I find it quite amusing, actually saddening, to see the "Reverends" Sharpton and Jackson jockeying for position in the Michael Jackson saga. First, before "MJ's" body had begun to cool, Sharpton has a press conference saying that he wants to bring Michael back to the Apollo to be memorialized. Do you really think the press wanted to know what he was doing and sought him out. I don't think so, I would bet, if I were a betting man, that he called the press to his side. Then a day or two later, "OLE" Jesse shows up in front of the camera. It really would be comical if it weren't really sad that these two make their living this way.
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, did something quite similar. Mark 35 records them asking Jesus a favor to allow one to sit at his right hand and the other on his left. Obviously they understood the importance of the position. They knew it put them above the others. But they did not understand the cost associated to obtain the position. Then Jesus explained that only the father in heaven bestowed that honor. I believe Jesus was trying to point out, our concern is not to be where we sit in heaven, but that we have a seat. Once that has occurred, then our concern should be that our relative, friend, neighbor, and stranger has a seat as well. I wonder if the "Reverends" are the least bit concerned if Michael has a seat in heaven? They will tell you he does and act like he does so we can feel good about his death. But does he really? I don't know and I doubt they really do? One News Now is reporting this morning that there was a rumor that Michael prayed the sinners prayer with Andrea Crouch and his sister. They say that they did pray with him but not to accept Christ. It is well known that Michael was raised a Jehovah Witness and recently converted to Islam.
These men should be ashamed of themselves and I know they are not. The family should tell them to step aside and out of the limelight, but they won't. They should be hiding their faces in shame for not leading Michael to a saving knowledge of Christ. But wait, don't you (they) have to have that knowledge first?
My prayer is that I will be remembered for what I was able to do for the Kingdom of God, and not whose right or left hand I struggled to sit on.
