Sometimes the image that comes up, even subconsciously, when we hear the term "social justice" is less than ideal, not necessarily because of what the idea actually encompasses, but because we're not sure what the idea means, and human nature is to assume that what we know is best (and the unknown, therefore, is less desirable).
Justice doesn't have to mean sitting back passively and watching the world walk over you. In fact, passivity will never result in justice. To do nothing is not to side with the weak but to agree with the powerful.
Christ-like justice, rather, is an outpouring of the passionate love that God has for all of humanity. It means giving yourself fully to the people that God cares for, simply because He cares for them and asks His followers to do the same.
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