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Page 6B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, July 28,2021
Soul Food
from the Hood
by Keith Hood
“You’re not supposed
to judge!” “He
is without
sin, let him
cast the first
stone!” “Judge
not lest you
be judged.”
“I don’t like
going to the
self-righteous
churches be
cause all they
do is judge you!” I guess
judgment is a two-way
street. Or do those who
judge church people not
realize that they have
more of their own fin
gers pointing back than
the one finger they point
at those they condemn?
It’s a two-way
street.
It is true
Christians
should not
judge the world
because they
are sinners.
Yes, I said it.
The world is
sinners. So
are church people. It’s
not that I get this rush
out of throwing stones.
I’m just trying to see
this thing as truthfully
as I can. “For all have
sinned and fall short of
Keith Hood
the glory of God.”(Ro-
mans 3:23) All. “Well
that’s hate speech!”
Who are you to judge?
Are Christians sup
posed to judge the peo
ple who don’t join them
in church? I don’t think
so. Members of the
Body of Christ, howev
er, are to hold ourselves
accountable. Paul has
some words for a church
back when he wrote
some of the Bible. It was
a very tolerant church.
They didn’t judge any
body. They wanted to
prove how liberal they
were. They were very
proud of themselves for
it. So Paul sent them a
letter. What should the
church be like?
“It is actually report
ed that there is sexual
immorality among you,
and such immorality
as is not even named
among the Gentiles (the
unchurched), that a man
has his father’s wife!
And you are puffed up
(proud), and have not
rather mourned, that he
who has done this deed
might be taken away
from you.”(I Corinthi
ans 5:1-2) Paul is calling
for church discipline.
He is rebuking them for
the continual wink and
nod that they give this
condition. Furthermore,
Paul calls it for what
it is. He does what a
true leader has to. “For
indeed I am absent in
body but present in
spirit, have already
judged (as though I were
present) him who has so
done this deed.”(v3)
Christians are to hold
each other accountable.
Period. If you have
followed the Lord Jesus
Christ as Savior and He
is now your Lord, you
are to live by a higher
standard. When we
repent it means to turn
around. To leave the sin.
Some say a formula and
trust the potion. There
will come a day when
Jesus says to them,
“Depart from Me, I
never knew you.”(Mat-
thew 7:23) It is sad that
many of these people
are running institutions
they call “the Church”
when it is not the Body
of Christ.
What does the true
Body of Christ look
like? “But you are a
chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, a holy
nation, His own special
people, that you may
proclaim the praises of
Him who called you
out of darkness into His
marvelous light; who
once were not a people
but are now the people
of God, who had not
obtained mercy but now
have obtained mercy.”(I
Peter 2:9-10)
To be the Body of
Christ, these sexual
sins must be held ac
countable: fornication,
adultery, homosexuality,
pedophilia, incest. It’s
in the Bible. It’s doc
trine. “That we should
no longer be children,
tossed to and fro and
carried about with every
wind of doctrine, by the
trickery of men, in the
cunning craftiness of
deceitful plotting, but
speaking the truth in
love, may grow up in all
things into Him who is
the head—Christ.”(Ephe-
sians 4:14-15)
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Kids,
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sold millions and landed
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magazine, much to the
ire of women who equate
submission with subservi
ence. “Submission is my
choice,” Morgan said.
Think about this: If you
think submitting to your
husband is difficult, think
about Jesus submitting
to his Father in dying on
the cross for our sins.
Submission is at the heart
of every Christian’s salva
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he could have retaliated.
Memorize this truth:
“Wives, submit to your
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Can you submit to your
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