By K.A.L
Letter To The Editor
In light of the tragic news that has hit the Christian community regarding the passing of Gospel Recording Artiste, Kasim “Moses” Grant, I find it imperative to write this piece, why? because already the rumors, half truths and twisted facts are flying, belittling what this young man stood for all his adult life, and with an even more detrimental issue at work, the attempt of the enemy to erase his efforts in life with one last tragic mistake, the type of mistake that not only gives the body of Christ a black-eye in the eyes of the public, but also gives the enemy the type of victory he yearns for daily.
We have all heard the reports, the speculations, accusations and assumptions, but what really happened, did Moses have a gun, was it a licensed firearm, was it an illegal firearm, was he killed, did he commit suicide? The questions are many, and like always, the answers are few, but the twisted facts are many; so where do we go from here, do we condemn this young man without knowing what really happened?
Some of us already have, and some are unsure about what to believe, but forget what you heard, feel or even know to be the truth, because regardless of the facts, one thing remains true, we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, and like Jesus said, “He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone,” John 8:7.
I heard one person say that Moses was once a gunman, one even said he wasn’t saved, but if he was only 28 years old, and was saved for over ten years, then he was a man of God, or at least representing the faith all his adult life, right? And who are you, who am I to judge this man’s relationship with God?
That may neither be here or there in some people’s book, but just for the record, your opinion really doesn’t matter, because neither of us have a heaven or hell to put anybody in, and truth be told, we may not do one thing, but what makes us so different if we sin in other ways, isn’t a sin a sin?
It sure is, but we tend to forget these things in our rush to condemn, ignoring facts such as the first murder was committed by a man of God, Cain. Yes he was a man of God, he was making sacrifices to God, his parents weren’t born, they were created by God, he like his brother was special, but he was the first murderer. Then there is David, a man of God’s own heart according to the scriptures, also a murderer. The disciples of Jesus weren’t angels either. One pulled a sword and took off an ear, if he were alive today he would probably be pulling his Glock……..No, I do not know Moses, have never even met the young man, so no, this is not in defense of him, (Moses), per-say, if indeed his actions were criminal according to the laws of the land, but this is merely an effort to see the other side of the coin, because truth be told, with the investigations still pending, not many of us really know what transpired; so until we do, let’s keep the words of Christ in mind, “He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone.” The statement is clear, we are all sinners and have all fallen short of the glory of God, so who am I, who are you to condemn anyone, when you, likewise myself, are all guilty in one way or the other, of some type of sin, be it physical or be it a spiritual infraction.
Very few actually know what really happened, and one of them is not with us today. His wife mourns, family, friends and associates, all left in shock, so let’s not make it any worst on them, remember, even Jesus died the death of a common criminal, but that does not take away from Him being who He was, The Christ; The Way, The Truth and The Light, so let’s not make one wrong, (if indeed he was in the wrong) erase over a decade of good.
R.I.P Kasim “Moses” Grant
Posted on January 28, 2009 12:29
Again u people are fooling your self's Jamaica is so consumed by religion it's not funny,and that's not a good thing,black people all over the world still hold on to fairy tale and half truth's that there slave master's taught them.
black people THINK, we were once in the land of Egypt and nubia,ethiopia creating the most brilliant structure's along with the most sophisticated government system the world has seen even by today's standard's were the Egyptian's Christian's did they make any group people tell them what to believe and how to interpret it NO!!so tell me why 400 year's after slavery black people still hold on to what the people who enslaved u told u.
u die hard Christian's can quote your bible scriptures all u want but know this the bible is not 2000,3000,4000, or even 5000 year's old but before that black people were doing extraordinary thing's and had their very own religion
Posted on January 28, 2009 14:17
R.I.P. for all have sin and come short of the Glory of God.Let God be the judge youth mi rate you, and will always keep your music alive and let it minister to other by your testimony
Posted on January 28, 2009 14:22
You know, I'm so tired of the fact that when christians do out-of-the-way things or lived sinfully, we 'sinners' are chastised with the "He Who is Without Sin, Let Him Cast The First Stone" quote for calling them out on it? Yes, we all know that there's no one who is without sin, but it is known that christians are supposed to set an example for us 'sinners', so when they fall below our expectations of living Godly don't try to chastise us for outlining their shortcomings because christians make no apologies for hitting out against people who are not christians and who they perceive as sinful. While most of us will not know the truth of what happened with Moses the fact remains he was a far way from being an exemplary christian, which he proved to people with his actions, so dont blame the people who saw that side of him for talking about it now.
