Christianity's Crossroads Part 2
Copied from the sermon notes of Pastor Don Elmore
February 6, 2016
Scripture Reading: Obadiah 1:14
Today's scripture reading is the only reference to a crossroads that I could find that is located in the Bible. It tells of the evil that the Edomites did when they cut off the Israelites that had escaped the destruction that they were facing in their captivity. The Edomties stood in the crossroads and killed the escapees.
The father of rock ‘n’ roll and king of the Delta Blues, Robert Johnson, met the devil who had taken the form of a huge black man at a crossroad. The devil took Johnson’s guitar, tuned it, and proceeded to play before handing the guitar back to Johnson. From that point on, Robert Johnson had mastery of the Blues and the guitar. He was able to play incredible new songs instantly without taking the time to write the lyrics or compose any music.
A memorial to Johnson reads: “Robert Johnson stands at the crossroads of American music, much as a popular folk legend has it, he once stood at a Mississippi crossroads and sold his soul to the devil in exchange for guitar-playing prowess.”