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Social Justice & Scripture
Do we have a responsibility as Christians to fight for Social Justice issues?
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Fight for righteousness not social so called justice. Beware of this umbrella
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Absolutely. And I will go further than that. It is OUR FAULT. abortion is running rampant. It is OUR FAULT there are so many pedophiles working the public school system. It is OUR FAULT needy people go without while crack heads get welfare checks. The church has failed. We are supposed to be salt, which is a preservative, and we as the church have FAILED.
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It’s Christians who should be doing it not politicians
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If you read scripture cover to cover you will find numerous references to helping the poor, the needy, the prisoner, the oppressed. It is inescapable. I am reading scripture cover to cover every month and that is one of a few things that came out as a recurring theme.
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It should be based on biblical grounds because if you go out fighting for abortion and gay marriage you are not on Gods side
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Billy Graham, John Stott and many other evangelical giants all agreed that social justice is an integral part of Christian discipleship. But then came #gamergate and somehow convinced American Christians that social justice is something bad and ungodly… https://www.christianpost.com/news/christians-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-talk-about-social-justice.html
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The best form of social justice is to preach the gospel
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Jesus tells us to judge by the fruit. The fruit of social justice is anger and hatred.
But we can also discern social justice for what it teaches:
The gospel diagnoses the problem as sin. Social justice diagnoses the problem as racism, sexism, etc. Thus, social justice tries to cure the problem by addressing the symptoms. And that distracts from focusing on the real problem, which is sin.
Jesus says that the solution to the problem is him, Jesus. Social justice offers political power as the “solution” to its alleged “problem.” Again, that distracts away from the real solution, which is Jesus.
Also, you can be a social justice warrior without being a Christian. In fact, you can satisfy social justice while hating Jesus. That tells us that social justice is not the gospel.
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Our responsibility is pointing people to Jesus Christ, not for social reform in a fallen world.
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Good question. I’ve been reading a bit about this myself. It would seem that God, who is just, hates injustice. Under the Old Covenant the Israelites were given imperatives to aid the widow, the orphan and not to oppress the stranger. To care for the poor. So social justice, better to call it biblical justice, is important. In fact it is directly related to your attitude toward God. Jesus points out the same in Matthew 24:31-46. The problem is when, in the name of social justice we call people to a left wing political, social and economic agenda rather than to God’s law. The same is true on the right. Dr. Tony Evan’s once said that both social justice issues and moral issues like abortion and homosexuality are Biblical issues. That helps me a lot
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Depends bow you define social justice. The prophets of the old testament advised to act justly, show mercy, walk humbly before God. Justice within society could be understood as social justice which mean fighting structural injustice within a socirty in how we treat each other which is not necessarily righteously. We limit it those we tabor and then forgwmet tharmt fact because we see them as unworthy.
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Et me answer it this way, look in the New Testament you don’t see Jesus, and Paul, and Peter and the others fighting for social justice. You cannot solve these problems expect one person at a time by the Word of Hod, by changing their heart, through and by the Gospel of Jesus Christ
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Nope. Read the Bible. Political correctness doesn’t equate with Biblical correctness
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If the social justice issue does not conside with the teaching of the bible…i.e. the issue is a sin.. then we should speak up… the problem is often times we as Christians speak when we shouldn’t and are silent when we should speak…..
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what do you mean by “social justice issues”? do you mean helping the poor? do you mean helping others to become self sufficient? it is a politically loaded term in our modern culture so clarity on what you mean will help Candice Marie
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I posted this recently. The answer is NO. We should NOT accommodate the political connotations of the seemingly-innocent term “social justice.” Apologists who do will compromise their integrity and judgment. Here’s why.
I get this sort of question quite often from concerned folks: “How can you be a Christian and be an outspoken opponent against social justice simultaneously— to the point of even being a provocateur, at times? Jesus fought for the oppressed. Aren’t you working against Him?”
Of course, if we took “social justice” to mean the application of fairness and reason in the social world, then I would affirm the need to promote social justice. The problem, however, is that the term currently means something altogether different than that intuitive definition. In our context, it does not mean fairness; it means condemning some and uplifting others in order to pay for the sins of past persons. Specifically, it means condemning some persons on the basis of their race or gender, and uplifting others on the basis of their race or gender.
It is one thing to advocate on behalf of truly oppressed individuals. It is another thing to condemn or praise an entire group of people on the basis of physical characteristics they could never have helped but have. Scripture tells us that we are sinners because of our own actions. Paul explains: “… and in this way came death to all people, because all sinned.” (Romans 5:12). Guilt is not passed from ancestor to descendent via racial or gender-related means; guilt is individual, not collective. You are no more guilty for your ancestors’ sins (or people in the past who looked similar to you) than you are for the sins of someone halfway ‘round the world with whom you’ve never interacted. Your sins are yours. (This is evidenced by the fact that, according to the Genesis narrative, God would not punish an entire city if there were one righteous man were found within its walls.)
What should we do, then, about injustices? I think the solution for believers is simple: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” “Your neighbor” is every person, because we all share the image of God. And “love keeps no record of wrongs”— that is, even if someone’s ancestors were genuinely oppressive towards someone else’s ancestors, the guilt remains with the person who committed the sin, not with his or her ancestor. This sort of love does not overlook sin, but it does not invent sins where they do not exist, either.
