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By Paul Proctor
\nNewsWithViews.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Glenn Beck has certainly cut to the quick by reportedly saying: \u201csocial justice is a perversion of the Gospel,\u201d adding, “I beg you, look for the words ‘social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words.”<\/p>\n

The implication here is that these \u201ccode words\u201d signify the Church\u2019s infiltration by two tyrannical extremes of the political spectrum: Nazis to the right and Marxists to the left \u2013 both attempting to advance unbiblical agendas in and through the Church. Although I hesitate to point blank call fellow Christians \u201cMarxists\u201d and \u201cNazis,\u201d I am acutely aware of ungodly influences from both sides of the aisle adversely affecting the Church today and have addressed the issue on numerous occasions over the years, concluding a November 2000 article with the following:<\/p>\n

“Socialism needs two legs on which to stand; a right and a left. While appearing to be in complete opposition to one another, they both march in the same direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m not a Mormon. I don\u2019t watch Glenn Beck\u2019s show on the Fox News channel; and based upon what I\u2019ve seen and read online, there are more than a few things he and I would not agree on. But, he is right about social justice being a perversion of the Gospel and \u201cprogressives\u201d being a danger to the Church. In fact, I tackled the topic of \u201csocial justice\u201d in three recent and consecutive articles for NewsWithViews.com.<\/p>\n

Not wanting to belabor the issue and weary my readers with redundancy, I moved on to other subjects of concern after the first week in January. But, since social justice in the church has now made front-page headlines due to Beck\u2019s recent comments, I thought it prudent to revisit the issue again from a Biblical perspective and point out a couple of the things that are conspicuously absent from all of the heated rhetoric and media coverage.<\/p>\n

ABC News\u2019 story on the controversy noted what appears to be a little backpedaling and damage control from one of Glenn Beck\u2019s producers:<\/p>\n

Stu Burguiere, executive producer at “The Glenn Beck Radio Program,” sought to clarify Beck’s comments today.<\/p>\n

“Like most Americans, Glenn strongly supports and believes in ‘social justice’ when it is defined as ‘good Christian charity,'” he said. “Glenn strongly opposes when Rev. Wright and other leaders use ‘social justice’ as a euphemism for their real intention — redistribution of wealth.”<\/p>\n

But you see, in my estimation, it is the contrived and duplicitous definition of \u201csocial justice\u201d that is causing all the confusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial justice\u201d is not \u201cChristian charity.\u201d<\/p>\n

You will find the word \u201cjustice\u201d in scripture, as you will the word \u201cgospel\u201d \u2013 but you won\u2019t find the word \u201csocial\u201d in front of either of them because \u201csocial justice,\u201d like the \u201csocial gospel,\u201d is the wily work of men, not the Will and Word of God. Jesus Christ did not suffer and die on a cross so we could repair, remodel and rehabilitate a wicked world for Him to rule over, but instead to redeem us from it for a \u201ckingdom not of this world.\u201d<\/p>\n

If someone doesn\u2019t speak up and point this out, the issue will be forever confusing, controversial and divisive and the Church will continue to be swayed off course by those with political ambitions.<\/p>\n

Scriptures containing the words \u201cjustice,\u201d \u201cjustly,\u201d and \u201cjudgment\u201d that progressives handily quote to try and validate \u201csocial justice\u201d as a Christian concept and mandate for the Church are predominately from the Old Testament, which is ironic considering progressives by and large prefer to dismiss or discount much of the OT and its so called \u201clegalism\u201d because it inconveniently clashes with their no-absolutes and no-authority philosophies, theologies and lifestyles. Frankly, it is God\u2019s justice and judgments throughout the Old Testament that confound and offend progressives the most about the Bible resulting in the sleazy greasy grace they preach and practice as \u201cChristianity.\u201d<\/p>\n

But, the term \u201csocial justice\u201d puts global change agents in the driver\u2019s seat down at the church house allowing them, through carefully placed operatives, endless opportunities to enable, justify and even promote, via the humanist mantra of \u201ctolerance, diversity and unity,\u201d any number of unbiblical behaviors, theories, religions and causes from promoting promiscuity, to homosexuality, to syncretism, to abortion rights, to euthanasia, to birth control, to stem cell research, to Darwinism, to faith-based initiatives, to \u201cno child left behind,\u201d to global warming, to you name it \u2013 which fits in perfectly with the United Nation\u2019s plan for a one-world government, one world economy and one world religion.<\/p>\n

