Romans 6: 1-2: “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?”
The question is not whether Martin Luther King Jr was a sinner. We know he was.
The question is whether patriots should take him and his ideas seriously despite his flaws.
We take King David seriously because he was serious about God.
We take Thomas Jefferson seriously because he was serious about liberty.
We take MLK seriously because he was what his actions tell us he was.