Michael Jackson: The Saga Sadly Continues

by Greg Wolford in People, July 9, 2009

The autopsy is complete, the funeral and memorial service completed and some information has been released. But more questions than answers linger. And daily, if not hourly, more rumor, speculation and innuendo are being bantered about.

And we come back around to the kids, three young children who have been essentially raised in a single parent home. And now that parent is gone and they are basically alone. We have heard testimony after testimony about how much MJ loved these kids. And as I said before I don’t doubt he did. One comment that I heard made by someone that identified themselves as a close and long time friend was that the kids were his life; he loved them more than anything else. This is where I have to disagree.

I believe that Michael Jackson did a lot of good things in his life time. He was raised a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) and asked that his children be taught the Bible the way he was, as a JW. As I understand their beliefs, the JWs do good to please Jehovah and make atonement for their sins. With his vast wealth he had the means to do a lot of good works to atone for a lot of sins. It seems that he felt the need to atone for many sins from my perspective anyway. I feel I should mention here I have a very different view on this; I do not believe there is anything that he, or anyone else, can do to atone for their sins. It is by and through the total trust in Jesus Christ and His atoning work on the cross we can be reconciled to God. That being said, my point is as much good as he did for others, he did a terrible injustice to his own children.

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Michael Jackson did not have to die when he did. And he did not love his kids as much as he claimed to either. Michael Jackson loved Michael Jackson more than anyone or anything. The enormous amount of money he spent on himself, and pile of debt he left behind, are evidence to this fact alone. But the most damning evidence is the fact that he allowed his life to be cut short, one could even argue that he committed a slow suicide, and robbed his children of the precious time with their father that they so desperately needed and wanted.

Was Michael Jackson really such a good person and a huge philanthropist? In many eyes the answer will be yes. But in my eyes, he robbed his babies of precious, irreplaceable time with their father and that is the biggest sin of all, no matter what else he may or may not have done. And he can not do any good deed now to make up for so selfishly taking his life and ruining those of his children.

Greg Wolford