Posted on January 28, 2009 16:32
@ tugz I think u have a serious problem which country r u fr?
Posted on January 28, 2009 17:18
Rest in peace me bredda. we are all human beings and we make mistakes and God knows sees that in us. No matter how much we try to do right we end up sinning dats why we need to earnestly seek God cuz he alone can give us the strength to overcome. David was a man after God's own heart even though he sinned and the reason for this is that he regretfully realized he sinned and earnestly asked God to forgive him.
Posted on January 28, 2009 17:21
@ tugz...Let ah man shuve a 45 caliber tactical S&W inna u face and I bet u say about 20 prayers...talking foolishness. No man is perfect so let us all rise up because it ain't about how many times we fall, but it's about whether or not we gon rise!
Posted on January 28, 2009 17:29
these church people need to come and answer my question, some of these Christians are a hypocrite, weh the bl**dclaat man a do with gun him say him a christian why did he need gun to confront is own family, why did he pulled a gun on the guy, is cousin give him a chain to borrow and the cousin ask back moses for the chain and moses said to is cousin that he had return back the chain. so the cousin was still arguing with him so the cousin go in is car and toke out moses car keys. and tell him say when u bring back my chain u will get you keys. so moses ask him for the keys and he didn't give it to him, so moses tek out a gun a fire gunshot over a bush to scar is cousin so that he would give him back the keys to the car but is cousin did not give moses the key so moses walk away and is cousin called is friends went in the same direction as moses.......... ooun can also read it in the star. a moses family talk it out dem own mouth, one likke chain what was he doing with a gun if him did so holy like how ooun church people a talk. damn hypocrite ooun
Posted on January 28, 2009 19:06
who are us to judge..all i can i am still shock by his dead...RIP MOSES
Posted on January 28, 2009 22:51
@3KB weh u say foolishness mi talk,yute u don't know how lost u is,u think black history start wit slavery ediat boy
@Protina im from jamrock but answer me this and think did black people know god before slavery or before white man show them bible,if not u should be thanking them for enslaving u and teaching u about a blond hair and blue eyed son,of god named jesus.
Do some research and u will be surprised at what u will find.
Posted on January 28, 2009 23:36
It really sad yow. mi nah condemn him or nuttin but mi nuh like how christians a play the hypocrite now. how come di man do all this, with all the evidence pointing that him shot di man and kill himself, and unnuh still a talk bout, "no one knows the truth". police theorize it, eye witnesses saw it and gave their account so what more unnuh want. a bet say if unnuh hear from somebody friend uncle cousin sister aunty company janitor say beenieman shoot smaddy unnuh woulda jump and say "yeh mon, dat darn sinner!!!!" without finding out the facts. things nuh fair bway. please, jus pray for this man's soul and his family and stop try justify his actions. bout how Cain a murderer too. *kissteeth* so when smaddy get me angry mi can kill dem to and say god, nuh worry cain was murderer to? fix up unnuh lifestyle please ppl. there is no right way to look at what he did.
RIP to Moses sameway still.
Posted on January 29, 2009 10:34
@tugz..man u r straying from the whole point of the matter there is two way to travel this life and guess what each of us choose the journey that we want to go bcuz someone mess up dont mean that u gonna blame it on GOD and say he does not exist watch what u say about the almighty ok cuz some strange things happened to people in JA who blasphemed against him...hey r u black or white cuz it seems like u have a problem with identity.... u still in slavery man u need to get out ......
Posted on January 29, 2009 11:32
@talk u thing... a that really happen? sound as if u were there, dead man tell no tales. based on the evidence that police were looking for him before he died indicate he really had a gun.... but maybe since he is dead they are saying he had the gun.
now @talk u things" u said his cousin called his friends and they walked in the same direction as moses.....thats saying that his friends maybe killed moses,,, this is showing Moses did not kill himself!!!! now since u might be saying how him pull gun,,, then how dem kill him. friends maybe knocked himout and throw him over the bridge and he drowned.
anyone else agree with me?
