Posted on 04/26/2021 9:37:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In our politically correct culture, the term “social justice” is used rather loosely these days. But for the Christian, social justice must be based on biblical truth, or it’s not just at all.
If you want “to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God,” you must exercise discernment (Micah 6:8).
A new book, Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice, will help you do just that. Written by Thaddeus J. Williams, an associate professor at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology, the book divides social justice into two categories: Social Justice A, which is biblical, and Social Justice B, which is not.
In Williams’ view, “All injustice is a violation of the first commandment” and an affront against God.
“Consider white supremacy,” he writes. “The belief that white-skinned humans are superior to other humans has led to many non-whites not receiving what they are due. We must work to make white supremacy a dead relic of the past. But the injustice of white supremacy has a transcendent dimension, something almost no one talks about that keeps us swatting at the bad fruits rather than chopping at the sick roots of racism. It makes race, not God, supreme.”
He recommends that Christians make wise judgments by asking questions such as:
“Justice is not the first thing,” Williams writes. “The Gospel is. But that does not make justice optional to the Christian life.”
He believes that no political party has a monopoly on righteousness.
“Christians across the political spectrum should unite around the conviction that we should reject anything marketed as justice, by the right or left, that draws us to our knees before anything other than God,” Williams writes.
The book includes a foreword by John M. Perkins, a hero of the civil rights movement, who praises Williams for asking the “right questions” in seeking social justice. He devotes a chapter to each question, ending with a personal testimony and questions for personal reflection or group story.
Taken together, they provide a reliable guide for navigating the muddy waters of 21st century social justice.
Originally published at the Denison Forum
Such a book was needed a decade ago when the social justice meme was started by the left and got traction in the drive by culture.
Jesus quoted Deuteromony when asked about the greatest command, love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul, and then Jesus said yo love your neighbor as yourself.
Loving God means following and obeying His word in totality. Do that and loving your neighbor flows from that and is easy.
The first part is from Deuteronomy 6:4-5, and “love thy neighbor as thyself” is from Leviticus 19:18. That would be a perfect answer to the question “What is the greatest commandment in the Torah?”
Interesting to read this after a post I made on FB this morning:
In a society without unity as a substratum, diversity is weakness, not strength. There is no future for a nation more interested in nursing historical grievances than in working together for the good of all. Mis dos centavos.”
“Consider white supremacy,” he writes. “The belief that white-skinned humans are superior to other humans has led to many non-whites not receiving what they are due. We must work to make white supremacy a dead relic of the past. But the injustice of white supremacy has a transcendent dimension, something almost no one talks about that keeps us swatting at the bad fruits rather than chopping at the sick roots of racism. It makes race, not God, supreme.” …Why consider a canard of the left as if it were legitimate?
“Social justice” as defined by the left is Newspeak for cultural Marxism. It isn’t Biblical justice at all.
My problem with most “Universal acceptance” type of doctrine is that it is not biblical. Yes the initial message of the gospel should be spoken and witnessed to everyone. But some of the world will reject that message by either outright rejection or by failing to believe.
Acceptance of the gospel requires repentance. Those that do not accept the gospel in peace should not be “accepted”.
Mathew 10:14
If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.
To me the message is that we are to universally share the gospel, but only those that accept the gospel are to be accepted. And that acceptance is to be without regard to persons.
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The problem is the moral code of most modern Americans has become entirely separated from that of the Bible.
Racism, feminism, liberalism. None of these existed in Biblical times and are not conceived of in the moral code Jesus taught.
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