Fighting Liberation Theology

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"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves."
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The Defense of Biblical Orthodoxy

The Heresy: "Property is Theft & Redistribution is Justice"

Liberation Theology argues that wealth disparity is inherently sinful ("structural sin") and that justice requires the forceful redistribution of property from the "oppressor" class to the "oppressed."

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The Truth: The 10th Commandment & The Right to Property

The Bible explicitly forbids desiring what belongs to another. A political theology built on mobilizing envy to seize property is a direct violation of the Decalogue.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
[ Exodus 20:17 ESV ]

Furthermore, the New Testament reinforces that if a man will not work, he shall not eat (2 Thess 3:10), rejecting the idea of entitlement to another's labor.

The Heresy: "The Preferential Option for the Poor"

This doctrine states that God sides with the poor in class struggle, and therefore the church and the law must show bias in favor of the poor against the rich.

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The Truth: Impartial Justice

Biblical justice is blind. God demands that judgment be rendered according to truth, not according to the economic status of the participants. Showing partiality to the poor is just as sinful as showing partiality to the rich.

"You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor."
[ Leviticus 19:15 ESV ]
The Heresy: "The Master/Employer is the Inherently Evil Oppressor"

Marxist analysis demands a binary framework where the owner of capital is necessarily exploiting the worker. The "Master" is always the villain.

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The Truth: The Parable of the Talents

Jesus frequently used masters and property owners in parables to represent God the Father. In the Parable of the Talents, the "Master" judges his servants based on their stewardship and merit. The servant who was lazy and hid his talent was condemned, while the productive servants were rewarded.

"But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? ... So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away."
[ Matthew 25:26-29 ESV ]
The Heresy: "Political Revolution is Salvation"

Liberation Theology immanentizes the eschaton, believing that the Kingdom of God is achieved through political overturning of earthly power structures.

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The Truth: My Kingdom is Not of This World

Jesus explicitly rejected the role of a political revolutionary. His Kingdom is spiritual, not a geopolitical entity established through violence or social action.

"Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”"
[ John 18:36 ESV ]
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