Marxism Is Unbibilcal, and Even Anti-Biblical and Anti-Christian

This material is excerpted from an article titled “Nine Biblical Principles that Expose the Social Justice Movement and Marxism as Contrary to Authentic Christianity.” You can read it in its entirety here.

Principle 1: The God of the Bible, and none other, is God; and we are to acknowledge and revere Him and Him only. (See Ex. 20:1-3; Deut. 5:5-7; 13:4; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 14:1.) By contrast, Marx said,

• • • • Communism begins where atheism begins.
      • My object in life is to dethrone God and destroy capitalism.
      • There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, etc., that are common to all states of society. But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.

Principle 2: God created every member of the human family in His image. Everyone is a sovereign² individual, and every person should be treated with dignity and respect. (See Gen. 1:26-28; 9:6.) Marx denied this biblical tenet. He said,

The democratic concept of man is false, because it is Christian. The democratic concept holds that . . . each man is a sovereign being. This is the illusion, dream, and postulate of Christianity.

Principle 3: The Bible commends hard work and the benefit of enjoying the results of one’s labor. (See Prov. 6:6-11; 10:4-5; 12:14; 13:4; 14:23; 16:26; 22:29; 28:19; Eccl. 3:9-13; 2 Thess. 3:6-12.) On the other hand, Karl Marx said:

• • • • A heavy or progressive or graduated income tax is necessary for the proper development of Communism.
      • From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs. Marx was referring to government redistribution of wealth, a tenet of the social justice movement.

Adrian Rogers was right when he observed,

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work become somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealthy by dividing it.

Principle 4: In connection with human sovereignty (having been made in God’s image) the Bible affirms property rights. (See Ex. 20:15,17; Deut. 5:19,21.) Karl Marx was vehemently opposed to the idea of private property.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Alarmingly, aversion to property rights is taking hold in America — but of course that doesn’t mean people are willingly getting rid of their stuff. They just think they like the idea of a society where everyone has his or her needs met, even if it means they are bereft of material goods. The matter of how people can have their needs met if they can’t own anything apparently doesn’t strike them as strange. Don’t misunderstand. I’m all for people’s needs being met, but within reality’s limits. Here is the truth. Socialism works only in people’s imaginations. It doesn’t meet people’s needs; it multiplies them!

Watch this video produced by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and note this key message. What’s wrong with it? Well, quite a bit, actually! Learn more here!

Principle 5: The Bible affirms economic freedom, including the exchange of what one owns for something else.³ This implies benefit for both the buyer and the seller. (See Genesis 23; Matt. 13:44-46; 20:1-16; 24:45-51; 25:14-30; Mark 12:1-9; Luke 10:25-37.) Karl Marx viewed economic freedom with disdain.

• • • • Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole.
      • There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery.

Yet capitalism does increase wealth and decrease misery simultaneously. Furthermore, we need to be aware that communism, socialism’s sister, doesn’t alleviate misery at all. Rather, it creates and exacerbates it.

Principle 6: The Bible commends charity from individuals, the church, and, by extension, faith-based organizations. (See Lev. 19:9-10; 23:22; Deut. 24:20-22; Prov. 14:21; 17:5; 19:17; 22:9; 28:3; 29:7; Acts 11:27–30; Rom. 15:25–27; 1 Cor. 16:1–4; 2 Cor. 8:1–9:15; Gal. 2:9-10; Eph. 4:28.) Karl Marx believed the state should take from those who have to give it to those in need. With socialism, government coercion is the order of the day. Here is Karl Marx’s philosophy:

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.

Principle 7: Parents are responsible before God for the education and training of their children. (See Deut. 6:4-25; Prov. 1:8; 3:12; 6:20; 10:1; 13:1,24; 15:20; 17:25; 22:15; 23:13-14; 28:7; 29:15; Eph. 6:1-4. Do not be overly concerned about the references in Proverbs to “beating” one’s child or children. The emphasis is on appropriate discipline; this is not authorization for abuse.) Karl Marx, by contrast, believed that children belonged to the state.

The education of all children, from the moment that they can get along without a mother’s care, shall be in state institutions.

Consider the recent battles between parents and the education elites in school boards across America with regard to what children will be taught. Tell me, does the state own America’s children, or are parents ultimately responsible for them? We are at a crossroads in America with regard to this issue. It’s time for parents, and Christian parents in particular, to take a stand!

Principle 8: Government’s job is to maintain order in society by commending those who do right and punishing those who do wrong. Nowhere in Scripture do we see any indication that it is government’s job to meet people’s needs. (See Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Pet. 2:13-17; 1 Tim. 2:1-2.) Karl Marx believed in upsetting and overthrowing order and establishing a “new order” rooted in socialist and communist principles. Note the ruthless nature of the following statements from Marx.

• • • • We have no compassion and we ask no compassion from you. When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror.
      • Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
      • …the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things… They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
      • The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Principle 9: Remembering a godly heritage and God’s redemptive work keeps individuals and nations from straying away from the the truth and from right living. (See Ex. 12:1-28; Deut. 5:12-15; 6:4-25; 24:17-19; Josh. 4:1-24; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; Eph. 2:11-13.) Karl Marx understood that distorting and misrepresenting a nation’s heritage would make the people vulnerable to takeover. It’s working. Everyone readily acknowledges that our Founding Fathers were not perfect, but can we not honor them for the heritage of liberty the bequeathed to us — one that, in the end, eliminated slavery and established civil rights for all? Even now America’s not perfect, but she has come a long way toward realizing her founding ideals of equal opportunity for all.

Here are three statements from Karl Marx that show He understood how to create and maintain social upheaval. On this issue, Marx was correct. Americans need to be wise to these insights today.

• • • • Take away a nation’s heritage and they are more easily persuaded.
      • Keep people from their history, and they are easily controlled.
      • If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded.

 

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