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I also wanted to add that it's easy to go to a rally and demand the government equal the scales or do something about social inequality etc.
But it's far more difficult to actually go to the poor yourself and be involved in their lives.
The call to the Church is to so the latter, whereas social justice initiatives tend to do the former. Not that the former doesn't have it's place, but the Church is usually more grass roots in its approach.
Matt 25 is far harder than much of today's social justice movements. That's also why I think a call to churches to get formally involved in social justice movements is ill placed. It's not the government who was told to visit those who are sick in Matt 25.
But it's far more difficult to actually go to the poor yourself and be involved in their lives.
The call to the Church is to so the latter, whereas social justice initiatives tend to do the former. Not that the former doesn't have it's place, but the Church is usually more grass roots in its approach.
Matt 25 is far harder than much of today's social justice movements. That's also why I think a call to churches to get formally involved in social justice movements is ill placed. It's not the government who was told to visit those who are sick in Matt 25.
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