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9 BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES
THAT EXPOSE THE SOCIAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT AND MARXISM AS CONTRARY TO AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANITY
By B . Nathaniel Sullivan
nder the “ feel good ” mantras of compassion , justice , and fairness , the social justice movement ( SJM ) promotes socialism and Marxism and maligns capitalism as oppressive and unfair . Social justice advocates pit Whites against Blacks , men against women , and heterosexuals against homosexuals and other LGBTQ individuals .
Some social justice crusaders are well-intentioned , but many have nefarious motives and know full well what they are doing . They say that Blacks , women , and homosexuals are oppressed by a society and culture stacked against them . Their rhetoric notwithstanding , things are not always as they appear ; nor are they always as the prevailing narrative depicts them . We will do well to learn in practical terms where the social justice movement , with its Marxist underpinnings , is taking America .
Moreover , as Christians , we must evaluate the social justice movement and its tenets in light of biblical teachings . Do these ideologies align with Scripture , or do the social justice movement and Marxism stand together in opposition to what the Bible tells us about economic and social systems and human activity within them ?
Let ’ s examine nine biblical principles and showcase them against numerous statements made by Karl Marx . 1 As you read , note how Marxist ideals have taken hold in various places and among numerous leaders in our own country . Also , note how thoroughly they are gaining a foothold in society .
MARXISM IS UNBIBLICAL & EVEN ANTI-BIBLICAL & ANTI-CHRISTIAN
PRINCIPLE ONE : The God of the Bible , and none other , is God , and we are to acknowledge and revere Him and Him only ( see Exod . 20:1-3 ; Deut . 5:5-7 ; 13:4 ; Neh . 9:6 ; Ps . 14:1 ). By contrast , Marx said , “ Communism begins where atheism begins .” 2 “ My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism .” 3 “ There are , besides , eternal truths , such as Freedom , etc ., that are common to all states of society . But Communism abolishes eternal truths , it abolishes all religion , and all morality , instead of constituting them on a new basis ; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience .” 4
PRINCIPLE TWO : God created every member of the human family in His image . Everyone is a sovereign 5 individual , and every person should be treated with dignity and respect ( see Gen . 1:26-28 ; 9:6 ). Marx denied this biblical tenet . He said , “ The democratic concept of man is false because it is Christian . The democratic concept holds that . . . each man is a sovereign being . This is the illusion , dream , and postulate of Christianity .” 6
PRINCIPLE THREE : The Bible commends hard work and the benefit of enjoying the results of one ’ s labor ( see Prov . 6:6-11 ; 10:4-5 ; 12:14 ; 13:4 ; 14:23 ; 16:26 ; 22:29 ; 28:19 ; Eccles . 3:9-13 ; 2 Thess . 3:6-12 ). On the other hand , Karl Marx said : “ A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism .” 7 “ From each according to his abilities , to each according to his needs .” 8 Marx was referring to government redistribution of wealth , a principle tenet of the social justice movement . 9
Pastor Adrian Rogers was right when he observed , “ You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom . What one person receives without working for , another person must work for without receiving . The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else . When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them , and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for , that my dear friend , is about the end of any nation . You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it .” 10
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