The Similarities and Distinctions between Modern Social Justice and Biblical Justice

Many use biblical passages that refer to justice to argue that the Bible supports modern ideas about social justice, and hence, so should Christians. This is a classic case of cultic thinking where a word is being redefined and then the Bible is said to support the concept due the fact that it uses the word. Here is a list of some ideas that show continuity and discontinuity between the biblical and modern ideas of justice.

Social Justice	Biblical Justice
Inclusivity of All Races	Inclusivity of All Races
Indiscriminate Inclusivity of All Genders	Inclusivity of All Genders in Salvation, Exclusivity in Gender Roles
Inclusivity of All Religions	Exclusivity of Orthodox Christianity
Inclusivity of All Forms of Sexuality	Exclusivity of Ordered Sexuality between One Male and One Female
Justice Is Equality: Giving Everyone the Same Opportunities Regardless of Their Labor or What Has Been Given by God	Justice Is Giving Everyone What They Have Earned or Been Given by God
Justice Is Equity: Giving Everyone the Same Privilege and Lifestyle as Everyone Else Regardless of What Has Been Earned or Given by God	Justice Is Giving Everyone Exactly What They Have Earned or Been Given by God
Acceptance Is Based on the Valuable Nature of General Humanity	Acceptance Is Based on the Valuable Nature of Jesus Christ and His Work, which Excludes All Outside of Christ
Mercy Is Unneeded Since Justice Already Includes It	Mercy Is Needed Since Justice Excludes All Because of Their Sin, and Only Includes Those Who Are in Christ
Justice Demands That What Is Given Brings about Equality and Equity, Which Decides the Amount of What Is Given/Sacrificed	Mercy Is Giving to Someone What They Have Not Justly Acquired for Themselves, and the Amount of What Is Given/Sacrificed Is Decided by the One Who Has Mercy

Conclusion: Social Justice and Biblical Justice are not the same thing. Hence, when the Bible talks about doing justice and being just, it is not supporting modern theories of social justice, which is simply a distorted idea of justice that is assumed by the Enlightenment religion inclusivism and its egalitarian ethics. Biblical Justice allows for mercy, but mercy is the free gift of the giver and not a demanded measure dictated by an egalitarian view of justice.