We can work towards justice without uplifting some and condemning others for things they could never have freely helped. When I say that I am an opponent of social justice, that is what I mean. It does not make me prejudiced against anyone to have this stance, nor would it make anyone else prejudiced to take a similar view. And, I suggest, it is an appropriate approach for Christ-followers.
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We have an obligation to spread the Gospel of Christ and not to mix it with Leftist Democrat agendas
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Yes, problem is the recent definition of justice keeps changing.
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No
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Fight for the gospel
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Many Social Justice issues are contrary to scripture.
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We are called to love and serve. Using politics to do that seems to me to be the most distracted, corrupt, ham-handed, blind, inefficient way to do that. Jesus never fell for the schemes of politics. His Love was real and hands on. You can’t give charity by voting for someone else’s money to be handed out.
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There is God’s justice only.
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No! Not biblical at all.
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No, Jesus came to a very evil society, crime was rampant, the government was corrupt, slavery was a way of life. He preached repentance, not social justice. Turning to God, repenting of our sin, and living a life of love and obedience is the only way to change the world, one person at a time.
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There is no social justice, only justice. Social is a word used to deviate from true justice in support of a kind of justice beneficial to a society instead of the individual.
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Yes, of course!
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We fight for the gospel but sometimes that does look like social justice but we don’t fall in line with what “social justice warriors” say social justice is about
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… Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was told not to… But I’m glad he did.
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We must define our terms here especially on a topic like this.
What do we mean when we say Justice vs social justice
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Modern “social justice” is a term for the Marxist theory which seeks equal outcome, rather than equal opportunity. It assigns collective guilt or favor to groups of people based on immutable characteristics.
Basically, it’s evil. So that’s a no.
Unless you’re using the term “social justice” in some other way?
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So, wouldn’t the anger outburst in the Temple of the money changers be considered today’s Occupy Wall Street?
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Fight?? Christian fight on thier knees with Fasting.
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When you explore the OT you will find that the first instance of a separation of powers of government came from God, in Israel.
Kings did not have absolute power. In that we can see the first glance of equal justice under the law.
If you want social justice you can not have equal justice. The two, by definition, can not exist together.
Equal justice (on earth) is ordained by God. There is no scripture that I know of, that can be seriously cited, that allows for social justice.
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I know this is controversial so please be kind. “Social justice” concepts come out of collectivist ideology like Marxism. Collectivist ideology places greater importance on the collective and its oppression hierarchy as opposed to the individual behavior.
Scripture supports the idea of individual responsibility which is in conflict with collectivism. Each person is responsible for their choices and actions and will suffer their respective consequences.
Collectivism is a means of shirking individual responsibility by identifying with a oppression group. When you identify with an oppression group, events are interpreted as being caused by belonging to the group with which you identify.
Example:
I get pulled over for speeding.Individual responsibility-I was probably speeding and will have to pay the fine
Collectivism-I was pulled over because I’m ????????. It’s not my fault.
It’s the result that concerns me. People who understand their actions have consequences are generally more successful in life. However, collectivism leads to feelings of isolation and depression because of the disconnect between behavior and events.
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depends on what you mean by social justice.
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God is a just and righteous God. Born again children of God are His instruments responsible for establishing His justice and righteousness in society. We are supposed to be salt and light in the world.
Now tell me are Christians supposed to be involved in issues of justice or not ?
Having said that let me clarify that all justice issues Christians are involved in /should fight for should be those within the Biblical mandate. -
Our mission is to share our faith by sharing the Gospel and loving our neighbor.
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We should stand for the truth and what is right. Need to show folks how God hated certain things… Like how people are treated and oppressed. Should protect and stand up for week and vulnerable.
People don’t be knowing they on the way to hell.?
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Justice is just justice, not social.
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even though I am against social unjustice are any unjustice, I leave it in the hands of the lord, who says; vengece is mine sayeth the lord; I will repay
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Social justice issues are Christian issues that have been hi jacked by secularism. Bible supports taking care of earth, respecting women, and even though we have grounds to disagree our faith teaches respect of all humanity,
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Abortion, 3rd wave feminism and LBGTQ agendas are interwoven with social justice…the social justice movement is world focused not God focused.
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Like John the Baptist who got his head chopped off for fighting for Social Justice. As long as it is Spirit led and not a distraction from the core ministry of reconsiliation
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You need to know what social justice does and you will know it by it’s fruit. The definition of social justice are distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. It looks nice in the beginning but it is virtually communist in disguise. It doesn’t work because it seek to promote false victimhood to gain power. Basically it let bad players get away with crime and punish the just. Christian should oppose these behavior because it sew the seed of hatred and lies. A lot of Social justice are using false cause to gain support by ridicule certain group. Look at how Brett Kavanaugh and Donald Trump for instance. These people pick on white people and make them the cause for their problem. It is this lie that create division among the society. Here is a screenshot of their mindset
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no, we’re called to share the gospel and make disciples. It’s God who changes people’s lives, hearts and souls through the gospel. If we do our work then He’ll do His
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Our job is to be salt (preserver) … And light to a (exposer of evil with truth) .. To dieing rotting wicked world ….yes we are to be fight for social justice within our calling
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no, social justice isn’t biblical. Social justice is about progressive social rights, based on a social doctrine which is marxist at it’s core.
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No indication in scripture about fighting for injustices. Our duty is to spread the gospel.
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