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The Black Lives Matter Question from a Biblical Perspective

Today's question is, how should Christians view the Black Lives Matter movement? In this video I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.

Started in 2013, in response to separate police shootings of two young black men, the Black Lives Matter movement, or BLM, came into prominence with its use of the Black Lives Matter hashtag. Ever since, the phrase, Black Lives Matter, has been a rallying cry of those who believe there is institutional racism against African Americans in virtually every aspect of society, but especially in police departments and in the legal system.

There is no point in discussing the statistics on black crime vs. the percentage of the black population and or the number of black-on-black murders vs. the number of blacks killed by police officers.

For every statistic, there is a dueling statistic, or a way to reinterpret the statistic. There is no point in discussing the specific cases that spawn the Black Lives Matter movement. The various sides all seem to be rigorously locked into their understanding of the events and the aftermaths.

Black Lives Matter as a Concept and the Image of God

Like most issues connected to race, it appears to be virtually impossible to have a constructive dialogue about the Black Lives Matter movement. As a concept, it is true that black lives matter. Blacks and or African Americans are equally created in the image of God.

Genesis 1 verse 26, In God's eyes, blacks are equal in value to whites, browns, reds, yellows, and everyone in between. Racism is evil. There is only one race, and that is the human race. Ultimately, we all have the same parents.

Genesis chapter 5. As a movement, Black Lives Matter has taken that true concept, Black Lives Matter, and twisted it into something completely unbiblical. The organization has recently shown its true colors, openly promoting causes that oppose biblical values.

Marxism and LGBTQ Advocacy in Black Lives Matter

The two co-founders of Black Lives Matter, Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, claim Marxism as their ideology.

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We actually do have an ideological frame, Cullors said in an interview. Myself and Alicia, in particular, were trained organizers. We are trained Marxists. We are super-versed in ideological theories.

On their official website, BLM expresses their support of the LGBTQ agenda.

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We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead. We dismantle cisgender privilege and uplift black trans folk. We foster a queer-affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual.

Perhaps most troubling is Black Lives Matter's stance on the family. We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and villages that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.

What BLM calls the Western-prescribed nuclear family is actually the God-ordained family unit—a father, a mother, and their children. To work to disrupt that design is to actively oppose God's plan for society.

Racism, Sin, and Reconciliation in Christ

Concerning racism, we can all agree that no one should be judged by the color of his or.

Her skin.

We should fight against all true forms of racism and be compassionate to its victims. Through it all, we should point people to Christ as the only answer for racism. Protests, policies, awareness, changes to the legal system, etc. will never solve the problem.

Racism is the result of sin. Until the sin problem is dealt with, until people become new creations in Christ 2 Corinthians 5, verse 17, the problem of racism will never be eradicated. Only in Christ can racial reconciliation be found.

For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility. Ephesians 2, verse 14. Concerning the methods used by Black Lives Matter, peaceful protests against racial injustice are appropriate.

But Christians should never be involved in rioting, looting, violence against police officers, hateful speech, and or reverse discrimination or racism against non-blacks. Injustice and hatred will not be ended by more injustice and hatred.

Christian Response to Black Lives Matter's Ideology and Methods

As for BLM's position on issues not related to race, there is no way a Christian should support the godless ideologies of Marxism, allow the destruction of the nuclear family, or be involved in a queer-affirming network that advocates for the normalization of transgenderism.

As with any group, it's important to know what Black Lives Matter believes, and some of what they believe is incompatible with biblical truth. Of course, all Christians should be in full support of Black Lives Matter as a concept, as we are all created in the image of God.

However, Christians should reject the BLM movement's hijacking of this truthful concept and its promotion of philosophies and methodologies that are completely unbiblical. Want to learn more? Subscribe so you don't miss the next video!

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