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Spiritual Food for Thought: Topic 14
"Sold Out"
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​Food for Thought

Spiritual Food for Thought Topic 14
"Sold Out"

"Spiritual Food for Thought" 

(Reflections)

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African Americans are keenly aware of this practice. Such individuals were the connecting link in the Triangle of Trade.

The organizers of the slave trade were of many races and backgrounds. 

Some would argue that the only truly acceptable color was green.
There were many African brothers who provided the intelligence on

how to best trap and steal their own people,

and sell them into slavery.

Sometimes they even did the trapping. Why? They wanted the power and authority even at the expense of their own people. It may have been that they felt that they wanted to be on the "giving end" of the pain and not on the receiving end. It is hard to look your own brother or sister

in the eye and know that they sold you out for their own benefit.
African Americans had to do this then, and they have to do this now. 


Native Americans had a terrible fate in the settling of America,

the New World. Broken treaties, wars, and manipulative laws

robbed them of the land that was theirs and lead to atrocities like 

The Trail of Tears.

Christians of all races and generations also have to face this every day as well. We live in a society that constantly tries to throw us under the bus for this cause and for that cause. We are asked to relinquish our faith to support greed and unfair laws and practices. But, as Christians, we know the end to the story. All of this “selling out” is for the power, authority, pride, and the financial gain of the moment.

Christians know that it is all temporary.

We know that only what we do for Christ will last. 

Yes, we as Christians have often been sold out like the people of poor neighborhoods have been sold out over drugs, racketeering, and even for gentrification. As Christians we suffer many of these things to be so because we are "souled out" for Jesus Christ.

For us, this is the only "sale" that matters. We are redeemed  - that is bought with a price for the Kingdom of God.
Jesus, by His life, death, and resurrection, gave us the gift of salvation. For us, salvation is free. 

Therefore, we are free indeed.

Related Scriptures:

Matthew 6:33
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."


Proverbs 3
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not

unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.



In the film clip John Newton reflects upon his actions

as a slave trader. He has repented and given his life to God. This change in his life lead him to write the song Amazing Grace. He asks  William Wilberforce to help to bring slavery to an end.
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The larger society doesn't always want to think about people who have have less than those in the main stream. They also prefer to disqualify those who have very little or who have made mistakes. We choose

and elevate people who have good records of accomplishments and achievements, but, we also require that their records are not tarnished

by low social status or past mistakes. We miss out on the contributions

of individuals with great potential and great gifts.

We lose their contributions because the populous values “peace of mind.” Many of us value peace of mind, but there is something more going on here. What is really going on in the realm of right, wrong, and who is in charge? A contingent of our social schema argues that they should decide who is worthy and who is not.

 What does God think about that?

What is this?

It is the voice of Power, Authority, and Pride. 
People in this frame of mind want to be in positions of power and authority to determine who should lead and who should not.

They want to be in control.
It is that simple - control.
They want to pass out positions, perks, and consequences.
This is just the "pride of man" trying to do the work of God.


Many aspects of our society are fueled by greed, Greed leads

to conquest. ​Entire groups and communities of people have been lost to greed and avarice from generation to generation. 

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