he used God as his mentor. Every decision or thought that crossed King’s mind, involved the Lord, in one manner or another. God was not only his mentor but his commander as well. King used God to show him how to deal with the social problems that were haunting the United States of America through out the fifties and the beginning of the sixties. If you have ever read any of Dr. king’s speeches he is constantly referring to either God or scripture. So you can easily see that Dr. King had more then one goal is in his life, but the most important one, was to tell people about God. Not only did he want to teach people about God, but he also wanted to have peace between races. And by being a peaceful man and promoting peace between races he taught people about his personal conception with God. And last but not least he did this through his speeches and his sermons. In Dr. King’s I’ve been to the Mountaintop speech, he deeply speaks of his concern for humanity. I personally believe that Dr. King thought it to be a sin if you did not do something to change or help
humanity. King knew deep down in his heart that America needed change and they needed it fast. Also in the, I’ve been to the Mountain top speech, King states, “It’s alright to talk about streets flowing with milk and honey, but God has commanded us to be concerned about the slums down here and his children who can’t eat three square meals a day”. Now if you notice, he uses the word commanded. By using this word King is trying to express his feelings and deep concern for humanity. Also it is obvious by stating this he expresses that he feels it is a sin against humanity not to be doing anything about the social problems that were plaguing the major cities in his day as well as ours. Secondly, in that same exact speech he mentions that, “It’s alright to talk about the new Jerusalem but one day God’s preacher must talk about the new NY, the new Atlanta, the new Philadelphia, the new L.A., and the new Memphis Tennessee. That is what we have to do”. What Dr. king wanted was somebody to care for humanity and social problems like he did. He wanted to instill the importance of these issues to the people in Memphis that night. Basically King new if something was not done soon, that America was going to keep falling further and further into a big black hole. A hole with out God. A hole, where people did not care about sins or salvation. A Human race with no cares in the world. And Dr. king did not want to see this happen, and was willing to do whatever it to
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