The priest & the Levite had religious justifications for refusing to help an injured neighbor.
1. Helping him might distract me from God’s real work at the temple. (Not realizing that helping the hurting & oppressed is part of God’s real work.)
social justice ≠ distraction
1. Helping him might distract me from God’s real work at the temple. (Not realizing that helping the hurting & oppressed is part of God’s real work.)
social justice ≠ distraction
2. What if he’s dead? I can’t risk ritual defilement by drawing near & helping him.
Not realizing that the true defilement was murder by neglect.
We don’t become defiled by showing compassion to our neighbors, we become defiled if we don’t.
Social justice ≠ Defilement
Not realizing that the true defilement was murder by neglect.
We don’t become defiled by showing compassion to our neighbors, we become defiled if we don’t.
Social justice ≠ Defilement
3. What will people think if they saw me consorting with this man?
Not realizing the appalling witness of silence in the face of oppression.
Future generations will either be ashamed of our silence before injustice. Or worse,learn to imitate it.
Social justice ≠ false witness
Not realizing the appalling witness of silence in the face of oppression.
Future generations will either be ashamed of our silence before injustice. Or worse,learn to imitate it.
Social justice ≠ false witness
4. What about the risk to my reputation & personal safety?
Blessed are you when people troll you, call you a cultural Marxist, an agitator, and a SJW because you follow Jesus in loving people & people groups.
“your reward is great in heaven”
benefits of love > risks of love
Blessed are you when people troll you, call you a cultural Marxist, an agitator, and a SJW because you follow Jesus in loving people & people groups.
“your reward is great in heaven”
benefits of love > risks of love