Razzy
Posted on January 29, 2009 12:07
Hey everyone,...whether Moses was right or wrong,....I just hope he had time to ask forgiveness,.....the same way some of us will cry out to God if something would happen to us,...and we're knocking on deaths door,.....and you're not sure if you are ready to meet God. Whether we shoot someone or have hatred and unforgiveness,..its all a sin. No differnce. Everyone just pray for his family that he has left behind and let this be an example to all of us. We really need to think about it,...am I ready to meet God? God bless you all and God bless Jamaica,.Eventhough I am not from there.
Posted on January 29, 2009 13:00
@ Protina im black as tar,to show u how Christians think if you don't believe what they believe you a atheist.which im not i just have a different understanding of god.
lol im still in slavery,answer my question who taught black people about the bible?if you don't know it's the same people who enslaved you.
if your in jamaica u need to listen to some mutabruka ASAP
Posted on January 29, 2009 14:43
Only God is suppose to judge
Posted on January 29, 2009 15:26
@Tugz - I am laughing and I am laughing because you yourself read/research something and believe in it. and that is the same way we ourselves research/read something and believe in it. So why u a fight our belief and THINKING that your belief is correct. Everyone has to give his/her own accord for what he/she believes in. So Leave the People dem alone.
@Can - I hear ya loud and clear, you do have a point..
I dont know Moses, and i dont know NOT one of his songs..i just know from what i read here on outaroad sey some folks liked him and some didnt. the ones who liked him, have a reason to..and the ones who didnt, have a reason to. why do we just leave it at That.
Posted on January 29, 2009 18:27
His life served as a message from GOD, miracles do happen. He was saved from multiple shots that could have taken his life.
It was GOD's bidding, let us embrace the will of the lord and use this as a message for dispute resolution.
A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words ( and actions) stirreth anger
1 John 4
Test the Spirits
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Dear friends, 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.
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This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
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You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
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They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.
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We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.
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Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
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Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son[b] into the world that we might live through him.
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This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for[c] our sins.
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Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
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We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.
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And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
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In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.
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There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
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We love because he first loved us.
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If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
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And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Posted on January 29, 2009 20:30
@ tugz...u better check yourself before you wreck yourself. Cause it done said man gon put fire pon all heathen and worser if u blaspheme!
Posted on January 29, 2009 22:41
@Nelly research what, yea rite,most Jamaican's who are christian do no research dem just believe say what was taught to them is true,unu can continue to believe in fairy tales still is fi unu life....
Posted on January 30, 2009 08:36
All you people out there that feel that you can make man or you were the ones who died for the sins of the world, you need to shut up. You search so far and wide to try and convince yourself that Jesus is not real but when you're in trouble the first name you call is Jesus Christ. Stop allowing Lucifer to use you. Hypocrites! Wipe the plank out of your eyes before you can see the speck in another's eye.
Atleast the Christians are wise enough to choose Christ and trust the journey that they follow. The fool shall say in his heart there is no God. Moses won alot of souls for Christ before he died, by ministering and teaching the gospel. He inspired me and a lot around me. He is a man of God and not a robot, he had lived in this sinful world and still grounded in the word. One thing the Christian community is sure of, and is his soul will definately Rest In Peace because God was and still is with him.
Do not let your ignorance get the best of you. This is what the enemy wants and you rather to serve him because that is the easiest thing to do. But Jesus is the only way, the truth and the light.
K.A.L, that was an inspiring piece and I hope people don't just read it but meditate on it.
Posted on January 30, 2009 10:25
Well said Protina
Posted on January 30, 2009 10:42
Yes, there is no right way to look on what you think Moses did but it's not your place to judge either. The point of the matter is whatever he did and did not do God saw and he will be the Judge of that not us. And regardless of what happen he turned away from the world and look to Christ. How much of you strong enough to do so. All oonu think bout a fi party, fornicate, party, fornicate and please oonuself. Moses was and still is a man a God. A bad mind oonu bad mind di man because him changed around his life and start doing the right thing and every New Year oonu seh oonu a go change and can't change all now. A dat oonu fi go look pon.
A people like oonu sit down and just anxious for something to happen so oonu can blame Christ. Just like what Protina said oonu need to leave it alone and move on. Moses is gone and he is @ a better place. No more suffering and hearing backbitters. Him neva kill himself! That is all we do walk around and blame everybody like we nuh do nutt'n wrong. We need to come together man and comfort each other instead of talking bad against each other.
We a one blood oonu forget.. a God Almighty make us, we neva fall from sky.
