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Country Star Exited ‘Wicked’ Music Industry to Speak ‘The Truth’

Country Star Exited ‘Wicked’ Music Industry to Speak ‘The Truth’

By Movieguide® Contributor

Country star John Rich says separating from the “wicked” music industry and focusing on faith saved him. 

“My decades in the music industry…that became what I worshiped, even though I gave my life to Jesus at a young age,” Rich told CBN. “When I got out there and started selling millions of records…that became my focal point.”

However, after getting married and having children, Rich said his views began to change. 

“I started looking at how I was living and what was important to me,” he explained. “And I thought, ‘Is that how I want my boys to live? Do I want them to wind up like I am right now?’ And I was horrified by that notion.”

The country star said he was “subservient to some wicked industry like the entertainment industry” and could no longer hear God. 

“You can’t even hear Him, because your ears are full of your own noise,” he said. “So, over those next few years, little by little, I started separating…from the music industry and stepping further, and further, and further out into speaking the truth.”

Now, Rich says the truth doesn’t “co-exist” with the lies he has seen in the music industry. He has separated himself from record labels and deals; instead, Rich has struck out on his own, with total creative freedom. 

“I felt like [God] went, ‘You can say whatever you want, and I’m going to give you some stuff to say that I want you to say,’” he shared. “I said, ‘Well, let’s rock and roll. What do you want me to say?’ And when I took that attitude on and re-yielded myself to Him for real, here it came.”

Rich’s new song “Revelation” is part of his commitment to speaking the truth and sharing God’s message. 

“I was at home in Nashville, not even thinking about writing a song, when suddenly it felt like a hammer hit me in the back of the head,” he told Tucker Carlson. “When the Lord slaps you upside the head with something, you have a physical reaction to it. The message I felt coming back to me was, ‘Take it all the way to the mat.’”

READ MORE: THIS BOOK OF THE BIBLE INSPIRED COUNTRY STAR’S SONG ABOUT ‘SPIRITUAL WARFARE’

“Part of prophecy in the Old, and New Testament says that ‘God will send a great delusion on the people,’” Rich wrote. “The only way a human has discernment during these times, or any time, is if the Holy Spirit lives within them, AND the human asks specifically for that discernment. Short of that, none of us have any chance of understanding who is who, what is what, or what to expect next.”

He continued, “It’s important to note, that actual washed in the blood Christians also have difficulty deciphering what exactly the truth is. The closer you are to Jesus Christ, the more you will understand, even though you may never have a full grasp and total clarity on what is to come. We know how the book ends, we know what happens in between, but some of the details are still awaiting to reveal themselves. To ‘know that you don’t know’ is a very important confession for any serious person.” 

READ MORE: BIG & RICH’S JOHN RICH: AMERICA NEEDS TO TURN BACK TO GOD


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