Social Justice Isn't Justice

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🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

You’ll see a lot of references to justice in the Bible, but you’ll never see the word “social” precede it. Why? Is it simply because social justice is a new cause that post dates the Bible? Or is it because social justice, by its very nature, is directly at odds with justice as the Bible defines it? Allie Beth Stuckey, host of Relatable on BlazeTV, takes a fresh look at this important issue.

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0:00.0	The Lord is a God of social justice.
0:04.6	That's the message in many, maybe most, churches and synagogues in America and the West today.
0:10.4	But here's the problem.
0:12.2	The Bible doesn't actually say that.
0:14.6	It says in Isaiah, the Lord is a God of justice.
0:18.9	You'll find a lot of references to justice in the Bible, but you'll never find it proceeded
0:23.6	by the word social.
0:25.9	But you're probably thinking, what's the difference?
0:29.0	Isn't God the God of justice and social justice?
0:32.8	Well, not if he's consistent.
0:35.5	You see, God cannot be the God of justice and social justice because social justice is
0:41.6	not just.
0:43.6	Justice is getting what you deserve without favor.
0:46.9	Social justice is getting what you don't deserve because you are favored.
0:52.4	Justice is blind.
0:54.5	Social justice is not.
0:56.8	Let's say a man robs a store.
0:59.4	Justice demands but one thing that he be tried in a court of justice and, if he is found
1:04.4	guilty, punished.
1:06.0	That is not how social justice works.
1:09.0	Social justice doesn't only ask if the person is guilty.
1:12.2	It asks about his economic condition.
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