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You Be the Judge

In our scenario for consideration, Subject A punches Subject B.

If Subject A is a white supremacist who punches Subject B because of his skin colour, then we have a despicable act of evil and Subject A is correctly brought under the full penalty of the law.

If Subject A is an Antifa demonstrator who punches Subject B who is a white supremacist racist, what then?  As one watches the media, one might conclude that scenario 2 is justified violence and hence Subject A should bear no penalty for the violence.

What would God say?

Clearly racism is sin because every human being is made in the image of God and ought to be treated with the dignity and respect that fact deserves.  In Christ, every tribe and people group will be represented in heaven.  Therefore, Christians ought to live that brotherhood here and now.

What about white supremacists?  Are they made in the image of God?  Should they not be treated with respect and dignity befitting every image of God?  Will there be former white supremacists in heaven who have been saved from their sinful racism by the grace of Jesus Christ?  But you say, "Their sin is so terrible." Yes, it is.  So was mine before Jesus converted and transformed me.  So was yours before Jesus saved you from yourself and forgave your sins.

Is the hateful violence we see today on both sides ever justified in God's eyes?  You be the judge.

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