"Little Richard is renouncing his past life of sexual immorality, saying he believes same-sex
relationships are "unnatural affections."
In previous interviews, the famous singer referred to himself as "omnisexual," revealing in an interview with GQ five years ago that he lived a life of perversion, including orgies.
But in an extensive interview with Three Angels Broadcasting Network, an Illinois-based Christian and health-oriented television and radio network, Little Richard says he has repented and turned to Jesus Christ for salvation.
"When I first came in show business, they wanted you to look like everybody but yourself," he recalled.
"And anybody [who] comes in show business, they gonna say you gay or straight," he said. "God made men, men and women, women. You've got to live the way God wants you to live ... He can save you," the 84-year-old singer told the Christian broadcaster.
The singer admits he fell to the temptations of the entertainment industry.
In Charles White's biography, The Life and Times of Little Richard, Richard, who's given name is Richard Wayne Penniman, revealed that his marriage to Ernestine Campbell fell apart due to his sexuality and being neglectful.
"You know, all these things. So much unnatural affection," the singer told the network. "So much of people just doing everything and don't think about God. Don't want no parts of Him."
"I was talking to Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, and she said she believed in the Resurrection. I said I believed in the Resurrection too. But I believe you've got to live right now in Jesus. He's a real Savior and the Prince of Life," he added.
"Regardless of whatever you are, He loves you. I don't care what you are. He loves you and He can save you. All you've got to do is say, 'Lord, take me as I am. I'm a sinner.' But we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The only holy, righteous person is Jesus and He wants us to be just like Him because, in order to go to Heaven, we've got to look like Him," Richard continued.
Richard said he asked God to save him and the Lord spoke to him saying, "Richard, you're singing 'Tutti Fruity.' You're singing 'Good Golly Miss Molly.' You're singing 'Long Tall Sally.' You're singing 'The Girl Can't Help It' and 'She's Got It' and all of these things."
And Richard asked, "Lord, can I do this and still be saved?" And according to the singer, the Lord replied, "Richard, no man can serve two masters.
"I don't want to sing rock and roll no more. ... I want to be holy like Jesus," he said." Charisma
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24
---"After he was born again in 1957, Little Richard enrolled at Oakwood College in Huntsville,
Alabama, a mostly black Seventh-day Adventist college, to study theology. Little Richard returned to secular music in the early 1960s.
He was eventually ordained a minister in 1970, and again resumed evangelical activities in 1977.
As a preacher, Little Richard evangelized in small churches and packed auditoriums of 20,000 or more. His preaching focused on uniting the races and bringing lost souls to repentance through God's love. In 1984, Little Richard's mother, Leva Mae, died following a period of illness. Only a few months prior to her death, Little Richard promised her that he would remain a Christian."
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In previous interviews, the famous singer referred to himself as "omnisexual," revealing in an interview with GQ five years ago that he lived a life of perversion, including orgies.
But in an extensive interview with Three Angels Broadcasting Network, an Illinois-based Christian and health-oriented television and radio network, Little Richard says he has repented and turned to Jesus Christ for salvation.
"When I first came in show business, they wanted you to look like everybody but yourself," he recalled.
"And anybody [who] comes in show business, they gonna say you gay or straight," he said. "God made men, men and women, women. You've got to live the way God wants you to live ... He can save you," the 84-year-old singer told the Christian broadcaster.
The singer admits he fell to the temptations of the entertainment industry.
In Charles White's biography, The Life and Times of Little Richard, Richard, who's given name is Richard Wayne Penniman, revealed that his marriage to Ernestine Campbell fell apart due to his sexuality and being neglectful.
"You know, all these things. So much unnatural affection," the singer told the network. "So much of people just doing everything and don't think about God. Don't want no parts of Him."
"I was talking to Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine, and she said she believed in the Resurrection. I said I believed in the Resurrection too. But I believe you've got to live right now in Jesus. He's a real Savior and the Prince of Life," he added.
"Regardless of whatever you are, He loves you. I don't care what you are. He loves you and He can save you. All you've got to do is say, 'Lord, take me as I am. I'm a sinner.' But we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The only holy, righteous person is Jesus and He wants us to be just like Him because, in order to go to Heaven, we've got to look like Him," Richard continued.
Richard said he asked God to save him and the Lord spoke to him saying, "Richard, you're singing 'Tutti Fruity.' You're singing 'Good Golly Miss Molly.' You're singing 'Long Tall Sally.' You're singing 'The Girl Can't Help It' and 'She's Got It' and all of these things."
And Richard asked, "Lord, can I do this and still be saved?" And according to the singer, the Lord replied, "Richard, no man can serve two masters.
"I don't want to sing rock and roll no more. ... I want to be holy like Jesus," he said." Charisma
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24
---"After he was born again in 1957, Little Richard enrolled at Oakwood College in Huntsville,
He was eventually ordained a minister in 1970, and again resumed evangelical activities in 1977.
As a preacher, Little Richard evangelized in small churches and packed auditoriums of 20,000 or more. His preaching focused on uniting the races and bringing lost souls to repentance through God's love. In 1984, Little Richard's mother, Leva Mae, died following a period of illness. Only a few months prior to her death, Little Richard promised her that he would remain a Christian."
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