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Bibical Social Justice

 

Leviticus 19:15

“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Support for socialization often referred to redistribution of property by government polices often has used  the term social justice in an effort to portray it as blessed by God . . Social Justice is  Biblical concept but has been deluded in secular world view that promotes collectivism  and socialistic forms of government . Social Justice also protects private property , encourages us to support a strong work ethic, the rights of the unborn . Also social justice supports traditional families in order to protect children and marriages , free speech , giving our resources to the poor and the truly needy in our society .

The  use of using social justice as a political force to redistribute private property by force of government policies as a collectivist Robin Hood to steal from the rich and give to the poor is not a Biblical concept . Socialism and communism has a history of hurting the poor the most in the end .

Capitalism , it is not a Christian system either . It does not advance Christian virtues , or does it correct those vices that cause pain and harm to our neighbors and ourselves . But a free capitalist society does reflect the people in it better then the abusive socialistic and other comparable political philosophies that use government force for social justice .  . Socialism increases the worse flaws among us , it takes away the promotion of effort by giving no reward , uses envy and promotes us to covet what others have , and destroys the God given freedom that we as believers need to receive the gifts  from God needed to live the life he wants for us . To give freely !

 

Real Social Justice promotes education as have so many religious institutions have a history of doing . More is needed . To train generations in the ways of God and give them the ability to prosper and withstand the corruption of others .  Life is not fair as we all know under any world government . Capitalism is not perfect , it does beat the alternatives .

Proverbs 31:8-9 says, “Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.”