One night a distraught woman stole another woman's baby. The first woman's baby had died, so, she stole the other woman's baby. The Bible speaks of Solomon, the wisest man ever (apart from Christ), as being confronted with this issue the next day. What will this wise government official do?
Solomon is looking at two distraught women. One lady has undergone the unfortunate and tragic circumstances of losing her baby. Another lady has the unfortunate and tragic circumstances of having her baby stolen.
Now they both appear before Solomon the King. Each mother claims the baby belongs to her. Solomon calls for a sword to be brought to him. He proceeds to chop the baby in half, but before he can kill the baby and divide the parts, the real mom screams, "NO... don't kill him!" Willingly, she'd rather endure the pain of theft, than kill the baby. (1 Kings 3.16-28). Note, the other mother could care less about the death of the baby. In fact the Bible says that she said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!"
Socialism thrives on class envy. Those who have not are angry because other people have more. It simply does not make sense to "steal the other person's child." Stealing from them will not bring back what I have lost, or never had. Worse yet, it often sounds compassionate, but in truth is greedy. It wants equality across the board. "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!"
You could take all the rich people in the world, steal their money, and give it out to the poor. In Two years, the rich people will be rich again, and the poor will be poor again. I am poor because I do not have the business savvy that others have. I do not want the government to steal from them just because we do not have an equal pay grade. I am not helpless.
But what does belong to people, ought to be protected. If God gives you children, they shouldn't be stolen from you. If God gives you money, it shouldn't be stolen from you. If God has not blessed you with either, that is HIS right to do... He is God. It is not right for us to steal even if it is by majority opinion.
THE POINT:
God does not command EQUALITY. God commands JUSTICE.
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