I just pray that the Lord will comfort his wife and family through this time.
Posted on January 30, 2009 14:33
Wow, people are so against those who are Christians. It is so funny when we are sick or in need we are so quick to say Lawd help mi. I am not water baptized but I know for sure that God is real. I find that usually people who are so caught up in their little nasty, bad behaviors are always quick to criticize those that are trying to live decently. On the contrary, there are those who claim to be Christians but yet they do really bad things. All have failed and come short of the glory of God.
Posted on January 30, 2009 16:39
@ tugz why r u justifing to all of us that u r not an atheist when we can clearly see the evidence fr ur comments DO NOT BLAME GOD FOR A MAN MISTAKE OK and I totally agree with 3KB and NELLY
nuff love guys
as we can all see on this webpage right now TUGZ have a serious problem....... I leave it at that peace
Posted on January 30, 2009 18:21
yo them dancehall gospel artist ya wrong up the church it self wrong up but them danehall gospel ya worst, mi a gangsta yout but mi would neva try mix it wid gospel everything hav it place an limit but them tek it 2 far..mi hear some pastor a tell dem sey is devil music dem doing an dem nah tek no telling.i rather the true christian livity...moses had some problems dancehall religeon cud not help...if him was a christian whe leggo the material and dancehall life chances r him woulda end up much better than this...no problem with moses him a good youth same way, a jus him dance hall gospel couldn't save him
Posted on January 31, 2009 12:54
@Protina your a f**king fool because i don't believe what all of u believe im atheist,do u consider a Hindu or Buddhist as atheist's
it shoes your level of reasoning
Posted on February 1, 2009 01:35
hmmm! unnu can gwaan talk! a bere f**kry dah yute deh did a gwaan wid up to wah day yah. even doh him have him good-good wife a him yaad, him did still have ooman all ova kingston. gyal from uwi, gyal from utech an him did still a look more. dis is a yute dat go as far as trying to look one of him fren ooman. mi mean tief di gyal numba outta him fren phone an a call har an a harass har fi weeks. pon top a dat mi a hear bout how him rob ppl money. da yute deh did sick inna him f**kin head yah man. him neva did a move right. he was a perv, a tief and a womanizer. so unnu can mek him out to be some saint weh did stumble. that boy was no good. i'm not saying he deserved to die but hell, you reap what you sow.
Posted on February 2, 2009 01:29
yow the man did have licence gun check the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJZHKZoSlSg
Posted on February 2, 2009 09:57
@tugz it "shoes" your level of reasoning for real lol
Posted on February 2, 2009 10:11
@redgalring a nuff girl mi hear a say the same thing, dat dem neva know him married and that him dat him a look dem, on him have nuff girlfriend on website and a so him get them.
maybe him did a preach to dem.
but @ redgalring u sound like u know him like dat!!
Posted on February 2, 2009 12:42
@ Dougie - since that news came out the Firearm Licencing Authority said he's not a licensed firearm holder.
For him to seek solace in a gun, licensed or otherwise, shows that he was not at ease within himself, as I said before, I wish him the peace in death that eluded him in life.
Posted on February 3, 2009 17:10
@redalring, razzy if u read pon d internet that im say he did without a woman 9 years till him married and yet me an him did a gwan wid things 2003... nuff thing to
Posted on February 21, 2009 23:44
All of the above that is having a whale of a time condemning Moses and telling lies that he had a gun much less shooting people. It a shame what one will do for money. How much did you all get, $2000 or $10,000 for the gun story and a little more for the gal stories.
People with strong faith do not have time to idle because their brain is always thinking about positive things to do. Also getting married and living a respectful life. His life was centered on the Almighty and putting his life in the right way.
HOW ABOUT YOU ARE YOU PUTTING YOUR LIFE IN THE RIGHT WAY HAVE YOU TRIED WINNING SOULS FOR CHRIST GOING TO THE HOSPITALS AND PRAY FOR THE SICK HELP A CHILD IN NEED PRAY FOR THE PRISONERS HAVE MANNERS TO YOUR PARENTS, RESPECT OTHERS AND YOURSELVES.
Well, the good news is that Moses did all the above and more. He is bow with his maker because he was buried today. He will be missed by all who loved him and he lives on in all of our hearts. Job well done, humble servant of God.
Posted on June 19, 2009 05:20
Make love not war.....PEACE.