John 11:17-27
17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.
18 Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss.
20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask."
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Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 "Yes," Martha said, "he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day."
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Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.
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Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?"
27 "Yes, Lord," she told him. "I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God."
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1993, 2001 and 2003 quotes from MJ
"I'm trying to imitate Jesus in the fact that he said to be like children, to love children, to be as pure as children and to make yourself as innocent and to see the world through eyes of wonderment and the whole magical quality of it all - and I love that."
(1993 Interview with Oprah Winfrey)
"Parenthood reminds you to do what the Bible has always told us. When the Apostles were arguing among themselves over who was the greatest in Jesus' eyes, he said, 'None of you,' and called over a little boy and said, 'until you humble yourself like this child.' It reminds you to be kind and humble and to see things through the eyes of children with a childlike wonderment. I still have that."
(2001 Interview with USA Today)
"But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to. He said, Continue to love. Always love. Remember children. Imitate the children. Not childish, but childlike."
(2003 Interview with Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes)
Did MJ believe in Jesus? Yep, he sure did. And, he also let the whole world know.