The New Testament scriptures most often cited by progressives to support \u201csocial justice\u201d are not about justice at all, but about charity. Even so, they use the words \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201ccharity\u201d as if they were synonymous, and in doing so, morph and merge social\/political issues and programs into moral\/religious issues and programs while steering the Church\u2019s focus and attention away from the spiritual and eternal to the more carnal and worldly.<\/p>\n

It has also been my observation that embracing \u201csocial justice,\u201d more often than not, shifts the emphasis from repentance and faith in Jesus Christ to more earthly endeavors like environment, empowerment, employment, entitlements, equality and esteem-building programs promoted by global elites to benefit or punish selected people groups as needed for its \u201csustainable development\u201d \u2013 an agenda more in keeping with that of a community organizer than a follower of Christ.<\/p>\n

Justice is about righting a wrong, defending the innocent and punishing the guilty. It is a commendable work but it is not Christian charity.<\/p>\n

Charity is about generously and sacrificially helping, serving and providing for someone in need. The Good Samaritan did not stop to exercise \u201csocial justice\u201d when he found the man wounded and robbed by thieves along the road in Jesus\u2019 parable as recorded in Luke 10:30-37. He demonstrated compassion toward the victim of a crime, not because he was socially, ethnically or financially disadvantaged, but because he was simply a \u201cneighbor\u201d in need.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Good Samaritan didn\u2019t go after the thieves to recover the man\u2019s belongings, avenge his abuse, have them arrested and start a traveler\u2019s protection and possessions recovery program at the local synagogue because that\u2019s not what Jesus was teaching His followers in the parable to do \u2013 nor was it the mission of His coming.<\/p>\n

If you steal someone\u2019s money, it is \u201cjustice\u201d that sees it returned to its rightful owner and\/or has you punished \u2013 not \u201ccharity.\u201d Charity has empathy for those in need and shares with them, cares for them, comforts them, encourages them, prays for them and provides for them as a divine demonstration of God\u2019s love, compassion and generosity. In doing so, we bless others as God has blessed us in our time of need. Christian charity is a picture of the Gospel and God\u2019s grace toward the spiritual poverty and desperation of a lost soul.<\/p>\n

This is the age of grace, my friends, not the age of justice.<\/p>\n

If anyone wanted and needed \u201csocial justice\u201d during Jesus\u2019 earthly ministry, it was the Samaritans, as revealed by Jesus\u2019 encounter with the woman at the well, who told Him: \u201c\u2026the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.\u201d But, Jesus didn\u2019t offer her social justice \u2013 He offered her \u201cliving water\u201d which had nothing to do with her social status, rights or economic condition.<\/p>\n

But, if you synthesize the two words \u201cjustice\u201d and \u201ccharity\u201d in Hegelian Dialectic fashion, as \u201cprogressives\u201d in the church have so shrewdly done, you end up with a hybrid gospel that does not demonstrate the love, grace, mercy and generosity of God at all, but a government-approved, politically-correct, humanistic religion called “collectivism” that glorifies the brotherhood of man through \u201cgood works\u201d for the benefit and advancement of an earthly kingdom instead of glorifying God through His work on the cross of Christ for a heavenly kingdom.<\/p>\n

Christians need to be very careful about setting aside the Gospel to pursue \u201csocial justice.\u201d Jesus took our justice on Calvary\u2019s cross that we might receive and reflect God\u2019s grace and forgiveness.<\/p>\n

Is it social justice the Lord is calling us to or Christian charity?<\/p>\n

You see, Jesus told another parable in Matthew 18 about a king whose servant owed him ten thousand talents. When the servant couldn\u2019t pay, the king ordered him and his family sold to make restitution. When the servant fell at the king\u2019s feet and begged for patience, the king had compassion on him and forgave the debt.<\/p>\n

That same servant then found a fellow servant who owed him a hundred pence and demanded payment. When the fellow servant fell at his feet and asked for patience, the king\u2019s servant would have none of it and had his fellow servant thrown in prison. When the king found out that his servant did not show the same compassion and pity toward his fellow servant, the king had his servant thrown in prison as well until he could pay back all that he owed.<\/p>\n

Charity moved the king to forgive his servant\u2019s debt. Justice compelled the king to later throw that uncharitable servant into prison.<\/p>\n

So, what are we to learn from Jesus\u2019 parables \u2013 social justice or Christian charity?<\/p>\n

Used with permission.<\/p>\n

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