What is Social Justice?
It's a voice for the voiceless.
It's a stand against that which robs the weak of their human right.
It's a fight to bring what is due to those who can't do it for themselves.
Some may argue that the social justice movement is not Christian or that it's in God's hands so we don't need to do anything with it. Well, I think that's blasphemy. God has called us to fight for those who can't fight for themselves. Numerous times in the bible He asks us to feed the hungry, clothe the needy, and even take them in, but why?
Because God looks out for His children. He wants to use US to take care of those who cannot jump start their lives on their own, or even get out of the horrible situations they are stuck in. Social Justice is just another term for loving Jesus...
Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are appointed to die.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
And plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:8-9
“For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever."
Jeremiah 7:5-7
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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