Christians should never allow anything other than God and the Bible to be our ultimate authority on what is true. God’s Word says that all people are sinners, capable of great evil—not just the Japanese, or Jews, or white men. It also says all people are loved by God and are made in His image. The Bible, not the person who claims to be a victim, must have the final say.
As Christ-followers, we should also be concerned about the emergence of “victimhood culture.” Ideological social justice drives a growing tendency to look for every opportunity to take offense and cling to every grievance, no matter how small or how long ago. This is terribly destructive. It leads to bitterness, unhappiness, and conflict. Christ shows us a very different way. Jesus calls us to turn the other cheek (Matthew 5:39) and, in genuine love, to bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things (see 1 Corinthians 13:7). We are to “forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13). Rather than holding onto grievances in order to claim victim status, we are to keep “no record of wrongs” (1 Corinthians 13:5), and even to love our enemies (Matthew 5:44).
Adapted from Why Social Justice Is Not Biblical Justice by Scott David Allen
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