I must confess with the few months I’ve showed up on TV, sometimes it’s just annoying when people try to dictate what they think you can do and what you cannot just because you're in the ‘limelight’. I’ve had people who never cared what I even look  like, now try to tell me what to wear, where to eat and even what to eat at times...LOL

Anyway, enough of me already and to why you're actually here..

Ok, so one of ma all-time favourite multiple award winning American gospel musician, Pastor Deitrick Vaughn Haddon posted (something I call a friendly post) on his Instagram page congratulating Kanye West for “being a responsible man and doing the right thing”  and then bamm!  Some fans started – as my pal Omarri Kissi would say – reading the book of Judges to him.

However if you’ve followed Dhaddy on social media for some time as I have, you’ll realize he doesn’t hesitate to“punch back” at some comments when they don’t go down well with him. This was just one of such times

His post read: 
"Shout out to @kanyewest for being a responsible man & doing the right thing. It's never too late to get it right! I pray the best for their union!"

With over 2,100likes and going through the 49 comments, these ones caught ma attention (with replies from Deitrick):

1. Comment by @jeremaria331: 
"How come his reason can't be because they're in love and not just because they have a child together? Congrats for being responsible?"

#Reply from D:  @jeremaria331 How come I can't say what I want to say on my caption & you express what you want on yours??? 

2. Comment by @erdoo_ierkpen 
In addition to what @jeremaria331 n @allthingsjoce said, how can u shout out to som1 huz sooo in the world?!? Is da a good look? (dunno jus asking) i feel like it means uz aliging wiv him ( neway jus ma opinion)

#Reply from D: @erdoo_ierkpen It's obvious that I don't have respect of person! I give credit to the saved & unsaved if they're trying to do the right thing. I'm not in your club.. I follow Jesus and Jesus loved everybody for who they were and where they were. Never be so quick to put people out because God has a way of pulling them in!!

Now the one which just killed it for me (made me laugh all dawn) was this one:

3. Comment by @ohyoudidntknow2:

I say this with love.I was going to start following you because I like your music, until I seen this. How could you shout out a man that continually blasphemes Jesus? No matter what he has chosen to do,If it's not right in God's eyes it's not right at all! What are you promoting here? His music is nothing of God. @dhaddy

#Reply from D: @ohyoudidntknow2 You don't have to follow me.... Follow Jesus!

Oh boi! don’t i just love Dhaddy.., dude’s so real mehhn!…. LOL

From where I come from, they will easily tag this as being “arrogant/rude” or maybe you're saying its sarcastic but I call it being REAL!

You can’t be faking to fans just cos you’re popular. This is what I believe; that no matter who you are and where you stand, you got to always be yourself and and keep it real cos those who will love you, will love you for who you are and NOT who you purport to be.

Anyway, so my main concern is not the fact that D was able to “punch back” but the fact that this scenario is actually a trend in the Christendom today. Christians, (normally those in the limelight) are expected to have nothing to do with their Non-Christian counterparts, more especially in the music industry. Don’t befriend them, don’t share jokes with them, don’t be seen together with them, don’t feature them on your tracks and now don’t even congratulate them publicly. WOW now that’s quite a list of “Don’ts” if you ask me

But if indeed such is the “Christian” way, then I think Jesus might have made a mistake saying:

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.” (Mark 16:15) 
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,” (Matthew 28:19)

cos these “Non-Christians” are only in the world and you might as well ask yourself how you can ‘disciple‘ someone you dissociate yourself from?

I know by now some might be opening  their  bibles to 2nd Corinthians 6:14:

“Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?”

well I got news for you at 1st Corinthians 9:20-23 

“To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.…..”

Bottom Line: I’m not saying Christians should do/be same as Non-Christians but I’m saying Christians and Non-Christians  shouldn’t be enemies.

So the next time you think of “reading the book of judges” to someone on an issue like this, begin to consider your clothes, shoes and even the beautiful Brazilian hair you got on… were they made by Christians too?
LET LOVE LEAD!

By: Julius Ofori Boadu
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