6 Biblical Reasons For Rejecting Socialism

1. Exodus 20.15, 17: God said, "thou shalt not steal... thou shalt not covet..." God established private property laws, which, not even the government can cross.
2. Leviticus 19.15: God said, "you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great... (rich)" Justice requires equality BEFORE THE LAW, not equality of incomes. God never gives the government the responsibility to make incomes equal, in fact He does quite the opposite. He commands JUSTICE.
3. 1 Kings 21: Government has no right to confiscate private property.
4. Luke 19.11-27: Every man is personally responsible for the resources that God has put at his disposal. It is each individual's responsibility to invest his resources as he sees fit... not have the government take his resources and redistribute it as it (government) sees fit... that is not the government's job.
5. 1 Timothy 5.1-16: It is the church's job to take care of the widows and the orphans.
6. Romans 13.1-7: There, Paul tells us the proper role of the government... TO RESTRAIN EVIL. That is the jurisdiction of the State. It is the secular humanist that needs a big government because he must resort to salvation by legislation. God does the opposite. The gospel comes to a man, calls him to repent and serve Jesus Christ, gives him a heart that wants to give in Jesus name, and then calls him to personal responsibility with all of his resources. God gives the government a role, but it is not to save man, or change the heart of man, or to make man want to give... that takes the gospel of Jesus Christ working in the heart of man. Humanism is a top-down government enforcement of "charity." Christianity is a bottom-up, individual willingly giving of charity. The first one is forced and coerced by big government, and the second is freely offered by individuals. The first one is socialism. The second is capitalism ("capital" by definition is the property that belongs to individual people which THEY invest).
   
   So, when we put Romans 13.1-7 in context with the whole Bible, we cannot possibly come up with socialism. Romans 13 limits the role of government to restraining evil. Yes, they can tax. But even then, they must let God define what is right to tax. They also must let God define what is considered evil. For example, abortion. Even if the government says it is OK to abort, the Bible would say otherwise.